graces he hath promised to give us more He hath promised to forgive us our sins to hear our prayers to take the sting of death from us to keep our souls in safe custody after death and in his due time to raise our bodies from the grave and to joyn them to our souls and to give us eternal life and joyes that shall never â—…ease Quest How is Jesus Christ able to do all this for us Ans. When he had suffered death and was buried three dayes God raised him up again and gave him all power in heaven and earth made him Head of the Church Lord of Men and Angels and the Judge of the Quick and Dead Quest By what means doth Jesus Christ our Lord convey all these blessings to us Ans. Jesus Christ had three Offices and in all he was Mediator between God and Man He is our Prophet our Priest and our King Quest What was his Office as he was a Prophet Ans. This Office he finished on earth beginning when he was thirty years old to preach the Gospel of the Kingdome Faith and Repentance Quest When began his Priestly Office and wherein does it consist Ans. It began at his death for he was himself the Priest and the Sacrifice offering himself upon the Altar of the Cross for the sins of all the world Quest Did his Priestly Office theâ—… cease Ans. No he is a Priest for ever that is unto the end of the world and represents the same Sacrifice to God in heaven interceding and praying continually for us in the virtue of that Sacrifice by which he obtains relief of all our necessities Quest What doth Christ in heaven pray for on our behalf Ans. That our sins may be pardoned our infirmities pitied our necessities relieved our persons defended our temptations overcome that we may be reconciled to God and be saved Quest How is Jesus Christ also our King Ans. When he arose from his grave and had for forty dayes together conversed with his Disciples shewing himself alive by many infallible tokens he ascended into heaven and there sits at the right hand of God all things being made subject to him Angels and Men and Devils Heaven and Earth the Elements and all the Creatures and â—…ver all he reigns comforting and â—…efending his Elect subduing the â—…ower of the Devil taking out the â—…ting of death and making all to â—…erve the glory of God and to turn to the good of his Elect. Quest How long must his Kingdome last Ans. Till Christ hath brought all his enemies under his feet that is till the day of Judgement in which day shall be performed the greatest acts of his Kingly power for then he shall quite conquer Death triumph over the Devils throw his enemies into Hell-fire and carry all his Elect to never-ceasing glories and then he shall deliver up the Kingdome to his Father that God may be all in all Quest How is Christ a Mediator in all these Offices Ans. A Mediator signifies one that stands between God and us As Christ is a Prophet so he taught us his Fathers will and tyes us to obedience As he is a Priest he is our Redeemer having paid a price for us even his most precious blood and our Advocate pleading for us and mediating our Pardon and Salvation As he is a King so he is our Lord our Patron and our Judge yet it is the Kingdome of a Mediator that is in order to the world to come but then to determine and end And in all these he hath made a Covenant between God and us of an everlasting interest Quest What is the Covenant which Jesus Christ our Mediator hath made between God and us Ans. That God will write his Laws in our hearts and will pardon us and defend us and raise us up again at the last day and give us an inheritance in his Kingdome Quest To what Conditions hath he bound us on our part Ans. Faith and Repentance Quest When do we enter into this Covenant Ans. In our Baptism and at our ripe years when we understand the secrets of the Kingdome of Christ and undertake willingly what in our names was undertaken for us in our infancy Quest What is the Covenant of Faith which we enter into in Baptism Ans. We promise to believe that Jesus Christ is the Messias or he that was to come into the world That he is the Anointed of the Lord or the Lords Christ That he is the Son of God and the Son of the Virgin Mary That he is God incarnate or God manifested in the flesh That he is the Mediator between God and Man That he died for us upon the Cross and rose again the third day and ascended into heaven and shall be there till the day of Judgement that then he shall be our Judge In the mean time he is the King of the World and Head of the Church Quest What is the Covenant of Repentance Ans. We promise to leave all our sins and with a hearty and sincere endevour to give up our will and affections to Christ and do what he hath commanded according to our power and weakness Quest How if we fail of this Promise through infirmity and commit sins Ans. Still we are within the Covenant of Repentance that is within the promise of pardon and possibility of returning from dead works and mortifying our lusts and though this be done after the manner of men that is in weakness and with some failings yet our endevour must be hearty and constant and diligent and our watchfulness and prayers for pardon must be lasting and persevering Quest What Ministeries hath Christ appointed to help us in this duty Ans. The Ministery of the Word Sacraments which he will accompany with his Grace and his Spirit Quest What is a Sacrament Ans. An outward Ceremony ordained by Christ to be a sign and a means of conveying his grace unto us Quest How many Sacraments are ordained by Christ Ans. Two Baptism and the Supper of our Lord Quest What is Baptism Ans. An outward washing of the body in water in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost in which we are buried with Christ in his death after a Sacramental manner and are made partakers of Christs death and of his Resurrection teaching us That we should rise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness Quest What is the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Ans. A Ceremony of eating bread and drinking Wine being blessed or consecrated by Gods Minister in publick Assemblies in remembrance of Christs death and Passion Quest What benefits are done unto us by this Sacrament Ans. Our souls are nourished by the body and blood of Christ our bodies are sealed to a blessed Resurrection and to Immortality our infirmities are strengthned our graces increased our pardon made more certain and
when we present our selves to God having received Christs body within us we are sure to be accepted and all the good prayers we make to God for our selves others are sure to be heard Quest Who are fit to receive this Sacrament Ans. None but baptized Christians and such as repent of their sins and heartily purpose to lead a good life Quest What other Ministeries hath Christ ordained in his Church to help us and to bring so many great purposes to pass Ans. Jesus Christ hath appointed Ministers and Embassadors of his own to preach his Word to us to pray for us to exhort and to reprove to comfort and instruct to restore and reconcile us if we be overtaken in a fault to visit the sick to separate the vile from the precious to administer the Sacraments and to watch for the good of our souls Quest What are we tied to perform towards them Ans. To pay them honour and maintenance to obey them in all things according to the Gospel and to order our selves so that they may give account of our souls with chearfulness and joy Quest Which are the Commandments and Laws of Jesus Christ Ans. They are many but easie holy but very pleasant to all good â—…indes to such as desire to live well 〈◊〉 this world and in the world to â—…ome and they are set down in â—…he Sermons of our blessed Lord â—…nd of his Apostles but especially â—…n the 5. 6. 7. Chapters of S. Matâ—…hew AN EXPOSITION OF The Apostles CREED I believe in God I Believe that there is a God who is one true supreme and alone infinitely wise just good free eternal immense and blessed and in him alone we are to put our trust The Father Almighty I believe that he is 1. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and 2. of all that believe in him whom he hath begotten by his Word and adopted to the inheritance of Sons and because he is our Father he will do us all that good to which we are created and designed by grace and because he is Almighty he is able to perform it all and therefore we may safely believe in him and relie upon him Maker of Heaven and Earth He made the Sun and the Moon the Stars and all the regions of glory he made the Air the Earth and the Water and all that live in them he made Angels and Men and he who made them does and he onely can preserve them in the same beeing and thrust them forwards to a better he that preserves them does also govern them and intends they should minister to his glory and therefore we are to do worship and obedience to him in all that we can and that he hath commanded And in Jesus Christ I also believe in Jesus Christ who is and is called a Saviour and the Anointed Anointed of the Lord promised to the Patriarchs whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power to become the Great Propheâ—… and declarer of his Fathers Will to all the world telling us how God will be worshipped and served he is anointed to be the Mediator of the New Covenant and our High-Priest reconciling us to his Father by the Sacrifice of himself and to be the Great King of all the world and by this Article we are Christians who serve and worship God the Father through Jesus Christ His onely Son Jesus Christ is the Son of God he alone of him alone for God by his holy Spirit caused him to be born of a Virgin by his power he â—…ised him from the Dead and gave â—…im a new birth or beeing in the boâ—…y he gave him all power and all â—…xcellency and beyond all this he 〈◊〉 the express Image of his person â—…he brightness of his glory equal to God beloved before the beginning of â—…he world of a nature perfectly Diâ—…ine very God by essence and very Man by assumption as God all one â—…n nature with the Father and as Man one Person in Himself Our Lord Jesus Christ Gods onely Son is the Heir of all things and persons in his Fathers house All Angels and Men are his servants and all the Creatures obey him we are to believe in him and by Faith in him onely and in his Name we shall be saved Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost I believe that Jesus Christ was not begotten of a Man nor born by natural means but that a Divine Power from God Gods Holy Spirit did overshadow the Virgin-Mother of Christ and made her in a wonderful manner to conceive Jesus in her womb and by this his admirable manner of being conceived he was the Son of God alone and no man was his Father Born of the Virgin Mary Though God was his Father and he begat him by the power of the Holy Ghost and caused him miraculously to begin in the womb of his Mother yet from her he also derived his humane Nature and by his Mother he was of the Family of King David and called the Son of Man his Mother being a holy person not chosen to this great honour for her wealth or beauty but by the good will of God and because she was of a rare exemplar modesty and humility and she received the honour of being a Mother to the Son of God and ever a Virgin and all generations shall call her blessed Suffered under Pontius Pilate After that Jesus passed through â—…he state of Infancy and Childhood â—…eing subject to his Parents and working in an humble Trade to serve â—…is own and his Mothers needs he â—…rew to the state of a man he began to preach at the age of Thirty years and having for about three years and a half preached the â—…pel and taught us his Fathers will having spoken the Gospel of his Kingdome and revealed to us the secrets of Eternal life and Resurrection of the Dead Regeneration and Renewing by the Holy Spirit Perfect Remission of sins and Eternal Judgement at last that he might â—…cile the world to his Father he became a Sacrifice for all our sins and suffered himself to be taken by the malicious Jews and put to a painful and shameful death they being envious at him for the number of his Disciples and the reputation of his person the innocence of his life the mightiness of his Miracles and the power of his Doctrine and this death he suffered when Pontius Pilate was Governour of Judea Was Crucified Jesus Christ being taken by the Rulers of the Jews bound and derided buffeted and spit upon accused weakly and persecuted violently at last wanting matter and pretences to condemn him they asked him of his Person and Office and because he affirmed that great Truth which all the world of good men long'd for that he was the Messias and designed to sit at the right hand of the Majesty on high they resolved to call it Blasphemy
neither This Catholick Church I believe that is I believe whatsoever all good Christians in all ages and in all places did confess to be the Catholick and Apostolick Faith The Communion of Saints That is the Communion of all Christians because by reason of their holy Faith they are called Saints in Scripture as being begotten by God into a lively Faith and cleansed by Believing and by this Faith and the profession of a holy life in obedience to Jesus Christ they are separated from the world called to the knowledge of the truth justified before God and indued with the holy Spirit of Grace foreknown from the beginning of the world and predestinated by God to be made conformable to the image of his Son here in holiness of life hereafter in a life of glory and they who are Saints in their belief and profession must be so also in their practise and conversation that so they may make their calling and election sure lest they be Saints onely in name and title in their profession and institution and not in manners holiness of living that is lest they be so before men and not before God I believe that all people who desire the benefit of the Gospel are bound to have a fellowship and society with these Saints and communicate with them in their holy things in their Faith and in their Hope and in their Sacraments and in their Prayers and in their publick Assemblies and in their Government and must do to them all the acts of Charity and mutuall help which they can and are required to and without this Communion of Saints and a conjunction with them who believe in God through Jesus Christ there is no salvation to be expected which Communion must be kept in inward things alwayes and by all persons and testified by outward acts alwayes when it is possible and may be done upon just and holy conditions The forgiveness of sins I believe that all the sins I committed before I came to the knowledge of the Truth and all the slips of humane infirmity against which we heartily pray and watch and labour and all the evil habits of which we repent so timely and effectually that we obtain their contrary graces and live in them are fully remitted by the blood of Christ which forgiveness we obtain by Faith and Repentance and therefore are not justified by the Righteousness of Works â—…d by the Righteousness of Faith â—…d we are preserved in the state of â—…rgivenest or justification by the â—…utis of a lively Faith and a timely active Repentance The Resurrection of the body I believe that at the last day all â—…hey whose sins are forgiven and who â—…ived and dyed in the Communion of Saints and in whom the holy Spirit did dwell shall rise from their graves their dead bones shall live and be clothed with flesh and skin and their bodies together with their souls shall enter into the portion of a new life and that this body shall no more see corruption but shall rise to an excellent condition it shall be Spiritual Powerful Immortal and Glorious like unto his glorious body who shall then be our Judge is now our Advocate our Saviour and our Lord And the life Everlasting I believe that they who have their part in this Resurrection shall mâ—… the Lord in the Air and when thâ—… blessed Sentence is pronounc'd upoâ—… them they shall for ever be with thâ—… Lord in joyes unspeakable and fuâ—… of glory God shall wipe all teaâ—… from their eyes there shall be 〈◊〉 fear or sorrow no mourning oâ—… death a friend shall never go away from thence and an enemy shall never enter there shall be fulneâ—… without want light eternal brighteâ—… then the Sun day and no night joy and no weeping difference iâ—… degree and yet all full there is loâ—… without dissimulation excellency without envy multitudes without confusion musick without discord there the Understandings are rich the Will is satisfied the Affections are all love and all joy and they shall reign with God and Christ for ever and ever Amen This is the Catholick Faith which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved Tertull. de velandis Virgin Regula quidem fidei una omnino est sola immobilis irreformabilis credendi scil. in unicum Deum Omnipotentem c. Hac lege fidei manente caetera jam disciplinae conversationis admittunt novitatem correctionis operante scil. proficiente usque in finem Gratiâ Dei The Rule of Faith is wholly one unalterable never to be mended never changed to wit I believe in God c. This Law of Faith remaining in other things you may encrease and grow S. Aug. de Fide Symb. Haec est fides quae paucis verbis tenenda in symbolo Novellis datur Quae pauca verba fidelibus nota sunt ut credendo subjugentur Deo subjugati rectè vivant â—…ecte vivendo cor mundent corde mundo quod credunt intelligant This is the Faith which in few words is given to Novices These few words are known to all the faithful that by believing they may bâ—… subject to God by this subjectioâ—… they may live well by living wâ—… they may purifie their hearts anâ—… with pure hearts they may reliâ—… and understand what they do believe Max. Taurin de Tradit Symb. Symbolum tessera est 〈◊〉 quo inter Fideles Perfidosâ—… secernitur This Creed is the Badge or Cognisance by which the Faithful are discerned from Unbelievers Hujus Catholici Symboli breviâ—… perfecta Confessio quae duodecim Apostolorum totidem est signata sententiis tam instructa sit in munitione coelesti ut omnes Haereticorum â—…pinionoes solo possint gladio detrunâ—…ri Leo M. ad Pulcheriam Aug. This short and perfect Confession of this Catholick Creed which was consigned by the Sentences of twelve Apostles is so perfect a celestial Armour that all the Opinions of Hereticks may by this alone as with a sword be cut in pieces AGENDA OR Things to be done Inscripta Christo pagina immortalis est Nec obsolescit ullus in coelis apex Prudent {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Hymn 10. THE DIARY OR RULE to spend each Day religiously §. 1. â—… SUppose every day to be a day of business for your whole life is a race â—…nd a battel a merchandise and a jourâ—…ey Every day propound to your self 〈◊〉 Rosary or a Chaplet of good Works to â—…resent to God at night 2. Rise as soon as your health and other occasions shall permit but it is good to be as regular as you can and as early Remember he that rises first to Prayer hath a more early title to a blessing But he that changes night into day labour into idleness watchfulness to sleep changes his hopes of blessing into a dream 3. Never let any
all pardon and holiness and life eternal through Jesus Christ Amen The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communication of the Holy Spirit be with us all for ever Amen A SHORT PRAYER To be said every Morning O Almighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the God of mercy and comfort with reverence and fear with humble confidence and strong desires I approach to the Throne of Grace begging of thee mercy and protection pardon and salvation O my God I am a sinner but sorrowful and repenting Thou art justly offended at me but yet thou art my Lord and my Father merciful and gracious Be pleased to blot all my sins out of thy remembrance and heal my soul that I may never any more sin against thee Lord open my eyes that I may see my own infirmities and watch against them and my own follies that I may amend them and be pleased to give me perfect understanding in the way of godliness that I may walk in it all the dayes of my pilgrimage Give me a spirit diligent in the works of my Calling chearful and zeaâ—…us in Religion fervent and frequent in â—…y Prayers charitable and useful in my â—…onversation Give me a healthful and a â—…aste body a pure and a holy soul a â—…nctified and an humble spirit and let â—…y body and soul and spirit be preserved â—…nblameable to the coming of the Lord â—…esus Amen II. BLessed be thy Name O God and blessed be thy Mercies who hast preserved â—…e this night from sin and sorrow from â—…ad chances and a violent death from the â—…alice of the Devil and the evil effects of â—…y own corrupted nature and infirmity The out-goings of the Morning and Evening shall praise thee and thy servants â—…hall rejoyce in giving thee praise for the operation of thy hands Let thy providence and care watch over me this day and all my whole life that I may never sin against thee by idleness or folly by evil company or private sins by word or deed by thought or desire and let the imployment of my day leave no sorrow or the remembrance of an evil conscience at night but let it be holy and profitable blessed and alwayes innocent that when the dayes of my short abode are done and the shadow is departed I may die in thy fear and favour and rest in a holy hope and at last return to the joyes of a blessed Resurrection through Jesus Christ In whose Name and in whose words in behalf of my self and all my friends and all thy servants I humbly and heartily pray Our Faether c. A Prayer for the Evening ETernall God Almighty Father of Men and Angels by whose care and providence I am preserved and blessed comforted and assisted I humbly beg of thee to pardon the sins and follies of this day the weaknesses of my services and the strength of my passions the rashness of my words and the vanity and evil of my actions O just and dear God how long shall I confess my sins and pray against them and yet fall under them O let it be so no more let me never return to the follies of which I am ashamed which bring sorrow and death and thy displeasure worse then death Give me 〈◊〉 command over my evil inclinations and 〈◊〉 â—…erfect hatred of sin and a love to thee â—…ove all the desires of this world Be â—…leased to bless and preserve me this night â—…rom all sin and all violence of Chance â—…nd the malice of the Spirits of darkness â—…atch over me in my sleep and whether sleep or wake let me be thy servant â—…e thou first and last in all my thoughts â—…nd the guide and continual assistance of â—…ll my actions Preserve my body pardon â—…he sin of my soul and sanctifie my â—…oul let me alwayes live holily and justly â—…nd soberly and when I die receive my â—…oul into thy hands O holy and everâ—…lessed Jesus that I may lie in thy boâ—…ome and long for thy coming and hear â—…hy blessed Sentence at Doomsday and â—…hold thy face and live in thy Kingâ—…lome singing praises to God for ever and â—…ver Amen Our Father c. For SUNDAY A Prayer against Pride I. O Eternal God merciful and glorious thou art exalted far above all heavens thy Throne O God is glory and thy Scepter is righteousness thy Will is holiness and thy Wisdome the great foundation of Empire and Government I adore thy Majesty and rejoyce in thy Mercy and revere thy Power anâ—… confess all glory and dignity and honour to be thine alone and theirs to whom thou shalt impart any ray of thy Majesty or reflexion of thy honour but as foâ—… me I am a worm and no man vile dust and ashes the son of corruption and the heir of rottenness seized upon by folly a lump of ignorance and sin and shame and death What art thou O Lord the great God of Heaven and Earth the fountain of Holiness and Perfection inâ—…te But what am I so ignorant that â—…now not what so poor that I have noâ—…ng of my own so miserable that I am â—…e heir of sorrow and death and so sinâ—… that I am encompassed with shame â—…d grief II. ANd yet O my God I am proud proud of my shame glorying in my 〈◊〉 boasting my infirmities for this is all â—…t I have of my own save onely that I â—…ve multiplied my miseries by vile actiâ—…s every day dishonouring the work of â—…y hands my understanding is too conâ—…ent my affections rebellious my will â—…ractory and disobedient and yet I â—…ow thou resistest the proud and didst â—…t the Morning Stars the Angels from â—…aven into chains of darkness when they â—…w giddy and proud walking upon the â—…tlements of heaven beholding the gloâ—…us Regions that were above them III. THou O God who givest grace to the 〈◊〉 humble do something also for the â—…oud man make me humble and obedient Take from me the spirit of pridâ—… and haughtiness ambition and self-flaâ—…tery confidence and gayety teach metâ—… think well and to expound all things faiâ—…ly of my brother to love his worthiness to delight in his praises to excuse his erâ—…rors to give thee thanks for his gracâ—… to rejoyce in all the good that he receiveâ—… and ever to believe and speak better thingâ—… of him then of my self IV. O Teach me to love to be concealeâ—… and little esteemed let me be truâ—… humbled and heartily ashamed of mâ—… sin and folly teach me to bear reproachâ—… evenly for I have deserved them to râ—…fuse all honours done unto me because have not deserved them to return all tâ—… thee for it is thine alone to suffer râ—… proof thankfully to amend all my fauâ—… speedily and do thou invest my soâ—… with the humble robe of my meek Mastâ—… and Saviour Jesus and when I have hunâ—… patiently charitably and diligentâ—… served thee change this robe into tâ—… shining garment of immortality my coâ—… into glory my folly to
pressure O let thy mercy be the measure For if thou keepest wrath in store We all shall die And none be left to glorifie Thy Name and tell How thou hast sav'd our souls from Hell Mercy On the Conversion of S. Paul FUll of wrath his threatning breath Belching nought but chains and death Saul was arrested in his way By a voice and a light That if a thousand dayes Should joyn rayes To beautifie one day It would not shew so glorious and so bright On his amazed eyes it night did fling That day might break within And by those beams of Faith Make him of a childe of wrath Become a vessel full of glory Lord curb us in our dark and sinful way We humbly pray When we down horrid precipices run With feet that thirst to be undone That this may be our story Allelujah On the Purification of the blessed Virgin PUre and spotless was the Maid That to the Temple came A pair of Turtle-doves she paid Although she brought the Lamb Pure and spotless though she were Her body chaste and her soul faire She to the Temple went To be purifi'd And try'd That she was spotless and obedient O make us to follow so blest Precedent And purifie our souls for we Are cloth'd with sin and misery From our conception One imperfection And a continued state of sin Hath sullied all our faculties within We present our souls to thee Full of need and misery And for Redemption a Lamb The purest whitest that e're came A Sacrifice to thee Even he that bled upon the Tree On Good-Friday THe Lamb is eaten and is yet again Preparing to be slain The Cup is full and mixt And must be drunk Wormwood and gall To this are draughts to beguile care withall Yet the Decree is fixt Doubled knees and groans and cries Prayers and sighs and flowing eyes Could not intreat His sad Soul sunk Under the heavy pressure of our sin The pains of Death and Hell About him dwell His Fathers burning wrath did make His very heart like melting wax to sweat Rivers of blood Through the pure strainer of his skin His boiling body stood Bubling all o're As if the wretched whole were but one dore To let in pain and grief And turn out all relief O thou who for our sake Didst drink up This bitter Cup Remember us we pray In thy day When down The strugling throats of wicked men The dregs of thy just fury shall be thrown Oh then Let thy unbounded mercy think On us for whom Thou underwent'st this heavy doom And give us of the well of life to drink Amen On the Annunciation to the blessed Virgin A Winged harbinger from bright heav'n flown Bespeaks a lodging room For the mighty King of Love The spotless structure of a Virgin womb O'reshadow'd with the wings of the blest Dove For he was travelling to earth But did desire to lay By the way That he might shift his clothes and be A perfect Man as well as we How good a God have we who for our sake To save us from the burning lake Did change the order of Creation At first he made Man like himself in his own Image now In the more blessed reparation The Heavens bow Eternity took the measure of a span And said Let us make our self like Man And not from Man the Woman take But from the Woman Man Allelujah we adore His Name whose goodness hath no store Allelujah Easter day WHat glorious light How bright a Sun after so sad a night Does now begin to dawn Bless'd were those eyes That did behold This Sun when he did first unfold His glorious beams and now begin to rise It was the holy tender Sex That saw the first ray Saint Peter and the other had the reflex The second glimpse o'th'day Innocence had the first and he That fled and then did penance next did see The glorious Sun of Righteousness In his new dress Of triumph immortality and bliss O dearest God preserve our souls In holy innocence Or if we do amiss Make us to rise again to th' life of Grace That we may live with thee and see thy glorious face The crown of holy Penitence Allelujah On the day of Ascension HE is risen higher not set Indeed a cloud Did with his leave make bold to shroud The Sun of Glory from Mount Olivet At Pentecost hee 'll shew himself again When every ray shall be a tongue To speak all comforts and inspire Our Souls with their celestial fire That we the Saints among May sing and love and reign Amen On the Feast of Pentecost or Whitsunday TOngues of fire from heaven descend With a mighty rushing wind To blow it up and make A living fire Of heavenly Charity and pure desire Where they their residence should take On the Apostles sacred heads they sit Who now like Beacons do proclaim and tell Th' invasion of the host of Hell And give men warning to defend Themselves from the inraged brunt of it Lord let the flames of holy Charity And all her gifts and graces slide Into our hearts and there abide That thus refined we may soar above With it unto the element of Love Even unto thee dear Spirit And there eternal peace and rest inherit Amen Penitentiall Hymns I. LOrd I have sinn'd the black number swells To such a dismal sum That should my stony heart and eyes And this whole sinful trunk a flood become And run to tears their drops could not suffice To count my score Much less to pay But thou my God hast blood in store And art the Patron of the poore Yet since the Balsam of thy Blood Although it can will do no good Unless the wounds be cleans'd with tears before Thou in whose sweet but pensive face Laughter could never steal a place Teach but my heart and eyes To melt away And then one drop of Balsam will suffice Amen II. GReat God and just how canst thou fee Dear God our miserie And not in mercy set us free Poor miserable man how wert thou born Weak as the dewy jewels of the Morn Rapt up in tender dust Guarded with sins and lust Who like Court flatterers waite To serve themselves in thy unhappy fate Wealth is a snare and poverty brings in Inlets for theft paving the way for sin Each perfum'd vanity doth gently breath Sin in thy Soul and whispers it to Death Our faults like ulcerated sores do go O're the sound flesh and do corrupt that too Lord we are sick spotted with sin Thick as a crusty Lepers skin Like Nuaman bid us wash yet let it be In streams of blood that flow from thee Then will we sing Touch'd by the heavenly Doves bright wing Hallelujahs Psalms and Praise To God the Lord of night and dayes Ever good and ever just Ever high who ever must Thus be sung is still the same Eternal praises crown his Name Amen A Prayer for Charity FUll of Mercy full of Love Look upon us