habitation and a residence for thy holy Spirit grounding us in faith building us up in hope and perfecting us in charity that we being joyned in the communion of Saints in the union of the holy Catholique Church militant on earth may all partake of the blessings of thy Church triumphant in the City of thee our God in the celestiall Jerusalem where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 88. A Prayer in time of sicknesse and danger of death O Lord God of my salvation I have cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence incline thine ear unto my calling 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell 3 I am counted as one of them that goe down into the pit and I have been even as a man that hath no strength 4 Free among the dead like unto them that be wounded and lie in the grave which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in a place of darknesse and in the deep 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them 8 I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth 9 My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I have called daily upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee 10 Doest thou shew wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee 11 Shall thy loving kindnesse be shewed in the grave or thy faithfulnesse in destruction 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark and thy righteousnesse in the land where all things are forgotten 13 Unto thee have I cried O Lord and early shall my prayer come before thee 14 Lord why abhorrest thou my soul and hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am in misery and like unto him that is at the point to die even from my youth up thy terrours have I suffered with a troubled minde 16 Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth over me and the fear of thee hath undone me 17 They came round about me dayly like water and compâ—ssed me together on every side 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight The Prayer O Lord God of our salvation who for our sakes wert wounded and didst die and lie in the grave but yet alone of all that ever died wert free among the dead and by thine own power didst arise again with victory and triumph have mercy upon thy servant for thine indignation lieth hard upon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms my soul is full of trouble by reason of my sins and my life draweth nigh unto the grave restore me unto thy favour and let me not go down into the dark nor my life into the place where all things are forgotten but let me shew forth thy loving kindnesse amongst thy redeemed ones in the land of the living for the living the living he shall praise thee and confesse the holinesse and the mercies of thy holy Name O hide not thou thy face from me but give me health of body and restore and preserve me in the life of righteousnesse and so blesse me with opportunities of doing thee service that I may redeem the time past and by thy grace may grow rich in good works always abounding in the work of the Lord that when thou shalt demand my soul to be rendred up into thy hands my soul may not be abhorred of thee nor suffer thy terrors but may feel an eternity of blessings in the resurrection of the just through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 89. A Prayer for the King in time of Wars or any publike calamity MY song shall be alway of the loving kindnesse of the Lord with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another 2 For I have said mercy shall be set up for ever thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation to another 5 O Lord the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works and thy truth in the congregation of the saints 6 For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the Lord 7 And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the Lord 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the counsell of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him 9 O Lord God of hosts who is like unto thee thy truth most mighty Lord is on every side 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm 12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therein is 13 Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy Name 14 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 15 Righteousnesse and equity is the habitation of thy seat mercy and truth shall goe before thy face 16 Blessed is the people O Lord that can rejoyce in thee they shall walk in the light of thy countenance 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast 18 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy loving kindnesse thou shalt lift up our horns 19 For the Lord is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King 20 Thou spakest sometimes in vision unto thy Saints and saidest I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 21 I have found David my servant with my holy oyle have I anointed him 22 My hand shall hold him fast and my arme shall strengthen him 23 The enemy shall not be able to doe him violence the son of wickednesse shall not hurt him 24 I shall smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him and in my Name shall his horn be exalted 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the flouds 27 He shall call me Thou art my Father my God and my strong salvation 28 And I will make him my first-born higher then the Kings of the earth 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven 31 But if his children forsake
old Prophets besides we may easily beleeve that Christ with a Key of David in his hand is nothing else but Christ fully open'd and manifested to us in the Psalmes in the whole mystery of our Redemption Omnes penè Psalmi Christi personam sustinent saith Tertullian Almost all the Psalmes represent the Person of Christ. Now this Key of David opens not onely the Kingdome of Grace by Revelation of the mysteries of our Religion but the Kingdome of Heaven too it being such a Collection of Prayers Eucharist acts of hope of love of patience and all other Christian vertues that as the everlasting Kingdome is given to the Heire of the House of David so the Honour of opening that Kingdome is given to the first Prince of that Family the Psalmes of his Father David are one of the best inlets into the Kingdome of the Sonne Something to this purpose is that saying of one of the old Doctors Vox psalmodiae si recto corde dirigatur in tantum omnipotenti Deo aditum ad animum aperit ut intentae animae vel Propheâ—iae mysteria vel compunctionis spiritum insundat The saying or singing of Psalmes opens a way so wide for God to enter into the heart that a devout soule does usually from such an imployment receive the grace of compunction and contrition or of understanding Prophecies Upon such premises as these or better the Church of God in all ages hath made Davids Psalter the greatest part of her publike and private devotions sometimes dividing the Psalter into seven parts that every weeks devotion might spend it all Sometimes decreeing that it should be said day and night Otherwhile injoyned the recitation of the whole Psalter before the celebration of the blessed Sacrament and after some time it was made the publike office of the Church It was the generall use of Christendome to say the Psalmes Antiphonatim by way of verse and answer saith Suidas and so ancient that the Religious of S. Mark in Alexandria used it saith Philo the Jew and S Ignatius or else Flavianus and Diodorus brought it first into the Church of Antioch And for the private Devotions that they chiefly consisted of the Psalmes we have great probability from the strict requiring it of the Clergy and particularly from them who came to be ordained great readinesse of saying the Psalter by heart It was S. Hieroms counsell to Rusticus and when S. Gregory was to ordain the Bishop of Ancona his inquiry concerning his Canonicall sufficiency was if he could say Davids Psalmes without book and for a disability of doing it John the Priest was rejected from the Bishoprick of Ravenna But this I conceive more relates to their private then to their publick devotions for I cannot think but that in respect of the publick Liturgy it was enough for Bishops and Priests to read the Psalm the requiring ability to remember them was to ingage them to a frequent use of so admirable devotions in their private offices But the Psalms were not onely of use to the Church as they lay in their own position and form but the devout men of severall ages drew them into Collects Antiphonaries Responsories and all other parts of their devotions Thâ—y made their Prayers out of the Psalms their confâ—ssions their doxologies their ejaculations for the most part were clauses or periods of the Psalter S. Hierome made a collection of choyce versicles and put them together into their severall classes and that was much of his devotion the Collection is still extant under the Name of S. Hierome's Psalter S. Athanasius made an Index of the severall occasions and matters of prayer and Eucharist and fitted Psalms to each particular that was his devotion the Psalms intire as they lay onely he made titles of his own I have seen of latter time a short hymne of some eight verses which are indeed very choyce sentences out of severall Psalms set together to make a compendium of Liturgy of Breviary of our necessity and devotions collected by S. Bernardine it is a very good Copy to be followed But if we look into the old Liturgies of the Eastern and Western Churches and where we will almost into the the private devotions of the old Writers we may say of them in the expression of the Prophet Hauriebant aquas è sontibus Salvatoris they drew their waters from the fountains of our Blessed Saviour but through the limbecks of David But the practice of this devotion I derived from a higher precedent even of Christ and his Apostles for before the passion immediately they sung a Psalm saith the Scripture Hymno dicto saith the vulgar Latine having recited or said a Psalm But however it was part of Davids Psalter that was sung it was the great Allelujah as the Jews called it beginning at the 113. Psalme to the 119. exclusively part of that was sung But this devotion continued with our Blessed Saviour as long as breath was in him for when he was upon the Crosse he recited the 22. Psalme ad verbum saith the Tradition of the Church and that he began it saith the Scripture My God my God why hast thou forsaken me The whole Psalme is rather a history then a prediction of the Passion and what Tertullian saith of the whole Psalter is particularly verified of this Filium ad Patrem id est Christum ad Deum verba facientem repraesentat it represents the Sonnes addresse to his Father that is Câ—rist speaking to God Against the example of Christ if we confront the practice of Antichrist nothing can be said greater in commendâ—tion of this manner of devotion for B. Hippolytus in his Oration of the end of the world saith that in the days of Antichrist Psalmorum decantatio cessabit they shall then no more use the singing or saying of the Psalmes which when I had observed without any further deliberation I fix'd upon the Psalter as the best weapon against him whose comming we have great reason to beleeve is not far off so great preparation is making for him From the example of Christ this grew to be a Practice Apostolicall and their devotion came exactly home to the likenesse of the design of this very Book they turn'd the Psalmes into Prayers Thus it was said of Paul and Silas Act. 16. They prayed a Psalme so it is in the Greek and we have a Copy left us of one of the Prayers or Collects which they made out of the bowels of the second Psalme it is in the fourth Chapter of the Acts beginning at the 24. verse and ends at the 31. And now I have shown the reasons of my choyce and the precedents that I have followed This last comes home to every circumstâ—nce of my Book I onely adde this that since according to the instruction of our blessed Saviour God is to be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth no worshipping can be more true or more spirituâ—ll then the Psalter said with a pure minde and
other Christian people of the Nicene Faith and we cannot so much as joyn with them in good prayers because we are not agreed concerning the persons to whom our devotions must be addressed and Christendome never did so lightly esteem the article of the holy Trinity as not to glory in it and confesse it publickly and expresse it in all our offices The holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son must be worshipped and glorified But since all Christians of any publike confession and government that is all particular and nationall Churches agree in the matter of prayers and the great object God in the mystery of the Trinity if the the Church of Rome would make her addresses to God onely through Jesus Christ our Lord and leave the Saints in the Calendar without drawing them into her offices which they might doe without any prejudice to the suits they ask unlesse Christs intercession without their conjuncture were imperfâ—ct that we might all once pray together we might hope for the blessings of peace and charity to be upon us all I am sure they that have commenced this war against the King the Church first fell out with our Liturgy and refused to joyn with us in our prayers I have therefore a strong perswasion that if we were joyned in our prayers we should quickly be united in affections and to this purpose I have some reason to beleeve this Psalter may doe good service For I have seen an Essay of this designe made by that prudent and pious Moderator of Controversies George Cassander who did much for the peace of Christendome when disagreeing interests and opinions made the great Schisme in the Western Churches he puts forth Devotions and with them Collects for each Psalme But I said it was a meer Essay they are short of what he could have done but when I saw his name at them I guessed what every man else would have guessed concerning him it was a pursuance of his great designe for peace and charity I have seâ—n three more the first by an old Saxon Priest or Bishop in which there is nothing of offence nothing but pious and primitive for the matter but the Collects so short that the Psalm did scarce passe through the Prayer so little of the relish is left that the percolation is scarce discernable A second was printed at Lyons 1545. without the Authors name with a complying design of avoyding all offence and a not engaging God in our scholasticall wranglings but quite contrary to the Saxon the Prayers are so full of Paraphrase that I resolved to goe further and see if I could speed better and at last met with a Psalter printed lately at Antwerp by Command very fairly indeed with a Title and a Collect to every Psalm all free from dispute and partaking in the questions of Câ—ristendome not so much as a gust or relish of his own party till the Psalter be done the Prayers all good and here I had fixed but that I had found them very often to be impertinent But that which I observed in all these is that the design seems alike and they are a form of devotion made for no private Sect but for the benefit of all Christian people which the Author of the Antwerp Psalter declines in his Additionall Devotions where he brings in Letanies to Saints as grosly as he had before avoided it with discretion If any mans piety receives advantage by this intendment it is what I wish but I desire that his charity might increase too and that he would say a hearty Prayer when his Devotion grows high and pregnant for me and my family for I am more desirous my Posterity should be pious then honourable I have no ends of my own to serve but to purchace an interest of Prayers for I would fain have these Devotions goe out into a blessing to all them that shall use them and yet return into my own bosome too and if I may but receive the blessings of the Psalter even the sure mercies of David it will be like the reward of five Cities for the improvement of a few talents I shall venture again in a greater negotiation and traffique for ten talents for there is no honour so great as to serve God in a great capacity and though I wait not at the Altar yet I will pay there such oblations of my time and industry as I can redeem from the services of His Majesty and the impertinences of my own life PSALMI Dies Ad Matutinas Ad Vespertinas j 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. ij 9 10 11 12 13 14. iij 15 16 17 18. iv 19 20 21 22 23. v 24 25 26 27 28 29. vj 30 31 32 33 34. vij 35 36 37. viij 38 39 40 41 42 43. ix 44 45 46 47 48 49. x 50 51 52 53 54 55. xj 56 57 58 59 60 61. xij 62 63 64 65 66 67. xiij 68 69 70. xiv 71 72 73 74. xv 75 76 77 78. xvj 79 80 81 82 83 84 85. xvij 86 87 88 89. xviij 90 91 92 93 94. xix 95 96 97 98 99 100 101. xx 102 103 104. xxj 105 106. xxij 107 108 109. xxiij 110 111 112 113 114 115. xxiv 116 117 118 119 Inde quatuor periodi xxv Inde quinque periodi ejusd Inde quatuor periodi ejusd xxvj Inde quinque periodi ejusd Inde quatuor ultimi ejusd xxvij 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131. xxviij 132 133 134 135 136 137 138. xxix 139 140 141 142 143. xxx 144 145 146 147 148 149 150. THE INDEX SERVING TO direct the Readers devotion upon all emergent occasions to the severall matters compriz'd in the PSALMES and Collects of the whole Book Petitions FOr grace to love Gods Law Psal. 19 119. For preservation froÌ„ sin Ps. 19 40. Collect p. 228 For preservation from the punishment of sin and Gods Judgements ps 25 28 75 76. For pardon for our sins ps 6 25 32 38 40 41 51 65 130 143. Col. p. 212. For propagation of the Gospel ps 47 68 72 145. Col. p. 232. For Gods Providence and Protection ps 4 16 17 23 86 91 121. For protection against malicious and wicked persons ps 5 70 94 109 140. Col. p. 251 255. For the Church and all faithfull people ps 5.10 45 48 53 68 70 74 79 80 93 94 112 132 237 Col. p. 217. For defence against all Enemies ghostly and bodily publike and private ps 3 5 7 11 13 17 18 27 31 35 40 54 55 59 70 108 109 135 141. Col. p. 235 252 295. For a holy life sanctity and innocence ps 1 15 23 24 25 50 84 85 101 119 126. Col. p. 22 114 165 187 228. For salvation and eternall joyes ps 16 24 28 36 50 75 84 87 97 126. Col. p. 114 133 204 215 225 299. For defence of our innocence ps 7. For a blessed and holy death ps 1 33 36 50 88 90 102 142. For deliverance
people and sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation The Prayer O Lord God of thine inheritance who conveyest many blessings to the children of men by the prayers and ministery of thy Church let our prayers obtain of thee mercies and deliverances for her O Lord thou hast planted thy Church in the humility and poverty and death of thy Son thou hast watered it with the bloud of thy Apostles and Martyrs thou hast made it flourish and spread forth its branches by the warmth and heat and graces of thy holy Spirit and hast according to thy promise still preserved it in the midst of all enmities and disadvantages Thy Laws and righteous Commandements have been a scorn and derision to Jews and Gentiles the flesh of thy servants have been meat for the beasts of the Land and still she wears the purple robe of mockery and the crown of thorns which at first she took from the head and side of her dearest Lord At last O Lord be gracious unto thine inheritance help us ô God of our salvation for the glory of thy Name let not thine enemies devour the Church and lay waste her dwelling places be mercifull unto our sins preserve all those that by malice of their enemies are appointed to death or prison or any other misery let us still enjoy the freedom of thy Gospel the food of thy word the sweet refreshings of thy Sacraments publike Communions in thy Church and all the benefits of the society of Saints and let not our sins cause thee to remove the Candlestick from us but make thy people and the sheep of thy pasture secure and glad in thy salvation that we may shew forth thy praise in this world and in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 80. A Prayer for the Church HEar me O thou Shepheard of Israel thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep shew thy self also thou that sittest upon the cherubims 2 Before Ephraim Benjamin and Manasses stirre up thy strength and come and help us 3 Turn us again O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 4 O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of teares and givest them plenteousnesse of tears to drink 6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh us to scorn 7 Turn us again thou God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it 9 Thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land 10 The hils were covered with the shadow of it and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees 11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea and her boughs unto the river 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge that all they that goe by pluck off her grapes 13 The wilde bore out of the wood doth roâ—t it up and the wilde beasts of the field devoure it 14 Turn thee again thou God of hosts look down from heaven behold and visit this vine 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self 16 It is burnt with fire and cut down and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the sonne of man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self 18 And so will not we go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy name 19 Turn us again O Lord God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole The Prayer O Thou Shepheard of Israel thou that fittest upon the Cherubims stirre up thy strength and come and help thy people that prayeth unto thee for mercy and protection Thou hast made affliction the portion of thy children in this life thou feedest them with bread of tears and givest them plenteousnesse of teares to drink yet bee pleased to shew the light of thy countenance upon us to lighten our darknesses to relieve ouâ— miseries to heal our sicknesses and let not thy Church become a strife unto her neighbours but reunite her divisions and make her not a prey to them that would devour her and then laugh her to scorn O Lord fiedge her about with thy mercies with the custody of Angels with the patronage of Kings and Princes with the hearts and hands of Nobles and the defence of the whole secular arm lest the wilde beasts of the field pluck off her grapes destroy the vintage and root up the vine it self but let her so flourish under the beams of thy favour and providence that it may take root and spread and fill all lands that the name of the man of thy right hand the God and Man Christ Jesus may be glorified thy Church enlarged and defended and we blessed with thy health and salvation Grant this O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 81. A Festivall song and a Prayer for the grace and blessings of obedience to Gods Laws SIng we merrily unto God our strength make a chearfull noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the psalm bring hither the tabret the merry harp with the lute 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon even in the time appointed and upon our solemne feast day 4 For this was made a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he came out of the land of Egypt and had heard a strange language 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden and his hands were delivered from making the pots 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles and I delivered thee and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee 8 I proved thee also at the waters of strife 9 Hear O my people and I will assure thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me 10 There shall no strange god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any other god 11 I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I shall fill it 12 But my people would not hear my voyce and Israel would not obey me 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and let them follow their own imaginations 14 O that my people would have hearkned unto me for if Israel had walked in my waies 15 I should soon have put down their enâ—mies and â—urned my hand against their adversaries 16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liers but their time should have endured for ever 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-floure and with hony
the eternall hils from whence commeth all our help let thy mercies and thy providence watch over us by day and night that neither the vanities of the one nor the terrors of the other may disturb our peace or safety Let not our feet be moved but be fixed upon the Rock Christ Jesus and so order our goings making us to walk in the way of thy Commandments that thou mayest goe in and out before us till at last we come into thy presence to dwell with thee for evermore through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 122. A Prayer for the peace and prosperity of the Church I Was glad when they said unto me We will goe into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates O Jerusalem 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is at unity in iâ— selfe 4 For thither the Tribes goe up even the Tribes of the Lord to testifie unto Israel to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judgement even the seat of the house of David 6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee 7 Peace be within thy wals and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I will wish thee prosperity 9 Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good The Prayer O Blessed Jesu who didst descend according to thy humane Nature from the house of thy servant David and hast planted a Church and defended it with a mighty hand and great assistances be pleased to preserve peace within her wals and send plenteousnesse within her palaces that all that love her peace may prosper and receive the blessings which thou givest to thy faithfull people in the communion of Saints Take from her all schismes and divisions that she may be like a city that is at unity within it self strong in faith abounding in hope and rich in the treasures of charity that at last she may be removed to a fellowship of all those joys and felicities which are laid up for the inhabitants of the heavenly Jerusalem which is from above and is the mother of us all Grant this O blessed Jesu our only Mediatour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 123. An ejaculation or a lifting up our souls to God for help in trouble VNto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens 2 Behold even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistresse even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God untill he have mercy upon us 3 Have mercy upon us O Lord have mercy upon us for we are utterly despised 4 Our soul is filled with the scornfull reproofe of the wealthy and with the despite fulnesse of the proud The Prayer O Lord God that dwellest in the heavens have mercy upon us in all our troubles in contempt in our poverty and when ever we are oppressed by any injurious practices of the proud Thou art our Lord and Master we are thy servants our eyes wait upon thee till thou have mercy upon us let us not be ashamed of our hope nor unfaithfull in our services nor distrustfull of thy providence but make us diligent labourers in our calling good husbands of our talents and faithfull in all thy house that we first seâ—â—ing thee may at last sit down at meat with thee at thy table in thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 124. A thanksgiving for our deliverance from the power of all our enemies and a confessing God to be the Author of it IF the Lord himself had not been on our side now may Israel say if the Lord himself had not been on our side when men rose up against us 2 They had swallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us 3 Yea the waters had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised â—e the Lord which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken and we are delivered 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made heaven and earth The Prayer O Lord God which hast made Heaven and Earth in whose Name our help standeth we praise and blesse thy Name that in our troubles and temptations thou hast stood on our side and pleaded for us against them that rose against us It was thy hand O Lord and the help of thy mercy that relieved us the waters of affliction had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul if the Spirit of the Lord had not moved upon the waters Thou O Lord didst blast the designs of our enemies with the breath of thy displeasure and to thee O Lord we ascribe the praise and honour of our redemption Perpetuate thy mercies to us let us never be given over as a prey to our ghostly enemies but break their snares discover and weaken all their temptations by which they would destroy our souls that we being delivered from sin may be preserved from thy wrath through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 125. A Prayer for confidence in God and for deliverance from the portion of the wicked THey that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion which may not be removed but standeth fast for ever 2 The hils stand about Jerusalem â—ven so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time forth for evermore 3 For the rod of the ungodly commeth not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand unto wickednesse 4 Doe well O Lord unto those that be good and true of heart 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickednesse the Lord shall lead them forth with the evill doers but peace shall be upon Israel The Prayer O Lord God our Trust and Confidence in whom whosoever trusteth shall never be removed but standeth fast for ever let thy mercies and the guard of holy Angels stand round about us and about all thy holy people like the hils for our defence and safety that we may be inaccessible by all the intendments of our enemies O let us not put our hands to wickednesse neither let our portion be in the lot of the ungodly whom thou leadest forth to destruction but let us receive the blessing which our Lord Iesus left unto his Church even the peace of God the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost to whom be all honour and glory ascribed of men and Angels now and for ever Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 126. A contemplation of the joys and blessings of them that depart hence in the Lord. WHen the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like to them that
we may wait for thee till our change commeth looking for thee in holiness and righteousness all our days Grant this for thy mercies and compassion sake O blessed Jesu our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 131. A Prayer for the graces of humility and mortification LOrd I am not high minded I have no proud looks 2 I doe not exercise my selfe in great matters which are too high for me 3 But I refrain my soul and keep it low like as a childe that is weaned from his mother yea my soul is even as a weaned childe 4 O Israel trust in the Lord from this time forth for evermore The Prayer O Lord God before whom the humble Publican who durst not lift up his eyes to Heaven but with confusion of face begged pardon was justified and acquitted give unto us thy servants humility of soul and modesty in our behaviour that our looks be not proud nor our thoughts arrogant nor our designes ambitious but that our souls being refrained from all vanity and pride our affections weaned from great opinions and love of our selves we may trust in thee follow the example of our blessed Master and receive thy promises which thou hast made unto us in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 132. A Prayer for the Church for the promotion of Religion for the King and for the Clergy LOrd remember David and all his trouble 2 How he sware unto the Lord and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of my house nor climb up into my bed 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep nor mine eye-lids to slumber neither the temples of my head to take any râ—st 5 Untill I finde out a place for the temple of the Lord an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo we heard of the same at Ephrata and found it in the wood 7 We will goe into his tabernacle and fall low on our knees before his foot-stool 8 Arise O Lord into thy resting place thou and the ark of thy strength 9 Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy saints sing with joyfulnesse 10 For thy servant Davids sake turn not away the presence of thine anointed 11 The Lord hath made a faithfull oath unto David and he shall not shrink from it 12 Of the fruit of thy body shall I set upon thy seat 13 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall learn them their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself he hath longed for her 15 This shall be my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have a delight therein 16 I will blesse her victuals with increase and will satisfie her poor with bread 17 I will deck her Priests with health and her saints shall rejoyce and sing 18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed 19 As for his enemies I shall clothe them with shame but upon himself shall his crown flourish The Prayer O Lord God who dwellest not in Temples made with hands and yet hast been pleased to manifest thy presence by speciall blessings and assistances in places set apart for thy worship be pleased to hear our prayers and accept our services when ever we make our addresses to thee in the house of prayer and fall down low on our knees before thy footstool let thy Priests be clothed with righteousness and let thy Saints sing with joyfulness and let all those that make their approaches unto thee purifie their hearts and hands that they may offer to thee a pure sacrifice even the sacrifice of obedience and holinesse and the expresses of true Religion Blesse O Lord thy servant the King whom thou hast made the Patron and Defender of the Church make his horn to flourish and be exalted above all his enemies and let thy Word be as a lantern for thine Anointed to shew him thy holy will and pleasure that he seeking thy honour and glory thy Church may flourish under the covert of his shield and patronage her victuals may be blessed with increase her poor satisfied with bread her Priests decked with health her Saints with joy and himself with honour and great renown and a flourishing diademe while his enemies sit clothed in shame and misery Grant this O blessed God for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen PSALME 133. A Prayer for unity in the Church in a Kingdom or family BEhold how good and joyfull a thing it is brethâ—en to dwell together in unity 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down unto the beard even unto Aarons beard and went down to the skirts of his clothing 3 Like as the dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing and life for evermore The Prayer O Blessed Jesu in whose garment was variety but no rent or seam have mercy upon thy holy Catholike Church and all Christian Kingdomes and Families and so unite all our hearts and affections by the union of Faith and Charity that we be not torn into Factions and Schisms but being anointed with the precious ointment even the anointing of thy Spirit from above we may keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace and grant that this holy ointment may so knit together the Guides of thy Church the Rulers of Kingdomes the Princes of the Nations that the blessings of it may descend to the skirts of the people and that thou mayest blesse us with thy graces here and hereafter give us life for evermore in the participation of thy glorious Kingdom where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 134. An invitation to the Clergy to be diligent in singing Gods praises publikely BEhold now praise the Lord all ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord even in the courts of the house of our God 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth give thee blessing out of Sion The Prayer O Lord Creatour and Governour of all the world thou that madest Heaven and Earth that all should celebrate thy praise and the glory of thy Name give great Religion and devout affections to thy Ministers that by frequent elevation of their hands and hearts in thy Sanctuary in behalf of themselves and all the people thy honour may be exalted among all thy servants Religion may be advanced and the love of thy Name increased and thy blessings may descend upon us in a plentifull proportion to supply all our necessities through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 135. A Prayer that God would avenge his People of their Enemies and an invitation of them to praise his Name
O Praise the Lord laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God 3 O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O sing praises unto his name for it is lovely 4 For why the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth and in the sea and in all deep places 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain bringing the windes out of his treasures 8 He smote the first-born of Egypt both of man and beast 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O thou land of Egypt upon Pharaoh and all his servants 10 Hee smote divers Nations and slew mighty Kings 11 Sehon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdomes of Canaan 12 And gave their land to be an heritage even an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy Name O Lord endureth for ever so doth thy memoriall O Lord from one generation to another 14 For the Lord will avenge his people and be gracious unto his servants 15 As for the images of the heathen they are but silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouthes and speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have eares and yet they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouthes 18 They that make them are like unto them and so are all they that put their trust in them 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israel praise the Lord ye house of Aaron 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Levi ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion which dwelleth at Jerusalem The Prayer O Lord God in whose sight the death of all the Saints is precious and to whom the souls of the Martyrs from under the Altar call to avenge their bloud that is shed like water upon the earth be gracious unto us thy servants avenge all thy people of their enemies that all that hate and persecute thy Church being either brought to repentance or confusion thy Name and thy memoriall may be celebrated to all generations thy Kingdome and thy comming may be hastened that the Saints may receive the consummation of their glories by resurrection of their bodies and receiving the crown of righteousnesse which thou hast prepared for all that put their trust in thee and that we all standing in the house of the Lord even in the courts of the house of our God for ever may praise thy Name which is gracious and lovely even for ever and ever Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 136. A Prayer of thanksgiving to God for his eternall mercies O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O thank the Lord of all lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 Which onely doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 Which by his excellent wisdome made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 Which laid out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 Which hath made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun to rule the day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon and the starres to govern the night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 Which smote Egypt with their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a mighty hand and a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 Which divided the Red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host he overthrew them in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 Which led his people through the wildernesse for his mercy endureth for ever 17 Which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 Yea and slew mighty kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 Sehon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 And Og the king of Basan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 And gave away their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Which remembred us when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Which giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever 27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever The Prayer O God of Heaven and Lord of lords who by thy excellent wisdome hast made the Heavens and onely dost great wonders in Heaven and Earth making all thy creatures to be expresses of thy power and of thy loving mercy let thy mighty hand and stretched out arme lead us through the midst of this world and the throng of all our enemies giving us food for the sustenance of our bodies the light of the sun of righteousness to lead us in our goings and great apprehensions of thy mercy to excite in us devotion and true Religion that we praising thy mercies and being relieved and sustained by thy loving kindnesse may at last come to the land of promise which thou givest for an heritage to thy people and may receive the mercies of thy Kingdome which endure for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 137. A Prayer for redemption of the Church from captivity and persecution BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembred thee O Sion 2 As for our harps we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein 3 For they that led us away captive required of us then a song and melody in our heavinesse sing us one of the songs of Sion 4 How shall wee sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I doe not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth yea if I preferre not Jerusalem in my mirth 7 Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Jerusalem how they said Down with it down with it even to the ground 8 O daughter of Babylon wasted with misery yea happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them
with thee but the remembrance of my sins doth so depresse my growing confidence that I am in a great straight between my fears and hopes between the infirmities of my nature and the better desires of conforming to thy holy will and pleasure O my dear Redeemer wean my soul and all my desires from the flatteries of this world pardon all my sins and consign so great a favour by the comforts and attestation of thy divinest Spirit that my own fears being mastered my sins pardoned my desires rectified as the Hart thirst after the springs of water so my soul may long after thee O God and to enter into thy Courts Heavenly Father if it may be for thy glory and my ghostly good to have the days of my pilgrimage prolonged I begge of thee health and life but if it be not pleasing to thee to have this cup passe from me thy will be done my Saviour hath drunk off all the bitternesse Behold O Lord I am in thine hands do with me as seemeth good in thine eyes though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me I will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely who shalt make me to dwell in everlasting safety and to partake of the joys of thy Kingdom who livest and reignest eternall God world without end Amen IV. A Prayer for a sick person in danger of death O Lord Jesus Christ our health and life our hope and our resurrection from the dead I resign my self up to thy holy will and pleasure either to life that I may live longer to thy service and my amendment or to death to the perpetuall enjoyment of thy presence and of thy glories Into thy hands I commend my spirit for I know O Lord that nothing can perish which is committed to thy mercies I believe O Lord that I shall receive my body again at the resurrection of the just I relinquish all care of that onely I begge of thee mercy for my soul strengthen it with thy grace against all temptations let thy loving kindness defend it as with a shield against all the violences and hostile assaults of Satan let the same mercy be my guard and defence which protected thy Martyrs crowning them with victory in the midst of flames horrid torments and most cruell deaths There is no help in me O Lord I cannot by my own power give a minutes rest to my wearied body but my trust is in thy sure mercies and I call to minde to my unspeakable comfort that thou wert hungry and thirsty and wearied and whipt and crown'd with Thorns and mock'd and crucified for me O let that mercy which made thee suffer so much make thee do that for which thou sufferedst so much pardon me and save me Let thy merits answer for my impieties let thy righteousnesse cover my sins thy bloud wash away my stains and thy comforts refresh my soul. As my body grows weak let thy grace bestronger let not my faith doubt nor my hope tremble nor my charity grow cold nor my soul be affrighted with the terrors of death but let the light of thy countenance enlighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death eternall and when my tongue fails let thy spirit teach my heart to pray with strong cryings and groans that are unutterable O let not the enemy do me any violence but let thy holy mercies and thy Angels repell and defeat his malice and fraud that my soul may by thy strength triumph in the joyes of eternity in the fruition of thee my life my joy my hope my exceeding great reward my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen V. For a dying Person in or near the agonies of death MOst mercifull and Blessed Saviour have mercy upon the soul of this thy sâ—rvant remember not his ignorances nor the sins of his youth but according to thy great mercy remember him in the mercies and glories of thy Kingdome Thou O Lord hast opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all Believers let the everlasting gates be open'd and receive his Soul let the Angels who rejoyce at the conversion of a sinner triumph and be exalted in his deliverance and salvation Make him partaker of the benefits of thy holy incarnation life and sanctity passion and death resurrection and ascension and of all the prayers of the Church of the joy of the elect and all the fruits of the blessed communion of Saints and daily adde to the number of thy beatified servants such as shall be saved that thy comming may be hastned and the expectation of the Saints may be fulfilled and the glory of thee our Lord Jesu bee advanced all the whole Church singing praises to the Honour of thy Name who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen VI. O Most mercifull Jesu who didst die to redeem us from death and damnation have mercy upon this thy servant whom thy hand hath visited with sicknesse of thy goodnesse be pleased to forgive him all his sinnes and seal his hopes of glory with the refreshments of thy holy Spirit Lord give him strength and confidence in thee asswage his pain repell the assaults of his Ghostly enemies by thy mercies and a guard of holy Angels preserve him in the unity of the Church keep his senses intire his understanding right give him great measure of contrition true faith a well grounded hope and abundant charity give him a quiet and a joyfull departure let thy ministring spirits convey his soul to the mansions of peace and rest there with certainty to expect a joyfull resurrection to the fulnesse of joy at thy right hand where there is pleasure for evermore Amen VII A Prayer for the joyes of Heaven O Most glorious Jesu who art the portion and exceeding great reward of all faithfull people thou hast beautified humane Nature with glorious immortality and hast carried the same above all Heavens above the seat of Angels beyond the Cherubims and Seraphims placing it on the right hand of thy heavenly Father grant to us all the issues of thy abundant charity that we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour Prepare our souls with heavenly vertues for heavenly joys mâ—king us righteous here that we may be beautified hereafter A Morning Prayer In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. I. O Eternall Sun of righteousnesse who camest from the bosome of thy Father the Fountain of glorious light to enlighten the darknesses of the world I praise thy Name that thou hast preserved me from the dangers of this night and hast continued to me still the opportunities of serving thee and advancing my hopes of a blessed eternity Let thy mercies shine brightly upon me and dissipate the clouds and darknesses of my spirit and understanding rectifie my affections and purifie
live a godly life 13 O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee The Prayer O Lord God of â—â—sts who dwellest in the heavens seated in essentiall and eternall felicities fill our hearts with desires and longings to enter into those Courts where thou sittest attended with the beauteous orders of Angels and millions of beatified spirits and that our desires may receive infinite satisfactions give us thy help that we going through the vale of misery the pools may be filled with water our hearts and eyes may run over with tears of repentance and overflow with sorrow and contrition for our sins that we living a godly life going from strength to strength from vertue to vertue at last we may appear in Sion unto the God of gods beholding the face of thine Anointed thy Christ and our Jesus and may dwell one day in thy Courts even all the long day of eternity through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 85. A thanksgiving for Gods free mercy in the pardon of our sinnes and a prayer for the continuance and increase of his mercies to us LOrd thou art become gracious unto thy land thou haâ—t turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people and â—overed all their sins 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure and turâ—ed thy self from thy wrathfull indignation 4 Turn us then O God our Saviour and let thine â—nger cease from us 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another 6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us that thy people may rejoyce in thee 7 Shew us thy mercy O Lord and grant us thy salvation 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me for he shall speak peace unto his people and to â—is saints that they turn not again 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him that glory may dwell in our land 10 Mercy and truth are met together righteousnesse and peace have kissâ—d each other 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked down from heaven 12 Yea the Lord shal shew loving kindnesse and our land shall give her encrease 13 Righteousnesse shall goe before him and he shall direct his going in the way The Prayer O Most gracious God who art reconciled unto us in our Saviour Jesus having for his sake forgiven the offences of thy people covered all their sins with the robe of his most immaculate sanctity and righteousnesse let thy grace convert and quicken us that we may rejoyce in thee and thy salvation in faith of thy promises in the hope of actuall communication of thy mercies to us and in love to thee for so great blessings and redemption and when thou hast spoken peace unto our souls and reconciled us to thy self in the bloud of thy Son give us the grace of perseverance that we may never turn again to folly but may follow mercy and truth all our days and at last be satisfied with thy righteousnesse and peace eternall through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 86. A Prayer for sanctity and preservation BOw down thine ear O Lord and hear me for I am poor and in misery 2 Preserve thou my soule for I am holy my God save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee 3 Be mercifull unto me O Lord for I will call daily upon thee 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant for unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee 6 Give ear Lord unto my prayer and ponder the voyce of my humble desires 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee O Lord there is not one that can do as thou doest 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and â—orship thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy Name 10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things â—â—ou art God alone 11 Teach me thy way O Lord and I will walk in â—hy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name 12 I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for evermore 13 For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell 14 O God the proud are risen against me and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes 15 But thou O Lord God art full of compassion â—nd mercy long-suffering plenteous in goodnesse and truth 16 O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto thy servant and help the son of thine handmaid 17 Shew some good token upon mee for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me The Prayer O Lord God good and gracious and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee give ear unto our prayers ponder the voice of our desires when ever we call upon thee in our trouble Let the souls of thy servants be refreshed with thy comforts and defend us from the congregations of proud and naughty men Turn thee unto us with mercy give thy strength unto us teach us thy laws make us to walk in thy truth give us the fear of thy Name and knit our hearts to thee with the indissoluble bands of charity and obedience that our souls being saved from the nethermost hell we may worship thee O Lord and glorifie thy name who art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering and plenteous in goodnesse and truth which thou hast manifested to us in our deliverance and redemption through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 87. A contemplation of the excellencies of Sion or the celestiall Jerusalem HEr foundations are upon the holy hils the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee thou city of God 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon with them that know thee 4 Behold yee the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians lo there was he born 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her and the most High shall stablish her 6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people that he was born there 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall be rehearse all my fresh springs shall be in thee The Prayer O Lord God who dwellest in Sion and delightest to have thy habitation in the hearts of men thou hast built the Church as a City upon a hill and laid the foundation of it upon the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ being the chief Corner-stone make us to be a spirituall building fit for thy