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
O God wherefore art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture O think upon thine Inheritance which thou hast purchased and Redeemed of old Lift up thy feet that thou mayst utterly destroy every Enemy that hath done Evil in thy Sanctuary For behold they break down all the caâ—…ed Works thereof with Axes and Hammers Yea they have said in their hearts Let us make havock of them altogether And thus have they designed to ruin all the Houses of God in the land But O God how long shall the Adversary do this dishonour how long shall the Enemy Blaspheme thy Name for ever Arise O God maintain thine own Cause Remember how the Foolish man blasphemeth thee daily But O deliver not the soul of thy Turtle Dove into their Hands For the Presumption of them that hate Thee increaseth more and more O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us II. O Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy People that Prayeth How long wilt thou feed us with the Bread of Tears and give us plenteousnesse of Tears to drink O Turn us again Thou God of Hosts shew us the Light of thy Countenance and we shall be whole Remember that Thou didst once plant a Vine amongst us And when it had taken Root it filled the Land Our Hills were covered with the shadow of it and the Boughs thereof were like the Goodly Cedar Trees But now thou hast broken down her Hedge so that all they that go by pluck off her Grapes The wild Boar of the Wood doth root it up and the Beasts of the Field devour it Yet turn us again O Lord God of Hosts shew us the Light of thy Countenance and we shall be whole For we will not go back from thee O let us live and we shall â—…ll upon thy Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us III. HOld not thy Tongue O God keep not still silence Refrain not thy self O God For â—…o Thine Enemies make a murmuring and they that hate Thee have lift up their Head They have imagined craftily against thy People and have taken Counsell against thy secret ones Behold they have cast their heads together with one Consent and are Confederate against Thee They have said Come let us root them out that they may be no more a People and that their Name may be no more in remembrance They come daily round about 〈◊〉 like Water and compasse us on every side But O my God make them like unto a Wheel and as the stubble before the Wind Who say Let us take unto Our selves the Houses of God in Possession O make their Faces ashamed O Lord that they may seek Thy Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us IV. O God thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad Thou hast been displeased at us O Turn thee unto us again Thou hast moved the Land and divided it O heal the sores thereof for it shaketh Thou hast shewn Thy People heavy things and given us a Drink of Deadly Wine Thou hast made us to turn our backs upon our Enemies so that they which hate Us spoil our Goods Thou makest us to be rebuked of our Neighbours to be laugh'd to scorn and to be had in derision of them that are round about us But though all this be come upon us yet do we not forget Thee nor â—…ave our selves frowardly in Thy Coâ—…ant Our heart is not turned back nor our steps gone out of thy Way No not when thou hast smitten us into the place of Dragons and covered us with the shadow of Death Up Lord Why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from Us for ever But O why hidest Thou Thy Face and forgettest our Misery and Trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the Dust and our Belly â—…eaveth unto the ground Arise help us and deliver us for Thy Mercies sake O God make speed to save us O Lord make haste to help us King David's Tears O My God why hast thou forsaken Thine Anointed and art displeased with him For Lo Thou hast broken the Covenant of thy servant and cast his Crown to the Ground Thou hast overthrown all his Hedges and broken down his strong holds So that all they that go by spoil him and he is become a Rebuke to his Neighbours For thou hast set up the Right hand of his Enemies and made all his Adversaries to rejoyce Thou hast put out his Glory and hast cast his Throne down to the Ground The Dayes of his Youth hast Thou seasoned with Bitternesse and covered him with dishonor But Lord how long wilt thou â—…ide thy self for Ever and shall thy Wrath still burn like Fire Remember O Lord the rebuke that Thy Servant hath and how he doth bear in his Bosom the Rebukes of many People And let his Adversaries be clothed with sham But upon his Head let his Crown flourish O help him against his Enemies for vain is the help of Man O God make speed to save Him O Lord make haste to help Him Jeremiah's Lamentations Propheticall of these Times HOw hath the Lord covered us with a Cloud in his anger and cast down from Heaven unto Earth the Beauty of Israel and remembred not his Footstool in the Day of his Wrath For Lo he hath bent his Bow as an Enemy He hath swallowed us up and hath not pittied He hath made desolate the Kingdom and the Princes thereof He hath cast off his Altars and abhorred his Sanctuary and hath given into the Hands of the Enemies the Walls of his Palaces He hath caused our solemn Feastâ—… and Sabbaths to be forgotten and hath despised in his Indignation the King and the Priest For the Lord hath now accomplished his ' Fury He hath poured out his fierce Anger He hath kindled such a Fire in Sion as hath devoured the Palaces thereof For the sins of the Prophets and and the Iniquities of the Priests who have shed the blood of the Iust in the midst of her For the Breath of our nostrils the Anointed of the Lord hath been taken in their Pits Of whom we said under his shadow shall we live in Peace But we have Transgressed and Rebelled and Thou hast not pardoned And therefore our eyes have as yet failed in our vain help For in our Watching we have watched for a Nation that could not save us Behold O Lord and Consider to whom thou hast done this O Lord Thou hast seen his Wrong Judge thou his Cause Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against him Thou hast heard all their Reproach O Lord and all their Imaginations against him The lips of thos that have risen up against him and their Devices against him all the Day O God make speed to save him O Lord make haste to help him II. REmember O Lord what
is come upon us consider and behold our Reproach For our Inheritance is turned to strangers our Houses to Aliens our Necks are under Persecution we labour and have no rest Our Fathers have sinned and are not and we have born our Iniquities Yea servants rule over us and there is none that delivers us out of their hands Our Elders have ceased from the Gate and our Young men from their Musick The Ioy of our Heart is ceased our Dance is turned into mourning For the Crown is fallen from our Head and Wo unto us that We have sinned For this our heart is faint for these things our Eyes are dim But wherefore dost thou forget us for Ever and forsakest us so long time O Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Renew our dayes as of old And do not utterly Reject us be not for ever Wroth against us O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Daniel's Prayer and Confession in the Behalf of Himself and his People O Lord the Great and dreadfull God We have sinned and done wickedly and have Rebelled even by departing from thy Precepts and from thy Iudgements Neither have we hearkned to thy Servants the Prophets which spake in thy Name to our Kings our Princes and our Fathers and all the People of this Land O Lord Righteousness belongeth unto thee but unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day unto all that are near and far off through all the Countries whither thou hast driven them because of the Trespasse that they have trespassed against thee For we have not obeyed the Voice of the Lord our God and therefore the Curse is poured out upon us Even such a Curse as that under the whole Heaven hath not been done as hath been done unto Us. But now O Lord our God according to all thy Righteousness I beseech thee let thine Anger and thy Fury be turned away from us Hear the Prayer of thy servant and cause thy Face to shine upon thy Sanctuary which is now desolate O my God incline thine Ear and hear Open thine Eyes and behold our Desolation For I do not present these supplications before thee for our own Righteousnesse but for thy Great Mercies O Lord hear O Lord Forgive O Lord do delay not for Thine own sake O my God and for thy Peoples sake that are called by â—…y Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Prayers for the King LOrd Remember our distressed King and all his Troubles Amen Let thine Hand hold him fast and thine Arm strengthen him Amen Let not the Enemy be able to do him violence or the Son of Wickedness hurt him Amen Let thy Truth and Mercy be ever with him and in thy Name let his Throne be exalted Amen O be thou his Father his God and his strong Salvation Amen And let him be as the Fiâ—… born and Glorious among tâ—… Kings of the Earth Amen O God make speed to savâ—… him O Lord make haste to help him II. O Most Powerful Lord God the only disposer of all the Kings and Kingdomes of the Earth who for the Punishment of the Crying sins of this Nation hast extinguished our Glory and cast the Throne down to the Ground Give us not over utterly to Ruine and Confusion But bring back in thy good time the Heir of these Kingdomes like the Sun with Healing in his Wings to repair the Breaches already made and prevent the Desolations that â—…reaten us And however thou hast been pleased to cast a cloud upon â—…im in the Morning of his Days yet leave him not in this storm Forsake him not Thou that art the God of his salvation But look upon his Wrongs and have Compassion on his Innocency O let it never be in the Power of men to barr him from the Throne to which by his Birth thou hast designed him But Guide him with those Counsels and prosper him with that success as may settle him in his Throne in Peace Or if the Guilt and Wickedness of his Opposers shall still continue to hinder this Do it after thine own way O God with thy mighty hand and stretched out Arm That they may both know and feel that thou art the Protector of Kings and the Refuge of all them who have no other Trust but Thee Grant this O Lord for the Glory of thy Name and the Comfort of thy desolate Church and People Amen O Most Mercifull God the only Sanctuary of sad and distressed souls Look down I beseech Thee upon thy servant who here with bended Knees and a wounded spirit prostrate my self before Thee For Wo unto us we have lived to see the Crown fall from our Heads and the Glory departed from our Israel even the Anoynted of the Lord driven to fly before wicked men and they who have divided his Inheritance triumphing over him But thou O Lord how long how long shall Bloody Designs and Rebellious imaginations prosper Shall not the Judge of the whole Earth do Right Or hast thou forgotten to be Gracious and shuttest up thy tender Mercy in displeasure O No Thou art the same God who in the midst of Judgment remembrest Mercy Thine Arm is not shortned that thou canst not save nor thine Ear heavy that thou canst not hear Arise then O Lord Arise Let the World see that thou art the Father of the Fatherless and the Helper of them to Right that suffer Wrong Shew it O Lord especially at this time in multiplying all thy comforts upon our distressed King And as thou hast strangely and Wonderfully delivered him from those who so eagerly hunted after his Life So let it appear to the World that thou hast not done this to make him more miserable or to continue him in the Condition of an Exâ—…e But rather that thou hast reserved him for Faithfull Hands and fairer Opportunities and more prosperous successes And though that was not the Time nor those the Means by which thou hast designed to restore the Kingdom to him Yet that thou hast not forsaken him but that He is still in thy Care still under the shadow of thy Wings who alone art able to do more for him then we can pray for and Gloriously to bring him back again by wayes we cannot think of In the mean time O Lord whilst thou thinkest fit to keep him under the sharpnesse of this Discipline Teach him to kisse the Hand that chastens him and humbly to submit his Earthly Crown to thy Divine Will and Pleasure knowing that thou canst either Restore him That when it seems good to thee Or else give him a Crown infinitely more Glorious which no man can take from him Lord He is more Precious to thee then he can possibly be to us Dispose of Him therefore in the multitude of thy Mercies And let thy Holy Spirit take so 〈◊〉 Possession and Guidance of â—…im that among all the Diffiâ—…ties of his most perplexed