The most Reverend Father Father iâ— God Dr. William Laud latâ— Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Metropolitan of aâ—â— England Officium Quotidianum OR A MANUAL OF PRIVATE DEVOTIONS BY The Most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Laud late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bâ—s rom 1. 594. The Second Edition LONDON Printed for Robert Crofts at the Crown in Chancery lane 1663. Et Conversus vivificasti Me Psal. 71. 20. O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul Psal. 66. 14. Pater noster LAEsus est sed tamen Pater qui es in coelis Eminenter noninclusivè Sanctificetur In Me per Me super Me Nomen tuum Patris in Nobis ut simus filii Patris nostri Adveniat regnum tuum Ut destruatur Regnum Peccati per quod regnant Mors Diabolus Fiat voluntas tua sicut c. In me qui sum terra sicut in Sanctis Angelis Panem Et super Coelestem Corporeum nostrum Proprium licitè acquisitum quotidianum c. Pro quotidiana necessitate Et remitte nobis Debita sicut c. Talenta dimitte nobis minuta remittentibus Et ne nos inducas in tentationem Nec facias intrare ductos promosque Sed Libera Nos Ab Authorà Malo Extra Nos Diabolo Mundo Intra à Malo Nos Nobis ipsis a Malo Culpa per gratiam poenae per misericordiam Quia tuum est Omniper Pacem Regnum Absolutum in Se. Potentia Independens ab aliis Gloria Circumfulgens Omnia in Omnibus Tuum Amen Et à Te per Te ad Te in Gloria Salute servorum tuorum Amen Oratio Dominica OUr Father which art in Heaven 1 Hallowed by thy Name 2 Thy Kingdom come 3 Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven 4 Give us this day our daily Bread 5 And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us 6. And lead us not into Temptation 7 But deliver us from Evil. For thine is the Kingdome the Power and the Glory for ever Amen Symbolum Apostolicum divisum in Articulos 1. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the Dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I Believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholike Church The Communion of Saints 10. The forgiveness of sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the life Everlasting Amen OFFICIUM QUOTIDIANUM In Nomine Patris F. Sp. Sti. Amen O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee prevent mee I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious favour and further me with thy continual help that in all my works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God and most merciful father Al-merciful Mercy it self I have erred willingly and strayed willingly nay even from thy wayes more like an untamed heifer then a lost and wandring sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy lawes I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankful for so great grace Spare me and them all O God which confesse their faults Restore me and them all O God that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more for this is according to thy promises most gracious most sweet promises declared unto Mankinde in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant therefore O most mercifull Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Authour and Finnisher of our faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all penitents may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name and the salvation of our own souls Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father pardon I beseech thee all the sins Omissions and Commissions thoughts words and deeds by which I have provoked thee to anger from the time of my birth unto this present moment that no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or louder in thy ears for vengeance then the cry of my prayers may ascend up unto thee for mercy and forgiveness and obtain that they sue for particularly I humble beseech thee forgive unto me my great and clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against heaven and against thee have I sined and committed foul transgressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the book of remembrances which thou hast written through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen Give unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a courageous heart Chast and temperate reynes and thoughts A soul full of devotion to do thee service strength against all temptations especially the temptations of c. Through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I give the humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulnesse I beseech thee for all benefits and blessings both Spiritual and temporal which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast liberally poured down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnifie thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unfeigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my birth unto this present moment for c. for bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the dayes of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in soul and in body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the glory and honour of thy Name the good of the Church and the discharge of my duty the salvation of my soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Jesus Christ our Saviour and redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee blesse thy whole Catholike Church wheresoever
Christ our Lord Amen Psal 34. I will wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Psal. 48. 9. Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuary and there see thy power and glory for thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name Oh! satisfie me with the riches of thy mercy which is in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 2. O how amiable are thy dwellings O Lord of Hosts my soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into the Courts of thee O Lord My heart and my flesh rejoyce in thee O merciful GOD Amen Psalm 84. 1. Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my prayers for my self and for the people that call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know all things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty and everlasting God mercifully look upon all my infirmities and in all dangers and adversities stretch out thy right hand to help and defend me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen God thou which knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailty we cannot alwaies stand upright grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health both of body and soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well passe and overcome through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the Sun is at the height for this day lift up the light of thy countenance upon me and I shall be whole Make all darknesse and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Who can tell how ofthe offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret sins Keep me also O Lord from presumptuous sins lest they get the Dominion over me and keep me innocent from the great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Psal. 19. 12 13. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwayes praising thee blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Lord thus blesse the heart of thy servant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 84. 4. O Sancta Adoranda Longanimis Trinitas Longanimis n. es quae eos à quibus scinderis tam diu toleras O Trinitas Cujus Ego ut Cultor minimè fictus Praeco essem jampridem dignus habitus sum O Trinitas omnibus aliquando vel per Illuminationem vel per poenam agnoscenda Oro te ut hos qui nunc Contumeliis te afficiunt adoratores accipias ne quisquam vel ex Minimis pereat Et hoc etiamsi mihi proptereà aliqua Gratiae Jactura facienda Sit. Neque n. tantum dicere audio Quantum Apostolus Concede autem hoc per propter Merita Jesu Christi Redemptoris Nostri Amen Almighty God who through thy onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special Grace preventing me thou dost put into my mind good desires so by thy continual help I may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine Only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our Justification give me grace so to put away the Leaven of Malice and all wickednesse that I may alwayes serve thee in purenesse of living and in truth through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of good life give me grace that I may alwayes most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to sollow the blessed steps of his most holy life Even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord give me that grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee that I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doeth after evil counsels that I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen Tribuat hîc Mihi Dominus ut in Me pro me fiat Ignis Consumens Et ardeat hoc Igne Cor Meum in Lumen AEternum Mihi Ne codem ardeat Anima Mea in Poenam perennem Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive Tree in thy house for I trust in thy tender mercy for ever and I will alwayes praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy name for ever Amen Psal. 52. 8. O Lord I besech thee make me remember how much more then other men I have need to call upon thee My Charge is great and my strength is little O give me grace to come alwayes before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give then I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen Psal. 9. 8. O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all Goodnesse and by thy great mercy keep me in the same Give me Godly zeal in Prayer True Humility in Prosperity Perfect Patience in adversity and continual Joy in the Holy Ghost Even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant me by the same Spirit to have a right Judgement in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy Comfort through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit One God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God which hast given unto thy servants grace by the confession of the true Faith to acknowledge the Glory of the AEternal Trinity and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity I humbly beseech thee blesse me also that I may live in the stedfastnesse of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercy sake who livest and raignest one God world without end Amen O my God incline thine Ear and hear open thine Eyes and see Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Dan. 9. 19. Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glory of his house be increased
spread upon the face of the whole earth good Lord purge it from all Atheism Heresie Schism and superstition factious maintenance of groundlesse Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptism may in all places be professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the head in the Church the body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the merits and by the Grace of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Most Mercifull God bless this particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in faith and holy life that they may serve thee and thou blesse them through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord blesse our most Gracious Soveraign treasure up in him all thy hidden blessings make him and keep him a devout servant to thee a constant Pastour of thy Church and Truth that he may live long and be ful of honourable successe all his dayes in his person in his actions in his Queen in his children in his servants in his people and Crowned with glory after life under him blesse the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that righteousnesse and peace may kisse each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen Good Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer reference the place where I was borne c. Every Soul contained in any of these All my friends kindred acquaintance Any unto whom thou hast made me any wayes beholding especially my nearer and bosome friends all those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in life and death Amen Gracious Father bless my servants and make them thine give them grace to serve thee first then me with faithfulness soberness and dilgence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repaire unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me service even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord blesse all the afflicted members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted send them constant patience and speedy deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldest shew unto my own soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make mine estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen Blessed Father blesse all sorts of men in their particulars mine enemies wish I forgiveness of sins Turn their heart that they may no longer hate thy servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their power And next after the salvation of my soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame and scorne of the world Amen O Domine Jesu da quod Jubes Jube quod vis facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quo modo vis O tu qui salus es omnium sperantium in te Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Judicium tuum animam meam Nunc semper pracipuè in hora Mortis meae Quae Mors obnixé precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum Nunquam it a adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem spem Charitatem Memoriam intellectum sanum usque ad Extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des Peccatis meis Misericordiam veniam Ecclesiae Pacem Concordiam Mihi Peccatorum primo Gratiam in hâc vita Gloriam in futura Ita Ita venias Domine Jesu miserere Mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as it seemeth best in thy own eyes only give me I humbly beseech thee a penitent and a patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my service acceptable to thee while I live and my soul ready for thee when I dye Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. I. O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preserved'st me Make it I beseech thee a resurrection to grace in this life and to glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made holy to us Give me that grace that I may keep it holy unto thee through Jesus Christ Amen O send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling that I may go unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my Joy and Gladnesse and give thanks unto thee Amen Psal. 43. 3 4. Almighty and everlasting God who governs all things both in heaven and earth mercifully hear my prayers for my self and all thy people and grant us thy peace even all the dayes of our life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visite us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithful servants may rise up to the life Immortal through him who liveth and raigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scripture to be written for our learning grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise read hear mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Lord I humbly besech thee raise up thy power and come amongst us and with great might succour us that whereas by our sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful grace and mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may speedily deliver us to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Lord let thy Angels tarry round about me and deliver me that I may taste and see how gracious thou my God art and how blessed the man is that trusteth in thee through Jesus
the Evening of my days close upon me Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 17. 1. O Domine Oro Te Ultra se Infirmitas mea non tendat sed loquatur hoc solum in quo Animae Salus est Neque in id stultitiae simul Impietatis unquam erumpam ut Omni potentiae tuae Sacra mentorum Arbiter esse velim Neque permittas me erigere Infirmitat is Meae sensum ultra aut Infinitat is Tuae religiosam Opinionem aut significatam Mihi AEternitat is tuae fidem Amen Illumina Quaeso Domine tenebras nostras totius hujus Noctis insidias à Me Omnibus fidelibus tuis ab animabus precipuè sed à Corporibus nostris repelle Propitius Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans Vnderstanding pour into mine heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Incline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words shew thy marvellous loving kindeness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the Apple of thy Eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 17. 6 7 8. O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 141. 2. The Lord is my shield and my strength my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped Therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise thy Name Psal. 28. 8. O Lord of all Power and Might who art the Author and Giver of all good things graff in my heart the love of thy Name increase in mee true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great Mercy keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord let me know my End and the number of my dayes that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and my Age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity For he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord What is my hope Truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psa. 39. 5. O Domine mea omnia Meipsum Tibi dono offero Actionem Sermonem Quietem silentium Tantum Me habeas ducas Manum Mentem Linguam ad ea quae honesta sunt tibi grata moveas Et ab omnibus à quibus abstinere praestat abducas Per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen III. LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the Counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornfull but that my delight may be in thy law O Lord and my Exercise in it day and night Amen O Sol Justitiae Pater Origo Omnium Tuo sydere afflari reviviscere est Tuo foveri Lumine proficere est Tuis accendi flammis perficere est Abs te deseri perire est O ter foelices quibus Mitis Rosidus exoreris Bees me O Domine Jesu Lumine Tuo Et discute Nebulas Ignorantiae meae Caliginem Peccatorum meorum ut non aberrans à via mandatorum tuorum te sequar in Lumen aeternum Per te ipsum unicum Salvatorem Redemptorem meum Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance preserve my foot from taking I humbly beseech thee Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Prov. 3. 26. O Lord give me I beseech thee thy Spirit to think and do alwayes such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee My God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let my enemies triumph over mee Shew me thy wayes O God and teach me thy pathes Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me thy statutes for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender Mercies and thy Loving kindnesse which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or of my riper Age but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodnesse and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almighty God who seest that wee have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my body and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversity which may happen to my body and from all evill thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Hearken unto my voyce O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee seek ye my face Thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in Displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen Psalm 27. 8 9 10. 11. At Evening Morning and at Noon day will I pray and that instantly hear my voyce O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against mee Amen Psalm 55. 18. Let thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to the prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my petitions make mee to aske such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee Have mercy upon me Amen My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God but let them have no cause to say it any more Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 42. 3. Almighty God which shewest to all men that are in Errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousnesse Grant I beseech thee unto me
and all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrary to our profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Domine Salvator Qui habes in potestate Peccatum solvere Dicas mihi Oro Exi de vinculis tuis Exi de nexibus peccatorum tuorum dicendo solve funes Er. rorum meorum quibus Circumdatus ligatus sum Etsi enim nequissimus sim. omnium detestabilis usu Peccatorum Te tamen jubente liber co Amen Lord give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almighty for thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 91. 1. O God thou which declarest thy Almighty power most chiefly by shewing mercy and pity Give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God thou art my hope and my strength a present help in trouble Confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the Sea Though the waters thereof rage and swell and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be removed Amen Psalm 46. 1. O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy name Order my steps in thy Word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Psal. 119. 132. Almighty God give unto me I beseech thee a full encrease of Faith Hope and Charity And that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou doest Command through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen Psal. 50. 15. O Lord correct me but with Judgement not in thy anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy Correction may amend me and make me thine through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Jer. 10. 24. Respice Me quoque O Domine Jesu ut propria possim recognoscere Peccata fletibus piis culpas solvere Da quaeso lachrymas Petri Nolo Laetitiam Peccatoris Utque hic fiat Respice tu des ut mihi etiam miserrimo Peccatorum Coeli quoquè gallus cantet ut liberatus tibi Cantem in sacula saeculorum Amen O Eternal God and Merciful Father Grant I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things that thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the World my Heart may surely there be fixed where true Joys are to be found through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen IV. O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thy Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak And hear my prayers and deliver me for thy own self and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confesse it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin and though thou didst wash me from that in the Laver of Baptisme yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous Actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace which thou hast given me Lord encrease thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my Resistance that I may see and confess and hate and for sake all my sins and find mercy and salvation in the merits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ Amen O Lord early this morning did I cry unto thee for in thy Word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 147. O Lord let me hear thy loving kindnesse betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the days of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 143. 8. Deliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish for man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope Truely my hope is even in thee and there let it still continue acceptable in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 39. 6 7 8. O Lord look upon me in mercy in the greater mercy because the Calling and place I am in must give a stricter Account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ. Not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ That so the punishment which would otherwise overtake me may passe over Me. Then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercy in my soul make me feel it through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Domine Qui Magnos Greges Perficis Parvos per Gratiam auges Per amplissimam Benignitatem tuam copiosè me Consolare Gregem mcum mecum Pasce Conserva Per Jesum Christum summum Pastorem salvatorem nostrum Amen O Lord plead thou my Cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Amen Psal. 35. 1 3. Give ear O Lord unto my prayer and ponder the voyce of my humble desires In the time of my trouble will I call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Psal. 86. 6. Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitfull tongue Amen Psal. 120. 2. Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercy and because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord give me such grace that I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art neer that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my waies and the unrighteousnesse of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercy upon me in Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen Teach me thy wayes O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy name Amen Psal. 86. 11.
Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Visita quaeso Domine habitationem meam Omnes infidi Inimici ab eà longè repellantur Angeli tui Sancti habitent in eâ nos in pace sanitate custodiant benedictio tua sit super Nos semper Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Linguae Froenum LEt the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 19. 14. Lord keep my tongue from evill and my lips that they speak no guile that so I may eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it Amen Psalm 34. 12 13. O Lord give me the mouth of the righteous that it may be exercised in wisdome and that my tongue may be talking of Judgment Amen Psalm 37. 31. Lord I have said in thy Grace I will take heed to my wayes that I offend not with my tongue Give me O give me that grace that I may take this heed that I may keep my mouth as it were with a bridle especially when the ungodly is in my sight be it never so much pain or grief to me Hear me and grant Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal 39.1 2. Let the free-will Offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy Judgments Amen Psal. 119. 108. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is evil Amen Psal. 141. 3. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and a seal of wisdom upon my lips that I fall not suddenly by them and that my tongue destroy me not Amen Ecclus. 22. 27. Afflictiones IF I find favour in thy Eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyfull and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus Christ his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee Behold here I am do with me as seems good in thy own Eyes Amen 2 Sam. 15. 25. O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distresse though in want of some of thy comfort yet not of all though I be chastened yet let me not be forsaken though I be cast down let me not perish and though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen 2 Cor. 4. 8 16. O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing Amen Psal. 38. 10. O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy law and it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Jesus Christ Amen Psal 119.65 75. I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindnesse be my comfort according to thy Word to thy servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 75. O Lord Almighty O God of Israel the soul that is in trouble and the spirit that is pierced cryeth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercy for thou art mercifull and have pity upon me because I have sinned before thee for thou endurest for ever but unlesse thou have mercy I utterly perish Have mercy therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember the promise that the poor shall not alwayes be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Psal. 9. 18. Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversities Amen Psal. 31. 8. Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and my eye is consumed for very heavinesse yea my soul and my body my strength faileth me because of my Iniquity and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken vessel for I have heard the Blasphemy of the multitude and fear is on every side but my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save me and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 31. 10 12 14 15 16. Why art thou so full of heavinesse O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O but thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen Psalm 42. 6. Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen Psal. 44. 23. In thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousnesse bow down thy Ear to me make hast to deliver me be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be thou also my Guide and lead me for thy names sake Amen Psal. 31. 1. O God the enemy cryeth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me my heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is sallen upon me Fearfullnesse and trembling and an horrible dread have overwhelmed me and I said O that I had wings like a Dove that I might make haste to escape the storm wind and tempest but be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 55. 3. O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of men Amen Psal. 60. 11. Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers that assault us are diversly pointed against us I beseech thee be present with me in all the course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my calling suffer not malice to be able to hurt me nor cunning to circumvent me Nor violence to oppresse me Nor falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all dangers both of body and soul I may praise thee the Deliverer and see how happy a thing it is to make the Lord of hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord blesse and preserve me at this time from c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance
also and be safe in the merits and mercies of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plenty of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and my enemies laugh me to scorn but turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Psal. 80. 5. Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercy and the world shall know that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Amen Lord Jesu Amen Psal. 109. 25. If my delight had not been in thy law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Psal. 119. 92. Pestilentia DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we are even consumed by means of thy heavy hand and for Jesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen Psal. 39. 9 11. O Lord deliver me from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me sase under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terrour by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor for the sicknesse that destroyeth at noon-day though thousands fall before me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come neer me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 91. 3. O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thy Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psa. 91. 10. O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatnesse of both thy power and thy mercy preserve them that are appointed to die Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 79. 12. O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I and my Family that are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodnesse from this and all other Infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest have pity upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sicknesse and mortality and like as thou didst then command thy Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sicknesse through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long continued visitation and in the midst of thy judgement remembring mercy hast redeemed us from death we offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of death are ready to overtake me when thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee O Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 18. 3 4 5. Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth Amen Psal. 31. 6. O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in summer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousnesse have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen Psal. 34. 4. O Lord hear my prayer and with thy ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were O spare a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen Psal. 39. 13. O Domine mediâ vità in morte sumus unde aut à quo quaerimus auxilium nisi à te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris meritò infensus est nobis Sancte fortis sancte Misericors salvator amarissimis poenis mortis aeternae ne tradas me Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae quum deficit virtus mea ne derelinquas me Domine ante te omnia desideria mea suspiria mea à te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine Tu Domine Nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae quin parce mihi O Domine Sanctissime O Omnipotens Deus Sancte salvator maximè misericors Dignissime AEterne Judex ne sinas me in horâ meâ novissima pro quocunque terrore mortis excidere à te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares of death compasse me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but I will call upon thy name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul deliver my soul from death my eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Psal. 116. 2 3. Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousnesse that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord Amen Psal. 118. 18. There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sins yet O Lord be mercisul to me and heal me for thy names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing mee back from the bottome of my Grave what thou hast farther for me to do or suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it and let me not live longer then to honour thee through Jesus Christ Amen INDEX A AMici folio 11. Afflicti f. 12 Auxilium fol. 58 59 75 104. Tempore adverso 56 Afflictiones f. 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132. Adoratio glorificatio dei mei 114. Adventus Dom. 1. f. 18 Dom. 2. 19 Dom. 4. 19. Dies Ascensionis fol.