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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32996	A Form of common prayer for Gods blessing upon His Majesty, and his dominions and for the averting of Gods judgments : to be used upon Wednesday April the Tenth next ensuing, in all churches and chappels within the cities of London and Westminster, the suburbs and liberies of the same : and upon Wednesday the four and twentieth of the same moneth in all the rest of this His Majesties Kingdom ...		1678 (1678)	Wing C4108; ESTC R16368	24,234	55

hadst turned our Captivities we soon return'd to Folly to our Vomit and to our wallowing in our former or greater Filthiness Though thy Plagues have been since upon us to high and dreadful Degrees we did not then as we ought look every Man into the Plague of our own Hearts nor return to him that smote us We went through Fire and Water but were not by that severe Discipline purified from our Dross or purg'd from our Pollutions Even while thou wert fighting for us against our Enemies abroad we were by our Sins at home fighting against Heaven against thee And now we are no more worthy to be called either thy Sons or thy Servants whom neither thy Fear hath driven nor thy Goodness led to Repentance It is of thy meer Mercies O Lord that we are not consumed thy unwearied unconquerable Patience that thou hast not long since given us over as incorrigible We adore the unsearchable Depths of thy infinite Goodness that we are still under thy Discipline We are ready here before thee meekly to kiss all the smarting Rods which we may justly fear thou now holdest over us beseeching thee by the Aids and Influence of thy Grace to make them effectual to our Correction and not to our Destruction In Mercy awaken our drowsy Consciences Soften and subdue our hard hearts into deep Contrition and Repentance Pardon the many great Offences of us thy Servants and the crying sins of the whole Nation Remove the Evils we now lie under Avert those Iudgments which we justly fear because we most justly deserve Vnite all our hearts in the Profession of the true Religion which thine own right hand hath planted and established amongst us and in a holy Conversation answerable thereunto To this end Pour out the richest of thy Blessings spiritual and temporal upon our gracious Sovereign that all his Counsels Resolutions and Endeavours may tend to and end in the Glory of thy great Name the Advancement of Piety and Iustice the Preservation of thy Church and the Security Peace and Prosperity of all Estates and Conditions of Men in these and all other his Dominions All which we humbly beg in the Name and through the Mediation of Iesus Christ thy Son our Saviour Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the priest shall let them depart with this Blessing THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen The Order for Evening PRAYER ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and after them the Exhortation following REnt your heart and not your Joel 2. 13 garments and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil To the Lord our God belong Dan. 9. 9 10. mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his laws which he set before us Correct us O Lord but with iudgment not Jer. 10. 24 in thine anger lest thou bring us to nothing DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble not cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to cast our selves down at the throne of his heavenly Grace and to pour out our humble Supplications for the averting of his Iudgments and for the procuring of his Blessings upon our Sovereign and his Kingdoms to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord. And grant O most merciful Father for his sake That we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life To the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister kneel and say the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him OVr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not