you must by no means fail to be present at In the mean time let no sinful thoughts possess your Soul no vain or idle Communication proceed out of your mouth but such as may tend to edifying Examine exhort incourage your Servants or those about you whom you have commanded or who purpose to Receive this B. Sacrament with you and be careful to avoid the Conversation of those who may probably tempt you to sin and vanity Returning from Church or Chappel about Twelve of the Clock Humble your self again before God and Pray Our Father c. Deliver us from evil Amen Then the xxxij Psalm Still upon your knees Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven and whose sin is covered c. Glory be to the Father c. Almighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive thâ—…s of all them that are penitent Create 〈◊〉 â—…e in me a new and contrite heart that I 〈◊〉 lamenting my sins and acknowledging 〈◊〉 â—…chedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and most merciful Father who for my many and grievous Sins committed against thee since the last solemn time of my Humiliation and Repentance mightest most justly have cut me off in the midst of my days But in the multitude of thy mercies hast hitherto spared me Accept I most heartily beseech thee mine unfeigned sorrow for all my former transgressions and grant that I may never so presume of thy mercy as to despise the riches of thy goodness but that thy forbearance and long suffering may lead me to Repentance and amendment of my sinful life to thy honour and glory and my final Acquittance and Absolution at the last day through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord make clean my heart within me And take not thy Holy Spirit from me In the Name of God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Amen I who am a wretched Sinner here personally appearing and prostrate unto the Majesty of the Great and dreadful God and in the presence of his Holy Angels having in remembrance the exceeding mercies of his great Goo◠〈◊〉 * Here Throw your self 〈◊〉 the Ground wards me as in manifold instances so especially in this that in the day of my Christ'ning I was so happily and holily Vowed and Dedicated unto God to be his Child and to live in his continual Service and that contrary to the profession which was then made in my name I have so many and sundry times so grievously violated my vows and profaned my sacred promises and employed my Soul to the service of the World the Flesh and the Devil At length recalling my self and with all lowliness and devotion casting my Soul and Body prostrate before the dreadful Throne of his Justice do acknowledg confess and yeild my self a miserable wretched Sinner guilty of that Death and Passion which Christ once suffered for me upon the tormenting Cross But turning my self to the Throne of his infinite mercy and with all my might and force from the very Deep of my heart detesting the iniquities of my fore-pass'd Life I most humbly beg and crave pardon for the same with an entire Absolution from all my sins eâ—… for the precious Death and Passion sake of 〈◊〉 Lord and Saviour unto whom I promise 〈◊〉 â—onfirm again I do avow and solemnly reâ—… 〈◊〉 sacred Profession of loyal service and 〈◊〉 which was made in my behalf unto him 〈◊〉 â—…ly Baptisme renouncing unfeignedly 〈◊〉 of this wicked World the lusts of the Flesh and the suggestions of the Devil and converting my self to my most gracious and merciful God I desire deliberate purpose and fully resolve to honour him serve him and obey him for ever hereafter giving and dedicating to him for this end the faculties of my Soul and the members of my Body to be his faithful loyal and obedient Subjects and Servants for ever without unsaying revoking or repenting me of this my holy and sacred promise or any part thereof And I most humbly beseech Almighty God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost to confirm me in this constant resolution of abandoning these my sins and living an holy Life and to accept of this my broken and contrite heart which he hath promised not to despise entirely desiring his Fatherly goodness that as he hath given me a will and desire to purpose so he would give me strength and grace to perform all holy actions through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I pray thee that thy Grace may always prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good worâ—… through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I beseech thee grant thy Sâ—… Grace to withstand the temptatâ—… 〈◊〉 the World the Flesh the Devil an◠〈◊〉 pure bea rt and mind to follow thee the only true God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive Receive my humble Petitions and though I be tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pittifulness of thy great mercy loose me for the honour of Jesus Christ our Mediator and Advocate Amen O Saviour of the world save me who by thy Cross and Passion hast Redeemed me help me and save me I beseech Thee O God To the King Eternal the Immortal Invisible and only Wise God who is the ever Blessed and Adorable Trinity be all Honour and Glory now and for ever Amen Having thus ended your mid-day Devotions review your Catalogue of sins Fix on that sin you find your self mostly addicted to labour for a Godly sorrow and relentings of heart on the sight of it resolve against all future perpeâ—…tions of it carefully using all remedies which â—…y tend to suppress it To which purpose 〈◊〉 â—ine your self concerning those occasions 〈◊〉 â—…ucements which lead you to it and proâ—… â—…ell as you can against them noting in 〈◊〉 â—…k those Occasions and Remidies which reason or experience may prompt you to As for example Suppose your self guilty of Irreverence or want of Devotion in the service of God write down what doth commonly induce you to it what remedies are most proper to the cure of it Thus In the year 1673 March 28th being Good Friday or be it any other day I Fasted being to Receive the Communion the following Sunday and in the exercise of this holy Duty on Exammination I found my self much guilty of Irreverence in the worship of God anâ— discovered these Temptations to it Too much addicting my self to childish an light Deportments at all times and thereforâ— can hardly remit of them when I come intâ— Gods Presence 2. Listning too much to the vain Discource and observing the impertinent Actions of Others 3. Want of Consideration in whose Presencâ— I am to wit of the Great Majesty of Heaven of that God who if I doe not reperâ— will strictly call
Christ 〈◊〉 Amen ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of thy Great mercy hast promised Forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto Thee Have mercy upon me Pardon and Deliver me from all my sins Confirm and Strengthen me in all Goodness and bring me unto everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this Day Preserve me in the same and all other Dayes of my Life from all sin and Danger and by thy Gracious Governance dispose all my Thoughts Words and Actions this Day to thy Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen MOst Gracious God I humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in General so especially for Him who is the Supreme Governour thereof O Lord Grant the King 〈◊〉 long Life that his Years may endure as maâ—… Ages furnish him with safe and wise Counâ—… and give him an heart of Courage and 〈◊〉 â—…ancy to pursue them Oh! Prepare thy â—…ing Mercy and Faithfulness for him that 〈◊〉 preserve him Let thy Name O God 〈◊〉 defend him send him help from thy Sanctuary and strengthen him out of Sion And let us his Servants under Thee see with joy that Thou helpest thine Anointed and that Thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsom strength of thy Right Hand so will we alwayes sing Praises unto thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen BLess O Lord the Queens Majesty the Duke of York and all the Royal Family Prosper them with all Happiness and make them all Instrumental to the furtherance of thy Glory in this World and bring them to thine Everlasting Kingdome in the World to Come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen GIve Grace O Heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates especially to Him whom by thy good Providence thou hast appointed my Spiritual Pastor and Guide Grant that I may reverence his Person and havâ— regard to his good and wholesome Counsellâ—… so that by him I may be conducted and 〈◊〉 â—…ther with him enter into thine Eterna◠〈◊〉 through Jesus Christ Amen O God the Creator and preserve 〈◊〉 mankind I beseech thee for 〈◊〉 conditions of Men and especially for thy Holy Catholique Church that one Faith may be Vniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one purge it from all Atheism Heresy and Schism and grant that all they who do profess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and hold the Faith in unity of Spirit in the bond of Peace and in Righteousness of life through him who is the only head over all things to his Church Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O God of Mercy 's and Father of Comforts have Mercy and comfort all those who are any wayes Afflicted or Distressed in Mind Body or Estate Relieve them according to their several necessities give them Patience under their sufferings and an happy issue out of all their Afflictions for Jesus Christ his Sake Amen GRacious Lord bless all those who are near or dear unto me and make them near and dear to thine own self All my Kindred * â—…re insert â—…est Reâ—… All other my Friends Acquaintants Benefactors particularly * â—…artiâ—…â—…hom Forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants in life and death Amen To these or the like your Morning Prayers subjoyn on every such fasting day the two Collects for preparation for the Communion above written and the cxliij Psal still kneeling Hear my Prayers O Lord and consider my desire c. Glory be to the Father c. Conclude all with The Lord fulfil the desires and Petitions of thy Servant as may be most expedient for me The Lord bless me and keep me The Lord lift up the light of his Countenance upon me and give me Peace both now and ever-more Amen Arising from Prayer you must presently set your self to recollect your Life past especially since you last received by that Catalogue of sins set down in the whole duty of man or by that which is more concise at the latter end of that most excellent Manuel of Bishop Andrews pag. 82. of his Directions for the Sick reading it consideringly over and at every particular ask your Soul whether you are guilty of that sinâ—… and commit to writing those Sins you discoâ—… your self guilty of with their respective agâ—…â—…vations viz. If they were committed 〈◊〉 knowledg or on mature deliheration or 〈◊〉 the resistances of Conscience c. I suppose this duty of self examinaâ—… 〈◊〉 cated by the Apostle 1 Cor. xj 28. and most necessary to this great work dispatch'd by nine a Clock when taking the paper in your hand humbly prostrating your self say The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God the Lord God of his Fathers though he be not cleansed according to the Purisication of the Sanctuary Then kneel and pray Psalm cxxxth Out of the deep have I called unto thee O Lord c. Glory be to the Father c. O God to whom Vengeance belongeth O God to whom Vengeance belongeth shew thy self but let it be in pity and compassion to thy wretched and unworthy Servant who in all humility confess my self a Wicked and Sinful Creature I acknowledg those sins which if I would I cannot hide from thee my sins of Pride and Vain-Glory of Hatred and Envy of Gluttony and Wantonness I accuse my self of my wicked desires and thoughts which I have conceived * 〈◊〉 these marks 〈◊〉 recourse to â—…s noted in â—…er of my wanton and evil words which I have spoken * 〈◊〉 these marks 〈◊〉 recourse to â—…s noted in â—…er of my naughty and ungodly deeds which I have committed * 〈◊〉 these marks 〈◊〉 recourse to â—…s noted in â—…er I acknowledg and bewail these 〈◊〉 â—old sins and wickednesses which I from time to time most grievously have committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous â—o me the burden of them is intollerable Have mercy upon me have mercy upon me most merciful Father for thy Son Jesus Christ's sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of Life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Forgive me my sins O Lord forgive me the sins of my Age and the sins of my Youth the sins of my Soul and the sins of my Body my Secret and my Whispering sins my Presumptuous and my Crying sins the sins that I have done to please my self and the sins that I have done to please others Forgive me my Wanton and idle sins forgive me my serious and deliberate sins forgive me those sins which
I know and those sins which I know not the sins which I have laboured 〈◊〉 long to hide from others that now I have 〈◊〉 hid them from my own memory Forgive 〈◊〉 them O Lord Forgive them all of thâ—… 〈◊〉 mercy let me be Absolved from all my 〈◊〉 and of thy bountiful goodness let 〈◊〉 â—…vered from the bands of those sins which by my frailty I have committed Grant this O Heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake our Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen Adding this short Litany and the following Prayers O God the Father of Heaven have mercy upon me a most miserable sinner O God the Son Redeemer of the World have mercy upon me a most miserable sinner O God the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon me a most miserable sinner O Holy Blessed and Glorious Trinity Three Persons and one God Have mercy upon me a most miserable sinner Remember not Lord mine offences nor the offences of my fore-Fathers neither take thou Vengeance of my sins Spare me good Lord â—…re thy Servant whom Thou hast Redeemed 〈◊〉 thy most precious Blood and be not anâ—… with me for ever Spare me Good Lord. 〈◊〉 all evil and mischief from sin from the 〈◊〉 assaults of the Devil from thy wrath 〈◊〉 â—verlasting Damnation Good Lord Deliver me From all blindness of Heart from Pride Vain-Glory and Hypocrisie from Envy Hatred and Malice and from all Uncharitableness Good Lord Deliver me From Fornication and all other deadly sin and from all the deceits of the World the Flesh and the Devil Good Lord Deliver me From c. Here insert those sins of which you have found your self guilty and wrote in the paper Good Lord Deliver me From hardness of Heart from Contempt of thy Word and Commandment from any evil thought which may assault and hurt my Soul Good Lord Deliver me From all Adversities which may happen to the Body from noysome and infectious Diseases and from sudden death Good Lord Deliver me By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat by thy Cross and Passion by thy precious Death aâ—… Burial and by thy Victorious Descention inâ—… Hell Good Lord deliver me By thy Glorious Resurrection and 〈◊〉 on and by the wonderful coming of 〈◊〉 Ghost Good Lord Deliver 〈◊〉 In all time of my Tribulation in all time of my Wealth in the hour of Death and in the â—ay of Judgment Good Lord Deliver me I who am a most miserable sinner do beseech thee tâ— hear me O Lord God to keep and strengthen me in the true worshiping of Thee and to give me Grace to serve thee in Righteousness and Holiness all the days of my Life I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to be my Defender and Keeper giving me the Victory over the World the Flesh and the Devil I beseech thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to endue me with true knowledg of thy Word with Grace Wisdom and Understanding I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to give me increase of Grace to hear meekly thy Word and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit I beseech thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to give me an heart â—…ve and Dread Thee and diligently to live 〈◊〉 Commandments I beseech thee to hear me Good Lord. 〈◊〉 may please Thee to strengthen me â—…nd to comfort and help me when I am weak-hearted to raise me up when I fall and finally to beat down Satan under my feet I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to succour help and comfort me when I am in danger necessity and Tribulation I beseech thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to give me as at all times so now especially due preparation of mind that I may worthily participate this holy Sacrament I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. To this end may it please Thee to forgive mine Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers and to turn their hearts I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. That it may please Thee to give me true Repentance to forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances to endue me with a lively and a stedfast Faith and a sincere Resolution to amend my Life according to thy holy Word I beseech Thee to hear me Good Lord. Son of God I beseech Thee to hear me O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of 〈◊〉 World Grant me thy Peace O Lamb of God that takest away the 〈◊〉 the World Have mercy upon me O Christ Hear me Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me Our Father c. Deliver us from Evil Amen O Lord deal not with me according my to sins Neither reward me after my Iniquities Have mercy upon me O Lord after thy great Goodness according to the multitude of thy mercys do away my offences c. Psal lj Repeat the whole Psalm kneeling ending with Glory be to c. O Lord I beseech Thee mercifully to hear me and spare me and all those who do confess their sins unto Thee that they whose Consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful Pardon may be Absolved through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not 〈◊〉 Death of a sinner but rather that he should 〈◊〉 from his sin and be saved Mercifully 〈◊〉 me my Trespasses receive and comfort 〈◊〉 am grieved and wearied with the burâ—…â—…y sins Thy property is always to have 〈◊〉 Thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare me therefore Good Lord spare me spare thy Servant whom thou hast Redeemed enter not into Judgment with thy Servant who am vile earth and a miserable sinner But so turn thine anger from me who meekly acknowledg my vileness and truly repent me of my faults and so make hast to help me in this world that I may live with Thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen TUrn thou me O good Lord and so shall I be turned be favourable O Lord be favourable to thy Servant who turns to Thee in Weeping Fasting and Praying For thouart a merciful God full of Compassion long-suffering and of great pitty Thou sparest when we deserve punishment and in thy Wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy Servant good Lord spare me and let me not be brought to Confusion Hear me O Lord for thy mercy is great and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon me through the Merits and Mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe Lord bless me and keep me th◠〈◊〉 lift up the light of his Countenanâ—… 〈◊〉 me and give me peace now and for evâ—… 〈◊〉 Amen The time following to Eleaven of the Clock you may bestow in dressing and fitting your self for the publick Prayers of the Church which then
c. However at Seven of the Clock with chearfulness depart your Closet let not your Behaviour be without Innocent Alacrity but let your special Care be to comport your self at these your Fasts that they may not if possible be taken notice of by any but your self and God as being mindful of that Command of our Saviour St. Mat. vi 17 18. Anoint thy Head and wash thy Face that thou appear not unto Men to fast Be sure then to avoid all Sullenness and Moroseness but give ready and chearful Answers to any that shall demand you Thus disposed you are ready for your Supper by Seven a Clock which the present Custom and Law of the Church you live in will not allow to be Flesh but Fish Eggs or some such thing whereto notwithstanding your lâ—…g Abstinence you must not let loose your Aâ—…etite but Eat more sparingly than at other tiâ—…s Those few Hours from Supper to Bed-time you cannot better bestow than in Reading or Walking and Meditating on the particular Exercises of your Fast examining your self Whither you have been as Intent as Devout in the Performance of them as is requisite And where you have failed heartily bewail your self to God Resolving within your self to be more serious and careful for the Time to come Be frequent and diligent in looking over your Accomptal observing every Week since you last Communicated what your Carriage hath been How you have amended especially in those Particulars in which you have formerly taken notice of your Miscarriages and Vowed Reformation Sometime before you retire to your Evening-Prayers Return to your Closet and there let your Charity crown your Devotions 1 Cor. xv 2. Setting apart and Devoting somewhat unto God of what you have to the Relief of his wanting Servants distributing it when you see Occasion In the mean time Separate it from the rest of your store and ever after look upon it as Devote and not to be touched except to be dispensed to the Poor when you do thus Consecrate it unto God use this or the â—…ke Ejaculation WHat I give O Lord is of my Own as thou hast prospered me if I have wronged any One I am ready to restore fourfold St. Luke xix viii O Lord whose is the Earth and the fulness thereof I offer unto Thee What by thy Gift and Blessing I have this small Testimony of my Thank-fulness to be bestowed on those Poor Christians whom thy Providence shall give me opportunity to Releive Be thou pleased through the Bloud of my Saviour to accept it and pardon all my vain Expences Amen Thou art my God my Goods are nothing unto Thee All my Delight is upon the Saints that are in the Earth and upon such as excel in Virtue About Ten or Eleven of the Clock betake your self to your ordinary Prayers for the Evening which begin with this Clause O Lord I do again humbly present my self before Thee let my Prayers be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Our Father c. For thine is the Kingdom c. Then Read a Psalm which conclude with Glory be to the Father c. After it a Chapter out of the New Testament at the end of which Sing unto the Lord a new Song c. Psal xcviii Or God be merciful unto us c. Psal lxvii Concluding either with Glory be to the Father c. After which devoutly repeat your Creed I Believe in God c. The Lord be with me Amen Our Father c. Deliver us from Evil. Amen ALmighty and most merciful Father but a most severe and just Judge to all Obstinate and Impenitent Sinners I acknowledg and bewail my manifold Sins and Wickedness which I from time to time most grievously have committed in Thought Word and Deed against thy Divine Majesty I have sinned And what shall I do unto Thee O Thou Preserver of Man I have left undone those things which I ought to have done and I have done those things which I ought not to have done and there is no Health in me But Thou O Lord Have Mercy upon me a mosâ— miserable Offender Oh! Thou who desireâ—… not the Death of a Sinner but rather that he should turn from his Wickedness and live Have Mercy upon me spare and restore me who desire in all humility to confess my Faults and to be Penitent for them Have regard to thy Son Jesus Christ who is our Advocate with Thee and the Propitiation for all our Sins for whose sake Grant me true Repentance and the Assistance of thy Holy Spirit to please Thee hereafter in all things to Teach and Enable me to deny all Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts and to live Soberly Godly and Righteously in this present Evil World that so at last I may come to thine Eternal Joy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God our Heavenly Father who of thy great Mercy hast promised Forgiveness of Sins to all them that with hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto Thee Have Mercy upon me Pardon and deliver me from all my Sins confirm and strengthen me in all Goodness And bring me to Everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty and Ever-living God who hast commanded me to Pray for all Men I â—…mbly beseech Thee most mercifully to receive these my Prayers which I offer unto thy Divine Majesty beseeching Thee to inspire continually the Vniversal Church and specially that part of it in these Kingdoms with the Spirit of Truth Unity and Concord Bless him who is Supreme Governour over it our most Gracious Soveraign Lord K. CHARLS Treasure up in Him all thy Hidden Blessings make and keep him a Devoted Servant unto Thee a Constant Patron of thy Church and Truth that he may live long and be full of Honourable Success all his days in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in the whole Royal Family in his Servants in his People and crowned with Glory after Life Under him Bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we Serve and Honour Thee for ever Amen O Lord Bless all the Afflicted Members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever distressed Send them constant Patience and speedy Deliverance as seems best to Thee and is best for them And do unto them according to all those Mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldest shew to my own Soul if at any time Thou shalt be pleased to make my Estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord Be merciful Amen GRacious God Bless all the places to which Thou hast made me have any near Reference every Soul contained in them All my Friends Kindred and Acquaintance any to whom Thou hast made me any way Beholden especially my Father Mother c. Lord I beseech Thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy Servants both in
presence much less to eat the Flesh of the Sacrificed Lamb For my sins O Blessed Jesu went along in Confederation with the High Priests in Treachery with Judas in Injustice with Pilate in Malice and Cruelty with the People Oh! what punishment then shall I be thought worthy of who have thus trampled under foot the Son of God and counted the Bloud of the Covenant an Unholy Thing Where shall I vile Wretch appear who have put my LORD to Death Who have crucified to my self the SON of GOD afresh and put thee to an open shame Where should I appear but before my Saviour who hath loved and dyed for me though I have hated and Murthered him Thy Bloud O Jesu is my only Refuge Oh! Let the Cry of it speak on my Behalf and may it speak better things than the Bloud of Abel Be merciful unto me O God be merciful unto me for my Soul trusteth in Thee and in the clefts of thy Wounds shall be my Refuge until thy Father's Indignation be overpast Oh Blessed Advocate and Mediatour Intercede for me with thy Father and ours thy God and ours and grant that by the Grace which thou hast found by the prerogative which thou hast deserved by the mercy which thou hast purchased for me as thou hast been partaker of my sufferings and Infirmities so I by thy Death and Resurrection and by thy infinite gracious Intercession may be made partaker of thy Holyness and thy glory even for thy own Merits sake Amen 3. O Lord who hast promised that if I open my mouth wide Thou wilt fill it I pray thee to open it and not my mouth only but my heart also Oh! Create in thy servant a great hunger and thirst after the things of thy Kingdom and the righteousness of it after all thy holy graces and all the holy ministerys of Grace that I may long for the Bread of Heaven thirst after the fountain of Salvation and as the Hart panteth after the water-Brooks so my soul may desire Thee O Lord Oh! Kindle such an holy flame in my Soul that it may consume all my sins and cursed affections that I may never again desile the place which thou hast chosen for thy Temple Thou diedst O Dear Jesu to redeem me from all iniquity Oh! let me not again sell my self to work wickedness I am a sinner a Greivous one not worthy to look up to heaven But be thou pleased to look down into the Dust and lift up a Sinner from the Dunghil Let me not perish in my folly or be consumed in thy heavy displeasure Give me time and Space to repent and give me powers of Grace that as by thy Holy Inspiration I doe Sincerely fixedly resolve on an intire Reformation So by thy mercifull Guidance I may faithfully perform the same Amen 4. O Thou Great Physitian of Souls Heal me of those many and foul Diseases which my Soul groans under Grant that I may now so Touch thee that every one of those loath-some issues may immediately stanch that these sicknesses may not be unto Death but to the Glory of thy mercy in pardoning to the glory of thy Grace in purifying so polluted a wretch Oh Christ hear me Inspire me with an holy Zeal to mortifie my sins support me with an Holy Hope confirm me with an excellent and unreproveable â—aith and inkindle in me a never failing â—…arity Let me judg my self that I be not judged by thee condemn my self that I be not condemned with the world But Receiving this Holy Sacrament with a penitent heart and a lively Faith I may partake the great benefits of it I may dwell in Christ and Christ in me I may be one with Christ and Christ with me The Lord be mercifull unto me and grant this for his own Bowells and Compassions sake Amen Then these Collects of Intercession MErcifull God who hast made all men and wouldst not the Death of a sinner but rather that he should Turn from his wickedness and live to which purpose Thou hast sent thy Son out of thy Bosome to suffer death upon the Cross for our Redemption look down in mercy and pity upon Poor Mankind whose portion is folly and misery shame and Death Bring all sinners to Repentance enlighten all that sit in darkness all Jewes Turks Infidels Hereticks and Schismaticks Take from them all blindness hardness of heart and contempt of thy word and Commandment so fetch them home blessed Lord unto thy fold that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made One Fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen GRracious Lord I doe more especially humbly present to thy divine Majesty this Glorious sacrifice which thy blessed Son made upon the Cross in the behalf of all Christans throughout the World give unto them all O God a portion of all the good Prayers which are made in heaven and earth the Intercession of our Lord and the supplications of all thy servants Oh! Let us walk worthy of that Holy vocation wherewith we are called let us who name the name of Christ depart from iniquity and Unite us in the bonds of the Common Faith and an holy Charity that no interests or partialitys no sects or opinions may keep us any longer in darkness and division But that we may with one mind and one mouth Glorify thee the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Amen O Father of Mercys Be mercifull to this Miserably Divided Church in which we live according to all thy righteousness let thine anger be turned away from us let Religion and virtue season all sorts of men therein Forgive us all our sins Turn thee unto us and bless us that the world may say Blessed is this people whose God is the Lord Jehovah and Blessed are the solk whom he hath chosen to him to be his Inheritance Oh! Lord Hear and cause thy Face to shine upon this thy Sanctuary which is thus Sadly desolate for the Lords sake Amen O King of Kings and Lord of Lords give I Pray thee the Spirit of Government and Holiness to all Christian Kings Princes and Governors especially to thy Servant CHARLES our King Grant that his people may obey him and he may obey thee and live in honesty and peace justice and holy Religion being a Nursing Father to the Church an Advocate for the oppressed a Patron for the Widdows and a Sanctuary for the miserable and Fatherless that he may Raign with thee forever in the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen O Thou Fountain of all Gooâ—ness be pleased to bless and protect our Gracious Queen CATHERINE JAMES Duke of York and all the Royal Family endue them with all Heavenly Graces answerable to their Births make them Instruments of thy Glory here and partakers of thy Glory hereafter Amen O God who alone doest great wonders Be Gracious unto all those who wait at thine Altar the Bishops and all the Clergy Open thou their Lips that their
Mouths may shew forth thy praise Inspire them with holiness and diligence to preach and declare thâ— will by a Good Life and wise Discourses thâ— they may minister to the good of Souls and finâ— a glorious reward in the Day of the Lord Jesus Amen O Mercifull God Be mercifull in Succouring all that are in affliction Deliver the out-cast and poor Help them to right that Suffer wrong let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee and according to the Greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to dye Be mercifull unto all who are just now breathing out their last Grant ease to those that are in pain Supply to those that Suffer want and To all wicked persons give thy Grace that they may Speedily repent and Live well and be saved through the merits of Jesus Christ Amen HAve mercy and pour down thy Blessings O God upon my Father Mother and all other my Relations Friends Benefactors Grant unto them whatsoever they want or wisely and holily desire Keep them forever in thy fear and favour and let their portion be in the Blessing and in the Service in the love and in the Kingdom of God for ever and ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee forgive my Enemies all their sins against thee and me and â—ive me that measure of thy Grace that for their hatred I may love them for their Cursing I may bless them for their injurys I may do them good and for their persecution I may pray for them Lord I pray for them Forgive them for they know not what they do Amen Finally O Lord I pray thee for all those who shall this day be my Companions at the Altar and for all others who do now Communicate in any part of Christendom that through this blood of the Cross we may all be cleansed from our sins and be presented pure and unblameable unreproveable in thy sight for the sake of Jesus Christ whom I adore whom I love and desire I may still more and more love and love for ever Amen Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. But deliver us from Evil. Amen The Lord bless and preserve me in my going out and my coming in from this time forth for evermore Amen Having thus finished your Closet-Devotions you go forth to the Church or Chappel Fasting that so a Portion from Gods Table may be the first Morsel and remember to take something out of your Store to present at the Offertory When you enter into the Church kneel and pray Our Father which art in Heaven c. For thine is the Kingdom c. Lord I have loved the Habitation of thy House and the place where thine honour dwelleth I will wash my bands in Innocency O Lord and so will I go to thine Altar Having seated your self turn to the Psalms and Lessons Epistle and Gospel for the day that you may more freely attend the Priest in reading them Sermon ended you go up to the Altar and prostrate before it say Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy wills sake they are and were created Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honour and power be unto our God and unto the Lamb for evermore Amen Then whilst Others are coming up and the Priest preparing to read the Sentences pray ALmighty Lord who hast of thine infinite mercies vouchsas'd to ordain this Sacrament for a perpetual memory of that blessed Sacrifice which once thou madest for us upon the Cross grant me with such diligent remembrance and such due reverence to participate of this so holy and wonderful a mystery that I â—…y be made worthy by thy grace to obtain the â—…tue and fruits of the same with all the beneâ—…s of thy precious death and passion even the Remission of all my sins and the fulness of all thy graces which I beg for thy only merits who art my only Saviour God from everlasting and world without end Amen O Lord our Heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God regard we beseech thee the devotions of thy humble Servants who do now celebrate the Memorial which thy Son our Saviour hath commanded to be made in remembrance of his most blessed Passion and Sacrifice that by the merits and power there of now represented before thy divine Majesty we and all thy whole Church may be made partakers of all other the benefits of his most precious Death and Passion together with his mighty Resurrection from the earth and glorious Ascention into Heaven who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit ever one God world without end Amen BE pleased O God to accept this our bounden duty service and command that the prayers and supplications together with the Remembrance of Christs Passion which we do now offer up unto thee may by the ministery of thy holy Angels be brought up into thy Heavenly Tabernacle and that thou not weighing our merits but looking upon the blessed Sacrifice of our Saviour which was once fully and perfectly made for us all may'st pardon our offences and replenish us with thy grace and heavenly benediction through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Whilst upon your Knees you cast in your Offering stop and say Blessed Jesu who did'st accept the poor Widdows two Mites be pleased graciciously to accept this from thy unworthy Servant Amen The Prayers beginning again you must joyn with the Congregation and heeding every passage let your heart goe along with it keep your mind attentive not only to the words and substance of the prayers and exhortations but also to every passage and particular Ceremony in the Consecration for as much as all of them have their meaning and reason Observe the Priest then breaking the Bread and remember how Christs B. Body was tor'n with nails upon the Cross Observe him pouring out the Wine and remember how his precious Blood was spilt likewise and then consider they were your sins which caused both which should work in you a great sorrow for them and then a great hatred and a firm resolution against them and withal ingage you to thankâ—…lness and love resolving to express it by an â—…niversal obedience in your Conversation Again Observe the People too taking and eating the Bread Taking and Drinking the Wine for it signifies their particular laying hold on Christ by Trust and Faith their flying to and apprehending him as the means of their Salvation and the pardon of their sins tender'd to them in this B. Sacrament When you have thus meditated If you have time while the Priest and others are Communicating use these or the like heavenly Aspirations I am now before the Altar of God even the God of my joy and gladness I will offer Thanksgiving unto my God and pay my Vows unto the most Highest O lamb of God that takest away the sins of the World Grant me thy Peace O Lamb of God that
and great glory I may be made like him in his Eternal and glorious Kingdom where with thee O Father and thee O Holy Ghost he liveth and reigneth ever one God World without end Amen For the Love of God O God who hast prepared for them that Love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such Love towards thee that I Loving thee above all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen For Charlty O Lord who hast taught me that all our doings Without Charity are nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charity the very bond of peace and of all virtues without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake Amen For Chastity O Holy Jesus who wert conceived in the womb of a Virgin I beseech thee grant thy servant grace to withstand all temptations of the flesh and with a pure and clean heart to follow thee the only God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Contrition ALmighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and do'st forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create and make in me a new and Contrite Heart that I worthily Lamenting my sins and acknowledging my Wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect Remission and Forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Anen For Devotion MOst great God who hast not only Permitted but invited us needy and miserable Creatures to present our petitions to thee O let me set a true value on this most invaluable Privilidge I come unto thee O Lord as a Worm to my Soveraign Maker I come as an Hanious Offender to a just and Severe Judg let I pray thee mine addresses to thine house be with a Reverence some way answerable to thine Awfull Majesty give me an hearty desire to pray and such a Pure Intention and Fixedness of Mind upon thee that I may no more incurre the guilt of drawing near to thee with my Lips when my Heart is far from thee but may so aske that I may recieve seek that I may find knock that it may be opened unto me that so from praying to thee here I may be translated to the praising thee eternally in thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Fear of God MOst great God who only art high and to be fear'd O put thy fear into my heart that I may not sin against thee let me never so misplace my Fear as to be affraid of man whose breath is in his Nosthrills but fill me O Lord with the Spirit of thy holy Fear which is the beginning of Wisdom and let it preserve me in a perpetuall conformity to thy will in all things through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Contentedness O God Heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness theteof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance keep me I beseech thee under the protection of thy good providence and learn me in whatsoever state I am therewith to be Content grant me grace to forsake all Covetous desires and Inordinate love of Riches and so to pass through things Temporal that I finally loose not the things eternall but that among all the sundry and manfold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be sound through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Diligence O Lord who in thy holy Gospel didst sentence the Slothfull and unprofitable Servant to be cast into outer darkness grant that I may not stand here all the day idle but may give all Diligence to make my calling and Election sure make me in some measure usefull to my self and others both as to This and a better life O let me never lay mine eyes to sleep nor mine eye-lids to slumber but learn and labour to get my own living and to do my duty in that State of life whereto it hath pleased thee to call me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Humility ALmighty God who resistest the Proud and givest grace to the Humble mercifully grant that I may follow the example of the great Humility of thy Blessed Son who did humble himself to take upon him our flesh and to Suffer death upon the Cross Convince me that I am less then the least of all thy mercy's that as I am vile in my self so let me be vile in mine own eyes and may therefore esteem every man better then my Self Grant this O Father for thy Son Jesus Christ's sake A-Amen For Justice O Thou King of Righteousness who lovest righteousness and art mighty to save give me grace to obtain this love of thine by cleansing my heart hands from all fraud and injustice O grant that I may most strictly observe that sacred Rule of Doing unto all men as I would they should doe unto me that I hurt no body in word or deed but be true and just in all my dealings that so keeping innocency and taking heed unto the thing that is right I may have peace at the last even peace with Thee Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Meekness ALmighty God who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a Sacrifice for sin and also an ensample of Godly life give me grace to learn of him who was meek and lowly of heart to put on bowels of mercy meekness and long-suffering to be so far from offering the least injury that I may never return the greatest And grant I beseech thee that the course of this World may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that I may joyfully serve thee in all Godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Sincerity O Holy Lord who searchest the heart and tryest the reins try me I beseech thee and seek the ground of my heart purge it from all hypocrisie and suffer not any a cursed thing to lurk within me give me truth in the inward part to be pure in heart that I may be qualified to see thee in thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Temperance GRacious Lord who refreshest us with thy good Creatures and art the Authour of all the good things which we do enjoy give me grace I pray thee to use them with thankfulness and moderation let me never be overcharged with Surfeiting and Drunkenness nor my Table be ever made a snare unto me but may so eat and drink that my flesh may be subdued to the Spirit and I may ever obey thy godly motions in Righteousness and true Holiness to thy honour and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Thankfulness GRacious God who hast taught me that it is a joyful and pleasant thing to be thankful suffer me not I beseech thee to loose my part in that divine pleasure but make me truly and unfeignedly thankful unto thee for all thy mercies let thy mercies lead me to Repentance and give me grace to improve them all to the advancement of thy glory and the furtherance of my Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Trust in God O God who never failest to help and govern them whom thou do'st bring up in thy stedfast fear and love Grant I pray thee that I may lean only upon the Hope of thy Heavenly grace and in all my troubles put my whole trust and confidence in thy mercy casting all my care upon thee and being careful for nothing but to keep thy testimony 's and think upon thy Commandments to do them Grant this O Father for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For Perseverance O Lord raise up I pray thee thy power and come among us and with great might succour me that whereas through my sins and wickedness I am sore let and hindred in running the Race that is set before me thy bountiful grace and mercy may help and strengthen me to hold out unto the end that so I may be saved to be faithful unto death that I may receive a Crown of life nourish me I pray thee with all goodness and of thy great mercy keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS