Accomplices into their own Bosoms Bless those that are abroad for the defence of our Country and sanctifie us at home to please thee that whatsoever they or we do it may prosper II. Be present and president amongst us in all our Consultations send us wise Counsellors and Commanders who may prudently foresee and valiantly defeat the devices and stratagems of their Enemies Bless those that are prepared to fight for us command the Winds and the Seas to favour them and let the Land speak peace unto them Let neither the Sun nor Moon annoy them nor alteration of diet or place disable them anoint their Shields hallow and consecrate all their Engines of War with happy success to do thy will III. Refresh both Prince and People with the sweet savour and harmony of Peace rather than the bitter howlings clamours of War that we may every one in our due order sit under our own Vine and under our own Fig-tree that there may be no â—eading into Captivity nor no complaining in our Streets grant O Lord these things we have begged for thy Son our Saviour's sake Amen A Thanksgiving after Victory VVE praise and bless thy holy Name O Lord that thou hast saved us from our Enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us Not unto us O Lord not unto us but to thy Name be given the glory for if thou hadst not been on our side when men rose up against us they had swallowed us up quick II. Thou O God wast pleased to do mighty and marvellous things for us whereof we rejoice thine Angel encamped round about us whilst we were in great fear and hath delivered us O Lord more and more encrease our Thankfulness maintain still thine own cause keep us from all Plots Contrivances of the wicked And as thou hast at this time by a hand unexpected put Sisera to flight and brought our Foes to an end so destroy their Armies evermore and disperse their Forces that we may know thou art the Lord whose Name is Jehovah to whom be Praise now and for evermore World without end Amen FINIS THE TABLE A Preparatory Prayer against wandring Thoughts and vain Imaginations Page 7 Meditations for Sunday 11 A Morning Prayer for the Worship of God 15 A Prayer at our Entrance into the Church 21 Sunday Noon for Perseverance 23 A Thansgiving after Evening Prayer for the Word preached 24 Sunday Even for pardon of Sin 25 Meditations for Monday 29 Monday Morning for a holy Life 30 Monday Noon for forgiveness of Sins 33 Monday Night for God's preservation 35 Meditations for Tuesday 36 Tuesday Mâ—rn for Protection from our Enemies 39 Tuesday Noon for God's Grace and Favour 41 Tuesday Night a Thanksgiving for God's Mercies 43 Meditations for Wednesday 44 Wednesday Mâ—rn for Repentance 47 Wednesday Noon for God's particular care of us 49 Wednesday Night for deliverance from Sin 51 Meditations for Thursday 53 Thurs Morn a Sacrifice of Praise 55 Thurs Noon for God's Blessing 58 Thursday Night for Deliverance from sudden Death 59 Meditations for Friday 62 Friday Mâ—rn a Confession of Sin 65 Frid. Noonâ— for God's Direction 69 Friday Night against Carnal Security 71 Meditations for Saturday 75 Saturd Mâ—rn for God's Providence 78 Saturd Noon for Tranquillity of Spirit 81 Sat. Night for Remission of Sins 84 A confession of Sins before the Sacrament 87 A Prayer before the Sacrament 94 A Thanksg after the Sacrament 95 A Morn Prayer for a priv Person 98 An Even Prayer for a priv Person 101 A Morn Prayer for a priv Family 104 An Even Prayer for a priv Family 109 Meditations for the Sick 115 A Prayer in time of Sickness 117 A Pray by those that visit the Sick 123 Meditations after Recovery 126 A Thanksgiving after Recovery 128 A Prayer fit to be said at any time 131 Prayers for all Persons and Occasions A Prayer for the Church 134 A Prayer for the King c. 136 A Prayer for the Royal Family 137 A Prayer for our Parents 138 A Prayer of Parents for their Children 140 A Prayer for our Friends c. 141 A Prayer of a Wife for her Husb. 142 A Prayer of a Husb. for his Wife 143 A Prayer of an Orphan ibid. The Widow's Prayer 145 The Servant's Prayer 146 The Maid's Prayer 149 A Prayer when afflicted in Mind 149 A Thanksg for our Redemption 152 A Prayer of a Woman with Child 154 The Midwife's Prayer 157 A Prayer by those that are present with a Woman in Travail 159 A thanksgiving by those that are present after Delivery 162 A thanksgiving by the Woman after her Delivery 164 A Thanksg after any Calamity 166 A Prayer before taking of Physick 169 A Prayer before a Journey c. 173 A Prayer upon return from a Journey or Voyaâ—e 175 The Mariner's Prayer 176 A Thanksgiving after a Storm 178 A Prayer for Rain 180 A Prayer for fair Weather 182 A Prayer of a Child c. 184 A Prayer in time of War 185 A Thanksgiving after Victory 187 The End of the Table
and evermore sing of thy Righteousness in the Congregation of thy redeemed ones now henceforth and for ever Amen A Prayer for Monday Night For Preservation O Lord most Holy I praise and magnifie thy holy Name for preserving of me this Day both in Soul and Body O thou who art Alpha and Omega bless and defend me with thy heavenly Grace this Night let my rest be in thee and grant that neither much sleep overwhelm me nor Satan invade me though my Eyes sleep yet O Lord keep my Heart waking lest the subtle Tempter overtake me and I sleep in perpetual silence Keep me in the arms of thy Providence give sleep to my Eyes and slumber unto my Eye-lids compass me about and raise me up again to the joyful sight of the â—ext Morning Light and aâ—ter this miserable Life is ended grant that in thy Light I may see Light for evermore Meditations for Tuesday For defence of our Innocencâ— and against the malice of our Enemies O Lord my God in thee have I put my trust Save me from all them that persâ—cute me and deliver me Lest he devour my Soul like a Lion and tear it in pieces while there is none to help O Lord my God if I have done any such thing oâ—â—f there be any wickedness in my hands If I have rewarded evil unto him that dâ—alâ— friendly with â—e yea I have delivered him that without any cause is mine Enemy Then let 〈◊〉 Enemy persâ—cute my Sâ—uâ— and take me Yea let him â—ead my life down upon the Earth and lâ—y mine honour in the dust Stand up O Lord in thy wrâ—th and lift up thy self because of the indignation of mine Enemies arise up fâ—r me in the judgment that thou hast commanded And so shâ—ll the Congregation of the people come about thee For their sakes therefore lift up thy selâ— again The Lord shall judge the people Give sentence with me O Lord according to my righteousnesâ— and accordâ—ng to the innocencâ— that is in me O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end but guide thou the just For the righteous God trieth the very heart and reins My Help cometh of God which preserveth them that are true of heart God is a righteous Judge strong and patient and God is provoked every day If a man will not turn he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it ready He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordained his arrows against the persecutors Behold he travaileth with mischief he hath conceived sorrow and brought forth ungodliness He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others For his travail shall come upon his own head and his wickedness shall fall upon his own pate I will give thanks unto the Lord according to his righteousness and will praise the Name of the Lord the most High Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer for Tuesday Morning For Protection from our Enemies O Almighty God who art a strong rock of defence to all those who trust in thee deliver me I beseech thee from those Mouths who like Lions roaring for their Prey seek to devour me Abate their Pride asswage their Malice and confound their Devices save me from the hands of all those who seek to do me evil and let their wickedness and Hellish contrivance come utterly to an end for evermore II. I magnifie thy holy Name for thy preservation of me this Night Grant that I may walk this Day according to thy heavenly will in all things not returning evil for good but on the contrary good for evil Disperse from me all clouds of Envy Hatred or Malice which seem to hover over me and though heaviness may endure for a Night yet O Lord let thy Joy and light of thy countenance appear in the Morning III. Give me Grace not to rejoice in any thing that displeaseth thee but evermore to delight in those things which are most pleasing to thee be they never so disagreeable to my desires Defend me O Lord from all shame and disgraces of this life mortifie all the corrupt affections that are in me and pardon the innumerable Sins which I have committed Bless preserve and keep me this Day by thy power from sin shame and all evil and so direct me by thy â—ace that all my thoughts words and works may please â—hee through the merits of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen A Prayer for Tuesday Noon For God's Grace and Favour O God most Holy who guidest and governest all those that trust in thee I beseech thee defend me daily cherish comfort govern and counsel me in all my enterprises so that I may employ this Day and all the days of my Life according to thy blessed will setting thee always before my eyes and aiming at thy Glory II. Let me earnestly seek and find thee O my hearts desire and let me hold thee fast whom my Soul loveth let me enjoy thee O my spiritual comfort in all my faculties even in my heart let me possess thee Be thou for ever present with me in all my undertakings let thy Favour refresh me and thy Grace which is sufficient for me support me though I walk through this valley and shadow of Death I may fear no Evil while thy rod and thy staff comfort me III. Convert and turn the hearts of those which seek to do me Evil and do hate me without a cause keep me from their anger which is fierce and from the wrath of them which are cruel and bring them down in their high imaginations lest they be too proud Grant that the remaining part of this Day I may walk in thy Fear so that at the last I may enter into thy Glory through the merits of Jesus Christ my only Saviour Amen A Prayer for Tuesday Night Of Thanksgiving for God's Mercies I Render thee most humble and hearty Thanks for thy Preservation of me this Day and relieving me according to my several Necessities Thou hast this Day past defended me from all Danger given me my daily Bread and hourly breath continue still I beseech thee thy undeserved Mercies towards me and accept this my Evening Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving II. Let not the meanness of my Devotion cause thee to turn away thine Eyes from me but according to thine accustomed kindness spare thy Servant good Lord and be not angry with him for ever Preserve me this Night O thou that preservest all the World and taking my natural repose I may through thy protection and ready help be defended both now and evermore Amen Meditations for Wednesday THe Heavens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy-work One day telleth another and one night certifieth another There is neither speech nor language but their voices are heard among them Their sound is gone out into all lands and their words unto
THE Devout Companion Containing PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS FOR Every Day in the Week AND FOR Several Occasions Ordinary and Extraordinary Psal 55. 17. Evening and Morning and at Noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my Voice The Twelfth Edition LONDON 〈…〉 Henry Rhodes at the 〈…〉 he corner of Brile 〈…〉 1699. TO THE Truly Honoured The LADY J. C. MADAM AT Your Request these ensuing Prayers and Meditations were composed which I here present to Your view not that You want my weak Instructions for You are known to be so good a Proficient in God's School and have more of this Heavenly Language by Heart than I can instruct you by Precept The Meditations I have taken from the Psalms of that sweet singer of Israel the Royal Prophet and this Key opens not only the Kingdom of Grace but the Kingdom of Heaven too it being an exact Composure of all Christian Vertues No Worshipping can be more true or more spiritual than the Psalter said with a pure Mind and a hearty Devotion For David was God's Instrumeâ—t to the Church teaching and admonishing as our Duty is to each other in Psalms and Hymns and spiritual Songs making melody to the Lord. In your Voyage to the Almighty You might have I doubt not a better Card or Compass to sail by than this Form of Prayer which I prescribe yet I beseech You encourage others by Your pious Example to feed upon this Milk for Babes those which are weak by tasting of it your Self So recommending it to Your Pious Acceptation wishing You all Happiness that this Earthly Paradise can afford whist You remain upon Earth and at the last a Crown of Immorral Glory in the highest Heavens is the earnest desire of Madam Your humble and faithful Servant in Christ Jesus E. S. THE Devout Companion Containing MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS For every Day in the Week c. A Preparatory Prayer against wandring Thoughts and vain Imaginations Thrice Holy Blessed and Glorious Trinity Three Persons and One God have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner O Almighty God the only Giver and Bestower of all good things and without whose special Favour and Grace no Man hath Power to perform any spiritual Duty as he ought to do O Lord I know not what to pray for as I ought O let thy Spirit help my Infirmities and enable me to offer up a spiritual Sacrifice acceptable to thee by Jesus Christ II. Make me to remember into whose Presence I am come and with whom I have to do even with a God of infinâ—te Majesty before whom the Cherubims veil their Faces as being astonished at the Presence of so great a God as thou art How dare I then a moâ—t vile and sinful Creature who am but Dust and Ashes presume to appear at this time before thee who have drunk Iniquity like Water breaking so often thy holy Laws and Commandments by committing those things thou forbiddest and leaving undone those good things thou commandest III. But I come unto thee O Lord in the name of thy dear Son Jesus Christ the Righteous who hath redeemed me with his most precious Blood O then look upon me in him and for the merits of his Sufferings pardon all my Sins and blot out my Offences Strike an awful reverence in my Soul that I may continually keep a watch over my Thoughts Words and Actions least my Presumption and want of due Reverence unto thy Deity should turn my Prayers into Sin IV. Give me a lively apprehension of all my wants and necessities and a right Understanding both of those Blessings which I have received from thee and of those great Mercies which thou hast promised to bestow on them that ask thee that so I may be endued with Expressions both for Prayer and Thankfulness and may become able by the assistance of thy Grace to pour out my Soul continually before thee Support me with Faith that I may come with a good assurance to thy Throne of Grace to offer up my earnest Supplications unto thee and let me not go away from thy presence without a Blessing V. Grant Lord that this holy Exercise of Prayer may prove a delight to me O make me constant and diligent in the use of it remembring the speedy access the Prayers of the Faithful have in thy Presence and what a great Privilege it is for poor Mortals to unfold their Wants and lay open their Desires and Griefs before thee VI. Ever O Lord let the end of my Prayers be to thy Glory always exercising a Conscience void of Offence by offering up my Thanksgivings for Mercies received as I shall be earnest in suing for those Gifts and Graces I stand in need of Grant this O heavenly Father for the sake of thy dear Son my only Saviour and Redeemer Amen Meditations for Sunday THis is the Day which the Lord hath made a Day of Rest to our Bodies and for the Benefit of our Souls O let us rejoice and be glad in it all the Days of our L 〈…〉 leaving off our worldly Thoughts and Employments and be â—eeking after our future Happiness II. Great iâ— the Lord and great is the Honour of this day above all others The Jews kept Holy the Seventh Day and we Christians the Sunday or Lord's Day They in their Sabbath were especially to remember the Creation of the World but we in ours the Resurrection of Christ who hath made a way for us into that better worâ—d which we expect hereafter III. This convinceth the Folly of the Jews who are so superstitious in observing the Ceremony of Rest as that they think they ought not to prepare any Food for their bodily sustenance on the Sabbath-Day neither do any work tho' it be for the Resection of Life it self But God in the Institution of the Sâ—bbath so rested whose Example we ought to imitate as that he ce 〈…〉 not in â—â—sting from doing good but in câ—â—sing to Create he continued to Preserve of which our Saviour saith My Father worketh hitherto and I work IV. This Day is set apart to be employed in the Worship and Service of God First more solemnly and publickly in the House of God from whence none ought to absent himself unless sickness or some extraordinary occasion prevent him Secondly at home privately praying with your Family or in your Closet exercising those other Duties of Reading and Meditation V. O Praise the Lord then O my Soul and enter into Contemplation with thy self upon all his Mercies Consider what a great Benefit it is to thee that there is such a set time weekly for thy spiritual Relief and Comfort cast off all worldly Business then and freely embrace this joyful Day of harvest whereby we may lay up in store for the whole Week nay even for our whole Lives VI. This day furnishes us with that Golden Rule by which we may square all our Actions and at last attain to the perfection of him whom the Royal Psalmist makes
the ends of the world In them hath he set a Tabernacle for the Sun which cometh forth as a Bridegroom out of his Chamber and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the Heaven and runneth about unto the end of it again and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof The Law of the Lord is an undefiled Law converting the Soul the Testimony of the Lord is sure and giveth wisdom unto the simple The Statutes of the Lord are right and rejoice the heart the Commandment of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the Eyes The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether More to be desired are they than gold yea than much fine gold sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb Moreover by them is thy servant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret faults Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer for Wednesday Morning For Repentance O Eternal God before whom all Creatures both in Heaven and Earth do bow fear and tremble I a most wretched and miserable Creature dejected with the weighty burthen of my Sins fly unto thee for Succour Plant in my heart the Fear of thy Name and in my body the purity and cleanness of Charity and let them abide there for ever Cleanse me from all my secret Sins and preserve me from presumptuous and great Offences Touch my heart O God with true Repentance that thy Judgments present and imminent may be prevented and removed and the overflowing silver stream and current of thy Mercies be never at an end II. Be gracious to my Relations in the flesh my Friends in the spirit with all those to whom I am any way bounden or desire to be commended unto thee in my Prayers and Supplications Expel O Lord and cast out of my heart all evil Imagination Hatred Malice and all Uncharitableness and whatsoever is contrary to thy holy Commandments III. I praise thy holy Name for thy preservation of me this Night past for the Gifts and Graces of thy Blessed Spirit as Faith in thy Promises Hope of a better Life when this is ended and strength against all the temptations of Satan all which have proceeded from the Fountain of thy Mercy As thou hast of thy Providence kept me ever since I was born and in Mercy preserved me the beginning of this Week so to my Comfort grant me the continuance of the same through Jesus Christ my only Redeemer and Advocate Amen A Prayer for Wednesday Noon For God's particular Care of us O Almighty God I cry unto thee for Mercy by reason my Sins cry against me for Justice all the day long will I lift up my Heart unto thee shut not thine Ear O Lord but hear my complaint and that right soon Let me in all things see that I am upheld by thee Let me perceive it is thy Work by the Health of my Body and Peace of my Conscience in the Gift of my Mind the Credit of my Name and the Work of my Calling II. But alas can there be greater Mercies O Lord than thou hast already expressed towards me for whilst I have enjoyed all thy Mercies others have lived in penury and want in ignorance profaneness and without thee in the World III. What can I render unto the Lord for all his Mercies towards me Let me not pledge Joseph's Botler in his Cup of Oblivion but David rather in his Cup of Salvation and if my single heart be too barren of thankfulness let me borrow a magnificat O my Soul to magnifie Thee O Lord and let my Spirit rejoyce in thee O God my Saviour What shall I say unto thee O thou Redeemer of all Mankind I will praise thy holy Name For evermore inspire me with thy Spirit convert me from Evil confirm me in all Goodness and bring me at last unto thy heavenly Kingdom Amen A Prayer for Wednesday Night For deliverance from Sin MOST merciful God I beseech thee to open the Eyes of my understanding that I may come to a particular knowledge of my secret Sins especially those I am most inclined to Soften my hard and flinty heart that I may sigh and groan under tâ—â— weight of my most pressing sins and acknowledge them a Burthen too heavy for me to bear II. Stir up in me all dull and dead Affections that I may hunger and thirst after thee the well-spring of Life Forgive me all my misdemeanours of this day past make me to remember that Sin is filthy and loathsome even in the greatest pleasure and act thereof teach me to keep a continual watch over my inward and outward Man whereby I may be afraid to commit the least Sin that so I may walk according to thy holy will in all things III. Give me this Night sweet and comfortable rest and fit me O Lord for the duties and service of the next day Turn from me O Lord those judgments which my sins have justly deserved and renew those hopes which thou hast been pleased to frustrate crown me with those blessings which thou hast promised to all these that fear thy Name so that at the last I may attain everlasting Happiness and live with thee in perpetual peace and safety for evermore Amen Meditations for Thursday O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his Salvation his Râ—ghteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the Heathen He hath remembred his Mercy and Truth towards the House of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoice and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a Psalm of Thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the Sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the floods clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he is come to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer for Thursday Morning A Sacrifice of Praise O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who with thy holy arm hath gotten for me the Victory over Sin Hell and
when I go down to the Pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper Shew thy Servant the light of thy Countenance and save me for thy mercies sake Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. A Prayer in time of Sickness O Almighty and ever-living God in whose hands consists the life of all Mankind and who correctest every Son whom thou receivest mercifully I humble beseech thee to hear my voice and despise not the Prayer I make now unto thee in the time of trouble In the vexation of my Spirit and in the very anguish of my Soul I cry unto thee for mercy II. O thou that hast created and made me of nothing and hast redeemed me from the slavery of Sin Death and Hell by the most precious Blood of thy dear Son Jesus Christ which was spilt upon the Cross for my Sins Have mercy upon me Bow down thine all-hearing Ear unto my complaint and cast me not away in thy fierce anger III. My Sins cry aloud to Heaven for Vengeance and I have deserved thy wrath and heavy displeasure against me Thou hast cast me down upon the Bed of Sickness and I begin to fall as leaves beaten with a vehement wind yet thy Chastisments are less than my deservings but of thy mercy and goodness O Lord correct me not to death but to amendment of Life for thine own sake for thy holy Name 's sake for thy Son Christ Jesus sâ—ke be merciful unto my Sins for they are great IV. Spare thy Servant good Lord which confesseth his Sins unto thee pour the Oil of thy sanctifying Grace into my Heart and work thereby in me a true and immediate Repentance and restore me again to thy favour according to thy gracious Promise to humble Penitents let thy merciful Providence so guide and govern me in this affliction thou hast been pleased to lay upon me that I may never fall into utter darkness ignorance of thee or inconsideration of my self V. Let the faintness of my Spirit and the Condemnation of my self be overcome by thy irresistable Light thou that art the God of all consolation grant that I may be mindful of the great account I have to make at the day of Judgment and that I may bear in mind the reward which is due to the faithful the end of misery and the beginning of all happiness but to the secure and careless the beginning of eternal punishment VI. Strengthen my Faith accept my penitential Tears speak peace to my Soul and Conscience and say Thou art my Salvation then let thy holy Spirit descend into my Heart with this express My Grace is sufficient for thee then shall my Heart leap for joy and my Soul shall be exceeding glad desiring to be dissolved and be at peace that after this frail mortal Life is ended I may enjoy the eternal fruition of they heavenly Presence VII Suffer me not O Lord in this my trial to be possess'd with a fear of Condemnation or to despond of thy Promises but in sure considence of heart apply to my self the remission of all my Sins that at the last hour by Faith in Jesus Christ I may enjoy a tast of eternal Salvation Let not Death if thou art pleased to send it be terrible or bitter unto me but when it cometh I may rejoicingly receive the fame and having escaped the storm of Temptation and the dangers of Satan I may triumph like a Conqueror and behold the Power and Presence of thy holy Spirit VIII Let my last words be the same which thy Son did utter upon the Cross saying Father into thy hands I commend my Spirit and when my Speech is departed from me hear the groanings and sighs of my Heart and the desire of my Soul that at the last thy Servant may depart in Peace and reach those heavenly Mansions prepared for him My Soul O Lord heartily desireth to attain to that supernatural City whereof such glorious things are spoken IX Breathe inward Comforts to my Heart tho' my Body be going the way of all Flesh yet let my Soul go the way of all Saints Lord hear me and help me stand by me and save me and if thou hast determined to lay my Body into the Grave receive my Soul into thy Kingdom to rest in joy and peace for evermore through Jesus Christ Amen A Prayer to be said by those that visit the Sick O Most gracious God who hast Compassion upon all Men and hatest nothing that thou hast made mercifully we beseech thee to have Compassion on this thy Servant who by thy Visitation hath been sorely afflicted and by the same even brought to the end of his Days and period of his Life be pleased therefore good Lord to have Mercy upon him accept of him as the work of thine own Hands a Lamb of thy Fold thy Servant redeemed by Jesus Christ who is willing by thy appointment to leave this miserable World in full assurance of thy Mercy in Jesus Christ for the remission of his Sins II. Guide him good Lord in this his last Journey that he being quit of all the troubles of this transitory Life he may be safely conducted by thy power to the Heaven of Eternal Happiness into the Arms of boundless Mercy to everlasting Peace and perpetual Joys there to reign with all the Company of blessed Saints and Angels with thee in continual Bliss for evermore III. And gracious God we beseech thee by thy abundant Goodness by the multitude of thy tender Mercies and Compassions by the Merits of thy bitter Death and bloody Passion by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension and by the Coming of thy holy blessed Spirit have mercy upon him deliver him from the burthen and guilt of his Sins from the fears and terrors of Death and from the fury and power of Hell IV. Lift thou up the light of thy Countenance upon him that in all the pains of his Body in all the agonies of his Spirit let thy Comforts refresh his Soul and enable him patiently to wait till his Change shall come And grant O Lord that when this earthly House and Tabernacle of his Body shall be dissolv'd he may have a Building of God an House not made with hands eternal in the Heavens and that for his sake who by his most precious Blood hath purchased Salvation for all those who truly believe in him even Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen Meditations after Recovery Psal 116. 1. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my Prayer 2. That he hath enclined his Ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live 3. The Snares of Death compassed me round about and the Pains of Hell got hold upon me 4. I shall find trouble and heaviness and I shall call upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I