takest away the sins of the World Have mercy upon me Grant me Gracious Lord so to eat the Flesh of thy Son and to drink his Blood that my sinful Body may be made clean by his Body and my Soul washed through his most precious Blood Amen O Lord I am not worthy not fit that thou should'st come under the filthy Roofe of the house of my Soul because it is wholly desolate and ruinous neither hast thou with me a fit place where to lay thy head But as thou did'st vouchsafe to be laid in a Stable and Manger of unreasonable Beasts as thou did'st not disdain to be entertain'd even in the house of SIMON the Leper As thou did'st not reject the Harlot a sinner like unto me coming unto thee and touching thee As thou did'st not abhor her foul and prophane mouth Nor yet the Thief on the Cross confessing thee Even so vouchsafe to admit me also an overwor'n miserable and out of measure sinful Creature to the Receiving and Communicating of the most pure quick'ning and saving mysteries of thy most holy Body and precious Blood Amen O Lord God how I received the Body and Blood of my most blessed Saviour Jesus Christ the price of my Redemption is the very wonder of my Soul yet my most firm and constant belief upon the words of my Saviour At this time they are graciously rend'red to me and my Faith Lord make me a worthy Receiver and a Partaker of all the benefits of this B. Sacrament Amen Thou hast said that he that eateth thy Flesh and drinketh thy Blood hath Eternal Life Behold the Servant of the Lord be it unto me according to thy Word Whilst you eat it say By thy Crucified Body deliver me from this Body of Death After Receiving By thine Agony and Bloody sweat by thy Cross and Passion Good Lord deliver me I have sworn and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy Righteous Judgments O hold thou up my goings in thy Paths that my footsteps slip not At the Receiving of the Cup say What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. After you have Received it say O my God thou art true and holy O my Soul thou art blessed and happy Oh the depth of the Wisdom and Knowledg of God! how incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out Praise the Lord O my Soul and all that is within me praise his Holy Name who saveth thy Life from Destruction and feedeth thee with the Bread of Heaven Glory be to God on high and on Earth Peace good Will towards Men. I worshiâ— thee O Lord and I magnifie thy Name 〈◊〉 ever who hast vouchsafed to fill my Soul wiâ—… gladness and to seed me with the Heavenly Mysteries of Christ's sacred Body and Bloud humbly beseeching thee that from henceforth I may walk in good Works and serve thee in Holiness and Pureness of Living to the Honour of thy Name Amen MOst Blessed Redeemer I do truly believe that thy Body was crucified and thy Bloud was shed out of thy Body as verily as I have received this Bread and this Wine set apart from the Bread and that for the Remission of my sins as well as any others And I do also believe that with this Bread and Wine I have really and spiritually received thy precious Body and Bloud whereby my sins are fully washed away and my Soul purified and refresh'd This O Lord I believe help thou my Vnbelief Amen Whilst others are Communicating Meditate and Say HAppy are those Servants whom when their Lord cometh he shall find thus doing Know yee not that ye are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you If any one defile the Temple of God him will God destroy Behold thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing happen unto thee The hour cometh and now it is that the true Worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth Be we followers of God as dear Children and walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself an Offering and a Sacrifice of a sweet savour unto God for us At the end of the Communion say To the King Eternal the Immortal Invisible and only Wife God the ever blessed Trinity be all honour and glory now and for evermore Amen Arising and making your Reverence towards the Altar you depart with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance preserve good thoughts in your mind yet be not sullen or morose but salute any of your Christian Brethren you meet with As soon as you come home retire into your Closet and bless God with these Collects of Thanksgiving ALmighty God the Fountain of all goodness from whom every good and perfect gift proceedeth and to whom all glory and honour should be returned I do desire most heartily to thank thee for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed me who have received these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ and do'st assure me thereby of thy favour and goodness towards me and that I am a very member incorporate in the mystical Body of thy Son which is the blessed Company of all Faithful people and am also an Heir through hope of thine everlasting Kingdom by the merits of the most precious Death and Passion of thy dear Son Oh the height and depth of that unspeakable mercy of thine who art pleased to admit me a sinful wretch to have any part in those inestimable benefits which I have so often despis'd and trampled under foot I am not worthy O Lord of that daily Bread whiâ—h sustains the body but thou hast made me partaket of that living Bread which came down from Heaven which nourisheth the Soul and of which whosoever eateth shall live for ever O grant that my Soul may rellish this divine food with spiritual ravishments and love great as the flame of Cherubims and grant that what thou hast given me for the Remission of my sins may not by any fault become the increase of them that this holy Communion prove not unto me unto Judgment and Condemnation but may support and preserve me in every temptation rejoyce and quiet me in every trouble in lighten and strengthen me in every good word and work comfort and defend me in the hour of my death against all oppositions of the Spirits of darkness and further me in the attainment of everlasting Salvation through Jesus Christ Amen MOst holy God who art of purer eyes then to behold iniquity grant I pray thee that no unclean thing may be in me who have now Received Thee into my heart and soul but let this Blood of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to thee purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the living God give me grace that from
Officium Eucharisticum A PREPARATORY SERVICE To a DEVOUT and WORTHY RECEPTION OF THE LORDS SUPPER Designed for a person of Quality and now made Publick for Common Use St. Luke xxiv 36. He was known to them in Breaking of Bread London Printed by T. Milbouâ—… 〈◊〉 Christopher Wilkinson at the Bâ—… 〈◊〉 over against St. Dunstans ' Churâ—… 〈◊〉 street 1673. Good Reader THis little Manual of Directions and Prayers for the Holy Communion First designed for a Private use now shews it self in Publique on presumption it may help thee in thy Closet-retirements towards a Pious preparation thereto and a worthy Reception thereof I omit to Preface it because I cannot call it Mine 'T is a Collection and recommends it self unto thee cloathed in the Language not of any Private Conception of such the world is already full But of Primitive Liturgies of that of our Holy Church and some of the most Devout Fathers of it Bishop Andrâ—… Bishop Cosins and that Great and 〈◊〉 Man Arch-Bishop LAUD who 〈◊〉 a Patron and dyed a Martyr of 〈◊〉 The Authour who e're he 〈◊〉 curious or Sollicitous to think How it may go down with a sort of People whose unweildy zeal hath transported them under a pretence of Spuing out Popery to disrellish and traduce any thing that is Primitive But the Sober and Devout Christian who lives in the Communion of This Church He is secure of And that it may further thee in the Attainment of our Common Salvation is his sincere and hearty desire in return to which he beggs thee nothing but to Recommend him now and then in these thy Private Addresses to the Throne of Grace A Preparatory Office For the H. COMMUNION THe nearest and most solemn Intimacy and Communion we have with God in this World is exhibited to us in the Blessed Eucharist that is to say the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper wherein according to our Church-Catechism the Body and Bloud of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received by the Faithful and hence it is called by St. Paul 1 Cor. 10.16 The Communion of his Body and the Comâ—…nion of his Bloud so that by a duâ—… 〈◊〉 worthy Participation hereof we are reâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…corporated into Christ we dwell in Châ—… 〈◊〉 Christ in us we are made One wiâ—… 〈◊〉 and Christ with us In regard of 〈◊〉 liable Priviledge as well as the great danger which attends the contrary now especially we are to heed our selves in our Addresses to it being careful to perform all Devotional Acts of Worship and Piety which may conduce to a good acceptable Celebration of so Divine a Mystery St. Paul hath comprehended them all under this One Word and Duty of Examination 1 Cor. 11.28 which includes more than we can readily conceive I shall not inlarge upon those Graces of Faith Repentance and Charity about which it should be chiefly conversant but do immediately proceed to those Preparatory Acts of Devotion which should be exercised in order to a due Reception of this Blessed Sacrament I begin then as you should in this and all other Duties of Religion In the Name of God and Exhort that having received Notice from God's Priest of a Communion to be Celebrated the next Sunday you forthwith set your self to â—…is great Work of fitting your self for a right â—…cipation thereof Whatever you do let 〈◊〉 â—…er and anon be uppermost in your 〈◊〉 â—…ts that whole Week reflecting on your 〈◊〉 Estate and specially on that Time 〈◊〉 hath lent you from your last Reâ—… 〈◊〉 â—hat Graces you have Improved 〈◊〉 omitted What Sins committed And out of a hearty Resentment of them breath forth these or the like pious Ejaculations I have sinned What shall I do unto Thee O Thou Preserver of Man Lord I am not worthy to come under thy Roof But speak the Word onely and thy Servant shall be Healed Adding these two Collects to your Private Devotions both at Morning and Evening that whole Week ALmighty God who of thy tender Mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer Death upon the Cross for our Redemption and didst institute and in thy Holy Gospel command us to continue a perpetual Memory of that his precious Death until his Coming again Hear me most merciful Saviour I most humbly beseech Thee and make my Groanings my Desires after this Holy Sacrament answerable to my needs of it But oh Lord How shall such a Wretch as I daâ—… to approach thy Holy Table I am a 〈◊〉 How shall I presume to take the Câ—… 〈◊〉 Bread I have often trampled those 〈◊〉 things under foot either carelesly neâ—… or unworthily receiving those Hâ—…â—…ries O Lord my horrible Guilâ—… 〈◊〉 me tremble to come and yet makes me not dare to stay away for Where shall this polluted Soul be washed but in this Fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness Hither then I come and Thou hast promised that him that cometh to Thee Thou wilt in no wise cast out Grant me therefore Gracious Lord so to eat the Flesh of thy Dear Son Jesus Christ and to drink his Bloud that my sinful Body may be made clean by his Body and my Soul washed through his most Precious Bloud Amen I Will not presume to come to thy Table O Merciful Lord trusting in my own Righteousness but in thy manifold and great Mercies declared unto Mankind in our Lord Jesus Christ for whose sake give me I pray Thee such a Preparation of Soul as may qualifie me for a worthy Approach thereunto To this end make me heartily sensible of my Sins and Unworthiness raise up my dull and earthy Mind from groveling here below and inspire 〈◊〉 with a Holy Zeal to seek those things that 〈◊〉 â—bove Let that infinite Love of Christ in 〈◊〉 for so wretched a Sinner inflame my 〈◊〉 â—nd kindle in me that Sacred fire of Love 〈◊〉 â—…ain and to all those whom He hath 〈◊〉 Command and Example to Love 〈◊〉 well as Friends and that for his sake Cloath me O Lord in the Wedding Garment and make me though of my self a most unworthy yet by thy Mercy an acceptable Guest at Thy Table that I may not eat or drink my own Damnation but Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Having thus recommended your self unto God in your private Retirements I do earnestly exhort you to frequent the publique Prayers of the Church nothing but a charitable or some very urgent occasion can now or indeed should at any time excuse you and to attend them with all possible Devotion Heed your self this Week especially your Thoughts Words and Actions that they be not wicked nor vain or if at any time they should that you forthwith recall and check your self thus Lord have Mercy upon me Christ have Mercy upon me Lord have Mercy upon me I Said I will take heed to my ways that I offend not in my Tongue O God who knowest us to be set in the midst of so maâ—… and great Dangers that by reason
of the fâ—…ty of our Nature we cannot always stand 〈◊〉 right grant to me such strength and Proteâ—… on as may support me in all Danger 〈◊〉 carry me through all Temptations 〈◊〉 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Set apart the Friday of every such Week as a Day of Holy Fasting and Abstinence rising Earlier than usually if your Health will permit you at Five of the Clock When you Awake Pray LIghten mine eyes O Lord that I sleep not in Death Then meditate upon and acknowledg Gods goodness for Preserving you the last Night who might and deservedly too have Suffred Death to Seize on you whilst Sleeping and hurryed you hence to render an account of what you have done in the flesh the result of which will be to Think How on the Supposal of this Dreadful Surprize you were Prepared and to Conclude Happy is that Servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find Doing his will And then humbly commending your self to God Say â—Nto thy hands O Lord I commend this Day my soul and my Body beseeching â—ee to be ever with me to direct sanctifie â—…overn me in the ways of thy Laws and 〈◊〉 works of thy commandments that 〈◊〉 thy most mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved both in Body and Soul to serve Thee the only True God through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen After which Presently Arise and at your Up-rising Say JN the name of God the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Amen Blessed be God the Holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever Amen I Arise from my Bed to Glorify Him He of his infinite mercy Bless and Keep me this Day and for evermore Amen I Laid me down and slept and rose up again for the Lord hath Sustained me At your Apparrelling Say CLoath me O Lord with the Ornaments of thy heavenly Grace and Cover me with the Robes of Righteousness Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fullfil the lusts thereof At the Washing of your Hands say WAsh me clean O Lord from my â—…edness and Cleanse me from my 〈◊〉 Amen Supposing you thus Apparralled 〈◊〉 by Six of the Clock T is tim◠〈◊〉 retire your self to your ordinary Morning Prayers which I would advise you e're you Kneel down to begin with Prostration thus At the Name of Jesus God blessed for ever let every Knee Bowe both of things in Heaven things in Earth and things under the Earth Glory be to Thee O Lord most High Then upon Your Knees Say GOd be in my Head and in my Vnderstanding that I may know in this my Day the things which do concern my everlasting peace God be in my Eyes and in my Seeing that they may alwayes be looking up to thy Mercy-Seat and that they be not as so many Casements to let in Vanity God be in my Mouth and in my Speaking to guard and fence it from Idle Words and that it may at no time be a Door to let out Folly God be in my Ears and in my Hearing â—t they may be always open to sound and â—…lsom Counsels and deaf to corrupt and 〈◊〉 Communications 〈◊〉 be in my Heart and in my Thinking 〈◊〉 â—erve it from being a sink of Uncleanâ—… 〈◊〉 that it may never be suffered either 〈◊〉 or deceive others God be at my End and my Departing that so my Death may be precious in the sight of the Lord with whom I pray that I may live for Evermore Amen And so Prevent me O Lord in all my Doings with thy most Gracious Favour and further me with thy continual Help that in all my works begun continued and ended in Thee I way glorifie thy Holy Name and finally by thy mercy may obtain everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Adding Our Father c. My Voice shalt Thou hear betimes O Lord early in the Morning will I direct my Prayer unto Thee and I will look up O Lord open thou my Lips And my Mouth shall shew forth thy Praise O God make speed to save me O Lord make hast to help me Glory to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the Beginning is now c. Psal xcv O Come let us sing unto the Lord c. Glory be to the Father c. After which read One or more of Davids's Psalms in order Beginning with the First and so onward concluding each Psal with Glory be to the Father c. Then a Chapter out of the Proverbs of Solomon or the New Testament and after that We Praise Thee O God c. Or * Especially in the Holy Time of Lent O All ye Works of the Lord Bless c. Or Blessed be the Lord God of Israel c. Goncluding the Two last of these Hymns with Glory be to the Father c. Then the Creed I Believe in God c. After which Kneel and Pray Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me Our Father c. Blessing and Honour and Glory and Power be unto him that Sitteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever Amen GLory be to God on high on earth Peace good Will amongst Men I Praise Thee I Bless Thee I Worship Thee I Glorify Thee I give thanks to Thee for thy great Glory â—nd Goodness O Lord God Heavenly â—…g God the Father Almighty For thy Son Jesus Christ manifested in the Flesh to destroy the works of the Devil and who is the fountain of all those mercys both Spiritual and Temporal so freely and plentifully bestowed on me thy most unworthy Creature particularly that thou hast protected me this last Night from all perills ghostly and bodily and brought me to see the light of another Day whereas thou mightest justly have suffered me to sleep in death by reason of those manifold and hainous sins wherewith I have from time to time offended thy Divine Majesty I have sinned and what shall I say 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 most miserable offender Oh Thou who desirest 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 do here in all humility confess my faults and do desire to be Penitent for them Have regard to thy Blessed Son who is our Advocate with Thee O Father and the Propitiation for all our sins for whose sake mercifully Grant unto me true Repentance and the assistancâ— of thy Holy Spirit which may teach and â—…able me to please Thee hereafter in all gâ—… things to deny ungodliness and wordly 〈◊〉 and to live Godly and soberly in this prâ—… World that so at last I may come to 〈◊〉 â—…ternal joy through Jesua
me to an Accompt for thaâ— and all other my sins c. From which Occasions you may easâ—…â—…ceive what remedies to use against it 1. To labour for a Grave and modest Carriage of my self considering my Age quality Degree c. 2. To avoid vain and light Persons or if that may not be done not heeding them or seriously rebuking them 3. To entertain all awful and Dreadful Apprehensions of the Great God who seeth what I doe and how I comport my self As also of the Holy Angels who may truly enough be Believed from the intimations of the Apostles St. John Revel viii and St. Paul 1 Cor. xi 10. to be present at Holy Mysterys To these may be added 4. Lifting up my Eyes to Heaven or fixing them on the Preist not in the least letting them loose on whatever objects may present themselves These I then Resolved to consider and practise and will therefore frequently Read them over Even soe Amen Lord Let thy Grace be â—…fficient for me Lead me not into Temptation 〈◊〉 Deliver me from evil Amen 〈◊〉 Kneeling down Pray for Devotion 〈◊〉 any other Grace the contrary sin 〈◊〉 you have now found your self guilty of and Resolved against You will find Prayers to this purpose at the latter-end of this Book As for Devotion Thus MOst Great God who hast not only permitted but invited us needy and miserable Creatures to present our Petitions to Thee Oh! let me set a true value on this most inestimable priviledge I come unto Thee O Lord as a Worm to my sovereigne Maker I come as an heinous offender to a just and severe judge Let I pray Thee my Addresses in thine House be with a Reverence someway answerable to thine awful Majesty Give me an hearty desire to pray and such a pure intention and sixedness of mind upon Thee that I may no more incur the Guilt of Drawing nigh unto Thee with my Lips when my heart is far from Thee But may so Ask that I may receive 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 hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen This exercise being finished about thre◠〈◊〉 the Clock the time appointed for the Evâ—… 〈◊〉 service At your Return from the Churc◠〈◊〉 Chappel if you have not fully satisfied yoâ—… own Conscience but require further Comfort or Counsell you are to goe to some Discreet and Learned Minister of Gods word especially to him under whose Ministry God hath placed you not being Curious or censorious in your choice as to this particular and open your Greif by Confession that so you may receive the benefit of Absolution together with Ghostly Counsel and advice to the quieting of your Conscience and the avoiding of all Scruple and Doubtfulness This being done as it ought to be with Submission and sobriety you may with Comfort Retire into your Closet and upon your Knees Say Our Father c Deliver us from evill Amen ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the Thoughts of my heart by the Inspiration of thy Holy Spirit that I may perfectly love thee and worthily Magnifie thy Holy Name through Christ our Lord. Amen Then Read upon your Knees the Ten Commandments as they are set down in Our Communion Service 〈◊〉 Spake these Words c. after each Comâ—…dwent Say Lord have mercy upon me and Incline my heart to keep this Law Thou shalt not Covet c. Lord have mercy upon me and write all these thy Laws in my heart I beseech thee O Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct Sanctifie and Govern both my Soul and Body in the ways of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy most mighty Protection both here and ever I may be preserved both in Body and Soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Then stand up and heartily repeat your Creed I believe in God c. After which Kneel again and pray Almighty everlasting God heavenly Father I give thee humble thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to bring me to the knowledge of this faith in thee and do beseech thee that thou wouldst keep me stedfast in this faith and evermore defend me from all adversities who livest and reignest one God World without end Amen Lord have mercy upon me Christ have mercy upon me Lord have mercy upon me OH Christ Hear me and Remember now that Hour in which thou didst once Commend thy Blessed Spirit into the hands of thy heavenly Father when with a Torn Body and a Broken Heart thou didst shew forth the Bowels of thy mercy and Dye for us I beseech thee O thou Brightness and Image of God Assist me by this thy most precious Death that being Dead unto the world I may live only unto Thee and at the last hour of my Departure from this mortal Life I may Commend my Soul into thine hands and thou mayst receive me into life immortal there to Reign with thee for ever and ever Amen Grant me in the mean time Gracious Lord a pure intention of heart and a stedfast resolution to despise all vanity to fight the Battels of the Lord manfully against the world the flesh and the Devil to spend my time religiously and usefully to speak gracious words to walk always in thy presence to preserve my Soul and and Body in holiness fit for the habitation of the Spirit of God Amen 〈◊〉 Lord and my God Give me I beseech 〈◊〉 wise a sober a patient an understandâ—…â—…evout a religious a Couragious heart 〈◊〉 â—…temperate reins and thoughts a soul full of Devotion to doe thee Service and do thou make my services acceptable to thee while I live and my soul ready for thee when I Dye Amen O Lord Increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all Goodness and of thy Great mercy keep me in the same Give me true humility in prosperity patience in adversity and continual joy in the Holy Ghost Amen O Lord Give me Spiritual wisdom that I may discern what is pleasing to thee and follow what belongs unto my Peace and let the knowledg and Peace of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord be my Guide and my portion all the Days of my life Amen O Lord make me humble to my Superiors and friendly to my Equals thankfull to my Benefactors loving to my Relations and Charitable to my Enemies to be Gentle and easily entreated slow to anger and readily admonished fully prepared and throughly furnished for every Good word and work Amen O Lord Give me a peaceable Spirit 〈◊〉 quiet life free from Debt and deadly Sin give me Grace to abstain from all appearance of evil and to doe nothing but what is of good report to confess Christ and his holy Religion by an holy and obedient life and
a mind ready to dye for him when he shall call for me and then O Lord Assist me Amen O Lord Jesu I Give thee my Body my Soul my substance my Fame my Friends my Liberty and my Life Dispose of me and of all that is mine as it seemeth best to thee and to the Glory of thy Holy Name Amen I Am not now Mine But Thine therefore Claim me as thy right Keep me as thy charge and love me as thy child Fight for me when I am assaulted heal me when I am wounded and Revive me when I am destroyed Amen O God from whom all Good things do come Grant to me thy humble servant 〈◊〉 thy holy Inspiration I may think those 〈◊〉 that are Good and by thy mercifull 〈◊〉 may perform the same through Jesus 〈◊〉 Lord Amen GIve me modesty in my Countenance Gravity in my behaviour Deliberateness in my Speech and righteousness in all my Actions Let thy mercy cleanse me from my Sins and let thy Grace bring forth in me the fruits of everlasting life Amen O God who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and Great Dangers that by reason of the weakness of our nature we cannot always stand upright Look I beseech thee on my frailties and Infirmitys and Grant me such Health of Body that both in my Soul and Body I may evermore serve thee with all my strength and might through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen GRant O Lord that I may live in thy Fear Dye in thy favour rest in thy peace rise in thy power reign in thy Glory for thy only Beloved Son's sake Jesus Christ our Lord Amen ASsist me mercifully O Lord in these and all my Supplications and Prayers and Dispose the way of thy servant toward the attainment of everlasting salvation 〈◊〉 â—mong all the changes and chances of 〈◊〉 â—…tal life I may ever be Defended by th◠〈◊〉 Gracious and ready help through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen GOd the Father bless me God the Son Defend me God the Holy Ghost preserve me God the Holy Trinity be with me now and for ever more Amen After this apply your self to read some Choice portion of Scripture particularly the History of our Saviours passions as in the Gospels for the Holy week Read with as much affection and heartiness as is possible all along reflecting on his Innocency and your self as being one of those Guilty Wretches for whom he Suffered all this And think thus with Your self I Have occasioned more torment to Him then his very Crucifiers they crucified him Once but I have as much as in me lay cruciâ—…ed him Dayly they crucified him because â—…y knew him not but I have known him and â—et have still continued thus to crucifie him afreâ—… 〈◊〉 Meditations as they should work in 〈◊〉 Sorrow for our sins past and a great 〈◊〉 and a firm resolution against them for the time to come so likewise should they quicken and stir up our Faith in our Love of and our Thankfulness unto Christ for his so Great Mercy in Redceming us by so dear a Price Nor must your Prayers end here they are not Compleat without Intercessions nor acceptable without Charity which is a main requisite to a Worthy Communicant At six of Clock therefore betake your self again to Prayer for All Men for Christ's Holy Catholick Church and for all who either by Relation Acquaintance or more particular Desire may claim a share in your Prayers Our Father c. Deliver us from Evil Amen ALmighty God who of thy tender love towards Mankind hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer Death upon the Cross that all Mankind should follow the exampâ—… of his Great Humility Mercifully Graâ—… that I may both follow the example of 〈◊〉 Patience and also be made partaker of 〈◊〉 Resurrection through the same Jesus Chrâ—… our Lord Amen ALmighty God I beseech Thee 〈◊〉 to Behold thy Family for which ou◠〈◊〉 Jesus Christ was contented to be Betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer Death upon the Cross who now Liveth and Reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost ever One God world without end Amen ALmighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole Body of the Church is governed and Sanctified Receive my Supplications and Prayers which I offer before Thee for all Estates of men in thy Holy Church that every member of the same in his Vocation and Ministry may truly and Godly serve Thee through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen O Merciful God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the Death of a sinner but rather that he should be Converted and live Have mercy upon all Jews Turks Infidells and take from them all Ignorance hardness of â—eart and contempt of thy Word and so â—…ch them home Blessed Lord that they â—ay be saved among the Remnant of the â—rue Israelites and be made One Flock under 〈◊〉 â—…aperd Jesus Christ our Lord who livâ—… 〈◊〉 â—eigneth with Thee and the Holy 〈◊〉 God world without end Amen ALmighty God who hast purchased to thy self an Vniversal Church by the precious Bloud of thy Dear Son mercifully look on that part of it in these Kingdoms so miserably shattered and distressed I confess O Lord our sins have justly deserved that thou shouldst remove thy Candlestick from us and by some extraordinary judgment make us a scorn and a By-word to the World But I beseech Thee Reverse those Plagues which we have deserved and continue those mercys which we have hitherto injoyed especially the comfort of thy Gospel and liberty of thy Truth Oh! Let not our Adversarys neither Papists nor Schismaticks ever roar in the midst of our Congregations and set up their Banners as signs of Victory and Conquest over us But sheild and Protect us with thy mercy that in thy Holy Church we may still Glorify thy Name through Christ our Lord Amen O God the unspeakable Authour of the World Creator of Men Governour oâ— Empires and Establisher of all Kingdomâ— who out of the loyns of our Father ABRâ—HAM didst chuse a King that became the Saviour of all Kings and Nations of the Ear◠〈◊〉 Bless I beseech Thee thy Servant â—nd 〈◊〉 Dread Sovereign Lord King CHARâ—…S with the richest blessings of thy Grace and Establish him in the Throne of his Kingdome by thy mighty Aid and Protection visit him as thou didst visit Moses in the Bush Ioshua in the Battel Gideon in the Feild Samuel in the Temple Let the dew of thy abundant mercies fall upon his Head and give unto him the Blessing of David and Solomon Be unto him an Helmet of Salvation against the face of his Enemies and a strong tower of Defence in the time of Adversity let his Reign be prosperous and his Days many let Peace and Love and Holiness let justice and Truth and all Christian Vertues flourish in his time
let his People serve him with Honour and Obedience and let him so duly serve Thee here on Earth that he may hereafter Everlastingly serve Thee in Heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen I Beseech Thee O Lord to Save and Defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours especially thy Servant CHARLES King that under him we may be godly and â—…tly governed and Grant unto his whole â—…ncel and to all that are put in Authority â—…der him that they may truly and indiffâ—…enâ—… Minister Justice to the punishment of Wâ—ckâ—…ess and Vic and to the mainteâ—… 〈◊〉 thy true Religion and Vertue Amen ALmighty God the God of all mercy I humbly beseech Thee to pour down the riches of thine abundant Goodness upon the Head of thine Hand-maid our most Gracious Queen KATHERINE that she being continually beautified with the Royal Ornaments of thy heavenly Grace may be holy and Devout as HESTER Loving to the King as RACHEL fruitful and wise as REBECCA and Obedient as SARAH and with long life and glory continuing in her high and Princely estate she may at the last be brought to the great happiness of thine everlasting estate hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmighty God the fountain of all goodness I humbly beseech Thee to bless the most Illustrious Prince James Duke of YORK and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy Holy Spirit enrich them with thy heavenly Grace prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God who alone workest great Marvels Give grace to all Bishops Priests and Deacons especially to those under whose Despensations I live Illuminate them with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word and grant that by their Preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly and also rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments Grant this for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Thou God of Truth Bring into the way of Truth all such as have err'd are deceiv'd O Thou Father of Comforts succour help and comfort all that are in danger necessity and tribulation preserve all that travel by land or by water all women labouring of Child all sick persons and young Children shew thy pitty upon all Prisoners and Captives provide for the Fatherless Children and Widows and all who are desolate and Oppressed yea have mercy upon all men especially those whom thou hast called to the Knowledg of and Faith in thy Son Jesus Christ Amen ALmighty God who hast commanded me to honour my Father and my Mother Grant me of thy goodness and Grace so to love and honour them to fear and obey them to help and to pray for them as thou in thy holy Word hast directed and charged me to do that both in their lives and Deaths their Souls may bless me Give them I pray Thee peace and plenty Defend them from all dangers both of body and soul keep them in the stedfastness of thy Faith and in the obedience of thy holy Commandments Bless them O Lord and all other my Relations and Benefactors make us doubly dear to each other both in the flesh and in the Lord and that for our Lord Jesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom every good and perfect gift proceedeth Accept my Praise and Thanksgiving which I offer unto thee for all thy Mercys and Benefits from time to time vouchsafed unto me For my Health Peace Liberty Freinds and all other Blessings of this Life For Jesus Christ the Fountain of all for his Conception Birth Circumcision for his Baptism Fasting Temptation for his Holy and most exemplary Life for his bitter cruel and yet patient and Meritorious Death for his Victorious Triumphant Desension into Hell for his Glorious Resurrection and Asension for the Coming of the Holy Ghost the Eternal Comforter upon the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost And from that time for the constitution of a Catholique and Apostolique Church which is to Continue to the end of the World and I beseech that O Lord Give me that due sense of all thy Mercys that my heart may be unfeignedly thankful and that I may shew forth thy Praise not only with my Lips but in my life by giving up my self unto thy service and by walking before Thee in Holiness and Righteousness all my Days through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God who by thy Holy Apostle hast taught us not only to make Prayers supplications but also to Give thanks for all men I offer up unto thee most high Laud and humble thanks for all thy wonderful Graces and Virtues which thou hast declared in All thy Saints cheifly in the Glorious and most Blessed Virgin †S. Luke 〈◊〉 MARY the Mother of thy Son Jesus Christ all others who have Departed this Life with the Seal of Faith and do now rest in the sleep of Pâ—aâ—e such as were the Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors Holy Virgins pious Matrons and * 1 Tim. â— 3 16. Devout Widows who have washed the feet of the Saints Beseeching Thee that we â—ay still continue in their H. Communion enjoy the comfort thereof while we are on earth folâ—…ving with a glad will and mind their holy Examples of godly living and stedfastness in thy Faith and that at the last Day we with them and They with us may attain to the Resurrection of the just and have our perfect Consummation and Bliss both in Body Soul in thy eternal and everlasting Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be Ascribed by us as it is by Angels and Archangels and the whole Company of Heaven all Honour and Glory World without end Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech Thee mercifully to incline thine Ears unto me now that in his Name I have made my Prayers and Supplications unto Thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy Will may effectually be obtain'd to the Relief of my Necessity and to the setting forth of thy Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THe Peace of God which passeth all understanding The Blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost the virtue of Christ's Blessed Cross and Passion be with Me now at the Hour of Death and in the day of Judgment Amen Thus may you end your Course of Prayers for every Friday preceding a Communiâ—…-Sunday They are such I think as may â—…t your Leisure and Condition if not you are prudent enough to leave out or alter what you see good I have too all along supposed your Constitution strong enough to hold out such a Fast if your Health will not bear it in God's Name Eat but moderately and let your Food be Mean and Ordinary such as a Crust of Bread a little Wine or a Glass of Small-Beer
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
Life and Death Amen ALmighty God Father of all Mercies I thine unworthy Servant do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy Goodness and Loving Kindness bestowed on me Above all for the Redemption of the World by our LORD JESVS CHRIST in Him for the means of Grace and for the Hope of Glory For all the Blessings of this Life for thy Creating and for thy Protection of me all my Days and particularly that this Day past thou hast preserved me in my Health and assisted me in my Devotions * or prospered me in my Affairs Give me I beseech Thee a due Sense of these thy Mercies and Grace and Power to express it by an Obedience to all thy Commandments Go on to preserve and take me into thy Protection this night Lighten my Darkness O Lord and by thy great Mercy Defend me from all Perils and Dangers of this night for the Love of thy only Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Subjoyne to these or the like your Ordinary Devotions the Two Collâ—cts for Preparation to the Holy Communion which are above-written as also the Cii Psalm Hear my Prayer O Lord c. Glory be to the Father c. Concluding all with the aforementioned Benediction THe Lord fulfill all 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 for evermore Amen AS you Vndress your self consider that the Time is coming when your Body must return Naked unto the Dust and both Soul and Body appear at God 's Tribunal to give an accompt of all Actions done in the Flesh In the mean time you must endeavour to cleanse it by Repentance that God who is of more pure Eyes then to behold Iniquity may behold and accept it As you enter into your Bed Say IN the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ who was Crucified upon his Cross and laid inâ—… his Grave for me I lay me down to rest He Bless me and keep me He save me and Raise me up again and bring me at last unto Life Eternal Amen As you betake your self to sleep Say I Will lay me down in Peace and take my rest for it is Thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safety Amen Have Mercy upon me O Lord Now and at the Hour of Death Amen Preserve me while I am Waking Defend me while I am Sleeping that my Soul may continually Watch for Thee and both Body and Soul may rest in thy Peace for ever Amen Should you in the Night-time lye Awake Say O Lord Thou hast proved and visited my Heart in the Night-Season thou hast tried me O Blessed Father purge me that thou mayest find no wickedness in me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd give me Grace to make hast and not to prolong the time to keep thy Commandments that I may call my own ways to Remembrance and turn my Feet to thy Testimonies And then at Mid-night will I give Thee thanks because of thy Righteous Judgments O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer Amen In case you are not presently disposed to sleep devoutly Repeat the Lj. Psalm which to that purpose you must be careful to get by heart Have Mercy upon me O God c. Glory be to the Father c. HAving thus ordered your Penitential Devotions on the Fryday you have the less to do on the Saturday nothing but to guard your self more strictly against Temptations that they prevail not upon you to which purpose Be much in Reading the Scripture or some Good Book particularly The whole Duty of Man the Third Partition of it concerns the Lord's Supper which after Evening-Prayer read considerately over applying every Passage to your self as being some way or other concern'd in it PArt of this Day you may bestow in Offices of Charity As Visiting your sick Freinds or reconciling your self to any with whom you may have had any Difference as you shall find occasion or as you shall be directed by your Spiritual Guide On Sunday-Morning you rise by Six a Clock and subjoyn to your Morning-Prayers those Two Collects for Preparâ—tion above mentioned After this consider How you may with due Devotion comport your self at the Holy Altar and what are those particular Duties and Graces you are there to exercise You will find an account of them in the Third Partition of the Whole Duty of Man Then examine the State and Temper of your Heart whither it be Tender and affectionately disposed to Relentings for your Sins Purposes against them and a Resolution for a Holy Life To humble Reliances and trust on God in our Saviour's Bloud for Pardon To Spiritual Joy and Thankfulness To Good Will towards all men To Charity and Liberality and the like Otherwise have an Hearty Desire and use your utmost endeavour which will be accepted to bring it to such a Disposition If after all this be done you have any Spare-Minutes before Church or Chappel-Time you would do well to bestow them in Reading over the Communion-Service by which means you will be able with more Readiness and Devotion to go along with the Priest in the Publique Ministration of it About an Hour before you go forth Review â—he Accompt of your sins noted in your Paper 〈◊〉 your Heart go along with the Reading of them Sorrowing for them and Resolving against them After this humbly Kneel and Repeat the LI. Psalm Have Mercy upon me c. Glory be to the Father c. Then these following Collects or as many of them as you have Time for 1. O Blessed Jesu who didst take upon Thee our Nature and suffer Death upon the Cross for our Redemption and hast commanded us to continue the Memory of this thy precious Death till thy Coming again Oh! Let not the inestimable Benefits of it be frustrated by my manifold and grievous sins But inspire my Soul with those Graces which may qualifie me to Receive them tendered unto me in this Blessed Sacrament O Lord Thou seest that I have no power of my self to help my self Oh! Let the pittifulness of thy great Mercy loose me from the Chains of those sins wherewith I am tied and bound that being thus set at Liberty I may here with Chearfulness run the ways of thy Commandments and hereafter enter into thy Joy O Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Amen 2. Thou O God and Saviour knowest how vile I am and with what Eagerness I have pursued the Paths that lead unto Everlasting Death How often hath this Feast been prepared I lovingly Bidd and called thereto but have with frivolous Excuses absented my self Or if I have come I have brought such Troops of thy professed Enemies Vn-repented Sins along with me as if I came not to adore but to defie Thee not to Commemorate but to Renew thy Passion I am not worthy O Lord I am not worthy to come into thy
henceforth I put off concerning my former Conversation the Old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful Lusts and be renewed in the spirit of my mind And that I put on the New Man which after thee is created in Righteousness and true Holiness to which purpose be pleased to watch over me for good to keep me both outwardly in my Body and inwardly in my Soul O God thou seest that I have no power of my self to help my self thou knowest me also to be set in the mid'st of so many and great dangers that by reason of the frailty of my Nature I cannot always stand upright grant to me such strength and protection as may support me in all dangers and carry me through all temptations through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Thou with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning let thy holy Spirit direct me in all things let thy grace always prevent and follow me and preserve me against all assaults of my spiritual enemys especially of my own treacherous heart which is deceitful above all things wicked desperately wicked O Lord thou knowest it how often hath it betray'd me to the breach of thy holy Laws to the violation of all these Vows and Promises which I have made to thee How often have I turned my back in the day of battle O let me no more thus start aside like a broken bow but be stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord resisting the Devill that he may flee from me subduing my flesh and bringing it into subjection Crufying and overcoming the World And therefore let those solemn Vows which I have now made to forsake my sins never depart from my mind but let the remembranee of them excite me to fight manfully under thy Banner and continue thy faithful Servant and Souldier unto my Life's end Amen O Lord I do here humbly present unto thee my Soul and Body to be a living holy and reasonable Sacrifice unto thee I beseech thee sanctifie my Body that from a polluted Dunghil it may become the Temple of God Sanctify my Soul and receive it for thy dwelling place the seat of thy Spirit and an house of Prayer and Holy Meditations Sanctifie me throughout that both my Body Soul and Spirit may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to whom with thee O Father and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen THus have you closed your Communion-Devotions It only remains that you bestow the greatest part of the Afternoon in Reading Praying Meditating good Conferences and the like and when your Condition calls you to your usual Converses you are still to remember you have a great business which lies upon your hands which is the performance of those promises you have now made to God to which purpose frequently recollect them to mind and let the remembrance of them be your refuge against all temptations to your old sins whenever they assault you knowing what a grievous thing it is to break that Vow which you have seal'd in your Saviours Blood to have that Blood through which only you can have pardon to witness against you which God forbid To your Evening Prayers that Sunday night immediately before the Blessing subjoyn this Collect. O Blessed JESUS who hast this day made me a Partaker of thy blessed Body and Blood thy Mercy hath given it and my Faith hath received it into my Soul O let me ever feel the happy virtue and effects of it Put thy fear into my heart to keep those Vows and Promises which I have on this solemnity tendred unto thee in my mind that I may not sin against thee enrich me with all those graces which come from this precious Body and Blood and hereafter bring me to thy everlasting glory for thy merits and mercies sake Amen THus not to detain you longer I have recommended to you the aforesaid Devotions to be us'd on the Friday in every moneth which precedes a Communion especially the Fridays before the three solemn times which our Church hath Consecrated to this Blessed purpose Christmas Easter and Whit-Sunday supposing that your health and important occasions will permit it otherwise you are not tyed to the strictness of them though you are oblig'd to receive this Sacrament whensoever an opportunity offers it self To capacitate you for a worthy Communication thereof at all times I do lastly and heartily advise you to maintain a constant course of daily Prayers at Morning and Evening throughout the year every Night recalling the Actions of the past-day and repenting for the sins of it the practice whereof will fit you for the Communion at any time when 't is occasionally tendered to you I mean when you are suddenly call'd to Communicate with a dying person or come accidentally into a Congregation where 't is to be received and all fit Guests are invited to it in those cases you are by no means to turn your back upon it but bestowing that little time which is before you in Recollecting Repenting Exerting your Faith Love Thankfulness c. Omiting nothing of the strictness which is required in the Act of Receiving and performing afterwards to your power what you secretly promis'd receive it with the rest in the name of God beginning with the Prayers afore mentioned page 68. which are to be said whil'st the Priest is preparing to read the Sentences Almighty God who hast of thine infinite mercies vouchsaf'd c. But this I advise on supposal you carry about with you such an habitual preparation which is acquired by keeping a strict course of daily private Devotions otherwise you sin sadly However be careful to Communicate whenever you are solemnly invited to it i. e. every moneth or oftner and with due remembrance of him whose death you do hereby shew forth till he come God Almighty make you a worthy participant of his Body and Blood here that you may for ever enjoy Him hereafter Amen Collects for particular Graces For Faith ALmighty God whom without Faith it is impossible to please grant me I beseech thee so perfectly to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ that my Faith in thy sight may never be reproved and being called to the knowledg of thy Grace and Faith in thee and admitted into the fellowship of Christs Religion I may eschew those things which are contrary to my Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Hope BLessed Lord who hast caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning grant that I may in such wise hear them read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by Patience and Comfort of thy Holy Word I may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ and that I may therefore purifie my self even as he is pure that when he shall appear again with power