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The daily office of a Christian being the devotions of the most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Laud, late archbishop of Canterbury : wherein several catechetical paraphrases ...
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Laud, William, 1573-1645.
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my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salvation All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in miserie from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen * Thanks be to thee O God thanks be to thee O true and undivided Trinitie O Veritie one and three O Unitie three and one Thanks be to thee O God the Father who hast both manifested thy Son unto me and given him to be my Teacher O grant likewise that he may be so for ever according to thy mercies of old time Amen My heart is readie O Lord my heart is readie I will sing and give praise yea I will praise thee among the people and I will sing unto thee among the Nations O let thy Mercie which is great unto the Heavens and thy Truth which reacheth unto the Clouds embrace me and preserve me to thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most highest For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the Throne that judgest right Lord continue to be my defence against the oppressor and my refuge in due time of trouble that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Jesus Christ. Amen My trust is in thee O God and my heart is joyful in thy salvation I will sing unto thee O Lord because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise thy Name O Lord most highest Amen O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the Seed of Jacob. My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee Amen What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercie upon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Amen I will alwaies give thanks unto thee O Lord thy praise shall ever be in my mouth My soul shall make her boast of thee O my God and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad For I sought thee O Lord and thou heardest me and didst deliver me out of all my fear even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glorie every day Amen O Lord who is like unto to thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversities but thou wilt I hope return and quicken me thou wilt return and take me out of this depth Amen I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for ever For great is thy mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and heartie thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast given me of thy truth for giving me a love to it and thy Church for quieting my soul in the midst of thy Churches distractions for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee whereas no true content is found without thee Lord I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign the place to which thou hast raised me the means which thou hast given me to do good Lord I cannot name all thy blessings how shall I thank thee for them Lord I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them O give a heart to desire all this and grace to perform it that my sins may be forgiven me and that I may be thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O praise the Lord for he is gracious O sing unto his Name for it is lovely I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name and that because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things Lord give me grace to obey thy Word and to honour thy Name for ever in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Prosperity LOrd this is the time of fear keep thy servant from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me That though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the great offence even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthie of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endeavours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my enemies and wisdom to prevent them a heart to love my friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me love thy Church and the place where thine honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way Amen * O merciful Lord when thou hast prevailed with thy self for alas we never live so as to be worthie to prevail with thee to give us seasonable weather plentiful crops and peaceful times that enrich us with all good things and abundance of increase even above our wishes O suffer me not to be corrupted through so great prosperitie of happie events lest I should altogether forget thee and my self too but increase also my humilitie and my thankfulness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of
his sake Amen Lord keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me and from the traps of wicked doers If they will not repent let them sall into their own nets together but let me ever escape them Amen O Lord I pour out my complaints before thee Consider them for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Amen In time of Fear LOrd make me remember that the fear of thee is clean and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may so carrie my self and that courage that I may so bear up my self as that I may fear none but thee nothing but that wherein I offend thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In Poverty O Lord when thou makest inquisition for blood remember and forget not the complaint of the Poor Arise O Lord God and lift up thy hand forget not the Poor Take his cause into thy hand for he commits himself unto thee and thou art the helper of the friendless O be so still even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O praise the Lord ye that fear him and magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him O bow down thine ear and hear him still O thou holy One of Israel Amen I am poor and needy O God make haste unto me Thou art my helper and my deliverer O Lord make no long tarrying Amen In Imprisonment O Lord have mercie up-me and bring my soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name even in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord blessed is the man that hath thee for his help and whose hope is in thee O Lord help me and all them to right that suffer wrong Thou art the Lord which loosest men out of Prison which helpest them that are fallen O Lord help and deliver me when and as it shall seem best to thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thine indignation lies hard upon me and though thou hast not for thy mercie is great vexed me with all thy storms yet thou hast put my acquaintance far from me and I am so fast in Prison that I cannot get forth Lord I call daily upon thee hear and have mercie for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou which bringest the Prisoners out of captivitie while thou lettest the Runagates continue in scarceness Have mercie upon me and deliver me out of the Prison and affliction in which I now am and give me grace that being free I may faithfully and freely serve thee all the days of my life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Against Banishment LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans crueltie may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Countrie where I learned to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the days of my life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Against the Violent O Lord the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me yet make me the more thankful and the more careful to consider thy testimonies Amen O Lord they draw nigh that of malice persecute me therefore be thou nigh at hand to help me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Many O Lord they are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy Testimonies Yes Lord I do daily swerve from them Quicken me as thou art wont Amen O take from me shame and rebuke and I will keep thy Testimonies O take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good O Lord do this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For strength in Martyrdom LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In time of Dearth BE merciful O Lord and remember us that we be not confounded in these perilous times and that in these days of dearth we may have enough and a free heart and hand to bestow it upon thy poor ones even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord our sins have prevailed against us yet be thou merciful unto our transgressions O visit the Earth and prepare Corn for the Inhabitants thereof Crown the year with thy goodness and let no cloud drop other than fatness that the very Hills may rejoyce on every side that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof all things necessarie for their bodily sustenance Behold we beseech thee the afflictions of thy People and grant that the scarcitie and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our sins may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plentie for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be mercifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth so that in due time we may enjoy them and praise thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of War O My God though mightie Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the mightie man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Jonathan shut up this Armie in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horse-men Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and not return till we have destroyed them O gird us