Private Forms OF Prayer Fitted for the late Sad-Times Particularly A Form of Prayer for THE Thirtieth of Ianuary Morning and Evening With Additions c. London Printed by Tho. Mabb and to be sold by William Not at the White Horse neer the little North door in Saint Pauls Church-yard 1660. Private Forms of Prayer Fit for Sad Times Heretofore Printed at Oxford and used occasionally upon Dayes of Solemn Humiliation and Fasting In his late Majesties Royall Chappell of blessed and glorious Memory ALSO A Form of Prayer for the 30th of January Morning and Evening Likewise Prayers of Intercession for the Use of such as Mourn in Secret Together with a Collection of severall other Prayers PUBLISHED That the world may take notice of the Powerfull though Private aydes contributed by the joynt hands and hearts of such as were Gods Remembrancers and Mourners in Sion during the late distractions in Church and STATE London Printed by Tho. Mabb and are to be sold by William Not at the White Horse neer the little North-door in St. Pauls church-yard 1660. St. James 5. 12. Is any among you afflicted let him pray St. Math. 5. 4. Blessed are they that mouâ—…ne for they shall be comforted Psal. â—…6 5. 6. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubtlesse come again with rejoycing bringing his shâ—…es with him The Preface OUr Saviour Compares the Kingdome of Heaven to a Merchant Man And Merchants when they send out a Ship observe their Returnes We have been Long Adventurers to Heaven and God hath been pleased at last to give us a gracious returne to answer our Prayers even beyond our expectation and hopes When we were with the Disciples in the storme at Lord save us We perish Then did our saviour who before seemed to sleep being awakened by the continued and faithfull prayers of the seven thousands who had not bowed their knees to Baal rebuke the winds and the waves still the raging of the Sea and the madnesse of the people And We trust now as then there will follow a great happy calme Hereupon As the very Heathen When they had suffered shipwrack and got safe to land were wont appendere votivam Tabulam to consecrate a votive table and bang it up to the honour of their preserver Neptune As David after the slaughter of Goliath dedicated the Sword wherewith he had slain him and had it kept behind the Ephod in the Tabernacle As God Commanded that a Pot of Manna should be kept for the Generations to come that their Posterity might see how he fed their Fathers in the wildernesse As even in the Land of Canaan the bitter herbs were still reserved in the eating of the passeover in memory of that bitter servitude they underwent in the House of Bondage So are these Prayers here like the bitter herbes or a bundle of Myrrhe collected reserved and consecrated To him to whom they were devoutly offered up the Father of mercies and God of all Consolation To him who accepts a little Frankincense piously offered no lesse then a Hecatombe To him who heareth Prayers and hath not rejected ours To him who hath turned our captivity not his mercies from us It is of thy Goodness O Lord that we were not utterly consumed It is because thy Compassions faile not Not unto Us O Lord not unto Us but unto thy name give the Praise And the same gracious God who hath so happily begun so wonderfully carried on and done so great things for us already whereof we deservedly rejoyce He in his own time perfect his own work his own way and make us a happy Church and Nation May O may those black dayes never returne which at first extorted these mournfull Threnodies which are here presented for thy Consolation in looking back upon that which is past not thy use with respect to the future of which may there never be any more occasion But for the time to come may these Prayers be turned into Praises this Euchologium into Doxologies our Elegies into Hosanna's and our Lamentations into Hallelujah ' s. And let all the People say Amen Private formes of Prayer fit for sad times The Contents SEntences of the Sâ—…pture Page 1 A general Confession 3 A Le any 7 A prayer for forgivenesse 17 The Absolution 19 The Lords Prayer 19 A Psalm instead of venite exultemuâ—… 21 Proper Psalms and 〈◊〉 25 A Forme Collected out of the Psalms l. Page 26 II. 28 III. 30 Psal. 51. 33 With part of the Commination prayers 37 Eight Prayers or Collects I. Page 39 II. 40 III. IV. 42 V. VI. 43 VII VIII 44 Prayers for the afflicted Church of England 45. 47. A Collect for Charity 50 The Conclusion 50 A Forme of Prayer for the 30th of Ianuary Preface Page 55 A generall Confession 61 A Letany 65 A Pryer for forgivenesse 75 The Lords Prayer 77 Lamentations out 〈◊〉 Jeremiah the Prophet 78 Proper Psalms and first Lesson 82 A Forme collected out of the Psalmes I. P. 83 II. 85 III. 87 Second Lesson IV. 90 V. 92 The Creed 94 The Lords Prayer 95 Thirteen other Prayers I. 96 II. 102 III. 104 IV. 112 V. 113 VI. 117 VII 119 VIII 124 IX 130 X. XI 132 XII 134 XIII 135 A Proper prayers or the 30th of January 136 Evening prayer for the 30th of Ianuary The Letany of the Church 145 The Confession of sinnes 157 The absolution 158 The Lords Prayer 158 Proper Psalmes and I. Lesson 159 A Forme Collected out of the Psalms 160 II. 162 III. 164 Second Lesson IV. 167 V. 169 The Creed 171 The Lords Prayer 172 XIII Prayers or Collects I. 173 II. 175 III. 178 IV. 180 V. 183 VI 186 VII 195 VIII 198 IX X. 199 XI 200 XII XIII 201 A proper prayer for the 30th of January 203 An Anniversary prayer for the 30th of January 212 Prayers of Intercession for the use of such as Mourn in secret Proper Psalms and lessons pag. 2â—…8 A Preparatory prayer 219 King Davids prayer for the Church and people I. 223 II. 224 III. 225 IV. 227 King David's tears 229 Jeremiah's Lamentations Prophetical of these times I. 231 II. 233 Daniel's prayers and Confession 135 Praers for the King I. 247 II. 238 III. 280 A Letany of Intercession 244 A Prayer for the Church 253 A Prayer for the Queen Mother and the Royall Progeny 254 A prayer for the afflicted 255 An humble and submissive expostulation with God upon Oliver Cromwells Proclamation against the Loyall Clergy 258 A prayer for the Church of England 268 A prayer for the Kings Birth-day May 29. 276 The Ministers prayer for the people 279 The peoples prayer for the minister 282 Aother 286 Proper psalms for severall occasions 288 Proper Lessons for severall occasions 289 A prayer for the King 291 Another with Prince Charles his Letany 292 A prayer for the Church 297 Five other prayers or Collects I. 298 II. 300 III. IV. V. 301 A prayer
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 for thy goodnesse sake for thy merâ—… sake for thy Son Christ Iesus sake â—…ur onely Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord which dost teach us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth send thy holy Ghost poure into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity the very bond of peace and all virtues without whicâ—… whosoever liveth is counted deaâ—… before thee Grant this for thine onely Son Jesus Christ's sake The Conclusion THe Almighty Lord which is a most strong tower to allâ—… them that put their trust in him to whom all things in Heaven iâ—… earth and under the earth doâ—… bow and obey be now and evermore our defence The defence of this afflicted Church The defence of these diâ—…cted Realmes The defence of all â—…ch who do or suffer for the testimony â—…f a good Conscience The defence of â—…e blessed and holy offices of our Moâ—…r the â—…hurch The defence of this â—…nd all other congregations that meet â—…gether in thy holy fear The defence 〈◊〉 our dear relations both at home â—…nd abroad The defence of our â—…n persons The defence of our souls â—…dies and estates And make us all to know and â—…el that there is no other name â—…nder heaven given unto man 〈◊〉 whom and through whom we â—…ay receive re-establishment in our â—…eligion restauration of our Liâ—…rties reconciliation with thee â—…r God together with peace and â—…fety among men felicity here â—…d salvation hereafter but oneâ—… the name of our Lord Iesus â—…rist To whom with theâ—… O Father and the blessed spirit 〈◊〉 ascribed as iâ—… most due all Hâ—… nour and Glory Praise Might Majesty Dominioâ—… and Adoration of all Aâ—…gels of all Men and of 〈◊〉 Creatures now and for 〈◊〉 Amen Amen A FORME OF Prayer FOR the Thirtieth of Ianuary A form of Prayer for the 30th of January Preface to be read standing 1. RIghteous art thou O Lord when I plead with thee yet let me talke with thee of thy judgments whereâ—…ore doth the way of the wicked â—…rosper wherefore are all they â—…appy that deal very treacherâ—…usly 2. Thou bast planted them yea â—…ey grow and bring forth fruit â—…ou art neare in their lips and â—…rre from their reines whereâ—…re holdest thou thy tongue â—…ile the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous thâ—…â—…e 3. They have condemned anâ—… killed the Just and he doth noâ—… refist them 4. They make a man an offendâ—… for a word and lay snares for him that reproâ—…eth thâ—…m in the gate 〈◊〉 turn aside the Iust for a thing of nought 5. They say let us lay wâ—… for blood let us lurke privily foâ—… the Innocent blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cause we shall findâ—… 〈◊〉 substance we shall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…es with spoile 6. Wherefore they 〈◊〉 their Net and burn Iucense 〈◊〉 their Drâ—…gg because by it theiâ—… pâ—…tion is fat and their â—…eat plenâ—…â—…s 7. Art not thou from everlasting my Lord my God my holy one O Lord thou hast 〈◊〉 them for Judgment 〈◊〉 mighty God thou hast establiâ—…ed them for Correction 8. But thougâ—… the righteous be prevented by death yet shall he be at rest 9. For his soule pleased the Lord therefore he hath hasted to take him from among the wicked 10. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die and their departure is taken for misery and their going from us for utter destruction but they are in peace 11. For though they be punished in the sight of men yet is their reward full of immortality 12. And after a little chastenlug they shall be greatly rewarded for God hath proved them and found them worthy for himself 13. As Gold in the fire hath he tried them and received them as a burnt offering 14. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord for they rest from their labours and their works follow them 15. For if we have been planted with him in the likenesse of his death we shall also be in the likenesse of his resurrection 16. O our God we are ashamed and blush to lift up our faces to thee for our iniquities are increased over our beads and our trespasse is gone up to Heaven since the dayes of our Fathers have we been in a great trespasse unto this day and for our Iniquities have we our Kings and our Priests been delivered to the sword to captivity to a spoil and to confusion of face as it is this day 17. What shall we say or how shall we clear our selves God hath found out the Iniquity of his Servants We have transgressed and rebelled thou hast not pardoned 18. Thou hast covered with anger and persecuted us thou hast slain and not pittied 19. The Lord hath kindled a fire in Zion and it hath devoured the foundations thereof 20. For the sins of her Prophets and her Priests that have shed the blood of the Iust in the midst of her 21. And now O Lord thou art most Just in all that is come upon us for thou hast done right but we have done wickedly 22. Behold we are before thee in our trespasse for we cannot stand before thee because of this 23. O Lord though our iniquities testifie against us yet do thou it for thy names sake for we have sinned against thee 24. Be not wrath very sore neither remember iniquity for ever 25. Be mercifull O Lord to thy people whom thou hast redeemed and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people 26. Deliver us from bloud-guiltiness thou God of our health and our tongue shall sing of thy righteousness Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen O come let us worship let us bumble our selves let us fall low and kneel before the Lord our Maker Then this General Confession to be said All kneeling OThou Judge Eternall we the sinfullest of all the sons of men that have abused thy Mercies provoked thy Judgements unsheathed thy glittering Sword forced all the Arrows and Darts of thy Quiver and with our multiplied abominable crying sins brought down a desolation on a most pleasant Land that former delight of thine the glory of all Lands We that after thy wrath was poured out upon us have yet further encreased our sins as thou hast encreased the weight and number of thy Judgements upon us walked most unprofitably and obdurately under all thy disciplines and visitations suffered all thy pretious methods of reducing us thine admonitions and thy â—…ripes to be utterly lost and â—…ate amongst us brought down a blast mildew upon all that has been undertaken to repair our breaches reduce our peace We do now at length in the remorse and bitterness of our souls desire to cast our selves down upon the ground before thee to
lead us not into temptatioâ—… but deliver us from evill Amen Priest O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forâ—… thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answ. O Lord make haste to help us Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost Answ. endAmen Priest Praise ye the Lord Answ. The Lord's name be praised A Psalm instead of Venite exultemus O COME let us humble our selves and fall down before the Lord with reverence and fear 2. For he is the Lord our God and we are his people and the sheep â—…f his pasture 3. If a man will not turn God will whet his sword he â—…ath bent his bow and made it â—…eady 4. Let us repent and turn from â—…r wickedness and our sins shall be â—…given us 5. Let us turn and the Lord â—…ill turn from his heavy wrath â—…d will pardon us and we shall â—…t perish 6. For we acknowledge our â—…ults and our sins are ever before 7. We have provoked thine â—…ger O Lord and thy heavy displeasure is kindled against us 8. But there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared and tâ—… art full of compassion 9. Thy hand is not shortned that thou canst not help neither is thy goodness abated thâ—… thou wilt not hear 10. Thou hast promised O Lord that before we cry thou wilt hear 〈◊〉 and whilst we yet speak that thâ—… wilt have mercy upon us 11. They that trust in thâ—… shall not be confounded neithâ—… shall any that call upon thee 〈◊〉 despised 12. For thou art the only Lord who woundest and dost heal agaâ—… who killest and revivest bringâ—… even to hell and bringest back 〈◊〉 gain 13. Our father 's hoped in thâ—… they trusted in thee and thoâ—… didst deliver them 14. They called upon thee aâ—… were helped they put their trust thee and were not confounded 15. O Lord rebuke not us in thiue indignation neither chasten us in thy heavy displeasure 16. O remember not the sins and offences of our youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon us O Lord for thy goodness 17. Have mercy upon us O Lord for we are weak O Lord heal us for our bones are vexed 18. And now in the vexation of our spirits and the anguish of our fouls we remember thee and we cry unto thee Hear Lord and have mercy 19. For thine owne sake and for thy Holy Names sake incline thine ear and hear O mercifull Lord. 20. For we doe not pour out our prayers before thy face trusting in our own righteousness but in thy great and manifold mercies 21. Wash us thoroughly from our wickednesse and cleanse us from our sins 22. Turn thy face from our sins and put out all our misdeeds 23. Make us clean hearts O God and renew a right spirit within us 24. Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins for thy name sake 25. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 26. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Ierusalem 27. So we that be thy people and sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will alwayes be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Psalmes for Morning Prayer Psal. 6. 31. 38. 39. For Evening Prayer Psal. 90. 91. 102. 130. 149. For first Lesson read some one of these chapters Ezra 9. Nehem. 9. Isai. 58. Joel 2 Ezek. 33. Or Isai. 1. Jerem. 5. Jerem. 9. Ezek. 22. Micah 6. Or Amos 4. Ezek. 14. I. HEar our voice O Lord out of thy holy Temple let our complaint come before thee let it enter even into thy eares Our heart is in heavinesse O let 〈◊〉 make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Lord our iniquities are against us our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee But we confess our wickednesses and are sorry for our fins Our confusion is daily before us fearfulness and trembling are come upon us and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us and it is thy great â—…rcy only that we are not consumed for we have sinned O Lord we have transgressed and done wickedly yea we have rebelled and departed from thy precepts and from thy Commandements Innumerable troubles are come about us our sins have taken hold upon us that we are not able to look up yea they are more in number then the hairs of our heads and our hearts have failed us O Lord righteousness belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion of face because of all the offences we have committed against thee Yet compassion and forgiveness is with thee though we have rebelled against thee O Lord according to thy goodness we beseech thee let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from us and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants Incline thine ears and hear open thine eyes and behold our afflictions for we doe not present our supplications before thee in our own righteousness but for thy manifold and great mercies We have sinned against heaven and against thâ—…e and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons Yet O Lord hear O Lord forgive â—…nsider and doe it deferre not for thine own sake O our God Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen II. HEar our prayers O Lord and hide not thy self from our Petitions and hearken unto the words of our mouth for strangers are risen up against us and Tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after our Souls Cast us not away in the time of our weekness for sake us not when our strength faileth us O remember not our offences but according to thy mercy think thou upon us for thy goodness O turn thee unto us and have mercy upon us for we are desolate and in misery The sorrows of our hearts are enlarged O bring thou us out of all our troubles Turn us O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us send down from on high and deliver us take us out of these many waters Why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble for our soul is brought low unto the dust our belly cleaveth to the ground Look upon our adversity and misery and forgive us all our sins Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercy sake so sall it be known that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast
done it Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen III. VVE will cry unto the Lord with our voyce yea even unto God will we cry with our voyce and he shall hearken unto us For the Lord is gracious and long-suffering and of great mercy to them that call upon him The Lord is nigh unto all them that be of a contrite heart and will save such as are of an humble â—…irit And now Lord what is our hope truly our hope is even in thee For our Fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou did'st deliver them they called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded The Lord will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble and they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord never failest them that seek thee The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon Childrens Children even upon such as keep his Covenant and think upon his Commandments to doe them Thou therefore that art a Saviour to all that trust in thee thou that upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up such as be down thou that healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sickness thou that art the Father of mercy and God of all consolation that art comfort to the sad and strength to the weak hear thy servants we beseech thee look down from Heaven behold and visit us with thy salvation Glory be to the Father and to the Sâ—… and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now â—…d ever shall be world without end Amen After the Second Lesson Psal. 51. All kneeling 1. HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences 2. Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin 3. For I acknowledg my faults and my sin is ever before me 4. Against thee onely have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5. Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me 6. But loâ—… thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdome secretly 7. Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane Thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow 8. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9. Turne thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeedâ—… 10. Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11. Cast me not away from thy presence and take nâ—… thy Holy Spirit from me 12. O give me the comfort of tâ—… help again and stablish me with tâ—… free spirit 13. Then shall I teach thâ—… wayes unto the wicked and sinners shal be converted unto thâ—… 14. Deliver me from blood-guiltinesse O God thou that 〈◊〉 the God of my health and 〈◊〉 tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse 15. Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16. For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings 17. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit A broken and a contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt offerings and oblations Then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine Altar Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in heaven c. Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer Which put their truâ—… in thee Min. Send unto them help froâ—… above Answ. And evermore mightily defend them Min. Help us O God our Savioâ—… Answ. And for the glory 〈◊〉 thy names sake deliver us bâ—… mercifull unto us sinners foâ—… thy names sake Min. O Lord hear our prayer Ans. And let our cry come untâ—… thee Let us pray O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those which confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolved thorough Christ our Lord Amen O Most mighty God and mercifull Father which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us which he grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins Thy property is to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore O Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed Enter not into judgement with thy Servants which be vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine ire from us which meekly knowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the people say thiâ—… that followeth after the Minister TUrn thou us O good Lord aâ—… so shall we be turned be favoâ—… rable O Lord be favourable to tâ—… people which turn to thee in weepiâ—… fasting and praying For thou art mercifull God full of Compassion lâ—… suffering and of great pity Thou spâ—… rest when we deserve punishment 〈◊〉 in thy wrath thinkest upon mercyâ—… Spare thy people good Lord spâ—… them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us I. O Most mercifull and gracious Lord we wretched and miserable sinners humbly beseech thee in mercy and compassion to behold our great afflictions for thy wrath is gone out and thine indignation is kindled against us We confesse O Lord that thy â—…udgements are just for we have multiplied our transgressions like the sand of the Sea and the cry of them hath been so great that it hath pierced the heavens and called for vengeance against us But we beseech thee O Lord forget not thou to be gracious and shut not up thy loving kindnesse in displeasure turn thee again and be mercifull unto thy Servants 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 Take thy sword and all other judgements from us that we be not consumed by the means of thy heavy hand upon our sins O satisfie us with thy mercy
grieve the children of men Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is noâ—… and ever shall be world without end Amen The Psalms for the Day 7. 10. 22. 37. First Lesson 2 Chron. 35. from 〈◊〉 20. ad fin Lament 5. Zacâ—… 12. v. 10. ad finem A Form Collected out of the Psalms I. HEar our voice O Lord out of thy holy Temple let our complaint come before thee let it enter even into thy ears Our heart is in heavinesse O let us make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Lord our iniquities are against us our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee But we confess our wickednesses and are sorry for our sins Our confusion is daily before us fearfulness and trembling are come upon us and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us and it is thy great mercy onely that we are not consumed for we have sinned O Lord we have transgressed and done wickedly yea we have rebelled and departed from thy precepts and from thy Commandements Innumerable troubles are come about us our sins have taken hold upon us that we are not able to look up yea they are more in number then the hairs of our heads and our hearts have failed us O Lord righteousnesse belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion of face because of all the offences we have committed against thee Yet compassion and forgivenesse is with thee though we have rebelled against thee O Lord according to thy goodnesse we beseech thee let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from us and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants Incline thine ears and hear open thine eyes and behold our afflictions for we doe not present our supplications before thee in our own righteousness but for thy manifold and great mercies We have sinned against heaven and against thee and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons Yet O Lord hear O Lord forgive consider and doe it deferre not for thine own sake O our God Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now aâ—…d ever shall be world without end Amen II. HEar our prayers O Lord and hide not thy self from our Petitions and hearken unto the words of our mouth for strangers are risen up against us and Tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after our Souls Cast us not away in the time of our weaknesse forsake us not when our strength faileth us O remember not our offences but according to thy mercy think thou upon us for thy goodness O turn thee unto us and have mercy upon us for we are desolate and in misery The sorrows of our hearts are enlarged O bring thou us out of all our troubles Turn us O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us send down from on high and deliver us take us out of these many waters Why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble for our soul is brought low unto the dust our belly cleaveth to the ground Look upon our adversity and misery and forgive us all our sins Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercy sake so shall it be known that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen III. WE will cry unto the Lord with our voice yea even unto God will we cry with our voice and he shall hearken unto us For the Lord is gracious and long-suffering and of great mercy to them that call upon him The Lord is nigh unto all them that be of a contrite heart and will save such as are of an humble spirit And now Lord what is our hope truly our hope is even in thee For our Fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diâ—… deliver them they called upon thee and were holpen they put their trâ—… in thee and were not confounded The Lord will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble and they that know thy name will pâ—… their trust in thee for thou Lord never failest them that seek thee The mercifull goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upâ—… them that fear him and his righteousness upon Childrens Children even upon such as keep his Coveâ—… and think upon his Commandâ—… to do them Thou therefore that art a Saviour to all that trust in thee thou that upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up such as be down thou that healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heale their sicknesse thou that art the Father of mercy and God of all consolation that art comfort to the sad and strength to the weak hear thy servants we beseech thee look down from Heaven behold and visite us with thy salvation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen The second Lesson appointed by the Calendar of the Church for the 30th of January throughout all time is the 27. Chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew GIve the King thy judgements O God The Lord hear him in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend him Send him help from his Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion Let the King rejoyce in thy strength O Lord let him be exceeding glad of thy salvation Grant him his hearts desire and deny him not the request of his lips O Lord gird him with strength into the battaile throw down his Enemies under him Make them to turn their backs upon him and disperse them that hate him Deliver him from the strivings of his people Deliver him from his cruell Enemies and set him up above his adversaries thou shalt rid him from the wicked man and why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most high he shall not miscarry Some put their trust in Charriots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Save Lord and hear us O King of Heaven when we call upon thee Be thou exalted in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holâ—… Ghost As it was in the beginning is noâ—… and ever shall be world without end Amen V. O Lord God that doest buildâ—… up Hierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel Wherefore art thou absent so longâ—… Why is thy wrath so hot against tâ—… sheep of thy pasture O think upon thy Congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old
successefull on these thy gasping forlorn patients that thy great work of recovery and change the cleansing of our polluted leprous souls may be effectually wrought upon us by this hand of thine Lord save us from these sad effects by a powerfull removall of the Cause or else we certainly perish To this end O Lord we resigne our selves up to thy divine Methods be they the sharpest that thou seest necessary to dispense to us we desire to embrace them cheerfully and not to interpose any thought of ours in contradiction to thy most safe most medicinable prescriptions It is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good not ours but thy sacred will be done Be it unto us according to thy good pleasure In the mean time Lord permit us to intercede for others that are not worthy to pray for our selves O let the sorrowfull sighing of the poore of the oppressed and there is no Comforter let the black gloomy Calamities that are fallen upon him that is more worth then ten thousand of us come before thee Let thy Protection still continue unto him if it be thy sacred Will Thy Host of guardian Angels that once appeared in the Mount the Horses and Charriots round about Elisha environ and surround that sacred Head and by thine own wayes and means and in thine own season restore him with out the effusion of any more blood to his Fathers Crown Thron And Lord that it might yet be an acceptable time a season wherein thou mightest be accessible to our Prayers which we offer up in great Humility for thy poore wasted disconsolate Church amongst us That thou wouldest repair her breaches restore her dayes as of old that thou wouldest arise and have mercy upon Sion and Compassionate to see her in the Dust Lord where is thy Pitty And the sounding of the Bowels thy zeale to the place where thy rest dwelleth Will the Lord absent himself for ever And will he be no more entreated Are his mercies clean gone for ever and his promises come utterly to an end for evermore Lord remember thy old loving kindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth Arise O Lord and come into thy Rest thou and the Ark of thy strength But if these Calamities and Desolations must still go on and advance to the height of an irremediable ruine yet O Lord intermix thy sweet and Comfortable Allays with this bitter Cup Take us into thine immediate hand of Protection and Guidance sanctifie all thy methods unto us and by the same omnipotent work whereby thou bringest a most glorious light out of the blackest darknesse be pleased to produce all thy Divinest good things out of the saddest evils and if it may yet be thy blessed will to work the same work by the return of thy Mercies which the continuance of thy punishments is wont to be assigned for And Lord receive us all under the safe guard of thy Divine Presence the pillar of fire and Cloud to cover and direct us That in every turn of thy hand we may see and admire thy glorious and gracious Disposals and by the happy experience that even this also is to us for good we may be for ever engaged to ascribe unto thee all Honour and Glory and render unto thee the uniform obedience of our hearts world without end Amen Amen VIII O Most gracious Lord God the Creator of all things but of men and all mankinde a tender Compassionate Father in Jesus Christ Thou that hast enlarged thy designes and purposes of Grace and mercy as the Bowels and blood-shedding of thy Son with an earnest desire that every weak or sinfull man should partake of that Abiss that infinite treasure of thy Bounty Thou that hast bequeathed unto us that Legacy and Example of a sacred inviolable Peace a large diffusive Charity we meekly beseech thee to overshadow with thy heavenly grace the souls of all men over all the world O Lord thou lover of soules to bring home to the acknowledgment and embraces of thy Son all that are yet strangers to that profession and in whatsoever any of us who have already received that mercy from thee may be any way usefull or instrumentall to that so glorious an end to direct and encline our hearts towards it to work in us all an holy zeale to thy Name and tender Bowels to all those whose eternity is concern'd in it O give us a true serious full comprehension and value of that one great Interest of others as well as of our selvâ—… shew us the meanest of us some way to contribute towards it if it be but our daily affectionate Prayers for the enlarging of thy Kingdome and the care of approving all our Actions so as may most effectually attract all others to this profession And for all those that have already that glorious name of thy Son called upon them blessed Lord that they may at length according to the many Engagements of their profession depart from iniquity That that holy City that new Ierusalem may at length according to thy promise descend from Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband Christ That that Tabernacle of God with men may be illustriously visible among us that we may be a peculiar People and thou inhabiting in power among us That we which have so long professed thee may no longer be content with that form of knowledge which so often engenders strife contentions animosities separating from and condemning one another and that most unchristian detestable guilt of blood but endeavour and earnestly contend for the uniform effectuall practise of all the precepts of thy Son the Fruit and Power of Godlinesse That all the People and Princes of Christendom the Pastors and Sheep of thy fold may at length in some degree walk worthy of that light and warmth that knowledge of those graces that the Sun of righteousness with healing on his wings hath so long poured out upon us Lord purge and powerfully work out of all our hearts that prophanenesse and Atheisticalnesse those sacrilegious thirsts and enormous violations of all that is holy those Unpeaceable Rebellious Mutinous and withall Tyrannizing cruell spirits those prides and haughtinesses judgeing and condemning defaming and despising of others those unlimited ambitions and covetings joyned with the Invasion violation of others rights those most reproachfull excesses and abominable impurities which to the shame of our unreformed obdurate hearts do still remain unmortified unsubdued among us but above all those infamous Hypocrisies of stiborning Religion to be the Engine of advancing our secular designes or the disguise to conceale the foulest intentions of bringing down that most sacred name whereby we should be saved to be the vilest instrument of all Carnalities And by the power of thy controwling Spirit Lord humble and subdue all that exalts it self against the obedience of Christ And when thou hast cast out so many evill spirits be thou pleased thy self to possesse and enrich our souls to
plant and root and confirm and secure in us all those precious fruits of Piety and Faith and Obedience and Zeal towards thee of Purity and Meeknesse and Simplicity and Contentednesse and Sobriety in our selves of Justice and Charity and Reaceablenesse and Bowels of Mercy and Compassion towards all others That having seriously and Industriously as our Holy Vocation engageth us used all Diligence to add unto our Faith Virtue and to Virtue patience and Perseverance in all Christian Practise we may adorn that Profession which we have thus long depraved and having had our Fruits unto Holynesse we may attain our End ever asting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen IX O Long suffering and eternal King that for the Condemnation that for sin came into the World wert lifted up upon the Cross and taken from this earth by that shamefull death and hast shewed forth thy self to all that Chuse to follow thy stepps a Pattern and Copy of long-sufferance and Patience and offeredst up thy Intercession tothy Coeternal Father for those Enemies of God which Crucified Thee Do thou O Lord Thou the same Lover of Mankind afford thy Mercy and pardon to all those that are Enemies to us which either by Treachery or Reproach or Contumely or Envy or by any other means through the subtilty of Calumny of the Devil that lover of Hatred have expressed their Madness or Malice against us But especially those that have embrued their hands in the blood of thine Anointed Father forgive them for they know not what they do Lord lay not this sin to their Charge or to the Charge of a sinfull wretched People Change thou their Counsels from that mischievous to a sweet Christian temper of gentleness infuse into their hearts sincere and unfeigned Love bind them fast to us in the inviolable Bands of Spiritual friendship and by what means thou knowest most fit make them Partakers of eternal Life and O thou Father of Compassions pitty all those afflicted that trust in Thee draw all to the divine love of thee be thou president in all things and assistant to all together with us thy sinful and unprofitable Servants and make us all Heirs of thy Kingdom for unto Thee it belongeth to shew Mercy and to save us O our God for thine is the Power for ever Amen X. O Lord We beseech thee Mercifully Hear our Prayers and spare all those which Confess their sins unto thee that They whose Consciences by sin are accused by thy Mercifull Pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord Amen XI O Most mighty God and Mercifull Father which hast Compassion on all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made which wouldest not the Death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our Trespasses receive and Comfort us which are grieved with the Burthen of our sins Thy property is always to have Mercy to thee only pertaineth to forgive sins spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into Judgment with thy servants which are vile earth and Miserable sinners but so turn thine ire from us which meekly acknowledge our Vilenesse and truly repent us of our Faults so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen XII TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned be favourable O Lord be favourable to thy People which turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art 〈◊〉 Merciful God long-suffering and of great pitty Thou sparest when we deserve punishment and in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy spare thy people O Lord spare them and let not thine Heritage be brought to nought Hear us O Lord for thy Mercy is great and after the Multitude of thy mercies look upon us through Iesâ—… Christ our Lord Amen XIII O Lord the only begotten Son Jesus Christ O Lord God Lamb of God Son of the Father that takest away the sins of the world have Mercy upon us Thou that takest away the sins of the world receive our Prayers Thou that sittest at the Right hand of God the Father have Mercy upon us for thou only art holy thou only art the Lord thou only O Christ with the Holy Ghost art most high in the Glory of God the Father Amen The Peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your Hearts and Minds in the Knowledge and Love of God and 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 alwayes Amen A proper Prayer for the Thirtieth of Ianuary O Blessed Lord God who by thy Wisdom guidest and orderest all things most sutably to thy Justice and performest thy pleasure allwayes in such manner that thou canst also appeal to us whether thy wayes be not equall We thy poor afflicted People fall down before thee acknowledging the justice of thy proceedings with us and that the amazing Judgement which as this day besel us in thy permitting cruel men sons of â—…eliall to execute the fury of their Rebellion upon Our late Gracious Soveraign and to imbrew their hands in the Blood and Murder of the Lords Anointed was drawn down by the great and long provocations of this Nations sins against thee For all which and our own parts in which we sinfull wretches here met together desire to humble our selves before thee and to tremble at thy presence in this dayes sore vengeance the effect as well as desert of our impieties the work of our own hands upon our selves thy heavy Judgement but our most horrid sin for which alone did not multitude of other sins cry out against us thou mightest justly descend down upon us all as thou didst in Sodom and leave us no other memorial then to be the frightfull Monuments of thy Indignation and fury to all Posterity Gracious is the Lord and merfull therefore it is that We are not consumed O let thy long-suffering and patience lead us to repentance And now Lord looking on this particular signal Judgement as thy last Trump warning us to fly from the wrath to come We come forth to meet our God mourning in our prayers before thee and begging the aversion of thy further displeasure and the removall of these plagues of long continuance from us for the all-sufficient merits of the death and sufferings of our blessed Saviour O forgive our great and manifold transgressions and for his bloody Passions sake deliver this Nation from blood-guiltinesse that of this day especially O God of our Salvation Let not our crying sins intercept our Prayers or thy blessings but hear the voice of our tears and hearing forgive and heal us retire not quite from us into thine own place laugh not at our calamities neither mock in this day of our vifitation Vindicate thine own Cause and thine own Providence that it may
govern thy holy Church universally in the right way We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holiness of life thy servant CHARLS the second our most gracious King and Governours We beseech thee to hear us good â—…rd That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord That it may please thee to bless and preserve the Queen Mother the Duke of York the Duke of Glocester with all the rest of the royall Progeny We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastors and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge understanding of thy word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations unity peace and concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy Commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan under our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travell by land or by water all women labouring of childe all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pitty upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies persecuters and slanderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enjoy them We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance to forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy word We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech thee to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which are in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evill Amen The Versicle O Lord deal not with us after our sins Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Let us pray O God mercifull Father that despisest not the fighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress us and graciously hear us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the Devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church though Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake O God we have heard with our ears and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning 〈◊〉 now c. From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people Favourably with mercy hear our prayers O Son of David have mercy upon us Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ. Graciously hear us O Christ graciously hear us O Lord Christ. The versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us Answer As we do put our trust in thee ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ â—…aker of all things Judge of all men we acknowledge and â—…wail our manifold sins and wickedness which we from time to time most greivously have committed by thought word and deed against thy divine â—…jesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us we do earnestly repent and be heartily sorry for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto us the burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most mercifull Father for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christs sake forgive us all that is past and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God our Heavenly Father who of thy Grâ—… mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to All them which with Hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto Thee Have mercy upon Us pardon and deliver us from all our sins Confirm and strengthen us in all Goodness and bring us to Everlasting Life
through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome 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 trespasse against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Amen O Lord open thou our Liâ—… And our Mouth shall shew fâ—…th thy Praise O God make speed to save 〈◊〉 O Lord make haste to help us Glory be to the Father and 〈◊〉 the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Psal. 42 43 55 59 64 94. The First Lesson 2 Sam. 1. After the Lesson A Form Collected out of the Psaâ—… I. HEar our voice O Lord out of thy holy Temple let our complaint come before thee let it enter even into thy ears Our heart is in heaviness O let us make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Lord our iniquities are against us our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee But we confess our wickednesses and are sorry for our sins Our confusion is daily before us fearfulness and trembling are come upon us and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us and it is thy great mercy onely that we are not consumed for we have sinned O Lord 〈◊〉 have transgressed and done wickedly yea we have rebelled and departed from thy precepts and from thy Commandments Innumerable troubles are come about us our sins have taken hold upon us that we are not able to look up yea they are more in number then the hairs of our heads and our hearts have failed us O Lord righteousnesse belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion of face because of all the offences we have committed against thee Yet compassion and forgivenesse is with thee though we have rebelled against thee O Lord according to thy goodness we beseech thee let thine â—…ger and thy wrath be turned away from us and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants Incline thine ears and hear open thine eyes and behold our afflictions for we do not present our supplications before thee in our own righteousness but for thy manifold and great mercies We have sinned against heaven and against thee and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons Yet O Lord hear O Lord forgive consider and do it deferre not for thine own sake O our God Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen II. HEar our prayers O Lord and hide not thy self from our Petitions and hearken unto the words of our mouth foâ—… strangers are risen up against us and Tyrants which have not God before their eyes 〈◊〉 after our Souls Cast us not away in the time of our weaknesse forsake us not when â—…r strength faileth us O remember not our offences but according to thy mercy think thou upon us for thy goodness O turn thee unto us and have mercy upon us for we are desolate and in misery The sorrows of our hearts are enlarged O bring thou us out of all our troubles Turn us O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us send down from on high and deliver us take us out of these many waters Why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so 〈◊〉 against the sheep of thy paâ—… Wherefore hidest thou thy face 〈◊〉 forgettest our misery and trouble for our soul is brought low 〈◊〉 tâ—…e dust our belly cleaâ—…eth to the gâ—…d Look upon our adversity and misery forgive us all our sins Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercy sake so shall it be known that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning in now and ever shall be world without end Amen III. WE will cry unto the Lord with our voice yea even unto God will we cry with our voice and he shall hearken unto us For the Lord is gracious and long-suffering and of great mercy to them that call upon him The Lord is nigh unto all them that be of a contrite heart and will â—…ave such as are of an humble spirit And now Lord what is our hope truly our hope is even in thâ—… For our Fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them they called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded The Lord will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble and they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord never failest them that seek thee The mercifull goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon Childrens Children even upon such as keep his Covenant and think upon his Commandments to do them Thou therefore that art a Saviour to all that trust in thee thou that upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up such as be down thou that healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sickness thou that art the Father of mercy and God of all consolation that art comfort to the sad and strength to the weak hear thy servants we beseech thee look down from Heaven behold and visit us with thy salvation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen The second Lesson Heb. 12. or St Iames 5. IV. GIve the King thy judgements O God The Lord hear him in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacâ—… defend him Send him help from his Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion Let the King rejoyce in thy strength O Lord let him be exceeding glad of thy salvation Grant him his hearts desire and deny him not the request of his lips O Lord giâ—… him with strength unto the battaile throw down his Enemies under him Make them to turn their backs upon him and disperse them that hate him Deliver him from the sirivings of his people Deliver him from his cruell Enemies and set him up above his adversaries thou shalt rid him from the wicked man and why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most high he shall not miscarry Some put their trust in Charriots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God Save Lord and hear us O King of Heaven when we call upon thee Be thou exalted in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be
satisfied with the blood already spilt among us but standest thou still â—…ith a sword upon thine Altar Must Aarons rod be suffered to â—…ther in thine own house in thine 〈◊〉 sight while Corah's and Daâ—…han's do bud and blossom Canst thou O God look on and see the golden pot ravish'd from thine own Tabernacle Canst thou endure to be in the Temple and see those Lights of the Sanctuary put out which thou thy self hast light up Wilt thou suffer the Labourers to be driven out of thy own Vineyard after their working so long there by thy Divine appointment Shall thy House of Prayer become at length a den of Theives and thou thy self stand by as unconcernd whilst they rob thee of thine Honour Thou that saidst to the waves be ye still wilt thou suffer the winds to arise the contrary winds of false Doctrine and to blow against this Ship which thy self hast so long been inâ—… wilt thou sleep in the Ship while thy Disciples are cast over board Lord carest thou noâ—… we perish When shall thy Ministers takâ—… down their Harps from the Wilâ—… upon which they hang. When shall they be permitted openly to sing the Lordâ—… song though in this strangâ—… Land When O when shall we see the Ark of God to return back from the House of Dagon and David dancing before it When wilt thou open the mouths of thine own Zacharias's the Priests of the Lord that were called to wait upon thee at thine Altar but who are now struck dumb from ofâ—…ating before thee When wilt thou extend merâ—… into us in the sight of those â—…at hate us who are set over us 〈◊〉 give us a reviving to set up the â—…ouse of God and to repair â—…he Desolations thereof and to give a Wall in Iudah and in Ieâ—…salem When shall we accompany the Tribes even the Tribes of the Lord unto the Lords House there to testifie unto Israel to give thanks unâ—… the Name of the Lord for the â—…ation of our Religion in the 〈◊〉 of so many fiery trialls and the restauration of our Liberties afâ—…r so sharp a captivity When Lord shall we be allowed to eat bread again freely in thy House yea though it be but to gather the â—…rums that fall from our Masters table How long shall it be ere thou bid 〈◊〉 look with joy vpon Zion the Citty of our Solemnities as thou didst bid thy People the Jews When wilt thou comfort us and say your eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation a Tabernacle that shall not be taken down not one of the stakes thereof shall be removed neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken O how amiable are thy Dwellings thou Lord of Hosts My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into thy Courts and to go unto thine Altars But Lord It is not for us to know the times and seasons which the Father hath put in his own Power And therefore I desire humbly to submit the successe of all our Prayers and Supplications of our actions and sufferings together with the time of our deliverance unto thy sole pleasure earnestly beseeching thee for thy Grace which is alone sufficient for us that we may cheerfully wait upon thee without thinking thy stay too long till thou have mercy â—…on us The Lord our God is a God of â—…compences and shall surely requitâ—…â—…r Enemies But The Lord is our Judge the Lord is our Lawgiver the Lord is our King he will save us Thou art the Lord and therefore Lord even when thou pleasest and what thou pleasest Not our time but thy time Not our way but thy way Not our Will but thy Will be done Thy Will be done in Earth as it is Heaven Amen A Prayer for the Church 〈◊〉 England O Lord look down in mercy and compassion upon oâ—… dear Mother the afflicted Church of England to whose breasts thou hast applyed us And grant that we may draw from thence neither blood nor wind but the sincere milk of thy word of an holy Conversation Behold Lord she is none of those Mothers which are for the dividing of their children O preserve thou her children that they also may none of them be for the dividing of their Mother Make her yet once more happy in a Moses and an Aaron in nursing Fathers to go in and out before this People and holy Ministers to stand before thee our God and suffer not â—…e sins of this Nation to be â—…onger to pull down the walls â—…our Sion and Ierusalem then â—…s thy goodness and mercy to â—…ild them up again O that this Church of England â—…ay live in thy sight For which end behold her Priests how they keep silence even from good words which is pain and grief unto them and are denied even a place between the Porch and the Altar though only to weep there for the sparing of the Temple Behold her Virgins how they 〈◊〉 least for want of a Vision the People perish and her Widdows 〈◊〉 they make Lamentation to see Iudgement begin so severely at the House of God Behold how she her self like another Racheb weeps for her children because they are not because they are not suffered to comfort their own Mother and to defend her from all such whâ—… mock at her Sabbaths and sâ—… lemn Feasts and make her seâ—… vice and Devotions their deâ—… sion and scorn O Lord behold her Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified him self against her See O Lord and considerâ—… for she is become very vile But we trust by how much she iâ—… become vile in the eyes of man she shall be the more precious in the sight of thee her God And though others set light by her blood yet thou hast promised not to despise her team especially when thou thy self hast washed them in the blood of thy Son O therefore we beseech thee put thou her Tears in thy bottle and let not her sighs and her groans seem little in thy sight Accept of those Humiliations and graciously answer the Prayers which are offered up in secret for her Visit O visit her in Mercy and Compassion now after the time that thou hast afflicted her and for the many years wherein she hath suffered Adversity Let that purple Robe of mockery wherewith first thy self wert clad and now of late this Church of thine be changed at length into garments of joy and gladnesse Let that Crown of thorns which was taken from thy Temples and platted upon hers be now taken from both and crown her instead thereof with Roses out of her own Sharon Let the Print of the nails in thy hands and feet be as the Balm of Gilead to heal and close up the wounds which are made in hers And let the hole in thy precious side be a safe hiding-place and Sanctuary till this
make him great put a stop at last to the madnesse of the people say to the destroying Sword it is now enough send us a seasonable and quiet calm visit us with the joy of thy Countenance and make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us O restore to us our solemn Assemblies bring us back into thy Courts to praise thee and let us once more worship thee in the beauty of thy holinesse Save us O Lord from our Enemies and from the hands of all that hate us That so we may serve thee without fear living a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty looking for the blessed appearance of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. To whom with thee and the holy Spirit be all honour and praise world without end AMEN A Prayer for preservation from the Enemy O Eternall God and most mercifull Father we humbly beseech thâ—… to be mercifull unto us and in the Riches of thy unspeakable mercies be near to help and succour us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us The Rebellious are strengthned against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee and we deserve to suffer what our Enemies threaten even suddain surprizall and destruction to desolation But there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared and there is mercy with thee that they may not be fearâ—… Shew us therefore thy merâ—…y O Lord and let us so fear â—…ee that we may be never forâ—…d to feel or fear them And â—…hen thou wilt correct us for â—…ur sins O Lord in judgement â—…emember mercy and let us â—…all into thy hands and not into the hands of men let us fall â—…to thy hands and not into â—…he hands of ungracious and â—…godly men into thy hands â—…nd not into the hands of sacriâ—…gious and seditious men into thy mercifull hands and not into the cruell hands of thine and our enemies even for Jesus Christs sake our only Mediator and Redeemer AMEN A Confession of Sins and Prayer for Pardon O Lord of heaven and earth God of the spirits of all flesh we a most sinfull and therefore now a most miserable People do in the bitternesse of our afflicted Souls humbly fall down at the foot-stool of thy grace most sadly bewailing our many and most hainous sins We have multiplied our iniquities into a violation of thy whole Law having neither performed to thee our God nor to man the duties thou requirest of us so that by onr wicked works we have denied that most holy faith whereof our Mouths have for so long a time made profession These things O Lord have we done and because in goodnesse thou wert pleased to â—…eep silence how many of us have thought wickedly that thou â—…ert altogether such an one as â—…ur selves which either didst approve or at least wouldst not punish the Crimes that we doâ—…ed on And now in thy just judgments thou hast set our sins in order before our eyes in the continued scourge of this â—…sting Rebellion we may well perceive that the sins we have done have not been barely infirmities but Rebellions against thee In the Rapines acted upon the substance thou hast given 〈◊〉 we cannot but consider that by Oaths and Blasphemies we have robbed thee of thine Honour and have oft-times stollen much of that precious time which should have been spent in thy service Nay we have added sin to sin so that one Crime hath brought forth another Transgression and thou hast shewed us even this in thy Judgâ—… ments we now feel in that thâ—… present War hath brought forth an infectious disease and dotâ—… now threaten famine to us We confesse O Lord with all thankfulnesse of heart that thou hast been pleased to sweeten the bitterness of this Cup by many strange successes by frequent and unexpected Victories and yet thou hast so allayed each favour of thine hand with the mixture of some sudden crosse that herein thou hast set our Repentance too before the sight of our eyes and lets us see 't is mixt with so much coldnesse Hypocrisie that there may be as much guilt in such a kind of Repentance as before there was in our sins Yet return O God in great mercy return unto the many thousands of thy people do thou accept and increase in our hearts detestatioÌ„ of all wickedness that our sorrows for sin may be as compleatly perfect 〈◊〉 we desire thou shouldst make â—…ur Peace and that for times â—…ereafter our hearty observance of thy whole Law may still run along with such sorrows O let â—…ot thy scourge end in a desolation nor thine anger go on unto the height of an everlasting mine But hear us mercifull Father hasten the aversion of these thy sharp judgements from us and let not the noise of this accursed Rebellion be any longer heard in our streets Scatter thou the People that delight in War and let the blessing of Peace be upon the Heads of all those who strive and pray for this blessing and that for his sake by whose hand thou givest every blessing Jesus-Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer for the KING O Lord God infinite 〈◊〉 power by whom thâ—… thrones of Kings are established and their Persons made sacred Take we beseech thee into thy immediate and divine protection thine Anointed Servant the King that no Sacrilegious prophane hand come near to touch him in all his wayes let thy Spirit guide him and thy holy Angels pitch their Tâ—…s about him Comfort him in his troubles defend him in his dangers support him in his Cause blesse him in the confusion of all those that rise up against him shew some token on him even now O God when the Sons of Violence are in the highest of their Pride when they have joyned Nation â—…o Nation Covenant to Covenant and Army to Army to â—…ull down him whom thou â—…ast exalted and to Root out â—…hat Religion which thine own â—…ght hand hath planted Deâ—…t their purposes O thou preserver of men and let not their mischievous imaginations â—…ny longer prosper but blast â—…ll their Counsells wither away their Armies like grasse â—…orched by the Sun bow down a last their stiff necks and obdurate hearts to a desire of that Peace which hath so long been 〈◊〉 abomination to them That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own Ruine â—…d take pleasure in shedding their own blood but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thy Anger for this unnaturall division may at last be reduced within their first obedience to the glory of thy Name the vindication of oâ—… defamed Religion the joy 〈◊〉 our afflicted King and the hapâ—… pinesse of this yet bleedinâ—… Kingdom And confirm all thâ—… to us O Lord by the merits and through the mediation oâ—… thine own dear Son Jesus Chrisâ—… our Lord Amen A Prayer for the preservation of the University and City of Oxford O Almighty God who are the only sure
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
Persecution be overpassed Though this year be begun in bitterness yet O suffer it not to end so But cause it to be proclaimed the acceptable yeâ—… of the Lord to all that mouâ—… in Sion As thou hast given unto tâ—… Church an Head of gold so donâ—… let her stand like Nebuchadnezaâ—… Image upon feet of clay Thougâ—… she be made to lie among the poâ—… yet thou canst cover her again wiâ—… silver wings making her featherâ—… like gold Thou art Almighty and canâ—… do it yea thou art Almercifulâ—… and wilt do it O then shew heâ—… now especially some tokeâ—… for good that they which hate her may see it and be ashamed because thou O Lord haâ—… holpen her and comforted her Give her instead of a Rent a Girdle instead of vain Repetitions the Holy Spirit and Office of Prayerâ—… for the bread of Adversity the blessed Manna of thy Word and Sacraments and for the cup of trembling and astonishment the cup of salvation Suffer not Pharaoh's thin and â—…sted Ears of corn to deâ—… those full and good Ears which have sprung up here in Gods field Neither do thou punish our former slighted â—…nty with a succeeding famine of thy Word Give unto her beauty for ashes the 〈◊〉 of Ioy for mourning the garâ—… Prayer for the spirit of beaâ—…ss Give her the custody of Angels the Patronage of Kings and Princes the hearts and â—…ds of Nobles the prayers and tears of Priests and the deâ—…ce of the whole secular Arm. O thou that hast the Key of Daâ—… that openest and no man shutâ—… open thou the mouths of thy Miâ—…rs and suffer no more any man 〈◊〉 them Open thou the doors of 〈◊〉 own House for thy servants to 〈◊〉 in and let no one dare upon 〈◊〉 pâ—…ill of their souls to keep us out And since we have taken upon us to speak unto our Lord not for the sparing of a Sodom but of this thine own Sion leâ—… not our Lord be angry and wâ—… will speak unto him once more Preserve her and all her sons anâ—… daughters in all storms and againâ—… all temptations in this present stormâ—… and against the present and all future temptations that we may do nothing to scandall our holy Calling by sacrificing our Consciences to the purchase of our case Give us innocence mixt with prudence the Doves eye in the Serpents head And teach us to beware of the Dragons Poyson even when we are made to feel the Dragons sting And when the winds shall blow fiercest against thine Ark yet then we beseech thee to preserve the Vessel though thou shalt change the Pilots And however in thy secret wisdom thou mayst suffer many of the Lights to be blown out yet we pray thee Lord be not so severe upon our justly-deserving sins as to remove the Candlestick All this and whatsoever else thou â—…e more needfull for our bleeding Mother or for any of her persecuted Children we beg at thy mercifull hands for thy Sons sake who purchased this Church with his own blood Iesus Christ our Saviour To whom with thee O Father and the ever blessed Spirit be all Honour and Glory Submission and Adoration in all places at all times in all Estates and Conditions by all men and Angels World without End Amen Amen A Prayer for the Kings Birth-day May 29. O Lord God the great disposer of Kings and Kingdomes and who in thy Mercy didst design thy servant our persecuted Soveraign Lord King Charls to be the Heir of these Kingdomes though in thy secret Judgements towards this sinfull Nation thou hast suffered the sons of violence to keep him hitherto from inheriting his Fathers Throne We thy unworthy servants are here nâ—…et together upon the Anniversary Day of his Nativity to offer unto thee a gratefull commemoration our humble thansgivings for thy great Blessing in bestowing upon us at first so hopefull a Prince And withall to bewail our unworthiness of having so good and gratious a Prince as yet to exercise his Raign over us we bewail those many sins of ours whereby we have helped to cut off the Royall Father and whereby we still assist to the keeping our of his Royall Son However we beseech thee O Lord to grant that as thy hands did fashion him and as he was fearfully and wonderfully made in his Mothers womb so his heart may still be in those hands of thine to preserve him from all danger and to mould him to all Christian and Princely Graces Give him years of Happiness and Joy for those years of bitterness and sorrow wherewith thou hast afflicted his soul. Cause him to know that the end for which he was born was not so much to govern others as to submit himself to thee and to lay his Crown and Scepter at the Feet of the Lamb. And grant Holy Father that that as now he has finished twenty nine years of his life and most of those years under the severity of thy Discipline So he may spend the Remainder of his life and may have those years doubled and trebled to him in the successes of thy favour As thou dost add days to his years so let it be thy good pleasure to add happiness to his days exchanging his Banishment into restauration and his Crown of thorns into a Crown of Majesty here of Glory hereafter This day didst thou take him out of his Mothers womb to live here a little time O mayst thou at the last day take both him and us out of our Mothers womb again even the grave and the womb of the Earth to live with thee for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Amen The Ministers Prayer for the People O Most mercifull Lord God and Lover of souls who hast given Commandment to thy Priests to weep and to pray between the Porch and the Alâ—…n and to cry spare thy people O Lord spare them O most blessed Jesu who art â—…n everlasting Priest and the great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls O most holy Spirit who dost sanctifie and preserve us building us up into an holy Temple for thy self to dwell in O Father Son and Holy Ghost three Persons and one God who delightest in the Conversion of sinners and to see souls daily added unto thy Church Bless this whole Congregation and have mercy upon this Parish who are committed to my charge to take care over their souls Lord I am unworthy of so great an honour and too unfit for so great a Burthen yet in obedience to thy Call I have undertaken it and I trust by thy Assistance to be able to feed both thy sheep and thy Lambs Keep them always within thy Fold that they may never wander nor go astray preserve them from Wolves though they should be set in the very midst of them Teach them to know thy voice and to be obedient to thy Call And when any of them shall straggle into the Wildernesse yet then Lord do not thou leave