upon me And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedome defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen DIc ô Domine mi Jesu doce discā a te quod doceam de te Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto me and all thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercy upon me O God have mercy upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercy and truth upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine misericors qui ad cor altum non accedis humilia animam meam O tu qui non videris nisi a mundis cordibus veram cordis munditiem dato mibi Sitio O Domine da arrham haereditatis futurae saltem da guttam coelestis pluviae qua refrigerare possim sitim meam quia amore ardeo Nec hoc peto Domine propter merita mea indignissimus enim sum qui gustem sed pro misericordia tua meritis Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi Amen Almighty God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and body in the wayes of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in body and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Lord I cry unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Da mihi Domine dormitum abeunti requiem corporis animae Custodi me a caliginoso peccati somno ab omni tenebrosa nocturna mollitie Ignita maligni tela dolose in me vibrata extinguito Rebelliones carnis meae reprimito Et omnem terrenam mundanam in me cogitationem sopito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediator and Advocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY DEus magne Deus omnipotens Deus summae bonitatis quem inviolabilem incorruptibilem credi intelligi fas est Trina Unitas quam Catholica Ecclesia colit supplex oro expertus in meipso misericordiam tuam ne homines cum quibus mihi a pueritia in omni victu fuit summa consensio in tuo cultu a me dissentire permittas nec vel me vel illos a veritate salute quae est in Christo Jesu Amen O Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhorre my soul neither hide thy face from me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Iesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility Mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Family for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Diu est O Domine ex quo contra Haereses laboravi sum poene fatigatus Veni Domine mi Jesu praeliator fortissime Princeps exercitus Domini qui Diabolum vicisti seculum Apprehende arma scutum exurge in adjutorium mihi Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins
prospere perveniam demum incolumis ad propria redeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Exaudi Domine supplicationes meas viam famuli tui dispone ut inter omnes vitae viae hujus varietates tuo semper protegar auxilio per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine salvum me fac servum tuum sperantem in te Mitte mihi auxilium de Sancto de Sion tuere me Esto mihi turris fortitudinis a facie Inimici Nihil proficiat Inimicus in me filius iniquitatis non opponat nocere mihi O prosperum iter faciat mihi Deus salutarium nostrorum Domine exaudi orationem meam clamor meus ad te veniat per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future duty that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacrity go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercy and goodness put to my hand to lay the first stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happy Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Iesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majesty and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Prayers upon sundry Publick Occasions MOst gracious God we humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in general so especially for the High Court of Parliament under our most Religious and Gracious King at this time assembled that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations to the preservation of thy Glory the good of thy Church the safety honour and welfare of our Soveraign and his Kingdomes Lord look upon the humility and devotion with which they are come into thy Courts And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ our blessed Saviour that thou wilt not deny them the grace and favour which they beg of thee Therefore O Lord bless them with that wisdom which thou knowest necessary to speed and bring great designes into action and to make the maturity of his Majesties and their Counsels the happiness and the blessing of this Common-wealth These and all other necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and our most gracious Father thou art the Lord of Hosts and the strength of all Nations is from thee If thou keepest not the City the Watchman waketh but in vain And no Victory can wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies if thou teach not their hands to warre and their fingers to fight Thou art the steady hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which go and remain in the broad sea Lord at this time we need thy more special Assistance both by Land and Sea and â—or the mercy of Christ deny us neither Be with our Armies and the Armies of our Allies and Associates by Land be with our Navy at Sea Be not from the one nor from the other in power and in great mercy until thou hast brought them back with honour and a setled Peace Lord turn our Enemies sword into their own bosome For we sought Peace and ensued it and while we did so they did more then make themselves ready to battel We are thy servants truly and heartily sorry for our sins Lord forgive them and then we will trust upon thee that thou wilt pour down all thy blessings upon this all other designes and actions of this State undertaken for thy glory the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES and the peace and welfare of this Church and Common-wealth Grant this we humbly beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee pardon and forgive all our many great and grievous transgressions We may not hope thou wilt take off thy punishments until thou hast forgiven our sins We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness We have been too slow to come and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercy in Justice to force us to thee Lord we believe but do thou increase our Faith our Devotion our Repentance and all Christian Vertues in us At this time the viols of thy heavy displeasure drop down upon us and while we smart under one Judgment thou threatnest the rest The Pestilence spreads in our Streets and so as if it sought whom to devour No strength is able to stand against it and it threatens to make Families nay Cities desolate While the Pestilence eats up thy People we hear the sound of War and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour In the mean time the heavens are black over us and the clouds drop leaneness and it will be Famine to swallow what the Pestilence and the Sword shall leave alive unless thou send more seasonable weather to give the fruits of the earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can deny it We have no whither to go but to mercy We have no way to that but by the Alsufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants Command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plenty with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our
alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercy upon me O God after thy greatâ— goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine exaudire dignare preces meas in beneplacito tuo Inâ—micum ab actibus meis cogitationibus virtute tua expelle Multiplica mihi fidem guberna mentem spirituales cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti ad beatitudinem tuam perducito per Jesum Christum Filium tuum Salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the infections of the Devil and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the only true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I offer up unto thee my Evening Sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine supplex te oro respice me purga mentem meam cogitationes meas ab impuris concupiscentiis ab omni inquinamento carnis spiritus ab omni diabolica operatione per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine ineffabilem misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue me a peccatis quae commisi eripe me a poenis quas merui per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my Bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to pass through the darkness of this night in the comfort of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord make mine eyes prevent the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive according to the insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to relieve and maintain nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly conversation through the aid and assistance of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen THURSDAY O Hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not Amen Subveni Domine mi Jesu accingere gladium tuum circa femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide me in me ut vivam in te desinant inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy Name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Almighty God and merciful Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithful Servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwel Amen O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Iesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdom in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless but send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee one God world without end Amen HEar my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition Take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodness and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Assist me mercifully O Lord in these and all other my supplications and prayers and dispose my ways towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their heart And from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayst sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Bless me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy law that thou mayst give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thine Inheritance in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O AEterne Deus quamdiu hic in terris sum supplex oro in quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed a te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire â—ibi Domino meo cui dum non obtempero illa in justam vindictam molesta esse solent Ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non ego semper serviam tibi in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened