and that soon so shall we that be thy people and sheep of thy pasture give thee thanks for ever and will alwayes be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Grant this O mercifull Father we beseech thee for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen II. OEternal God and most gracious Father we confesse thâ—… by our manifold transgressions we have deserv'd whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our contempt of thy Divine Service is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Our charity to our Neighbour is cold and our disobedience abounds Religion is with many of us as in too many places besides made but a pretence for other ends then thy service and there hath been little or no care among us to keep Truth and Peace together for the preserving of both Church and State Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Send us light in our understandings readiness and obedience in our wils discretion in our words and actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and prosperity of our Ierusalem the unity and glory of this Church and State that we may love it and prosper in it that we may be guided by thy grace in this life and received to thy glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen III. GRant we beseech thee Almighty God that we which for our evill deeds and our great unthankfulness are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen IV. ALmighty and most mercifull Father who for our many and grievous sins those especially which we have committed since our last solemn Humiliation before thee mightest most justly have cut us off but in the multitude of thy mercies hast hitherto spared us Accept we most heartily beseech thee our unfeigned sorrow for all our former transgressions and grant we may never so presume of thy mercy as to despise the riches of thy goodnesse But that thy forbearance and long suffering may lead us to repentance and amendment of our sinfull lives to thy honour and glory and our eternal salvation at the last day through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen V. ALmighty and everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgive the sins of them that be penitent Create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchednes may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. VI. GRant Lord we beseech thee that the course of this world may be so ordered by thy governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ Amen VII ALmighty and Everlasting God mercifully look upon our infirmities and miseries and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us through Christ our Lord Amen VIII O Lord we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people that we which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the glory of thy name through Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth c. Let us pray for the whole state of Christs holy Catholick Church particularly of our distressed Mother the afflicted Church of England O Lord God of thine inheritance who conveyest many blessings to the children of men by the prayer and Ministery of thy Church let our prayers obtain of thee mercies and deliverances for her O Lord thou hast planted thy Church in the humility and poverty and death of thy Sonne thou hast watered it with the blood of thy Apostles and Martyrs thou hast made it flourish and spread forth its branches by the warmth and heat and graces of thy Holy Spirit and hast according to thy promise still preserved it in the midst of all enmities and disadvantages Thy Lawes and righteous Commandments have been a scorne and derision to Iews and Gentiles the flesh of thy servants hath been meat for the beasts of the land And still she wears the purple robe of mockery and the crown of thorns which at first she took from the head and side of her dearest Lord. At last O Lord be gracious unto thine inheritance help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name let not thine enemies devoure the Church and lay wast her dwelling places Be mercifull unto our sins preserve all those that by malice of their enemies are appointed to death or prison or any other misery Let us still enjoy the freedome of thy Gospel the food of thy Word the sweet refreshings of thy Sacraments publick Communions in thy Church and all the benefits of the society of Saints and let not our sins cause thee to remove the Candlestick from us But make thy people and the sheep of thy pasture secure and glad in thy salvation that we may shew forth thy praise in this world and in the world to come through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O Thou Shepherd of Israel thou that sittest upon the Cherubims stir up thy strength and come and help thy people that prayeth unto thee for mercy and Protection Thou hast made Affliction the portion of thy children in this life thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink Yet be pleased to shew the light of thy countenance upon us to lighten our darknesses to relieve our miseries to heale our sicknesses and let not thy Church become a strife unto her Neighbours but reunite her Divisions and make her not a prey to them that would devoure her and then laugh her to scorn O Lord hedge her about with thy mercies with the custody of Angels with the Patronage of Kings and Princes with the hearts and hands of Nobles and the defence 〈◊〉 the whole secular Arm least the wilâ—… Beasts of the field pluck off 〈◊〉 Grapes destroy the Vintage aâ—… root up the Vine it self but let 〈◊〉 so flourish under the beams of thy fa vour and providence that it may 〈◊〉 root and spread and fill all lands that the name of the man of thy rigâ—… hand the God and man Christ Iesâ—… may be glorified thy Church enlargâ—… and defended and we blessed with 〈◊〉 health and salvation Grant this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Saviour of the world save us which by thy Cross and precious blood hast redeemed us help us we beseech thee help this â—…eeding Church O thou God of our salvation Though thou hast noâ—… a long tiâ—… giuen Satan and his instruments power 〈◊〉 all that she hath yet O Lord spare her life Let there be still a reâ—…nant left to praise thee And when by these sharp trials thou hast vindicated her integrity be pleased to blesse her as thou didst Job ' s latter end by giving her a double portion of all reall
deliverance thou hast put us in a Capacity of the lesse then be thou pleased to be jealous for thy Land and pâ—…y thy people Consider the troubles we suffer of them that hate us and let not all the evils 〈◊〉 little before thee that 〈◊〉 come upon us upon our Kings upon our Priests and upon all this people Restore us our Judges as at the first and our Councellors as at the beginâ—…ing and Comfort us again â—…ter the time wherein thou hast â—…agued us And for the years â—…erein we have suffered adversity But if in recompence of having made thee serve with our sins servants must Rule over us though they have dominion over our Bodies and goods at their pleasure yet O Lord let them not have dominion over our souls Let not all our oppressions make us act any thing contrary to our Christian profession much less wholly renounce it But what ever other judgements we must groan under Lord deliver us not up to that Barbarism and irreligion which hath already made so great a breach upon us We cannot but confess it most just in thee to permit Us who have so long resisted the power of Godliness to proceed now to Cast off the very form and that we who would not receive the Love of the truth should be given over to strong delusions to believe Lyes And this saddest effect of thy wrath hath already overtaken many among us and doth universally threaten the rest for since thou hast laid waste the wall of thy Vineyard what can we expect but that it should be trodden down Thou hast broken our two staves Beauty and bands all Order and Unity the necessary supports of a Church 〈◊〉 at once perishing from amongst us the solemn feasts are forgotten in Sion her Elders sit upon the ground and keep silence while they â—…om thou hast not sent run while they to whom thou hast 〈◊〉 spoken prophesie and 〈◊〉 these is prophaness gone into all the Land We O Lord which might once have gone with the multitude to the house of God are now driven into seâ—…ret Corners to celebrate the most solemn parts of thy service whilest it is become more safe to blaspheme then to adore thee publiquely This this O Lord is the unsupportable paâ—… of our afflictions the sting of all our miseries If we had been only sold for Bondmen and Bondwomen we could have held our peace but thine abhorring thine Altar and casting off thy Sanctuary this is for a Lamentation and must be for a Lamentation Thy servants think upon the stones of Sion and it pityeth them to see her in the dust O Let not all those tears prayers that are poured out for her return empty And because thou thy self hast recommended unto us the efficacy of importunity be thou pleased to give us that grace to â—…cite and stirre up all that make mention of the Lord that they may give thee no rest till thou establish our Ierusalem again a praise upon Earth To that end O Lord give us Pastors afâ—… thine own heart such Priest whose lips may preserve knowledge and make us diligently to seek the Law at their mouths and grant that we being by this deprivation taught the value of such precious advantages and the sin of our former contemning them may unanimously contend for the regaining them by a cordiall universall forsaking of those sins which have turned away these good things from us Extend the same mercy to those who have been the most actively instrumentall to this sad devastation both of Church and State Withdraw from them those treacherous prosperities which make them think that thon art even such an one as themselves and by unravelling that webb of strange successes wherewith they have hid their shame discover them to themselves and to all whom they have seduced O let not the temporall ruines which they have brought upon us become the eternall Ruin of any one soul among them but convince them of the horror of their guilt and let that convincement work that godly sorrow never to be repented of That so thou mayst give them their portion not with Hypocrites but with Penitents and that for his sake whom thou hast set forth to be our Propitiation Iesus Christ our Lord Amen VII O Mercifull God we thy wretched sinfull Creatuâ—…es who have no other qualification for thy mercy but that one of extreme misery do yet presume to approach thee humbly beseeching thee to look not on our merits but our wants and by removing all those obstacles which our sins have interposed against our succours to render us accessible to thy comforts and reliefs and then dispense them to us O Lord in such order and measure as thy wisdom shall see expedient and when thou seest us fit to be again entrusted with our outward peace be pleased to restore it to us but in the mean time deny us not the inward nor any of those means which are necessary to the procuring or maintaining of it To this end O Lord continue to us the light of thy truth and let not all these unfruitfull works of darkness which we have hitherto committed in that light provoke thee to extinguish it Avert O Lord all those sad portents that threaten destruction to this Church And though thou hast given Satan and his instruments power over all that she hath yet O Lord spare her life Let there still be a remnant left to praise thee and when by these sharp tryalls thou hast vindicated her integrity be pleased to bless her as thou didst Iobs latter end by giving her a double portion of all real advantages And though thou hast now violently removed thy Tabernacle yet O Lord let not one pin of it be lost but erect it again amongst us in the wonted order and beauty and though she have lyen among the pots yet let her be as the wings of a Dove which is covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold let her builders make haste and her destroyers and those that have laid her waste go forth of her Deliver her from those Bruitish Pastors which have made this thy pleasant portion a desolate wilderness but give her such guides as may by their doctrine build us up in our most holy faith and by their example shine as lights in this perverse generation and make us so to obey them which watch for our souls that they may give an account of them with Joy and not with grief Grant this mercifull Lord for his sake who is the Shepheard and Bishop of our souls Jesus Christ our Lord Amen VIII ALmighty and everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that be penitent create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthyly lamenting our sins and knowledging our wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission forgiveness through Jesus Christ Amen IX GRant we beseech thee Almighty God that we
heart are in larged Our iniquities and the punishments which attend upon them are a burden too heavy for us to bear And therefore in the anguish and bitternesse of our souls we return unto thee humbly beseeching thee in whom alone is our help to have respect unto the Prayers of thy servants O shut not up thy loving kindnesse in displeasure let not thine anger burn against the sheep of thy pasture But bind up the breach of this People Let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee Behold the tears of the distressed Orphans and Widdows and of all such as are oppressed and have no comforter How long O Lord holy and true doest thou forbear to command deliverances Remember thy tender mercies which have been ever of old and save us as thou hast done heretofore Remember thy promise of deliverance to those who call upon thee in the day of trouble And when the blood that hath been shed calls aloud for verigeance O then hearken unto the voice of thy Sons blood which speaks better things behold the Lamb of God who was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities And to this end regard the sincerity of thine Anointed maintain thine own cause and preserve unto him that power which thou hast given him bind his soul in the bundle of life let mercy and truth preserve him and let his Throne be established for ever before thee Blesse them that are peaceable and faithfull in the Land And as for those that have risen up against him we beseech thee melt and mollifie their hearts to the entertainment of compassion and love reclaim them to obedience lay not their sin to their charge but guide their feet into the way of Peace Give to those that have done wrong the grace to repent and to those that have suffered wrong minds ready to forgive And if any shall be averse from Peace O thou that art the wonderfull Counsellor turn their wisdome into foolishness confound their practises and let their mischief return upon their own heads And when thou hast vouchsafed to give us that tranquillity which we beg at thy hands give 〈◊〉 grace to embrace it with all thankfulnesse to obey our Governours to live at unity among our selves evermore blessing thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Collects I. LOrd raise up we pray thee thy power and come amongst us and with great might succor us that where as through our sins and wickednesse we be sore let and hindred thy bountifull grace and mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may speedily deliver us to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be honour and glory world without end Amen II. ALmighty and everlasting God which dost govern all things in heaven and earth mercifully hear the supplications of thy people and grant us thy peace all the dayes of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen III. ALmighty and everlasting God mercifully look upon our afflictions and in all our dâ—…ngers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us through Christ our Lord Amen IV. GOd who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailnesse we cannot alwayes stand uprightly Grant to us the health of body and soul that all those things which we suffer for sin by thy help we may well passe and overcome through Christ our Lord Amen V. O Lord we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy People that we which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the Glory of thy name through Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth world without end Amen VI. LOrd We beseech thee to keep thy Church and houshold continually in the true Religion that they which do leane only on thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen VII WE beseech thee Almighty God look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen VIII GOd the Protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy increase and multiply upon us thy mercy that thou being our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporall that we finally lose not things eternall Grant this Heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord Amen XI LOrd we beseech thee let thy continual pitty cleanse and defend thy congregation and because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodnesse through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Certain additionall Prayers In the time of War O Almighty God who art high above all Nations and whose glory is above the Heavens the comfortable successe of all enterprises is from thee onely to be looked for Thou art he which givest victory unto Kings to thee it is all one to save by many or few thou canst make one to chase a thousand thou canst cause the hearts even of the most valiant to melt their hands to be weak their minds to faint and their knees to fall away like water If thou fight for us we cannot miscarâ—…y If thou favour us not we must needs be discomfited O be gracious unto us and be on our side now that men are risen up against us They take crafty Counsell against thy Church and consult how to cut us off from being a Nation and by what means to quench the light of thy Truth which hath shined in our streets Their desire is to imbrue their hands in blood and to advance their own ambition by our overthrow O turn their Counsels into foolishness Let not their mischeivous imaginations prosper lest they be too proud O our God make them like unto a wheel and as the stubble before the winde Scatter the People that delight in War Go out O Lord with our Armies give wisdom and courage to our Captains gird them with strength unto the battell be with our Souldiers teaching their hands to war and their fingers to fight Assist all the Consultations prosper the Policies crown those enterprises with good successe which are undertaken for the common good and comfort of the Weal-publique Doubtless O Lord we have deserved thine anger and our sins do cry loud in thine ears for vengeance and it were but just with thee if thou shouldst make us a prey and â—…spoil unto our Enemies But O Gracious God let us now fall into thy hands for thy mercies are great and let us not fall into the hands of men whose displeasure at us is not for our sins but for our Profession and Religions sake and that they may fill their own inlarged and insatiable desire with those blessings of wealth which thou hast given us Put therefore thy hook into their nostrills and