not far from me O Lord. V. 22. Psal. 69. Save me O God for the waters are come in even unto my soul. ver 1. Psal. 68. Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered let them also that hate Him flee before Him ver 1. P. Isa. 38. Lord it oppresseth me answer for me v. 14. Psal. 38. Thou shalt answer for me O Lord my God ver 15. Psal. 130. Out of the deep have I called unto Thee O Lord Lord hear my voice ver 1. O let Thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint ver 2. Psal. 79. O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before Thee according to the greatness of Thy power preserve Thou those that are appointed to die ver 12. A Praier to be used by the Priest begging Pardon of his own unworthiness and acceptance of his devotions for the sick O Lord it is a great presumption that one sinner should dare to commend another to Thy Divine Majestie especially the greater the less and who would not fear to undertake it But Thy commandment it is by Thy Holie Apostle When any is sick that the Priests should be called for that they should pray for the sick partie and that their praiers Thou wilt receive and save and forgive the fins of the partie so praied for And now behold O Lord we that are no way meet but unworthie utterly unworthie to sue for ought for our selvs charitie and compassion so binding us are enforced to become suitors to Thee for others Even O Lord for this Thy servant readie to depart this world To Thee we hope to Thee we desire to Thee we intreat and pray in all meek manner and even from the bottom of our hearts O Lord that which justly Thou mightst denie to our unworthiness denie not we beseech Thee to Thine own gracious goodness O Lord forgive us our sins our great and grievous sins oft and many times committed long and many years most wretchedly continued that so we may be meet to pray for others that so we may make our praier unto Thee in an acceptable time Graciously look upon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of Thy people Favorably with mercie receive our praiers Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ. Graciously hear us O Christ. Graciously hear us O Lord Christ. A Letanie for the sick person in danger of death O God the Father of Heaven have mercie upon h. keep and defend h. O God the Son Redeemer of the world have mercie upon h. save and deliver h. O God the Holie Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercie upon h. strengthen and comfort h. O Holie Blessed and Glorious Trinitie have mercie upon h. Remember not Lord h. offenses Call not to mind the offenses of h. forefathers But spare h. good Lord spare Thy servant whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy pretious bloud and be not angrie with h. for ever From Thy wrath heavie indignation The guilt and burthen of h. fins The dreadful sentence of the last Judgment Good Lord deliver h. From The sting and terror of Conscience The danger of impatience distrust or despair The extremitie of fickness anguish or agonie that may any way withdraw h. mind from Thee Good Lord deliver h. From the Bitter pangs of eternal death Gates of Hell Power of darkness Illusions assaults of our ghostlie enemie Good Lord deliver h. By Thy manifold and great mercies By the manifold and great Merits of JESUS Christ Thy Son By His Agonie and bloodie Sweat Strong Crying and Tears Bitter Cross and Passion Mightie Resurrection Glorious Ascension Effectual and most acceptable Intercession and Mediation By the Graces and Comforts of the Holie Ghost Good Lord deliver h. For Thy Names sake The glorie of Thy Name Thy loving Mercie Thy Truths sake Thine own self In this Time of h. most extremitie H. last and greatest need In the Hour of death and Day of Judgment Good Lord deliver h. Deliver h. O Lord from all danger and distress from all pains and punishments both bodilie and ghostlie Amen As Thou didst deliver Noah from the Flood so save and deliver h. Lot from the fire of Sodom so save and deliver h. Isaac from present death so save and deliver h. Job from all his tentations so save and deliver h. Moses from the hand of Pharaoh so save and deliver h. Daniel from the Lions den so save and deliver h. Jonas from the belly of the Whale so save and deliver h. And as Thou hast delivered Thy blessed Saints Servants from all their terrors and torments so deliver h. soul and receive it to Thy mercie We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to remember h. with the favor Thou bearest unto Thy people and so vifit h. with Thy salvation We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to save and deliver h. soul from the power of the enemie lest as a Lion he devour it and tear it in pieces if there be none to help We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to be merciful and to forgive all h. sins and misdeeds which by the malice of the Devil or by h. own frailtie h. hath at any time of h. life committed against Thee We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee not to lay to h. charge what in concupiscence of the eie pride of life vanitie or superfluitie h. hath committed against Thee We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee not to lay to h. charge what in the fierceness of h. wrath or in the eagerness of an angrie spirit he hath committed against Thee We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee not to lay to h. charge what in vain and idle words in the loosness and slipperiness of the tongue h. hath committed against Thee We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to make h. partaker of all Thy mercies and promises in Christ JESUS We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to vouchsafe h. soul the estate of joy bliss happiness with all Thy blessed Saints in Thy heavenly Kingdom We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please Thee to grant h. bodie rest and peace and a part in the blessed Resurrection of Life and Glorie We beseech Thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech Thee to hear us O Lord God Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world have mercie upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world have mercie upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world grant h. Thy peace Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father have mercie upon us Lord have mercie upon us Christ have mercie upon us Lord
forgive Consider and do it O Lord. Defer not for Thine own sake O my God Ch. 9. V. 5 7 9 16 17 18 19. P. Jonas O Lord in following vanities I have forsaken mine own mercie For which I am cast out of the fight of Thine eies Yet I remember Thee O Lord yet will I look yet again toward Thy Holie Temple O Lord hear and have mercie Ch. 2. v. 8. 4. Prodigal child Father I have sinned against heaven and against Thee I am no more worthie to be called Thy son But forgive me and make me one of the meanest of Thy hired servants S. Luke 15.18 19. God be merciful to me a sinner S. Luke 18.13 JESU Master have mercie upon us S. Luke 17.13 Have mercie on me O Lord Thou son of David S. Mat. 15.22 O Lord help me v. 25 O Lord even the little whelps eat of the crumbs of Thy table Ver. 27. S. Paul O Lord I am carnal and sold under fin And in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good Rom. 7.14 18. The good thing I do not which I would The evil that I would not that do I. V. 15. Though I consent to the Law according to the inner man V. 22. Yet I feel another law in my nature rebelling against the Law of my mind and leading me captive to the Law of sin V. 23. O wretched man that I am who shal deliver me from this bodie of death Ver. 24. But this is a true saying and by all means worthie to be received That JESUS Christ came into the world to save sinners wherof I am chief 1 Tim. 1.15 S. Peter We have spent the time past of our life aster the lusts of the heathen walking in wantoness lust surfeting uncleaness and other excesses 1 S. Pet. 4.3 But Thou hast redeemed us O Lord by the pretious blood of Christ the undefiled Lamb. 1 S. Pet. 1.1 18 19. Have mercie upon us in that Name besides which Thou hast given none under heaven wherby we must be saved Acts 4.12 S. John If we say we have no fin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 1 S. John 1.8 If our heart condemn us not God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things 1 S. John 3.20 But we confess our sins and confessing them we have an Advocate with the Father JESUS Christ the Righteous and He is the propitiation for our sins 2 S. John 1.2 S. James In many things we sin all Ch. 3. V. 2. But Lord let Thy mercie triumph over Thy Justice Ch. 2. V. 13. A Confession of sins according to the branches of the Decalogue I. I Have touching Thee O Lord been full of roving imaginations and evil thoughts I have not studied to seek and know Thee as I ought Knowing Thee I have not glorified Thee nor given thanks to Thee accordingly I have doubted of Thy promises and not trusted to Thy help I have made flesh mine arm and hoped for prosperitie from man rather then from Thee I have not performed the dutie of Invocation with that reverence I ought I have not been thankful specially not for Thy chastisements II. I have not worshiped Thee in spirit and truth I have drawn neer to Thee with my lips but my heart hath been far from Thee I have been more careful of the outward ceremonial part of Thy worship then of the inward and spiritual III. I have not with due regard taken Thy Name into my mouth I have with rash oaths and eager execrations oft abused it I have not given occasion to others to sanctifie Thy Name but have caused it to be evil spoken of through mine evil dealing I have not duely regarded and reverenced those things wheron Thy Name is imprinted IV. I have not to Thy Sabbath or Sanctuarie brought that care which I should I have not spared to absent my self from Thy Holie Assemblies without sufficient cause I have not spent the days assign'd to Holie exercises upon them chiefly but have in them too much intended mine own private business I have been content in them with the use of the Means alone without any practise at all V. I have not so reverently spoken nor so dutifully carried myself toward some whom Thou hast placed over me as was meet I should I have not so carefully prayed for them as was requisite I have not opposed to them who unreverently in terms used them Chiefly those who have had me in government touching my soul. VI. I have not wished or provided for the good of my neighbor as I should but rather maligned been angrie and quareled with them and sought revenge upon everie light injurie I have not had that compassion on the poor that I should nor ministred to their necessities I have not defended them against the wrongs of others as I might I have not rejoiced in the good success of my neighbor but envied his welfare VII I have not possessed my vessell in holiness and honor nor preserved it from pollution as the Temple of God should be I have suffered my phancie to wander licentiously Mine ears and tongue I have not kept as I should I have not eschued the occasions of lust nor made the covenant with mine eies that I should I have not brought under my bodie nor kept it in subjection with such abstinence as I should I have more studiously and with more cost intended my flesh then my spirit VIII I have not reckoned godliness gain nor been content with my estate but wished an higher I have not been so exact in paying and dealing with those I have dealt withall as in justice I was bound I have by undue means interverted to my use that which was not mine I have not of that whereof I had more then enough been willing to part with to the relief of the needie IX I have not been so studious of speaking the truth as I should I have been desirous to seem and to be reputed more then I was I have not had that care of the good name of my brother I was bound I have not so hated flatterie as I should I have not so stood for and defended the truth as was meet I should X. I have been full of wandering desires wicked affections unlawful concupiscences evil suspitions and surmises and inordinate lusts touching my neighbor and that which is his The Triumph of Mercie in many Gradual Expressions and Remembrances propounded to us in the Holie Scriptures GOD In his Mercie is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Corin. 10.1 Gen. 18.32 Takes all in the better part If it will admit any good sense so he construes it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 10.1 Meek not irritable not easily stirred up or provoked 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wisd. 11.24 Sees and sees not makes as if He did not see 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts 17.30 Overlooks looks beyond our sins looks not at them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 P. Micha 7.18 Passeth by or over them
The Forms of Morning and Evening Praier being very lame and broken in the former Edition I give you here complete and perfect To which I have added as the Crown and complement of all our Services His Devotions for the Holie Communion all translated out of the Greek Copie of His Amanuensis You will need no other reason of the addition of this last when I shal tell you that besides that I find it in Latin annexed with the Manual for the Sick the Participation of that Sacred Mysterie is the most proper companion for persons in that condition as being the Viaticum of the Soul and a Pledg of the Resurrection I shal add no more but the promise of my Praiers for a blessed improvement of this intended for your good and a desire of Your for him who accompts himself happie in nothing more then the Praiers of Christian people as the highest obligation that can possibly be laid upon April 21. 1648. Your most humble servant in our Lord JESUS R. D. The Contents of this Manual INquiries to be made concerning the Partie pag. 2. General Considerations of the Mortalitie of man p. 3. Comfottable Scriptures to be used to the sick Partie p. 5. Several Duties recommended to the Sick p. 15. Propositions and Inferences to be made to the Sick p. 19. Concerning the Wisdom and Providence of God in the ordering of all afflictions in general and this in special p. 19. Concerning the fatherlie Affection and Love of God p. 21. Concerning the Patience and Thankfulness required in the sick p. 23. Concerning the Contrition and Repentance of the sick p. 28. Concerning the Belief of the sick p. 35. Concerning the sick parties Forgiving offenders against him p. 38. Concerning the sick parties Desire of Forgiveness from them whom he hath offended p. 39. Praiers and Expressions of the souls affiance in God p. 42. The Commendation of the sick partie to the blessed Trinitie p. 46. A Profession of the Christianitie of the sick partie demonstrated in many special graces p. 52. Heads of comfort to be administred from the consideration of God p. 55. Christ. p. 55. A Collection of Praiers out of the Psalter suitable to the exigencies of the sick p. 58. A Praier to be used by the Priest begging pardon of his own unworthiness and aceeptance of his devotions for the sick p. 91. A Letanie for the sick person in danger of death p. 94. An humble recognition of human frailtie and a deprecation of falling from God p 108. An affectionate recommendation of the sick person to Gods mercie grounded upon his special relations to God and the sinceritie of his soul. p. 110. A Praier for Mercie and Divine assistance to uphold the sick person in his present affliction p. 117. A Praier for the Grace of God and the Pardon of the sins of the sick partie p. 121. Commendatio Animae Or The Recommending of the soul to God p. 128. Comfortable Scriptures to be applied to the friends of the deceased partie p. 132. A General Confession of sins collected out of the Holie Prophets and Apostles p. 133. A Confession of sins according to the branches of the Decalogue p. 147. The Triumph of Mercie in many Gradual Expressions and Remembrances propounded to us in the Holie Scriptures p. 156. Spiritual Comforts and Confidence issuing from the contemplation of Gods Goodness p. 172 Devout Ejaculations grounded on the consideration of our Human Frailtie and the Divine Providence and Mercie p. 175. Praiers For the Morning p. 181. Evening p. 201. H. Cōmunion p. 220. A MANUAL FOR THE SICK SEt thine house in order for thou shalt die 2 Kings 20. 1. P. Isa. 38. 1. Is any sick among you let him call the Priests of the Church and let them pray over him And the praier of faith shal save the sick and the Lord shal raise him up And if he have committed sins they shal be forgiven him S. James 5. 14 15. Inquiries to be made concerning the Parties 1. Sex 2. Age. 3. Condition of life Whether 1. Learned instructed 2. Sound in Mind Memorie 3. The sense of hearing perfect Whether 1. Patient or Unquiet 2. Cheerful or Deject If being well he found comfort in Hearing Reading Repeating particulars Whether any material point whereof to be admonished To take occasion out of his own words General Considerations of the Mortalitie of Man WHat man is he that liveth and shal not see death Psal. 89.48 It is appointed to men once to die Hebr. 9.27 I am a stranger with Thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were Psal. 39.14 Here we have no continuing Citie Hebr. 13.14 The night cometh when no man can work S. John 9.4 If the tree fall toward the South or toward the North in the place where the tree falleth there it shall be Eccles. 11.3 Comfortable Scriptures to be used to the sick partie THe mountains may remove and the hils may fall down but my mercie shal not depart from thee nor the covenant of my peace come to nothing saith the Lord that hath compassion on thee P. Isa. 54.10 Heaven and Earth shal pass but my word shal not pass S. Mat. 24.35 All the promises of God are in Him Yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1.20 In whom we have most great and precious promises that we should be partakers of the Divine nature 2 S. Pet. 1. 4. I have heard Ephraim lamenting thus Thou hast corrected me and I was chastised as an untamed heifer Convert thou me and I shal 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 even confounded because I did bear the reproach of my youth Since I spake to him I still remembred him therefore my bowels are troubled for him I will surely have compassion on him saith the Lord. P. Jerem. 31. 18 19 20. I will visit their offenses with the rod and their sin with scourges Nevertheless my mercie will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my truth to fail Psal. 89. 32. My son refuse not the chastening 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 Pro. 3. 11 12. Behold blessed is the man whom God correcteth therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the Almightie For He maketh the wound and bindeth it up He smiteth and His hands make whole again He shal deliver thee in six troubles and in the seventh the evil shal not touch thee Job 5. 17 18 19. Forget not the consolation that speaketh to you as unto children My son despise not the chastening of the Lord neither faint when thou art corrected of Him For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth everie son whom he receiveth If you indure chastening God offereth himself unto you as to a son for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not If
therefore ye be without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye baftards and not sons Moreover we have had the Fathers of our bodies who corrected us and yet we gave them reverence should we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits that we might live For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure but he chasteneth us for our profit that we might be partakers of His holiness Now no chastening for the present seemeth joyous but grievous yet afterwards it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness to them who are thereby exercised Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down and the weak knees Heb. 12.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. And ye now are in sorrow but I will see you again and your hearts shal rejoice and your joy shal none be able to take from you S. John 16. 22. 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 mercie will I have compassion on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer P. Isa. 54.7 8. Modicam videbitis me S. John 16. 16. Blessed is the man whom Thou chastisest O Lord and teachest him in Thy Law That Thou maist give him rest in the days of evil Psal. 94. 12 13. But when we are judged we are chastened of Thee that we should not be condemned with the world I Cor. 11. 32. They that sow in tears shal reap in joy Psal. 126. 6. The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but he hath not given me over unto death Psal. 118. 18. My brethren count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers afflictions Knowing that the trial of your faith bringeth forth patience And let patience have her perfect work that ye may be complete intire lacking nothing S. Jam. 1. 2 3 4. Blessed are they that mourn for they shal be comforted S. Mat. 5. 4. When I am weak then am I strong 2 Corinth 12. 10. Thou Lord upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up those that be down Psal. 145. 14. Thou healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sicknes Psal. 147. 3. My flesh and my heart faileth but be Thou the strength of my heart and my portion for ever Psal. 73. 25. As mine outward man doth wear and decay so let mine inward man renew daily O let this light affliction which will quickly be over cause unto me a far more excellent and eternal weight of glorie 2 Cor. 4. 16 17. Several duties recommended to the sick Praier PRay unto the Lord if haply this may be forgiven thee Acts. 8. 22. For this cause shal everie one that is godlie make his praier unto Thee Psal. 32. 6. Almes Blessed is the man that considereth the poor and needie Psalm 41. 1. By mercie and truth are sins cleansed and forgiven Prov. 16. 6. Break off thine unrighteousness by mercie to the poor P. Dan. 4. 24. They shewed the garments which she had wrought with her own hands Acts 9. 39. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I. Except ye Repent ye shal all likewise perish S. Luke 13. 5. II. Without Faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11. 6. III. If I have all Faith and no Love it profiteth me nothing I Cor. 13. 2. IV. We are saved by Hope Rom. 8. 24. V. Hope thou in the Lord and be doing good Psal. 37. 3. And they shal come forth that have done good to the resurrection of life S. John 5. 29. Make you friends of the unrighteous Mammon that when you must hence they may receive you into everlasting Tabernacles S. Luke 16. 9. Zacheus stood forth and said unto the Lord Behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation I restore him four-fold S. Luke 19. 8. Propositions and Inferences to be made to the sick Concerning the Wisdome and Providence of God in the ordering of all afflictions in general and this in special 1 YOu are persuaded that no sickness or cross cometh by chance to any 2. But you beleeve that it is God who sendeth 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 when it is expedient it so should 4. Therefore God having sent this His visitation to you at this time than it is expedieent for you thus to be sick Say I know O Lord that Thy judgments are just and that Thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled Psal. 119. 75. Concerning the fatherlie Affection and Love of God 1 YOu know and confess that God to all but to Christian men especially carrieth the affection of a Father toward His children 2. You know also that a Father whether he make much of his child or whether he chasten him continueth Father in both and loveth him in the one no less then in the other 3. Think the same of God as touching your self that while He gave you good days He loved you and that now He sendeth you some evil He loveth you also and would not have sent this evil but to be a cause unto you of a greater good that being called home thereby you might be at peace with Him Say Before I was troubled I went wrong but now sbal I learn Thy Word Psalm 119.67 Concerning the Patience and Thankfulness required in the sick YOu are not only to take it patiently I beld my peace and opened not my mouth because it was Thy doing Psal. 39.9 It is the Lord let Him doe what seemeth good in His eyes I Sam. 3.18 2. But even to give Him thanks for it as for a wholesom medicin The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away as it pleased the Lord so is it come to pass Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Job 1.21 I will take this cup of salvation and give thanks to the Name of the Lord. Psal. 116.12 3. Especially for that we in the time of our health forgetting Him yet He is so merciful that He giveth us not over with the world but for all we have of grieved His Holie Spirit and fallen from grace He visteth us again and offereth it afresh unto us 4. That if His will had not been to shew mercie by this chaftisement He could would have suddenly taken you away with a quick destruction and not given you this time to bethink yourself and to seek 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 I Corinth 11.32 Gods very punishment is a part of His mercie Psal. 89.32 It is a great mercie of the Lord that we are not suddenly consumed Lament 3.22 For giving you a time and space Revel 2.21 O tarrie thou the Lords leasure be strong and He shal comfort thine heart
have mercie upon us Our Father who art in heaven c. O Lord deal not with h. after h. sins Neither reward h. according to h. iniquities O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desires of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist our praiers which we make before Thee At such times specially when our greatest and most grievous extremities are readie to oppress us And O Lord graciously hear us that those evils those illusions terrors and assaults which Thine or our enemie worketh against us may be brought to nought and by the providence of Thy goodness may be dispersed that we Thy servants being swallowed up with no tentations may evermore give thanks unto Thee in Thy Holie Church through JESUS Christ our Lord. Amen An humble recognition of humane frailtie and a deprecation of falling from God IN the midst of life we are in death of whom then may we seek for succor but of Thee O Lord who for our sins art most justly displeased with us Yet O Lord most Holie O Lord most mightie O Holie and most merciful Father deliver us not over to the bitter pains of eternal death Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not up against us the ears of Thy mercie but spare us O Lord most Holie O Lord most mightie O immortal and most merciful Father Thou most worthie Judg eternal suffer us not in our last hour for any pains of death to fall from Thee Ch. Engl. Office for Burial An affectionate recommendation of the sick person to Gods mercie grounded upon his special relations to God and the sinceritie of his soul. I. WE commend unto Thee O Lord the soul of This Thy servant He is the Work of Thy hands Despise not O Lord the work of Thine own hands the Likeness of Thy Image Suffer not O Lord Thy Image to be utterly defaced the Price of Thy Blood Let not so great a Price be cast away a Christian the Name of Thy Son is called upon him For Thy Names sake be good unto Thy Name He is Thine O save him Psal. 119. 94. Give not over that Thine is into the will of the enemie Though he hath finned yet Thy Name hath he not denied but called upon it and confessed it unto his lifes end And there is no other Name under heaven but Thine wherby he hopeth to be saved Acts 4. 12. Though he hath finned yet he hath not hid his sin Job 31. 33. nor excused it Psal. 141. 4. but hath confessed it and been sorrie for it and wisheth even tears of blood wherwith to lament it Though he hath sinned yet others also have sinned against him whom he from the heart forgiveth and desireth forgiveness of them at Thy gracious hands O stablish Thy word with Thy servant Psal. 119. 38. and let him not be disappointed of his hope Psal. 119. 116. Though he hath sinned yet in Thee he trusteth O suffer him not for ever utterly to be confounded Though he hath sinned yet he seeketh Thee And Thou Lord never failest them that seek Thee Psal. 9. 10. Though he hath sinned yet he cometh to Thee And of them that come to Thee Thou castest none out S. John 6.37 II. O Lord Let not the guiltiness of a sinner more prevail to condemn then the gracious goodness of a most merciful Father to acquit and to pardon O let not the unrighteousness of man make the goodness of God of none effect Rom. 3.3 O Lord do not so remember the unkindness of this Thy Child that therby Thou forget the compassion and kindness of a Father Do not so think upon our sins that Thou therby forget Thine own nature and propertie which is alway to have mercie Ch. Engl. Liturgie Do not so remember our sins that Thou therby remember not Thine own Name which is JESUS a most loving and kind Savior III. Lord If Thy Life in our Life hath not sufficiently appeared yet let not Thy Death lose the full power and effect therof 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 redeem that which was lost S. Matth. 18.11 S. Luke 19.10 That which was so dear to Thee to redeem suffer not to be lost as a thing of no value A Praier for Mercie and Divine assistance to uphold the sick person in his present affliction HAve mercie upon him O Lord consider the pains which he suffereth Thou who only dost deliver from the gates of death Psal. 9.13 Shew Thy marvellous loving kindness Thou that art the Savior of them that put their trust in Thee Psal. 17.7 O keep him as the apple of Thine eie hide him under the shadow of Thy wings Psal. 17. 8. O let Thy merciful loving kindness be his comfort according to Thy word unto Thy servant Psal. 119. 76. He is troubled above measure Psal. 119. 107. O be merciful to him according to Thy goodness O consider his adversitie and deliver him for he is brought very low Psal. 142. 7. His eies long sore for Thy Word saying O when wilt Thou comfort me Psal. 119. 82. His eies are wasted away with looking for Thy health and for the word of Thy righteousness Psal. 119. 123. O think Thou upon him O Lord as concerning Thy word wherin Thou hast caused him to put his trust Psal. 119. 49. O look Thou upon him and be merciful unto him as Thou usest to do to those that love Thy Name Psal. 119. 132. Cast him not away in the time of his weakness forsake him not now when his strength faileth him Psal. 71. 9. In the multitude of the sorrows that are in his heart let Thy comforts O Lord refresh his soul. Psal. 94. 19. O Lord when it oppresseth comfort Thou him P. Isa. 38. 14. O Lord let thy strength be made perfect in his weakness 2 Cor. 12. 9. Let no tentation oppress him but such as is incident to Thy children But as Thou art faithful O Lord so suffer him not to be tempted above that he is able But good Lord with the tentation 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 down yet not perish 2 Cor. 4. 8 9. A Praier for the Grace of God and the Pardon of the sins of the sick partie REmember him O Lord with the favor Thou bearest unto Thy children O visit him with Thy salvation That he may see the felicitie of Thy chosen and rejoice with the gladness of Thy Saints and give thanks with Thine inheritance Psal. 106.4 5. O remember not his former sins but have mercie upon him O Lord and that soon for he is come to great extremitie Help him O Lord God of his
salvation for the glorie of Thy Name O deliver him and be merciful to his sins for Thy Names sake Psal. 79.8 9. Call to remembrance O Lord Thy tender mercies and Thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offenses of his youth but according to Thy mercie think Thou upon him O Lord for Thy goodness Psal. 25.5 6. Cleanse him O Lord from his secret sins Psal. 19.12 From whatsoever he hath offended By Thought Word or Deed. Ignorance or Error Frailtie or Negligence In Excess or in Defect By Leaving Good undon or Doing Evil In Publik or Private By Day or Night Against Thee His Neighbour Own Bodie Before or since his effectual Calling By Himself or by Others Remembred or Forgotten From them all cleanse him O Lord even from them all Lay none of them to his charge Cast them behind Thee Burie them Drown them Scatter them as the mist and as the morning cloud Make them to vanish away and come to nothing And wherinsoever his conscience most accuseth him therin O Lord be Thou most merciful O enter not into judgment with Thy servant If Thou shouldst no flesh should be righteous in Thy fight Psal. 143.2 If Thou Lord shouldst be extreme to mark what is don amiss O Lord who may abide it Psal. 130.3 But good Lord one deep calleth another Psal. 42.9 the deep of our miserie the deep of Thy mercie Where fin hath abounded there let grace over-abound Rom. 5.20 And in and through all fins and offenses O Lord let Thy mercie triumph over Thy Justice S. James 2.13 O Lord hear O Lord forgive consider O Lord and do it P. Dan. 9.19 Delay not O Lord for his spirit waxeth faint Turn not Thy face away from him lest he be like unto them that go down into the pit Psal. 143.7 Be favorable O Lord be favorable For Thy Names sake Truths sake Mercies sake For Thy Many mercies sake Great mercies sake Wonderful mercies sake For Thine own self O Lord Our Creator and Redeemer Lord our Father our God King our Father our God Commendatio Animae Or The Recommending of the soul to God LOrd now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace S. Luke 2.29 Into Thy hands O Lord we commend his spirit for Thou hast redeemed it O Lord Thou God of truth Psal. 1.6 Bring his soul out of prison that it may praise Thee Psal. 142.9 O deliver him from this bodie of death Rom. 7.24 Say unto his soul I am Thy salvation Psal. 35.3 Say unto him This day shalt Thou be with me in Paradise S. Luke 23.43 Let him now feel the salvation of JESUS Let him now feel the Anointing of Christ even the oil of gladness wherwith Thou art anointed Guide Thou him through the vale of the shadow of death Psal. 23.4 Let him see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the living Psal. 27.15 O Lord command his spirit to be received up to Thee in peace O Lord will him to come to Thee S. Matth. 14.28 Lord JESU receive his spirit Acts 7.59 Andopen to him the gates of everlasting glorie Let Thy good Spirit conduct him into the land of righteousness Psal. 143.10 Into Thy holie Hill Psal. 15.1 and heavenlie Kingdom Send Thine Angel to meet him and to bring him into Abrahams bosom S. Luke 16.22 Place him in the habitation of light and peace of joy and gladness Receive him in the armes of Thy mercie and give him an inheritance with Thy Saints in light Colos. 1.12 There to reign with Thy elect Angels Thy blessed Saints departed Thy holie Prophets and glorious Apostles in all joy glorie felicitie and happiness for ever and ever Amen Comfortable Scriptures to be applied to the friends of the deceased partie PRetious in the fight of the Lord is the death of his Saints Psal. 116.13 I heard a voice from heaven saying Write Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord For they rest from their labors and their works follow them Revel 14.13 A General Confession of sins collected out of the Holie Prophets and Apostles P. Moses WE have sinned O Lord. Thou hast set our faults before Thee and our secret sins in the fight of Thy countenance Psal. 90.8 Return O Lord how long and be merciful toward Thy servants Psal. 90.13 H. Job I have sinned what shal I do unto Thee O Thou Preserver of men Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee that I am become a burthen to myself Job 7.20 That I have offended Thee wo is me Job 10.14 Have mercie upon me O Lord and restore unto me my righteousness again Say concerning me O Lord Deliver him for I have received a reconciliation Job 33.24 26. Yet if Thou kill me will I put my trust in Thee Job 13.15 P. David My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be Thou mercifull unto my sin Psal. 65.3 I have gon astray like a sheep that is lost O seek Thy servant for I do not forget Thy cōmandments Psal. 119.176 We have sinned with our fathers we have don amiss and dealt wickedly Psal. 106.6 For Thy Names sake O Lord be merciful unto our sin for it is great Psal. 25.10 My foot hath slipped Let Thy mercie O Lord lift me up Psal. 94.18 P Isai. Behold Thou art angrie for we have sinned We have been as an unclean thing and all our righteousness as a defiled cloth We all fade away as a leaf and our iniquities like a wind have taken us away But now O Lord Thou art our Father we are the clay and Thou art the Potter We all are the work of Thy hands Be not angrie O Lord above measure neither remember our iniquitie for ever Lord we beseech Thee remember we are all Thy people Ch. 64. V. 5 6 8 9. P. Jeremie Lord our iniquities are against us Our rebellions are many we have sinned against Thee Yet deal with us according to Thy Name For Thou Lord art in the midst of us and Thy Name is called upon us O Lord forsake us not O Lord the Hope of Israel the Savior of it in the time of trouble forsake us not Ch. 14. Ver. 7 8 9. P. Daniel We have sinned O Lord we have transgressed and don wickedly Yea we have rebelled and have departed from Thy precepts and from Thy judgments O Lord righteousness belongeth unto Thee but unto us confusion and shame of face because of all the offenses we have committed against Thee Yet compassion and forgiveness is with Thee O Lord our God though we have rebelled against Thee O Lord according to all Thy goodness I beseech Thee let Thine anger and Thy wrath be turned away from me and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy servant O my God incline Thine ear and hear open Thine eies and behold my afflictions For we do not present our supplications before Thee for our own righteousness but for Thy manifold and great mercies O Lord hear O Lord