For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God 5 Which made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for ever 6 Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which feedeth the hungry 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giueth sight to the blinde 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous 9 The Lord careth for the strangers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widow as for the way of the ungodly he turneth it upside down 10 The Lord thy God O Sion shall â—e King for evermore and throughout all generations The Prayer O Lord God who reignest a King for evermore give us grace that we may make thee our helpe and fixe our hopes in thee for thou onely art able to give deliverance Feed our soules O Lord and satisfie us with thy salvation when we hunger and thirst after righteousnesse helpe us to right when we suffer wrong heale our back slidings raise us when we are fallen enlighten the eyes of our soules that we walke not in darknesse and the shadow of death and do thou take care for us in all our wayes and in all our necessities that when our breath goeth forth and we turne again to our earth we may reigne with thee in Sion thy celestiall habitation for evermore through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 147. A celebration of Gods wisedome and providence in the ministration of the things of the world and of his goodnesse towards them that feare him EVENING PRAYER O Praise the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea a ioyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankfull 2 The Lord doth build up Ierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heale their sicknesse 4 He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisedome is infinite 6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground 7 O sing unto the Lord with thankesgiving sing praises upon the harpe unto our God 8 Which covereth the heaven with clouds and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh th grasse to grow upon the mountaines and herbe for the use of men 9 Which giveth fodder unto the cattell and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs 11 But the Lords delight is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy 12 Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Sion 13 For he hath made fast the barres of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the floure of wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wooll and scattereth the hoar frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flow 19 He sheweth his word unto Iacob his statutes and ordinances unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his lawes The Prayer O Lord God whose power is great and thy wisedome infinite give us broken and contrite hearts meek spirits a feare of thy Name and a trust in thy mercy that thou maist arise upon us with healing in thy wings giving us medicine to heale all our ghostly sicknesses and thy delight may be in us delighting to do us good to feed us when we call upon thee to set us above our enemies to give us knowledge of thy Lawes to build up Ierusalem and to repaire the breaches of thy Church that we may sing praises unto thee O God and be thankfull to all eternity through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 148. An invitation of all the creatures of the world to praise God O Praise the Lord of heaven praise him in the height 2 Praise him all yee angels of his praise him all his host 3 Praise him sun and moon praise him all yee starres and light 4 Praise him all yee heavens and yee waters that be above the heavens 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord for he spake the word and they were made he commanded and they were created 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken 7 Praise the Lord upon earth yee dragons and all deepes 8 Fire and haile snow and vapours winde and storme fulfilling his word 9 Mountaines and all hills fruitfull trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattell wormes and feathered fowles 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the world 12 Young men and maidens old men and children praise the name of the Lord for his name onely is excellent and his praise above heaven and earth 13 He shall exalt the horne of his people all his saints shall praise him even the children of Israel even the people that serveth him The Prayer O Lord God whose Name onely is excellent and thy praise above Heaven and Earth we adore and blesse thy mercy and thy power for creating us after thine owne Image thou spakest the word and we were made thou commandedst and we were created and as thou hast established thy Creation with a Law for ever that all should minister to thy praises in their severall proportions so give us grace that the lawes of sanctity of Faith and obedience which thou hast given to us may never be broken that we serving thee not onely in the order of thy creatures but in the capacity of thy children may sing thy praises amongst the Angels and the numerous host of Saints reigning in thy Kingdome for ever and ever Amen PSALME 149. A meditation of the ioyes of Heaven prepared for the Saints O Sing unto the Lord a new song let the congregation of saints praise him 2 Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their King 3 Let them praise his name in the dance let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harpe 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek hearted 5 Let the saints be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beds 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands 7 To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people 8 To binde their kings in chaines and their nobles with linkes of iron 9 That they may be avenged of them as it is written Such honour have all his saints The Prayer O Lord our King in whose honour and salvation all thy Saints rejoyce give unto thy holy Gospell a free passage in all the world that Kings and Nobles may be bound with the chaines of obedience discipline and subordination to all thy holy Lawes and grant to us thy servants that thy Lawes may be so fixed in our hearts and thy praises in our mouthes and righteousnesse in all our actions that we may be written among the righteous and have our portion with the Saints who rejoyce in their beds of eternall rest and are joyfull in the glories of thy Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 150. An invitation to praise God with all our faculties and powers O Praise God in his holinesse praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him in his noble acts praise him according to his excellent greatnesse 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him vpon the lute and harpe 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances praise him upon the strings and pipe 5 Praise him upon the well tuned cymbals praise him upon the loud cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. The Prayer O Eternall God thy holinesse and power and excellent greatnesse are farre above all the praises of men and Angels and yet thou art pleased in the harmony and consent of a thankfull heart and a thankesgiving tongue touch our hearts with admirable apprehensions of thy Divine perfections that our songs of thy honour may be devout and illuminate to the height of extasies and the devotions of a Seraphim for nothing is proportionable to thy glories but what is infinitely beyond our infirmities Make us to sing Thee and thy Name while we have breath and when we are breathlesse let our hearts fill up the harmony and thinke thy praises so cordially till our soules being separated from the harsh sound of our bodily organs we may praise thee when we are all spirit in the state of separation and in the reunion when our bodies shall be made spirituall singing to thee exalted praises for ever and ever To thee O blessed and glorious God be praises and honour and glory ascribed now and to all eternity Amen Amen FINIS
was borne thou art my God even from my mothers wombe 11 O go not from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me 12 Many oxen are come about mee fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side 13 They gape upon mee with their mouthes as it were a ramping and roaring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melâ—ing wax 15 My strength is dried up like a pot-sheard and my tongue cleaveth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death 16 For many dogs are come about me and the counsell of the wicked layeth siege against mee 17 They pierced my hands and my feet I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking upon me 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou art my succour hast thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth thou hast heard me also from among the hornes of the unicorns 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 O praise the Lord ye that feare him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob and feare him all ye seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that fear him 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied they that seek after the Lord shall praise him your heart shall live for ever 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves and be turned unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him 28 For the Kingdom is the Lords and he is the governour among the people 29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him and no man hath quickned his own soule 31 My seed shall serve him they shall be couuted unto the Lord for a generation 32 They shall come and the heavens shall declare his righteousnesse unto a people that shall be born whom the Lord hath made The Prayer O Mercifull Iesu who for our sakes did'st suffer thy selfe to be betrayed tormented spitupon crucified and to dye that thou mightest purchase for us redemption from the sting of death the miseries of hell the malice and power of the Divell deliver our soules from the sword of thy Vengeance cut us not off by untimely death free our darling from the power of the dog our soules from being a prey unto the Divell snatch us out of the Lions mouth who goeth up and downe seeking whom he may devoure O Iesu be a Iesus unto us and let those victories which thou hast obtained over Satan and Hell and the grave bring us peace and Righteousnesse and a Crown of glory in the Heavens where thou livest and reignest in the great congregation of Saints and Angells one God world without end Amen PSALME 23. A prayer that God would guide and feed and support us as a sheapherd doth his flock THe Lord is my sheapherd therefore can I lack nothing 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort 3 He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast anointed my head with oyle and my cup shall be full 6 But thy loving kindnesse and mercy shall follow me all the dayes of mylife I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever The Prayer O Blessed Iesu thou great Sheapherd and Bishop of our Soules let thy grace convert us let thy mercy guide us in the paths of righteousnesse feed us with thy Word and Sacraments refresh us with the comforts of thy Holy Spirit and in the whole course of our life which is nothing else but a valley of miseries and a shadow of death let thy rod correct us like a Father when we doe amisse and thy staffe support us in all our troubles and necessities O let thy loving kindnesse and mercy follow us all our daies that after this life we may dwell in thy house for ever where thou hast prepared a Table and a full cup of blessing for thy People and shalt anoynt their heads with the oyle of an eternall gladnesse in the fruition of thy glories ô blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen PSALME 24. A Meditation upon the ascension of our Blessed Saviour and a Prayer for Sanctity that we may ascend where he is MORNING PRAYER THe earth is the Lords and all that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwell therein 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and prepared it upon the flouds 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rise up in his holy place 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart and that hath not life up his mind unto vanity nor sworn to deceive his neighbour 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousnesse from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face O Iacob 7 Life up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doores and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is the King of glory it is the Lord strong and mighty even the Lord mighty in battell 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doores and the King of glory shall come in 10 Who is the King of glory even the Lord of hosts he is the King of glory The Prayer O Blessed Iesu King of glory Lord of Hosts and King of all the Creatures to whom the everlasting doores were opened that thou mightest enter into thy Kingdome which thou didst open to all believers after thou hadst overcome the sharpnesse of death give us clean hands and a pure heart teach us to follow thy innocency to imitate thy sanctity that we may receive from thee our Lord the eternall rewards and blessings of righteousnesse and ascend thither whither thou ô God of our salvation art gone before who livest and raignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost eternall God world without end Amen PSALME 25. A penitentiall Psalme or a prayer for deliverance from Sinne and Punishment VNto thee O Lord
without end Amen PSALME 57. A Prayer to be delivered from the power of the Devill and slander of men and that we may put our confidence in God BE mercifull unto me O God be mercifull unto me for my soul trusteth in thee and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuga untill this tyranny be overpast 2 I will call unto the most high God even unto the God that shall performe the cause which I haue in hand 3 He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth my soul is among Lions 5 And I lie even among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword 6 Set up thy self O God aboue the heavens and thy glory aboue all the earth 7 They haue laid a net for my feet and pressed down my soul they haue digged a pit before me are fallen into the mids of it themselves 8 My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise 9 Awake up my glory awake lute and harp I my self will awake right early 10 I will giue thanks unto thee O Lord among the people and I will sing unto thee among the Nations 11 For the greatnesse of thy mercy reacheth unto the Heavens and thy truth unto the Clouds 12 Set up thy self O God aboue the heavens and thy glory above all the earth The Prayer O Most high and mighty God who hast set thy selfe above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth doe thou send from heaven and save us from the reproofe of all our ghostly Enemies who would eate us for our soul is among Lions and the Devill is busie seeking to devoure us O send out thy mercy and truth deliver us from the malitious slander of men and from the dreadfull accusations of the Devills at the day of judgement who are set on fire against us and their teeth are speares and arrowes gnashing at us to teare us in pieces Let thy mercy sustaine us let thy righteousnesse be interpos'd in answer for us that as our enemies accuse us thy mercies may acquit us through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 58. A Prayer that Gods people may be delivered from the malice of wicked men ARe your mindes set upon righteousnesse O ye congregation and do ye iudge the thing that is right O ye sonnes of men 2 Yea ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth and your hands deal with wickednesse 3 The ungodly are froward even from their mothers wombe assoon as they be born they go astray and speak lies 4 They are as venemous as the poyson of a serpent even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her eares 5 Which refuseth to heare the voice of the charmer charm he never so wisely 6 Breake their teeth O God in their mouthes smite the iaw-bones of the Lions O Lord let them fall away like water that runneth apace and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out 7 Let them consume away like a sâ—ail and be like the untimely fruit of a woman and let them not see the sunne 8 Orever your pots be made hot with thorns so let indignation vex him even as a thing that is raw 9 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his foot steps in the bloud of the ungodly 10 So that a man shall say Uerily there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth the earth The Prayer O Almighty Lord thou God that judgest the earth who preparest rewards for the righteous and executest vengeance against the ungodly deliver all thy chosen people from the peevishnesse of froward and ungodly men whose hands deale with wickednesse and they imagine mischiefe in their hearts And to thy servants give thy grace that our minds may be set upon righteousnesse that we may judge the thing that is right never refusing to heare thy voyce or stopping our eares like the deafe adder against thy holy precepts that we may have no iniquity in our mouthes nor unrighteousnesse in our actions and at last we may have the reward of the righteous the inheritance of thy Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 59. A Prayer against Hereticks and all other Enemies of the Church EVENING PRAYER DEliver me from mine enemies O God defend me from them that rise up against me 2 O deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the bloud-thirsty men 3 For lo they lye waiting for my soul the mighty men are gathered against me without any offence or fault of me O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault arise thou therefore to help me and behold 5 Stand up O Lord God of hosts thou God of Israel to visit all the heathen and be not mercifull unto them that offend of malicious wickednesse 6 They go to and fro in the evening they grin like a dog and runne about through the city 7 Behold they speak with their mouth and swords are in their lips for who doth heare 8 But thou O Lord shalt have them in derision and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee for thou art the God of my refuge 10 God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies 11 Slay them not least my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people and put them down O Lord our defence 12 For the sinne of their mouth and for the words of their lips they shall be taken in their pride and why their preaching is of cursing and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they may perish and know that it is God which ruleth in Iacob and unto the ends of the world 14 And in the evening they will returne grin like a dog and will goe about the City 15 They will run here and there for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercy be times in the morning for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my refuge and my mercifull God The Prayer O Lord God of Israel visit us with thy salvation and deliver us from the malice of wicked doers and the violences of blood thirsty men Let not them prosper ô Lord in their machinations whose preaching is of cursing and lies and who offend of malicious wickednesse shew us thy goodnesse plenteously that we may never forget thy mercies or thy Lawes for thou art our defence and refuge and our mercifull God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 60. A Prayer in time of Warre or temptation O God thou hast cast us out and scattered us
people and such as will not beleeve shall not be able to exalt themselues 7 O praise our God ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard 8 Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip 9 For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare and lapedst trouble upon our loyns 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place 12 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullocks and goats 14 O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul 15 I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue 16 If I encline unto wickednesse with my heart the Lord will not heare me 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer 18 Praised be God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me The Prayer O Lord God who art wonderfull in thy workes in thy doings towards the children of men thou chastisest every one whom thou receivest proving us and trying us like as silver is tryed let thy mercifull hands lead us through the fire of afflictions and the waters of temporall chastisements so as we may not be consumed with the flames of thy wrath nor the waters go over our soules but that we being sustained by the comforts of thy spirit and refreshed with the dew of thy graces we may at last be brought out into a wealthy place even the place of eternall treasures O give us thy grace that our hearts incline not to wickednesse and that our feet slip not that so we regarding thy lawes and having respect to obey thy holy will and pleasure thou mayest heare our prayers the greatnesse of thy power may cast down all our Enemies that they may never be able to exalt themselves that while thou holdest our soules in life we may never cease praising thee who hast never turn'd thy mercy from us through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 67. A Prayer that all men may blesse God and God may blesse all men GOd be mercifull unto us and blesse us and shew us the light of his countenance and be mercifull unto us 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all Nations 3 Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee 4 O let the Nations reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folk righteously and govern the Nations upon earth 5 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God eden our own God shall giue us his blessing 7 God shall blesse us and all the ends of the world shall fear him The Prayer O Lord God thou Governour of all Nations and the righteous Iudge of the whole earth be mercifull unto us and blesse us Thou makest the Sunne to shine upon all the corners of the habitable world giving his light both to the good and bad let the light of thy countenance diffuse it selfe to all Nations and to all men Lighten all our darknesses with the beames of thy divine favour teach thy wayes unto all the people of the earth and give thy saving health to all Nations that while all joyne with one consent to feare thee and to give thee praises thou mayest governe us all in peace righteousnesse and when thou shalt come to judge us we may receive thy everlasting mercies Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen PSALME 68. A Prayer for defence and propagation of the Catholike Church MORNING PRAYER LEt God arise and let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God 3 But let the righteous be glad and reioyce before God let them also be merry and ioyfull 4 O sing unto God and sing praises unto his name magnifie him that rideth upon the Heavens as it were upon an horse praise him in his name yea and reioyce before him 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widowes even God in his holy habitation 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse 7 O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse 8 The earth shook and the heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God which is the God of Israel 9 Thou O God sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was weary 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy goodnesse prepared for the poore 11 The Lord gaue the word great was the company of the preachers 12 Kings with their Armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold divided the spoil 13 Though ye haue lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a doâ—e that is covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold 14 When the Almightie scattered Kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon 15 As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill even an high hill as the hill of Basan 16 Why hop ye so ye high hills this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for ever 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand even thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai 18 Thou art gone up on high thou hast led captivity captive and received gifts for men yea even for thine enemies that the Lord God might dwell among them 19 Praised be the Lord daily even the God which helpeth us poureth his benefits upon us 20 He is our God even the God of whom cometh salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse 22 The Lord hath said I will bring my people again as I did from Basan mine own will I bring again as I did sometime from the deep of the sea 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the bloud of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same 24 It is well
for the testimony of a good conscience the doctrines of a Catholike faith Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of Hosts be ashamed but let them who for thy sake have suffered reproofe be delivered from them that hate them and from the deep waters of persecutions and discomforts that we and all thy faithfull people being saved from our Enemies may praise thee and thy faithfulnesse in this world and may finally inherit the land of promise which thou hast made to all that suffer persecution for a cause of righteousnesse even the possession of thine inheritance thy Kingdome in Heaven where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 70. A Prayer to God for blessings upon faithfull People and deliverance from our Enemies HAst thee O God to deliver mee make hast to help me O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evill 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that crie over me There there 4 But let all those that seek thee be ioyfull and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway The Lord be praised 5 As for me I am poore and in misery baste thee unto mee O God 6 Thou art my helper and my redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying The Prayer O Lord God our Helper and Redeemer have mercy upon us and all thy faithfull people make haste and help us ô God against all those that seek after our soules to doe us mischiefe make us to delight in thee to waite for thy salvation to trust in thy mercies to rejoyce in thy excellencies and perfection that our feet being directed by thy guidance our weaknesses strengthned by thy power our sinnes pardoned by thy mercies and our soules justified by thy free grace we may alwaies give thee praise with the humble addresses of devotion and thankfulnesse through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 71. A Prayer for the continuance of Gods favours to us even to our old age and a longing for a happy departure MORNING PRAYER IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousnesse encline thine eare unto me and save me 2 Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my castle 3 Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruell man 4 For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my youth 5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mothers wombe my praise shall be alway of thee 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee 7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long 8 Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me 9 For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him 10 Go not farre from me O God my God hast thee to help me 11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to doe me evill 12 As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousnesse and salvation for I know no end thereof 14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse only 15 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth up untill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works 16 Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray-headed untill I have shewed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come 17 Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me and yet didst thou turn and refresh me yea and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side 20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulnesse O God playing upon an instrument of musick unto thee will I sing upon the harp O thou holy one of Israel 21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast delivered 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousnesse all the day long for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil The Prayer O Lord God our house of defence and our Castle who by thy mercies and thy loving Spirit hast taught us and led us in thy wayes from our first years untill now thou hast brought us to great honour even the honour of being Christians the honour of adoption to be thy Children and heires of thy glorious promises coheir◠with thy Sonne Iesus Christ and hast comforted us on every side with a continuall streame of thy mercies and refreshments give us thy grace that we may love thee and long for thee above all the things of this World and as thou hast holden us up ever since we were borne so let thy mercy goe along with us all our daies Cast us not away in the time of age and give us grace that we may never cast thee or thy Lawes from us Let not thy grace and the ghostly strength we derive from thee forsake us when our naturall strength failes us but let our spirit grow upon the disadvantages of the flesh and begin to receive the happinesse of eternity by an absolute conquest over the weakned and decaying body that after we have by thy aide passed through the great troubles and adversities thou shewest unto all thy Children in this world we may lye downe in righteousnesse and with thy favour that when thou bringest us out from the deep of the earth againe we may have a joyfull resurrection to the society of Saints and Angells and the full fruition of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen PSALME 72. A Prayer for the exaltation and propagation of Christs Kingdome GIve the King thy judgements O God and thy righteousnesse unto the Kings sonne 2 Then shall he iudge the people according unto right and defend the poore 3 The mountains also shall bring peace and the little hills righteousnesse unto the people 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right defend the children of the poore and punish the wrong doer 5
night 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all euill yea it is even he that shall keep thy soule 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore The Prayer O Lord God our Keeper who dwellest upon the eternall hills from whence commeth all our helpe let thy mercies and thy providence watch over us by day and night that neither the vanities of the one nor the terrours of the other may disturbe our peace or safety Let not our feet be moved but be fixed upon the Rocke Christ Iesus and so order our goings making us to walke in the way of thy Commandments that thou mayest go in and out before us till at last we come into thy presence to dwell with thee for evermore through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 122. A Prayer for the peace and prosperity of the Church I Was glad when they said unto me We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates O Ierusalem 3 Ierusalem is builded as a city that is aâ— unity in it selfe 4 For thither the Tribes go up even the Tribes of the Lord to testifie unto Israel to give thankes unto the name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of iudgement even the seat of the house of David 6 O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that love thee 7 Peace be within thy walls and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I will wish thee prosperity 9 Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good The Prayer O Blessed Iesu who didst descend according to thy humane Nature from the House of thy servant David and hast planted a church and defended it with a mighty hand and great assistances be pleased to preserve peace within her walls and send plenteousnesse within her palaces that all that love her peace may prosper and receive the blessings which thou givest to thy faithfull people in the communion of Saints Take from her all schismes and divisions that she may be like a city that is at unity within it selfe strong in faith abounding in hope and rich in the treasures of charity that at last she may be removed to a fellowship of all those joyes and felicities which are laid up for the inhabitants of the heavenly Ierusalem which is from above and is the mother of us all Grant this O blessed Iesu our onely Mediatour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 123. An eiaculation or a lifting up our soules to God for helpe in trouble VNto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens 2 Behold even as the eyes of servants look vnto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistresse even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God untill he have mercy upon us 3 Have mercy upon us O Lord have mercy upon us for we are utterly despised 4 Our soule is filled with the scornfull reproofe of the wealthy and with the despitefulnesse of the proud The Prayer O Lord God that dwellest in the Heavens have mercy upon us in all our troubles in contempt in our poverty and when ever we are oppressed by any injurious practices of the proud Thou art our Lord and Master we are thy servants our eyes wait upon thee till thou have mercy upon us let us not be ashamed of our hope nor unfaithfull in our services nor distrustfull of thy providence but make us diligent labourers in our calling good husbands of our talents and faithfull in all thy house that we first serving thee may at last sit downe at meat with thee at thy table in thy Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 124. A thankesgiving for our deliverance from the power of all our enemies and a confessing God to be the Authour of it IF the Lord himselfe had not been on our side now may Israel say if the Lord himselfe had not been on our side when men rose up against us 2 They had swallowed us up quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at us 3 Yea the waters had drowned us and the streame had gone over our soule 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soule 5 But praised be the Lord which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth 6 Our soule is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken and we are delivered 7 Our helpe standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made heaven and earth The Prayer O Lord God which hast made Heaven and Earth in whose Name our helpe standeth we praise and blesse thy Name that in our troubles and temptations thou hast stood on our side and pleaded for us against them that rose against us It was thy hand O Lord and the helpe of thy mercy that relieved us the waters of affliction had drowned us and the streame had gone over our soule if the Spirit of the Lord had not moved upon the waters Thou O Lord didst blast the designes of our enemies with the breath of thy displeasure and to thee O Lord we ascribe the praise and honour of our redemption Perpetuate thy mercies to us let us never be given over as a prey to our ghostly enemies but breake their snares discover and weaken all their temptations by which they would destroy our soules that we being delivered from sin may be preserved from thy wrath through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 125. A Prayer for confidence in God and for deliverance from the portion of the wicked THey that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Ston which may not be removed but standeth fast for ever 2 The hills stand about Ierusalem even so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth for evermore 3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand unto wickednesse 4 Do well O Lord unto those that be good and true of heart 5 As for such as turne backe unto their owne wickednesse the Lord shall leade them forth with the evill doers but peace shall be upon Israel The Prayer O Lord God our Trust and Confidence in whom whosoever trusteth shall never be removed but standeth fast for ever let thy mercies and the guard of holy Angels stand round about us and about all thy holy people like the hills for our defence and safety that we may be inaccessible by all the intendments of our enemies O let us not put our hands to wickednesse neither let our portion be in the lot of the ungodly whom thou leadest forth to destruction but let us receive the blessing which our Lord Iesus left unto his Church even the peace of God the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost to whom be all honour
health thou hast covered my head in the day of battle 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous imagination prosper least they be too proud 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compasse me about 10 Let hot burning coales fall upon them let them be cast into the fire and into the pit that they never rise up again 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth evill shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poore and maintain the cause of the helplesse 13 The righteous also shall give thankes unto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy sight The Prayer O Lord God thou strength of our health thou that avengest the poore and maintainest the cause of the helples deliver us ô Lord preserve us from the evill wicked man that neither hiâ— example may corrupt us nor his counsels mislead us nor his prosperity scandalize us nor his strife disquiet us nor his mischiefe disturb our safety but do thou cover our heads in the day of battle and contestation against all our bodily and ghostly enemies that although they hunt us to overthrow us yet we may prosper upon earth under thy favour and protection and at last being removed from all fears an sadnesse and dangers may continue in thy sight amongst the Congregation of the just for ever through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 141. A Prayer for the virtue of religion for holynesse of life and for deliverance for the snares of our enemies LOrd I call upon thee hast thee unto me and consider my voyce when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice 3 Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and keep the doore of my lips 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickednesse least I eat of such things as please them 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and reprove me 6 But let not their precious balms break mine head yea I will pray yet against their wickednesse 7 Let their iudges be overthrown in stony places that they may hear my words for they are sweet 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth 9 But mine eyes look unto thee O Lord God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul 10 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and from the traps of the wicked doers 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together and let me ever escape them The Prayer O Lord our trust and confidence hast thee unto us and consider our voyce when we call upon thee in our trouble and necessity let our prayers ascend up unto thee as incense and â—e as the savour of the evening and the morning sacrifice We begge of thee nothing but grace and power to fulfill thy will let not our hearts be inclined to any evill set a watch O Lord before our mouth and keep the doore of our lips let us not be busied in ungodly workes that we may never offend in our thoughts or words or actions and when we do amisse do thou smite us friendly and reprove us with the checks of a tender conscience that thy fatherly correction may like precious balme cure all the wounds made by our own infirmities that we escaping all the snares of wickednesse may for ever heare and obey thy sweet words and our soules may never be cast out of thy presence but for ever may rejoyce in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen PSALME 142. A Prayer in all sadnesse and in the houre of death EVENING PRAYER I Cried unto the Lord with my voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my supplication 2 I poured out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble 3 When my spirit was in heavinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me 5 I had no place to flee unto and no man cared for my soul 6 I cryed unto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living 7 Consider my complaint for I am brought very low 8 O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me 9 Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks unto thy name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the righteous resort unto my company The Prayer O Lord God thou art our hope and our portion in the land of the living consider our complaint and misery thou art our place to flee unto thou only art our sanctuary O hide us under the covert of thy wings keep us from all the dangers which multiply upon us when our spirits are in heavinesse and our bodies pressed with infirmities be thou alwaies at our right hand and assist us so with the strength of thy grace that out temptations our enemies not being above our strength deriv'd from thee our soul may with confidence go forth of prison and give eternall thanks unto thy name in the companies of the Righteous through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 143. A Prayer that God would pardon our sinnes and direct us in the way of righteousnesse HEare my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousnesse sake 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be iustified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath laid me in the darknesse as the men that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate 5 Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works yea I exercise my selfe in the works of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land 7 Hear me O Lord and that soon for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me leâ—t I be like unto them that go down into the pit 8 O let me hear thy loving kindnesse betimeâ— in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thoâ— me the way that I should walk in for I lift up mâ— soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies for I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy loving spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousnesse 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soul
shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lord. The Prayer O Lord God thou hast been our succour our light and salvation leave us not neither forsake us when we are assaulted by enemies without and by temptations from within but lead us in the right way which thou hast appointed for us to walke in and when thou hast lift up our heads above our enemies round about us grant that we may spend our dayes in prayer and giving prayses to thee and in all other actions of holy Religion visiting thy temple with frequent addresses of devotion and contemplating and admiring the faire beauty of the Lord that being secure in such imployments being hid in thy Tabernacle and taking Sanctuary within the secret place of thy dwelling we may at last come unto thy heavenly Ierusalem where the gates of thy Temple are open day and night there seeing the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the living praising thee to all eternity through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 28. A Prayer for deliverance from death and damnation VNto thee will I cry O Lord my strength think no scorn of me lest if thou make as though thou hearest not I become like them that go down into the pit 2 Heare the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up my hands toward the mercy-seat of thy holy temple 3 O pluck me not away neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts 4 Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickednesse of their owne inventions 5 Recompense them afte the work of their hands pay them that they have deserved 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therefore shall be break them down and noâ— build them up 7 Praised be the Lord for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions 8 The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for ioy and in my song will I praise him 9 The Lord is my strength and he is the wholesome defence of his anointed 10 O save thy people and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance feed them and set them up for ever The Prayer O Lord my strength and confidence my shield and the defence of all that hope in thee heare the voyce of our humble petitions We hold up our hands to thy mercy seat praying thee for pitty and pardon of our sinnes reward us not according to our deeds nor according to the wickednesse of our inventions for if thou shouldest deale with us according to the operation of our hands we should be like them that go down into the pit and our inheritance would be death and destruction But our heart hath trusted in thee and thou hast helped us continue thy loving kindnesse to us and pluck us not away neither destroy us with the ungodly and wicked doers but magnifie thy mercies in the salvation of our soules through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 29. In which God is adored and the mightinesse of his power and voyce is celebrated BRing unto the Lord O ye mighty bring young Rammes unto the Lord ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his name worship the Lord with holy worship 3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the Sea the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedar trees yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars of Libanus 6 He made them also to skip like a calfe Libanus also and Sirion like a young Unicorn 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the wildernesse yea the Lord shaketh the wildernesse of Cades 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the Hindes to bring forth young and discovereth the thick bushes in his Temple doth every man speak of his honour 9 The Lord sitteth aboue the water floud and the Lord remaineth a King for ever 10 The Lord shall giue strength unto his people the Lord shall giue his people the blessing of peace The Prayer O Most glorious God who makest the thunder thy voyce is mighty in operation and is a glorious voyce give us grace that we may heare thy voyce and obey it with reverence and humility Thou that breakest the Cedar trees let thy word rend our hearts with sorrow and contrition for our sinnes that so we may feel the power and the mercy of thy voyce and may ascribe unto thee worship and strength worshipping thee with a holy worship all the daies of our life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 30. A Prayer for deliverance from sicknesse and death and damnation MORNING PRAYER I Will magnify thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me 2 O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me 3 Thou Lord hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit 4 Sing praises unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks to him for a remembrance of his holinesse 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and in his pleasure is life heavinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning 6 And in my prosperity I said I shall never be removed thou Lord of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong 7 Thou didst turne thy face from mee and I was troubled 8 Then cried I unto thee O Lord and gat me unto my Lord right humbly 9 What profit is there in my blond when I go down to the p t 10 Shall the dust give thankes unto thee or shall it declare thy truth 11 Heare O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper 12 Thou hast turned my heavinesse into ioy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladnesse 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing O my Dod I will give thankes unto thee for ever The Prayer O Lord our God whose mercy is infinite but thy wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and even in this short time of thy wrath thou remembrest mercy we cry unto thee and addresse our selves unto thee right humbly O turne not thy face away from us keep our life from them that goe down into the pit and preserve our soules from hell and although thou sometimes send est heavinesse unto us and trouble upon our loynes yet let it be but as for a night let thy mercy dawne upon us and shine as in a glorious morning for thou art more pleased in demonstrations of thy mercy
abroad thou also hast been displeased O turne thee unto us again 2 Thou hast moved the land and divided it heal the sores thereof for it shaketh 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee that they may triumph because of the truth 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered help me with thy right hand and heare me 6 God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce and divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth 7 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head Iuda is my lawgiver 8 Moaâ— is my washpot over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me 9 Who will lead me into the strong city who will bring me into Edom 10 Hast thou not cast us out O God wilt not thou O God go out with our hosts 11 O be thou our help in trouble for vain is the help of man 12 Through God will we doe great arts for it is he that shall tread downe our enemies The Prayer O Lord God who for our sinnes hast shewed us heavy things and given us a drink of deadly Wine and yet hast never failed them that feare thee but hast given them a token that they may triumph because of thy truth and mercy consigning them to redemption and deliverance by the testimony and comforts of the Holy spirit Obe thou our help in trouble for all our hope is in thee and we disclaime all confidence in our selves or in the arme of flesh praying thee for ayde that in thy strength we may tread down our enemies and give thee thankes who art the fountain of strength and the disposer of victories through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 61. A Prayer for the King and for comfort in sadnesse HEare my crying O God give eare unto my prayer 2 From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee when my heart is in heavinessâ— 3 O â—et me up upon the rock that â—â— higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for me against the enemy 4 I will dwell in thy â—labernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings 5 For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast given an heritage unto those that feare thy name 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life that his yeares may endure thorough out all generations 7 He shall dwell before God for ever O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulnesse that they may preserve him 8 So will I alwaies sing praise unto thy name that I may dayly performe my vowes The Prayer O Blessed Iesu thou that art the rock higher then all the world upon whom thy Church is built and all our hopes rely be mercifull unto us and give eare unto our prayers be unto us a fountain of comfort whensoever our heart is in heavinesse for under the covering of thy wings there is joy and health and safety save all those that feare thy name and give thy blessing to thine heritage and that the blessings of thy people may be lasting and perpetuall give unto thy servant the King long life let thy loving kindnesse and faithfulnesse alway preserve him be a strong tower for him against all his enemies and at last bring him to an eternall Kingdome where no enemies shall assault or disturbe his Peace that he may dwell before thee for ever and rejoyce in the participation of the blessings of thy kingdome who livest and raignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 62. A Prayer that we may trust in God onely in all our troubles MORNING PRAYER MY soul truly waiteth still upon God for of him cometh my salvation 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall 3 How long will ye imagine mischiefe against every man ye shall be slain all the sort of you yea as a tottering walâ— shall ye be and like a broken hedge 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their heart 5 Neverthelesse my soul wait thou still upon God for my hope is in him 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall 7 In God is my health and my glory the rock of my might and in God is my trust 8 O put your trust in him alway ye people poure out your hearts before him for God is our hope 9 As for the children of men they are but vain the children of men are deceitfull upon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanity it self 10 O trust not in wrong and robbery giue not your selves unto vanity if riches increase set not your heart upon them 11 God spake once and twice I haue also heard the same that power belongeth unto God 12 And that thou Lord art mercifull for thou rewardest every man according to his work The Prayer O Lord God of whom commeth our salvavation thou art our defence and strength our health and our glory give us thy grace that we may put our whole trust in thee alway that we may poure out our hearts before thee in all our troubles that we may wait still upon thee for the performance of our expectation in all our longings and desires Be thou our defence uphold us that we may not fall into those great sins which lay wast our consciences or into such miseries as make us without hope or remedy the miseries of despaire obstinate malice or the woes of a sad eternity Teach us to despise riches to disclaim all trust in the creatures not to delight in lyes or vanity not to multiply wrongs and robbery that when thou shalt come with power and great glory to reward every man according to his worke thou mayest be mercifull unto us pardoning our sinnes and accepting us to life eternall through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 63. A Prayer for deliverance from the miseries of our pilgrimage with longing and desires after God and the Joyes of Heaven O God thou art my God early will I seek thee 2 My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is 3 Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory 4 For thy loving kindnesse is better then the life it self my lips shall praise thee 5 As long as I liue will I magnifie thee on this manner and lift up my hands in thy name 6 My soul shall be satisfied even as it were with marrow fatnesse when my mouth praiseth thee with ioyfull lips 7 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought upon thee when I was waking 8 Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow
of thy wings will I reioyce 9 My soul hangeth upon thee thy right hand hath upholden me 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul they shall go under the earth 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword that they may be a portion for foxes 12 But the King shall reioyce in God all they also that swear by him shall be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped The Prayer O Mercifull and deare God whose loving kindnesse is better then the life it selfe defend us against the malice and designes of all them that seek the hurt of our soules and make us to rejoyce in thy helpe and under the shadow of thy wings O let the day-spring of thy favour visit us from on high that we may seek thee with an early devotion pursue after thee with a constant and an active industry and at last possesse thee with the firme comprehensions of love and charity that in this world we looking for thee in holinesse of living longing and thirsting after thee with fervent desires may for ever hereafter behold thy power and glory and our soules be eternally satisfied even as with marrow and fatnesse when our lips and hearts shall praise thee to all eternity Grant this for the love and honour of Iesus Christ our only mediator and Redeemer Amen PSALME 64. A Prayer for deliverance from the slander and mischiefes of all wicked Persons HEare my voice O God in my prayer preserue my life from fear of the enemy 2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers 3 Which haue what their tongue like a sword and shoot out their arrows even bitter words 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and fear not 5 They courage themselues in mischief and commune among themselues how they may lay snares and say that no man shall see them 6 They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keep secret among themselues every man in the deep of his heart 7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded 8 Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn 9 And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his work 10 The righteous shall reioyce in the Lord and put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shall be glad The Prayer O Lord God thou that hearest the voyce of our prayers and considerest the cryes of them that flye unto thee for succour deliver us and all thy whole Church from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers Disappoint their snares infatuate their Counsells distract their consultations and blast all their Designes let the swords and arrowes of their tongues be shot in vaine that they may never hit any of thy servants nor wound him that is perfect Make them to fall O God in their hopes whereby they courage themselves in mischiefe and feare not and doe thou laugh them to scorne that we who have put our trust in thee may rejoyce in thee and confesse that it is thy worke to give salvation and deliverance to thy people whom thou lovest in our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ Amen PSALME 65. A Prayer for spirituall blessings and for fruitfulnesse of the Earth EVENING PRAYER THou O God art praised in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Ierusalem 2 Thou that hearest the prayer unto thee shall all flesh come 3 My misdeeds prevail against me O be thou mercifull unto our sinnes 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receivest unto thee he shall dwell in thy Court and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house even of thy holy temple 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderfull things in thy righteousnesse O God of our salvation thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that remain in the broad sea 6 Which in his strength setteth fast the mountains and is girded about with power 7 Which stilleth the raging of the sea and the noise of his waves and the madnesse of his people 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee 9 Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous 10 The river of God is full of water thou preparest their corn for so thou providest for the earth 11 Thou waterest her furrows thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of rain and blessest the increase of it 12 Thou crownest the yeare with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the little hills shall reioyce on every side 14 The folds shall be full of sheep the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn that they shall laugh and sing The Prayer O God the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad Sea be thou mercifull unto our sinnes and let not our misdeeds prevaile against us so as either to make us habitually sinfull or endlessely miserable but give us the blessings of thy chosen let us receive the influences of thy graces and benediction by the participation of thy word and Sacraments in thy holy temple And as thou embracest us with thy right hand shewing us wonderfull things in thy righteousnesse and salvation so let thy left hand be under our heads and give us such a portion of temporall blessings as shall be necessary for us Make the earth plenteous and blesse the increase of it crowne the yeare with goodnesse and let the clouds drop fatnesse that the valleys standing thick with corne may laugh and sing thy prayses and that we being refreshed with the multitude of thy blessings may praise thee in Sion and at last be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house in the celestiall Ierusalem where thou livest and reignest one God world without end Amen PSALME 66. A Prayer that God would support us in times of trouble and deliver us O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his name make his praise to be glorious 2 Say unto God O how wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine euemies he found liars unto â—hee 3 For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy name 4 O come hither and behold the works of God how wonderfull he is in his doing towards the children of men 5 He turned the sea into drie land so that they went through the water on foot there did we reioyce thereof 6 He ruleth with his power for ever his eyes behold the
covenant 38 But he was so mercifull that he forgaue their misdeeds and destroyed them not 39 Yea many a time turned he his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise 40 For he considered that they were but flesh and that they were even a winde that passeth away and cometh not againe 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wildernesse and grieved him in the desert 42 They turned back and tempted God and moved the holy one in Israel 43 They thought not of his hand and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy 44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan 45 He turned their waters into bloud so that they might not drink of the rivers 46 He sent lice among them and devoured them up and frogs to destroy them 47 He gaue their fruit unto the caterpiller and their labour unto the graâ—hopper 48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones and their mulberrie trees with the frost 49 He smote their cattell also with hailstones and their flocks with hot thunderbolts 50 He cast upon them the furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure and trouble and sent evill Angells among them 51 He made a way to his indignation and spared not their soul from death but gaue their life over to the pestilence 52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt the most principall and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 53 But as for his owne people he led them forth like sheep and carried them in the wildernesse like a flock 54 He brought them out safely that they should not fear and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea 55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuary even to his mountain which he purchased with his right hand 56 He cast out the heathen also before them caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage and made the tribes of Israell to dwell in their tents 57 So they tempted and displeased the most high God and kept not his testimonies 58 But turned their backs and fell away like their forefathers starting aside like a broken bow 59 For they grieved him with their hill altars and provoked him to displeasüre with their images 60 When God heard this he was wroth and took sore displeasure at Israel 61 So that he forsook the sabernacle in Sâ—lo even the tent that he had pitched among them 62 He dellvered their power into captivity and their beauty into the enemies hand 63 He gaue his people over also unto y e sword and was wroth with his inheritance 64 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage 65 Their priests were slain with the sword and there were no widows to make lamentation 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a Giant refreshed with wine 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetuall shame 68 He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and those not the tribe of Ephraim 69 But chose the tribe of Iuda even the hill of Sion which he loved 70 And there he builded his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually 71 He chose David also his servant and took him away from the sheepfolds 72 As he was following the ewes great with young ones he took him that he might feed Iacob his people and Israel his inheritance 73 So he fed them with a faithfull and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power The Prayer O Lord God of Our Fathers God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob thou that leddest thy people through the Wildernesse with a light and with a cloud and with thy bright Angell for their sakes turning rocks into a springing well and making the Sea and the River become dry land so making demonstration of the greatnesse of thy mercy by the greatnesse of thy miracles and didst still goe on to make all thy creatures leave their natures to serve them even then when they tempted and provoked thee ten times in the desert O be pleased to doe unto us as thou didst to them lead us through the desert of this World with the light of thy holy Spirit and from the rock which for our sakes thou didst smite with thy heavy rod the rock Christ Iesus let water and bloud streame forth to cleanse and to refresh us Give us of the bread that came down from heaven the flesh of thy deare Sonne to eat that we being purified by his bloud and nourished by that celestiall Manna our hearts may be set aright and our spirits may cleave stedfastly unto thee O God that we may remember thy works and trust in thy mercies and may keep thy commandements O never let the fire of thy wrath be kindled towards us nor thy heavy displeasure come up against us let us not consume our daies in folly and vanity least our yeares be spent in trouble but when through infirmity we fall let thy gentle correction call us home that we may turne us early and seek after thee our God who art our strength and our mercifull Redeemer that we may never feele the furiousnesse of thy eternall wrath nor have our portion amongst the evill Angells but may be conducted by thy mercies and providence to the border of thy sanctuary and to the mountain where thou reignest over all the creatures one God world withoutend Amen PSALME 79. A Prayer that God would deliver his Church from the cruelty of all her persecutors MORNING PRAYER O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled and made Ierusalem an heap of stones 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the aire and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land 3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them 4 We are become an open shame to our enemies a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us 5 Lord how long wilt thou be angry shall thy iealousie burn like fire for ever 6 Poure out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy nameÌ„ 7 For they have devoured Iacob and laid waste his dwelling place 8 O remember not our old sinnes but have mercy upon us and that soon for we are come to great misery 9 Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver us and be mercifull unto our sinnes for thy names sake 10 Wherefore do the heathen say Where is now their God 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants bloud that is shed be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight 12 O let the sorrowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatnesse of thy power preserve thou