Souls and set forward the salvation of their people and of others by their example and at last after a plentifull conversion of souls they may shine like the Starres in glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VI. For our Parents O Almighty God and mercifull Father who from the loins of our first Parents Adam Eve hast produced mankind and hast commanded us to honor our Parents in pursuance of thy holy Commandment and of our duty to thee our God and in thee to them we do with all humility beg a blessing of thee for our Parents who from thy mercy and plenty have conveyed many to us pardon and forgive all their sins and infirmities increase in them all goodnesse give them blessings of the right hand and blessings of the left blesse them in their persons in their posterity in the comforts of thy holy Spirit in a persevering goodnesse and at last in an eternall weight of glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen VII For our Children O Father of Heaven God of all the Creatures by whose Providence mankinde is increased I blesse thy Name for bestowing on me that blessing of the righteous man the blessing of children Lord blesse them with health with life with good understanding with fair opportunities and advantages of education society tutors and governours and above all with the graces of thy holy Spirit that they may live and be blessed under thy protection grow in grace and be in favour with God and Man and at last may make up the number of thine elect children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen VIII For our Patron our Friends and Benefactors O Almighty God thou Fountain of all good of all excellency both to Men and Angels extend thine abundant favour and loving kindnesses to my Patron to all my Friends and Benefactors reward them and make them plentifull compensation for all the good which from thy mercifull Providence they have conveyed unto me Let the light of thy countenance shine upon them and let them never come into any desertion affliction or sadnesse but such as may be an instrument of thy glory and their eternall comfort in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen IX A Prayer of a Wife for her Husband O My God who hast graciously pleased to call me to the holy state of Matrimony blesse me in it with the grace of chastity with â—oyalty obedience and complacency to my Husband and blesse him with long life with a healthfull body with an understanding soule with abundance of all thy graces which may make him to be and continue thy servant a true son of the Church a supporter and a guide to me his wife a blessing and a comfort to his children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen X. Of a Husband for his Wife O Mercifull God who art a Father to us thy children a Spouse to thy holy Church a Saviour and Redeemer to all mankind have mercy upon thy handmaid my wife endue her with all the ornaments of thy heavenly grace make her to be holy and devout as Hester loving and amiable as Rachel fruitfull as Leah wise as Rebeccah faithfull and obedient as Sarah that being filled with thy grace and benediction here she may be partaker of thy glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XI For a Curate to say in behalfe of his Parish O Blessed Iesu thou that art an eternall Priest an universall Bishop and the Fountain of all ghostly good have mercy upon this Parish which thou hast cencredited to my charge Lord I am unfit for so great a burden but by thy aid and gracious acceptation I hope for mercy pardon and assistance O Lord send thy holy Spirit to dwell amongst us let here be peace and charity and true Catholike Religion and holy Discipline Comfort the comfortlesse heal the sick relieve the oppressed instruâ—t the ignorant correct the refractory keep us all from all deadly sin and make them obedient to their superiours friendly to one another and servants of thy Divine Majesty that so from thy favour they may obtain blessings in their bodies in their souls in their estates and a supply to all their necessities till at last they be freed from all dangers and necessities in the full fruition of thy everlasting glories O blessed Saviour and Redeemer Iesu. Amen XII For a Parishioner to say in behalf of his Curate O God Almighty who art pleased to send thy blessings upon us by the Ministration of the Bishops and Priests of thy holy Church have mercy upon thy servant to whom is committed the care of my soul that he by whose means thou art graciously pleased to advance my spirituall good may by thy grace and favor be protected by thy providence assisted by thy great mercies comforted and relieved in all his necessities bodily and ghostly through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen XIII For safe Childe-birth O Blessed Iesu Son of the eternall God who according to thy humanity wert born of a holy Maid who conceived thee without sin and brought thee forth without pain have mercy upon me thy humble servant and as by thy blessing I have conceived so grant that by thy favourable assistance I may be safely delivered Lord grant me patience and strength and confidence in thee and send thy holy Angel to be my guardian in the hour of my travel O shut not up my soul with sinners nor my life with them that go down into the pit I humbly also beg mercy for my childe grant it may be born with its right shape give it a comely body and an understanding soul life and opportunity of Baptism and thy grace from the cradle to the grave that it may encrease the number of Saints in that holy Fellowship of Saints and Angels where thou livest and reignest eternall God world without end Amen XIV Before a Journey O God who didst preserve thy servants Abraham and Jacob thy People Israel thy servant Tobias and the wise men of the East in their severall journeys by thy providence by a ministery of Angels by a pillar of fire and by the guidance of a Star vouchsafe to preserve us thy servants in the way we are now to goe Be O Lord a guide unto us in our preparation a shadow in the Day and a covering by Night a rest to our wearinesse and a staffe to our weaknesse a patron in adversity a protection from danger that by thy assistance we may perform our journey safely to thy honor to our own comfort and with safety may return and at last bring us to the everlasting rest of our heavenly Country through him who is the way the truth and the life our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Amen XV. For afflicted persons O Lord God mercifull and gracious whose compassion extends to all that are in misery and need and takest delight in the relieving the distresses of the afflicted give refreshment to all the comfortlesse provide for the poor give ease to all them that are tormented with sharp pains health to the diseased liberty and redemption to the captives chearfulnesse of spirit to all them that are in great desolations Lord let thy Spirit confirm all that are strong strengthen all that are weak and speak peace to afflicted consciences that the light of thy countenance being restored to them they may rejoyce in thy salvation and sing praises unto thy Name who hast delivered their souls from death their eyes from tears and their feet from falling Grant this for the honour of thy mercies and the glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XVI For our Enemies O Blessed Jesu who wert of so infinite mercies so transcendent a charity that thou didst descend from Heaven to the bowels of the earth that thou mightest reconcile us who were enemies to the mercies of thy heavenly Father and in imitation of so glorious example hast commanded us to love them that hate us and to pray for them that are our enemies I beseech thee of thine infinite goodnesse that thou wouldest be pleased to keep me with thy grace in so much meeknesse justice and affable disposition that I may so far as concerns me live peaceably with all men giving no man occasion of offence and to them who hate me without a cause I beseech thee give thy pardon and fill them with charity towards thee and all the world blesse them with all blessings in order to eternity that when they are reconciled to thee we also may be united with the bands of Faith and Love and a common Hope and at last we may be removed to the glories of thy Kingdom which is full of love and eternall charity and where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen XVII A Prayer to be said upon Ember-dayes O Mercifull Jesu who hast promised perpetuity to the Church and a permanency in defiance of all the powers of darknesse and the gates of hell and to this purpose hast constituted severall orders leaving a power to the Apostles and their Successors the Bishops to beget Fathers of our souls and to appoint Priests and Deacons for the edification of the Church the benefit of all Christian people and the advancement of thy service have mercy upon thy Ministers the Bishops give them for ever great measure of thy holy Spirit and at this time particular assistances and a power of discerning and trying the spirits of them who come to be ordained to the Ministery of thy Word and Sacraments that they may lay hands suddenly on no man but maturely prudently and piously they may appoint such to thy service and the Ministery of thy Kingdome who by learning discretion and a holy life are apt instruments for the conversion of souls to be examples to the people guides of their manners comforters of their sorrows to sustain their weaknesses and able to promote all the interests of true Religion Grant this O great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls Blessed Jesus who livest and reignest in the Kingdome of thine eternall Father one God world without end Amen Sanctus Deus Sanctus Fortis Sanctus Immortalis FINIS
health to be an ornament to my body to be representations of thy power and of thy mercy Vnto thee O God will I pay my vows unto thee will I give thanks Thou O God of thine admirable and glorious mercy hast made thine Angels ministring spirits for my protection and defence against all the hostilities of the devill thou hast set a hedge about me and such a guard as all the power of hell and earth cannot overcome thou hast preserved me by thy holy providence and the ministery of Angels from drowning from burning from precipice from deformities from fracture of bones and all the snares of evil and the great violations of health which many of my betters suffer I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee Thou O most mercifull God hast fed me and clothed me hast raised me up friends and blessed them hast preserved me in dangers hast rescued me from the fury of the sword from the rage of pestilence from perishing in publike distemperatures and diseases epidemicall from terrors and affrightments of the night fâ—om illusions of the devil and sad apparitions thou hast been my guide in my journeys my refreshment in sadnesses my hope and my confidence in all my griefs and desolations O give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever But above all mercies it was not lesse then infinite whereby thou lovedst me and all mankinde when we were lost and dead and rebels against thy Divine Majesty thou gavest thine own begotten Son to seek us when we went astray to restore us to life when we were dead in trespasses and sins and to reconcile us to thy self by the mercies and the atonement of an everlasting covenant He is our God even the God of whom commeth salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death O most blessed Jesu I praise and adore thine infinite mercies humility and condescension that for my sake thou wouldst descend from the bosome of thy heavenly Father into the pure womb of an humble Maid and take on thee my nature and be born and cry and suffer cold and all the incommodities which the meannesse of a stable could minister to the tendernesse of thy first infancy Lord what is man that thou art mindfull of him and the son of man that thou so regardest him I adore thee blessed Jesu and praise thee for thine immaculate sanctity for all thy holy precepts and counsels for thy Divine example for thy miracles and mysterious revelations of thy Fathers will for the institution of the holy Sacraments and all other blessings of thy Propheticall Office O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious sing praises unto his Name for it is lovely I adore and love thee most blessed Jesu for all the parts of thy most bitter Passion for thy being betrayed and accused buffeted and spit upon blindfolded and mocked crowned with thorns and scourged for thine agony and bloudy sweat for thy bearing the sad load of the Crosse and sadder load of our sins for thy Crucifixion three long hours when the weight of thy Body was supported with wounds and nails for thy Death and Buriall for thy continuall intercession and advocation with thy heavenly Father in behalf of me and all thy holy Church and all other acts of mediation and redemption the blessings of thy Priestly Office O praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders he hath done for the children of men I adore and magnifie thy holy Name O most blessed Jesu for thy triumph over death hell sin and the grave for thy opening the Kingdome of Heaven to all beleevers for thy glorious resurrection and ascension for thy government over all the creatures for the advancement of thy holy Kingdome for thy continuall resisting and defeating the intendments of thine enemies against thy Church by the strength of thine arm by the mightinesse of thy power by the glories of thy wisdome for those blessed promises thou hast made and performest to thy Church of sending the holy Ghost of giving her perpetuity of being in defiance of all the gates and powers of Hell and darknesse and blessing her with continuall assistances and all other glories of thy Regall Office and power O sing praises sing praises unto our God O sing praises sing praises unto our King for God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding O most holy Spirit Love of the Father Fountain of grace spring of all spirituall blessings I adore and praise thy divine excellencies which are essentiall to thy glorious Self in the unity of the most mysterious Trinity and which thou communicatest to all faithfull people and to me thy unworthy servant in the unity of the Catholique Church O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstoole for he is holy O blessed Spirit I praise and magnifie thy Name for thy miraculous descent upon the Apostles in Pentecost in mysterious representments for those great graces and assistances comming upon their heads and falling down upon us all in the descent of all ages of the Church for confirmation of our Faith for propagation of the Gospel for edification and ornament of thy Family Thou O God shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations O most glorious Spirit I praise and magnifie thy Name for thy inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets for thy providence and mercy in causing holy Scriptures to be written and preserving them from the corruptions of Hereticks from the violences of Pagans and enemies of the Crosse of Christ. I will alwayes give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth I blesse thy Name for those holy promises and threatnings those judgements and mercies those holy precepts and admonitions which thou hast registred in Scriptures and in the records and monuments of the Church for all those graces helps and comforts whereby thou promotest me in piety and the ways of true Religion for baptismall and penitentiall grace for the opportunities and sweet refreshings of the Sacrament of the Eucharist for all the advantages thou hast given me of good society tutors and governours for the fears thou hast produced in me as deleteries and impediments of sin for all my hopes of pardon and expectation of the promises made by our Lord Jesus Christ to encourage me in the paths of life and sanctity for all the holy sermons spirituall books and lessons for all the good prayers and meditations for those blessed waitings and knocking 's at the door of my heart pitiently tarrying for and lovingly inviting me to repentance without ceasing admonishing and reproving me with the checks of a tender conscience with exteriour and interiour motives and for whatsoever other means or incentive of holiness thou hast assisted me withall I magnifie and praise and adore thee and thy goodness All Nations whom thou hast made and
Sacrifice and Priest the Master of the Feast and the Feast it self even Jesus Christ to whom with thee O Father and the holy Spirit be all honour and glory now and for ever Amen A Prayer after receiving the consecrated Bread I Give thanks unto thee Almighty and eternall God that thou hast not rejected me from thy holy Table but hast refreshed my soul with the salutary refection of the Body of thy Son Jesus Christ. Lord if I had lived innocently and had kept all thy Commandments could have had no proportion of merit to so transcendent a mercy but since I have lived in all manner of sin and multiplied provocations against thy Divine Majesty thy mercy is so glorious and infinite that I am amased at the consideration of its immensity Goe on O my dear God to finish so blessed a redemption and now that thou hast begun to celebrate a marriage and holy union between thy self and my soul let me never throw off the wedding garment or stain it with the pollutions of deadly sin nor seek after other lovers but let me for ever and ever be united unto thee being transformed into thy will in this life and to the likenesse of thy glories in the life to come who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen After receiving the Cup. O Just and dear God who out of the unmeasurable abysses of wisdome and mercy hast redeemed us and offered life and grace and salvation to us by the reall exhibition of thy Son Jesus Christ in the Sacrifice of his Death upon the altar of the Crosse and by commemoration of his bitter agonies in the holy Sacrament Grant that that great and venerable sacrifice which we now commemorate sacramentally may procure of thee for thy whole Church mercy and great assistance in all trials deliverance from all heresies schismes sacriledge and persecutions to all sick people health and salvation redemption for captives competency of living to the indigent and necessitous comfort to the afflicted relief to the oppressed repentance to all sinners softnesse of spirit and a tender consience to the obstinate conversion to the Jews Turks and remedy to all that are in any trouble or adversity And grant to us O Lord that this blessed Sacrament and sacrifice of commemoration in vertue of that dreadfull and proper Sacrifice upon the Crosse may obtain for me and for us all who have communicated this day pardon and peace and that we may derive from thee by this ministery grace to expell all our sins to mortifie all our lusts to exterminate all concupiscence to crucifie all inordination and irregularity to produce in us humility and chastity and obedience and meeknesse of spirit and charity and may become our Defence and Armour against the violences and invasions of all our ghostly enemies and temporall disadvantages and give us this grace and favour that we may not die in the guilt and commission of a sin without repentance nor without receiving the blessed Sacrament but that we may so live and die that we may at last rest in thy bosome and be imbraced with the comprehensions of thy eternall charity who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen All blessing and praise and honour be unto thee O blessed Redeemer to thee we the banished and miserable sons of Adam do call for mercy and defence to thee we sigh and cry in this valley of tears O dearest Advocate turn those thy mercifull eyes towards us and shew us thy glorious face in thy Kingdom where no tears or sighing or fears or sadnesses can approach Amen sweetest Jesu Amen Prayers preparatory to death I. A Prayer for a blessed ending to be said in time of health or sicknesse O Blessed Jesu Fountain of eternall mercy the Life of the soul and glorious Conquerour over Death and sin I humbly beseech thee to give me grace so to spend this transitory life in vertuous and holy exercises that when the day of my death shall come in the midst of all my pains I may feel the sweet refreshings of thy holy Spirit comforting my soul sustaining my infirmities and relieving all my spirituall necessities and grant that in the Unity of the holy Catholique Church and in the integrity of Christian faith with confidence and hope of thy mercy in great love towards thee in peace with my Neighbours and in charity with all the world I may through thy grace depart hence out of this vale of misery and go unto that glorious country where thou hast purchased an inheritance for us with the price of thy most precious bloud and raignest in it gloriously in the Unity of thy Father and ours of thy holy Spirit and our Ghostly Comforter ever one God world without end Amen II. A Prayer to be said at the beginning of a sicknesse O Lord my God who chastisest every one whom thou receivest and with thy Fatherly correction smitest all those whom thou consignest to the inheritance of sons write my soul in the book of life and number me amongst thy children whom thou hast smitten with the rod of sicknesse and by thy chastisements hast brought me into the Lot of the righteous Thou O Blessed Jesu art a helper in the needfull time of trouble lay no more upon me then thou shalt enable me to bear and let thy gentle correction in this life prevent the insupportable stripes of thy vengeance in the life to come Smite me now that thou mayest spare me to all eternity and yet O blessed High Priest who art touched with a sense of our infirmities smite me friendly and reprove me with such a tendernesse as thou bearest unto thy Children to whom thou conveyest suppletory comforts greater then the pains of chastisement and in due time restore me to health and to thy solemne assemblies again and to the joy of thy Countenance Give me patience and humility and the grace of repentance and an absolute dereliction of my self and a resignation to thy pleasures and providence with a power to do thy will in all things and then do what thou pleasest to me onely in health or sicknesse in life or death let me feel thy comforts refreshing my soul and let thy grace pardon all my sins Grant this O Blessed Jesu for my trust is in thee only thou art my God and my mercifull Saviour and Redeemer Amen III. A Prayer to be said in the progresse of a sicknesse O Lord my God Blessed Jesu who by thy bitter death and passion hast sweetned the cup of death to us taking away its bitternesse and sting and making it an entrance to life and glory have pity upon me thy servant who have so deep a share in sin that I cannot shake off the terrors of death but that my nature with its hereditary corruption still would preserve it self in a dis-union from the joys of thy Kingdome Lord I acknowledge my own infirmities and begge thy pity It is better for me to be
thy mercy is as infinite as thy self O let not thy hand be heavy upon us but forgive the wickednesse of our sin and compasse us about with songs of deliverance then shall we be glad and rejoyce in thee O Lord who art become our mighty Saviour and most mercifull Redeemer Jesu Amen PSALME 33. A prayer to God for the graces of feare hope and Religion REjoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for it becometh well the just to be thankfull 2 Praise the Lord with harp sing psalmes unto him with the lute and instrument of ten strings 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage 4 For the word of the Lord is true and all his works are faithfull 5 He loveth righteousnesse and judgement the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the Sea together as it were upon an heap and layeth up the deep as in a treasure house 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world 9 For he spake and it was done he comâ—â—â—ded and it stood fast 10 The Lord bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people to bee of none effect and casteth out the counsels of Princes 11 The counsell of the Lord shall endure for ever and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his inheritance 13 The Lord looked down from Heaven and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell in the earth 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them and understandeth all their works 15 There is no King that can be saved by the multitude of an host neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength 16 An Horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength 17 Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy 18 To deliver their soules from death and to feed them in the time of dearth 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord for he is our help and our shield 20 For our heart shall rejoyce in him because wee have hoped in his holy name 21 Let thy mercifull kindnesse O Lord be upon us like as we doe put our trust in thee The Prayer O Lord God who lovest righteousnesse and judgement who fillest the earth with thy goodnesse and lookest down from Heaven upon the children of men Consider us O Lord and let thy grace fashion our hearts and produce in our souls such forms and impresses as may bear thy Image and seem beauteous in thy eyes that thou maist be our God and choose us for thine inheritance Let thy mercy feed us thy hands deliver us from death and snatch us from the jaws of hell teach us to fear thee to put our trust in thy mercy patiently to tarry for thee and the revelation of thy loving kindnesses to hope in thy holy Name and to rejoyce in thy salvation giving thee thanks and praise with a good courage with humble and religious affections all the days of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 34. A Prayer that we being dispos'd by holy living may receive and have a sense and taste of the Divine goodnesse I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth 2 My soul shall make her boast of the Lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad 3 O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his name together 4 I sought the Lord and he heard me yea he delivered me out of all my fear 5 They had an eye unto him and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed 6 Lo the poor crieth and the Lord heareth him yea and saveth him out of all his troubles 7 The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him and delivereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 O fear the Lord ye that be his Saints for they that fear him lack nothing 10 The lions doe lack and suffer hunger but they which seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good 11 Come ye children and hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live and would fain see good dayes keep thy tongue from evill and thy lips that they speak no guile 13 Eschew evill and do good seek peace and ensue it 14 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his eares are open unto their prayers 15 The countenance of the Lord is against them that doe evill to root out the remembrance of them from the earth 16 The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles 17. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble spirit 18 Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all 19 He keepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken 20 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate 21 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute The Prayer O Most mercifull and gracious Lord whose eies are over the righteous and thine ears are open unto their prayers give us we beseech thee a contrite heart and an humble spirit a fear of thy Name a watchfulnesse over our tongue that we speak no guile a care of our actions that we eschew all evill and a zeal of thy Name that we may do good that being thus prepared with holy dispositions we may be delivered out of all our troubles by the hands of thy mercy we may be defended against our enemies by the custody of Angels we may be provided for so as to want no manner of thing that is good by the ministration of thy providence that so in all the whole course of our life we may feel the goodnesse of the Lord seeing and tasting the sweetnesses of thy mercy which may be to us an antepast of eternity and as an earnest of the Spirit to consigne us to the fruition of the glories of thy Kingdome who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 35. A Prayer to be delivered from our Enemies PLead thou my cause O Lord with them that strive with me and fight thou against them that fight against me 2 Lay
she is the daughter of a King and thou takest pleasure in her beauty let her not alwaies be clothed in mourning garments but let her be decked with exteriour Ornaments and secular advantages such as may truly promote the interests of holy Religion Let Kings and Queens be nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers unto her and so let the sound of thy Gospell go into all the Earth that her children may be Princes in all Lands and Ministers of thy Kingdome advancing thy honour and furthering the salvation of all men for whom thou didst give thy precious bloud that all people may worship thee and give thee thanks for ever who together with the Father and the holy Ghost livest and reignest one God world without end Amen PSALME 46. A Prayer for protection and for confidence in God in times of publike distractions and for the peace of Christendome GOD is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the Sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same 4 The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the City of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest 5 God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early 6 The Heathen make much adoe and the Kingdomes are moved but God hath shewed his voyce and the earth shall melt away 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge 8 O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth 9 He maketh Wars to cease in all the World he breaketh the bow and knappeth the spear in sunder and burneth the Chariots in the fire 10 Be still then and know that I am God I will bee exalted among the Heathen and I will be exalted in the earth 11 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge The Prayer O Most mercifull Saviour Jesu Prince of Peace at whose birth all the Kingdomes of the World were in peace and tranquillity bethou in the midst of us for our refuge and present help in times of trouble and publick calamities when the Kingdome is moved and the hearts of men shake at the tempest of the same Dear God unite all the parts of Christendome with the union of Faith and Charity and the fruits of them a blessed and universall Peace Break the bow of the mighty knappe the spear of the Warriour in sunder and burn the Chariots in the fire that Warres may cease in all the World and we all may feel the promised blessing of the Gospel that our Swords may be converted into plowshares and our Spears into pruning hooks that thy Name and thy Kingdome may be exalted among the heathen and in all the Nations of the earth who livest the reignest over all in the unity of the blessed Trinity God eternall world without end Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 47. A Prayer for the exaltation of Christs Kingdom and that all the Princes of the world may joyntly adore Jesus reigning in the Heavens O Clap your hands together all ye people O sing unto God with the voice of melody 2 For the Lord is high and to bee feared he is the great King upon all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall chuse out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob whom he loved 5 God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump 6 O sing praises sing praises unto our God O sing praises sing praises unto our King 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heaâ—hen God sitteth upon his holy seat 9 The Princes of the people are joyned unto the people of the God of Abraham for God which is very high exalted doth defend the earth as it were with a shield The Prayer O Lord God King of Heaven who raignest a great King in all the Earth thou art high above all creatures and art to be feared in all the Kingdomes of the earth let the seed of thy Gospel be disseminated in all the corners of the habitable World let thy grace break down all the strong holds of sin and Satan subduing all people under thee and the Nations under thy feet that the Princes of the Nations that have not known thy Name may be joyned to thy people the people of the God of Abraham becomming one sheepfold under one Shepheard Iesus Christ our blessed Lord our Saviour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 48. A Prayer for the prosperity of the Church GReat is the Lord and highly to be praised in the City of our God even upon his holy hill 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place and the joy of the whole earth upon the north side lieth the City of the great King God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge 3 For lo the Kings of the earth are gathered and gone by together 4 They marvelled to see such things they were astonied and suddenly cast down 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow as upon a woman in her travell 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the east winde 7 Like as wee have heard so have we seen in the City of the Lord of hosts in the City of our God God upholdeth the same for ever 8 We wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy temple 9 O God according unto thy name so is thy praise unto the worlds end thy right hand is full of righteousnesse 10 Let the mount Sion rejoyce and the daughters of Juda be glad because of thy judgements 11 Walk about Sion and goe round about her and tell the towers thereof 12 Mark well her bulwarks set up her houses that yee may tell them that come after 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever he shall be our guide unto death The Prayer O Great God who art highly to be praised who hast manifested thy power and thy mercy in the constitution propagation and defence of thy Holy Church by the miraculous assistances and effects of thy Holy Spirit insomuch that the Kings of the earth marvelled to see such things and were astonied and suddenly cast down acknowledging the powers of thy Kingdome and submitting to thy laws with faith and obedience be pleased according to thy gracious promise to uphold the same for ever let not the gates of hell prevail against thy Church be thou known in her palaces as a sure refuge make her the joy of the whole earth and let her be glad and rejoyce because of thy judgements so shall we praise thee in the midst of thy Temple waiting for thy
free heart will I give thee and praise thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies The Prayer O Blessed Jesu our God and our helper whose Name is comfortable the hope of all that are miserable and the relief of the oppressed hearken unto our prayers and for thy Names sake save us from the tyranny of those that are risen up against us and seek after our soules Give us thy grace that we may set thee always before our eyes to obey thy Laws to follow thy example to trust in thy protection to give praises unto thy holy Name who livest and reignest with the Father and the holy Ghost one God world without end Amen PSALME 55. A Prayer for deliverance from treachery and the conspiracies of our secret Enemies HEar my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition 2 Take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed 3 The enemy crieth so and the ungodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me 4 My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen upon me 5 Fearfulnesse and trembling are come upon me and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me 6 And I said O that I had wings like a dove for then would I flie away and be at rest 7 Lo then would I get me away afarre off and remain in the wildernesse 8 I would make haste to escape because of the stormy winde and tempest 9 Destroy their tongues O Lord and divide them for I have spied unrighteousnesse and strife in the City 10 Day and night they goe about within the walls thereof mischief also and sorrow are in the mids of it 11 Wickednesse is therein deceit and guile go not out of their streets 12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me this dishonour for then I could have born it 13 Neither was it mine adversary that did magnifie himself against me for then peradventure I would have hid my self from him 14 But it was even thou my companion my guide and mine own familiar friend 15 We took sweet counsell together and walked in the house of God as friends 16 Let death come hastily upon them and let them go down quick into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them 17 As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me 18 In the evening and morning and at noon day will I pray and that instantly and he shall hear my voyce 19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace from the battell that was against me for there were many with mee 20 Yea even God that endureth for ever shall heare me and bring them down for they will not turn nor feare God 21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with him and he brake his covenant 22 The words of his mouth were softer then butter having warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle and yet be they very swords 23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever 24 And as for them thou O God shalt bring them into the pit of destruction 25 The bloud-thirsty and deceitfull men shall not live out half their dayes neverthelesse my trust shall be in thee O Lord. The Prayer O Eternall God who hast promised to nourish and defend all them that cast their burden upon thee deliver the souls of thy servants in peace from the battell that is against us Fearfulnesse and trembling are come upon us and the fear of death is fallen upon us for our Enemies are maliciously set against us and minded to do us mischief and we know not whither to flee away or be at rest for mischief and sorrow are round about us O rescue us from the publike enmity of our open adversaries and from the secret conspiracies of all our private Enemies so shall we pray unto thee and that instantly and praise thy Nâ—me in the Evening in the Morning and in the noon day dedicating to thy honour and worship the beginning the growth and the decrease of our life even all our days because thou hast not suffered us to fall for ever but hast brought us from the pit of destruction through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 56. A Prayer that we may trust in God and have such carefulnesse over our ways that we give our Enemies no advantage BE mercifull unto me O God for man goeth about to devour me he is daily fighting and troubling me 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up for they be many that fight against me O thou most Highest 3 Neverthelesse though I am sometime afraid yet put I my trust in thee 4 I will praise God because of his word I have put my trust in God and will not feare what flesh can doe unto mee 5 They daily mistake my words all that they imagine is to do me evill 6 They hold all together and keep themselves close and mark my steps when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickednesse thou O God in thy displeasure shalt cast them down 8 Thou tellâ—st my flittings put my tears into thy bottle are not these things noted in thy book 9 Whensoever I call upon thee then sâ—all mine enemies be put to flight this I know for God is on my side 10 In Gods word will I rejoyce in the Lords word will I comfort me 11 Yea in God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what man can doe unto me 12 Unto thee O God will I pay my vowes unto thee will I give thanks 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living The Prayer O Lord God in whom we have trusted have mercy upon us who are daily troubled with sadnesses in the world temptations of the Devill weaknesses of the flesh malicious surmisings and mistakings of our Enemies and whatsoever may make us miserable and disturb our peace give us great assistances of thy grace that we may walk without scandall resist and overcome the Devill despise the things of this world and be strengthened in our spirits with ghostly confidence that whensoever we call upon thee we may have thee on our side and our enemies be put to flight that our souls being delivered from death and our feet from falling we may at last be admitted into the light of the living there to walk eternally before thee our God who livest and reignest in the Unity of the blessed Trinity world without end Amen PSALME 57. A Prayer to be delivered from the power of the Devill and slander of men and that we may put our
them who for thy sake have suffered reproof be delivered from them that hate them and from the deep waters of persecutions and discomforts that we and all thy faithfull people being saved from our enemies may praise thee and thy faithfulnesse in this world and may finally inherit the land of promise which thou hast made to all that suffer persecution for a cause of righteousnesse even the possession of thine inheritance thy Kingdome in Heaven where thou livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen PSALME 70. A prayer to God for blessings upon faithfull people and deliverance from our enemies HAste thee O God to deliver me make haste to help me O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evill 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me There there 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyfull and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway The Lord be praised 5 As for me I am poor and in misery haste thee unto me O God Thou art my helper and my redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying The Prayer O Lord God our Helper and Redeemer have mercy upon us and all thy faithful people make haste help us O God against all those that seek after our souls to do us mischief make us to delight in thee to wait for thy salvation to trust in thy mercies to rejoyce in thy excellencies and perfection that our feet being directed by thy guidance our weaknesses strengthened by thy power our sins pardoned by thy mercies and our souls justified by thy free grace we may always give thee praise with the humble addresses of devotion and thankfulnesse through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 71. A Prayer for the continuance of Gods favours to us even to our old age and a longing for a happy departure IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousnesse encline thine ear unto me and save me 2 Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my castle 3 Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruell man 4 For thou O Lord God art the thing â—hat I long for thou art my hope even from my youth 5 Through thee have I been holden up evâ—r since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb my praise shall be alway of thee 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee 7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long 8 Cast me not away in the time of age forsake mee not when my strength faileth me 9 For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him 10 Goe not fâ—rre from me O God my God haste thee to help me 11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evill 12 As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more â—nd more 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousnesse and salvation for I know no end thereof 14 I will goe forth in thâ— strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely 15 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth up untill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works 16 Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray-headed untill I have shewn thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come 17 Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me and yet didst thou turn and refresh mee yea and broughtest mee from the deep of the earth again 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side 20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulnesse O God playing upon an instrument of musick unto thee will I sing upon the harp O thou holy one of Israel 21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast delivered 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousnesse all the day long for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evill The Prayer O Lord God our house of defence and our Castle who by thy mercies and thy loving Spirit hast taught us and led us in thy ways from our first years until now thou hast brought us to great honour even the honour of being Christians the honour of adoption to be thy Children and heirs of thy glorious promises coheirs with thy Son Jesus Christ and hast comforted us on every side with a continuall stream of thy mercies and refreshments give us thy grace that we may love thee and long for thee above all the things of this World and as thou hast holden us up ever since we were born so let thy mercy go along with us all our days Cast us not away in the time of age and give us grace that we may never cast thee or thy Laws from us Let not thy grace and the ghostly strength we derive from thee forsake us when our naturall strength fails us but let our spirit grow upon the disadvantages of the flesh and begin to receive the happiness of eternity by an absolute conquest over the weakned and decaying body that after we have by thy aid passed through the great troubles and adversities thou shewest unto all thy Children in this world we may lie down in righteousnesse and with thy favour that when thou bringest us out from the deep of the earth again we may have a joyfull resurrection to the society of Saints and Angels and the full fruition of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 72. A Prayer for the exaltation and propagation of Christs Kingdome GIve the King thy judgements O God and thy righteousnesse unto the Kings son 2 Then shall he judge the people according unto right and defend the poor 3 The mountains also shall bring peace and the little hils righteousnesse unto the people 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right defend â—he children of the poor and punish the wrong doer 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sunne and moon endureth from one generation to another 6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wooll
have set fire upon thy holy places and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name even unto the ground 9 Yea they said in their hearts Let us make havock of them altogether thus have they burnt up all the houseâ— of God in the land 10 We see not our tokens there is not one Prophet more no not one is there among us that understandeth any more 11 O God how long shall the adversary do this dishonour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever 12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest not thou thy right hand out of thy bosome to consume the â—nemy 13 For God is my King of old the help that is done upon earth he doth it himself 14 Thou diddest divide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters 15 Thou smotest the heads of leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wildernesse 16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up mighty waters 17 The day is thine and the night is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sunne 18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter 19 Remember this O Lord how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people have blasphemed thy name 20 O deliver not the soule of thy turtle dove unto the multitude of the enemies and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever 21 Look upon the covenant for all the earth is full of darknesse and cruell habitations 22 Oh let not the simple go away ashamed but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy name 23 Arise O God maintain thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily 24 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more The Prayer O Lord God Blessed Jesu who with thy precious bloud hast purchased to thy self and redeemed a Church that it should serve thee in holinesse and righteousnesse being delivered from fear of all their adversaries forget not the congregation of thy poor people for ever maintain thine own cause deliver the soul of thy Turtle dove from the multitude of her enemies Preserve with thy right hand all the places appointed for thy publike service let a guard of flaming Cherubins as at the gate of Paradise stand sentinell and keep from the invasions of sacrilegious persons and the pollutions of all impure Church-robbers all thy dwelling places that thou mayest for ever dwell among us defending the poor bringing help to all thy people and particular blessings and assistances to the tribe of thine own inheritance which thou hast sanctified to thy worship and service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 75. A Prayer against the terrors of the day of Judgement VNto thee O God doe we give thanks yea unto thee doe we give thanks 2 Thy name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare 3 When I receive the congregation I shall judge according unto right 4 The earth is weak and all the inhabiters thereof I bear up the pillars of it 5 I said unto the fools Deal not so madly and to the ungodly Set not up your horn 6 Set not up your horn on high and speak not with a stiffe neck 7 For promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South 8 And why God is the judge he putteth down one and setteth up another 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same 10 As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them and suck them out 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted The Prayer O Lord God the Judge of all the world from whom commeth all promotion and all punishment have mercy upon us now at the hour of death and in the day of Judgement when thou shalt judge all the congregations of men and Angels according unto right O give us grace to expect thy comming in humility and charity that we be not stiffe-necked and exalted in our own opinions and conceptions but may submit to thy yoke with meeknesse and obedience that when thou shalt pour forth the cup of thy vengeance upon the ungodly we may not drink or tast of the dregs of it but may sit down at thy Table in the Supper of the Lamb and be satisfied with the blessings of eternity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 76. A prayer that we may fear Gods Judgements and be freed from the terrors of men IN Jury is God know his name is great in Israel 2 At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow the shield of sword and the battell 4 Thou art of more honour and might then the hils of the robbers 5 The proud are robbed they have slept their sleep and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing 6 At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are fallen 7 Thou even thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry 8 Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven the earth trembled and was still 9 When God arose to judgement and to help all the meek upon earth 10 The fiercenesse of man shall turn to thy praise and the fiercenesse of them shalt thou refrain 11 Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared 12 He shall refrain the spirit of Princes and is wonderfull among the Kings of the earth The Prayer O Lord God whose dwelling is in heaven and thy Name is great in all the world plant the dread and reverence of thee and thy power in our hearts let thy threatnings and thy judgements which are heard from heaven and executed upon disobedient and gainsaying people make us to tremble at the remembrance of our sins and in the consideration of our weaknesses and demerits and let thy mercies and the remembrance of thy infinite loving kindnesses make our hearts still full of eavennesse and tranquillity that we may not fear the fiercenesse of man or the wrath of those whose spirits thou canst refrain lest we be disturbed in our duties towards thee but let us so fear thee that we may never offend against thee but may passe from fear to love from apprehensions of thy wrath to the sense and comforts of thy mercies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 77. A Prayer that the experience of Gods goodnesse may produce hope in us and remove from us all fearfulnesse and doubting I Will
A thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee 8 Yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the ungodly 9 For thou Lord art my hope thou hast set thine house of defence very high 10 There shall no evill happen unto thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling 11 For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways 12 They shall bear thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet 14 Because he hath set his love upon me therefore shall I deliver him I shall set him up because he hath known my name 15 He shall call upon me and I will hear him yea I am with him in trouble I will deliver him and bring him to honour 16 With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation The Prayer O Lord God our hope and our strong hold have mercy upon us and defend us under the shadow of thy wings that we trusting under thy defence may by thy faithfulnesse and truth be covered as with a shield and buckler Give thy Angels charge concerning us and our habitations that we may be preserved and kept in all our ways that no evill happen uâ—to us no plague come nigh our dwelling no terrors of the night no arrows of thy vengeance by day may disturb our peace or safety Let thy ministring Spirits bear us in their hands and keep us from precipice fâ—om frâ—cture of bones from dislocations noisome 〈◊〉 sharp diseases stupidities and deformities that we may tread under our feet all the snares of the roaring lion and the great dragon the Devill who seeks our bodily and ghostly hurt Doe thou set thy love upon us and deliver us from all our troubles and at the end of our days shew us thy salvation and satisfie us with long life even of a blessed eternity in thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 92. A meditation of the great works of God in the destruction of the wicked and the preservation of the godly IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O most Highest 2 To tell of thy loving kindnesse early in the morning and of thy truth in the night season 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute upon a loud instrument and upon the harp 4 For thou Lord hast made me glad through thy works and I will rejoyce in giving praise for the operations of thy hands 5 O Lord how glorious are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep 6 An unwise man doth not well consider this and a fool doth not understand it 7 When the ungodly are green as the grasse and when all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish then shall they be destroyed for ever but thou Lord art the most highest for evermore 8 For lo thine enemies O Lord lo thine enemies shall pâ—rish and all the workers of wickedness shall be destoyed 9 But mine horn shall bee exalted like the horn of an unicorn for I am anointed with fresh oyle 10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shall heare his desire of the wicked that rise up against me 11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree and â—hall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanus 12 Such as be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God 13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age and shall be fat and well liking 14 That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is and that there is no unrighteousnesse in him The Prayer O Lord God thou art the most highest for evermore thy works are glorious and thy thoughts are very deep make our hearts and tongues loud instruments of thy praises that we may tell of thy mercy in the morning of thy truth in the night and that we may rejoyce in giving thee thanks for the operations of thy hands all the days and nights of our life Let thy mercifull kindnesse descend evermore upon the righteous that they may flourish like a palm tree being continually watered with the dew of temporall and spirituall blessings and may bring forth fruits of a holy conversation and grant that we thy servants being planted in the house of God and firmly fixed in the blessed communion of Saints may flourish in the Courts of thy house thy celestial temple to all eternity O let not our portion be amongst the ungodly and unrighteous make us not to communicate in their wickednesse so much as by consent or approbation that we may never perish and be destroyed in the furiousnesse of thine anger which thou treasurest up against the day of vengeance and righteous judgement even the day of the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 93. A Prayer that God would preserve his Church against the storms and flouds of persecution THE Lord is King and hath put on glorious apparell the Lord hath put on his apparell and girded himself with strength 2 He hath made the round world so sure that it cannot be moved 3 Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared thou art from everlasting 4 The flouds are risen O Lord the flouds have lift up their voice the flouds lift up their waves 5 The waves of the sea are mighty and rage horribly but the Lord that dwelleth on high is mightier 6 Thy testimonies O Lord are very sure holinesse becommeth thine house for ever The Prayer O Lord our King who art girded with strength and hast prepared thy seat from everlasting establish thy testimonies in our hearts as a sure foundation of temporall and eternall happinesse Preserâ—e thy house the holy Catholique Church in peace and holinesse which is its defence and ornament and although the flouds of persecution and secular disadvantages have lift up their waves to overthrow it yet because it is built upon a rock the rock Christ Jesus make it to stand firm and sure against all the malice of hell and earth and all the powers of them both for thou ô Lord art mightier theâ— all the waves and storms of her enemies To thee O Lord who dwellest on high and art mightier be all honour and glory now and for ever Amen PSALME 94. A Prayer for patience comfort and assistance to the godly and that God would disappoint the designes of the wicked O Lord God to whom vengeance belongeth thou God to whom vengeance belongeth shew thy self 2 Arise thou judge of the world and reward the proud after their deserving 3 Lord how long shall the ungodly how long shall the ungodly triumph 4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully and make such proud boasting 5
dream 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy 3 Then said they among the heathen The Lord hath done great things for them 4 Yea the Lord had done great things for us already whereof we rejoyce 5 Turn thou our captivity O Lord as the rivers in the south 6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seed shall doubtlesse come again with joy and bring his sheaves with him The Prayer O Lord God who hast promised salvation to thy people and hast done great things for us already deliver us from the captivity and bondage of sinne and misery Fill our hearts with holy sorrow and compunction when ever we trespasse against thee and teach us so to deny our selves to mortifie our affections to crucifie our lusts and all the temptations of the flesh that we going on our way with mourning and weeping despising the pleasures of this life may when thy great harvest shall come and thy reapers the Angels shall separate the wheat from the tares come before thee with joy and bring our sheaves with us to be laid up in thy granary that so we may escape the everlasting burning through the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 127. A Prayer for Gods blessing to goe along with the temporall good things he gives us EXcept the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it 2 Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early and so late take rest and eat the bread of carefulnesse for so he giveth his beloved sleep 4 Lo children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that commeth of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate The Prayer O Lord God without whose blessing all our labours are vain and unprofitable and our possessions are but bitter and unpleasant let thy blessing be upon our labours and our substance our children and our dwelling that the good things of this life may be an heritage and gift from thee issues of thy favour and an earnest of a greater blessing make our souls diligent in thy service not importunate and greedy for the encrease of riches let our dwellings be safe and peaceable and our families increase in thy blessings that we feeling the comforts of thy favour here may be stirred up to great desires after the blessings of eternity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 128. A Prayer for the fear of God and the blessings of the godly BLessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways 2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitfull vine upon the wals of thine house 4 Thy children like the olive-branches round about thy table 5 Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shall 〈◊〉 Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long 7 Yea thâ—t thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon Israel The Prayer O Lord God who hast promised to multiply thy blessings upon them that fear thee teach us the fear of the Lord and let thy Spirit so assist us that we may walk in thy ways with great observation of all our actions and much diligence to perform thy holy will that we may receive the blessings of the righteous blessings of the right hand and of the left hand and may rejoyce in the blessing and peace of thy Church waiting for the consummation of all blessing and peace in thy eternall Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 129. A Prayer against the enemies of the Church MAny a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say 2 Yeâ— many a time have they vexed mee from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me 3 The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows 4 But the righteous Lord hath hewen the snares of the ungodly in pieces 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as have evill will at Sion 6 Let them be even as the grasse growing upon the house tops which withereth afore it be plucked up 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosome 8 So that they which goe by say not so much as the Lord prosper you we wish you good luck in the name of the Lord. The Prayer O Most blessed Iesu who for our sins didst suffer the plowers to plow upon thy back and make long furrows suffering shame and whipping for our sakes and all the contradictions of sinners and didst leave sorrows and afflictions intailed upon thy Church that by suffering with thee she might at last reign with thee in glory Deliver us and all thy holy Church from all that fight against us hew the snares of the ungodly in pieces let the designes of them that have evill will at thy Church be like the grasse growing upon the house tops withered and blasted before it comes to maturity and make us to prosper under thy mercies and in the good wishes and devout prayers of holy people through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 130. A penitentiall Psalme or a prayer for pardon and redemption from sins OUt of the deep have I called unto thee O Lord Lord hear my voice 2 Oh let thine eares consider well the voice of my complaint 3 If thou Lord wilt be extream to mark what is done amisse O Lord who may abide it 4 For there is mercy with thee therefore shalt thou be feared 5 I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him in his word is my trust 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watch 7 O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins The Prayer O Lord God blessed Iesu with whom is mercy and plenteous redemption who didst redeem thy people from all their sins paying the ransome of thine own bloud to purchase us freedome and salvation let the height of thy mercy take us up from the deep abysse of sin and misery O be not extream to mark what we have done amisse for it is impossible we should abide the extreamity of thy severest judgements and as thy mercy pardons what is past so let the sweetness of it beget thy fear in our hearts that we may not dare to offend so gracious so mercifull a God but that trusting in thy Word and flying unto thee for succour
the chains of obedience discipline and subordination to all thy holy Laws and grant to us thy servants that thy Laws may be so fixed in our hearts and thy praises in our mouthes and righteousnesse in all our actions that we may be written among the righteous and have our portion with the Saints who rejoyce in their beds of eternall rest and are joyfull in the glories of thy Kingdome through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 150. An invitation to praise God with all our faculties and powers O Praise God in his holinesse praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him in his noble acts praise him according to his excellent greatnesse 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet praise him upon the lute and harp 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances praise him upon the strings and pipe 5 Praise him upon the well tuned cymbals praise him upon the loud cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. The Prayer O Eternall God thy holinesse and power and excellent greatnesse are farre above all the praises of men and Angels and yet thou art pleased in the harmony and concent of a thankfull heart and a thanks-giving tongue touch our hearts with admirable apprehensions of thy Divine perfections that our songs of thy honour may be devout and illuminate to the height of extasies and the devotions of a Seraphim for nothing is proportionable to thy glories but what is infinitely beyond our infirmities Make us to sing Thee and thy Name while we have breath and when we are breathlesse let our hearts fill up the harmony and think thy praises so cordially till our souls being separated from the harsh sound of our bodily organs we may praise thee when we are all spirit in the state of separation and in the re-union when our bodies shall be made spirituall singing to thee exalted praises for ever and ever To thee O blessed and glorious God be praises and honour and glory ascribed now and to all eternity Amen Amen DEVOTIONS FOR THE Help and Assistance OF ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE In all occasions and necessities The third EDITION LONDON Printed for R. Royston 1647. DEVOTIONS FOR SEVERALL OCCASIONS A Prayer against wandring thoughts to be said at the beginning of our devotions ALmighty God who hast commanded us to pray unto thee without ceasing and hast added many glorious promises for our incouragement let thy holy Spirit teach me how to pray give me just apprehensions of my wants zeal of thy glory great resentment of thy mercies love of all spirituall employments that are pleasing unto thee and do thou help mine infirmities that the Devill may not abuse my fancy with illusions nor distract my minde with cares nor alienate my thoughts with impertinencies but give me a present minde great devotion a heart fixed upon thy divine beauties and an actuall intention and perseverance in my prayers that I may glorifie thy Name doe unto thee true and laudable service and obtain relief for all my necessities Hear me O King of Heaven when I call upon thee for thou hast promised mercy to them that pray in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Penitentiall Prayers and a Form of Confession of sinnes to God to be said upon days of publike or private humiliation O Lord God of mercy and pardon give me a just remembrance and sad apprehensions of my sins teach me to bewail them with as great an indignation and bitternesse as I have committed them with complacency and delight Let my prayers and my confession come into thy presence and obtain a mercy for me and a pardon Let not thy justice and severity so remember my sins as to forget thine own mercy and though I have committed that for which I deserve to be condemned yet thou canst not lose that glorious attribute whence flows comfort to us and hopes of being saved Spare me therefore O mercifull God for to give pardon to a sinner that confesseth his sinnes and begges remission is not impossible to thy power nor disproportionate to thy justice nor unusuall to thy mercy and sweetest clemency Blessed Jesu acknowledge in me whatsoever is thine and cleanse me from whatsoever is amisse Have pity on me now in the time of mercy and condemne me not when thou commest to judgement for what profit is there in my bloud Thou delightest not in the death of a sinner but in his conversion there is joy in Heaven and when thou hast delivered me from my sins and saved my soul I shall praise and magnifie thy Name to all eternity Mercy sweet Jesu Mercy Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in Heaven c. I am not worthy O Lord to look up to Heaven which is the Throne of thy purity for my sins are moe in number then the hairs upon my head and my heart hath failed me Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have not lived according to thy will but in the vanity of mine own thoughts in idle sinfull and impertinent language in foolish actions in blindnesse of heart in contempt of thy holy Word and Commandments I have not loved thee my God with all my heart nor feared thee with all my soul nor served thee with all my might according to thy holy precept nor loved my neighbour as my self Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have been unthankfull to thy Divine Majesty forgetting that thou madest me and preservest me to thy Son my blessed Saviour forgetting the bitter pains he suffered for me and to the holy Ghost forgetting how many gracious influences I have received from him for my help comfort and promotion in the wayes of holy Religion but have rebelled against thee my Maker have sold my self to work wickednesse from whence by the passion of thy holy Son I was redeemed and have resisted the holy Ghost Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have offended thee my God in an inordinate estimation of my self in vain complacencies and desires to be esteemed as much or more then others in not suffering with meeknesse indifference and obedience the humiliations sent to me by thy divine providence in haughty deportment toward my superiours equals and inferiours and in accepting such honours as have been done to me without returning them to thee the Fountain Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have offended thee my God in impatience in anger intemperate in degree inordinate in the object growing peevish and disquieted by trifling inadvertencies of others and sleight accidents about me Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have offended thee my God by being envious at the prosperous successes and advantages of my neighbours and have had resentments of joy at their displeasures and sadnesses Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have been negligent in performance of my charge idle in doing my duties soft and effeminate in my life indevout
in my prayers slothfull in the exercises of Religion weary of their length displeased at their return without advertency in the execution of them and glad at an occasion of their pretermission Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have been diligent and curious in pleasing my appetite of meat and drink and pleasures losing my time pampering my flesh quenching the Spirit making matter both for sin and sicknesses and have not been sedulous in mortifying my body for the subduing mine own intemperances and inordination Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have been an unprovident steward of the good things thou hast given me I have loved them inordinately sought them greedily and unjustly dispensed them idlely and parted with them unwillingly I have not been so charitable to the poor or so pitifull to the afflicted or so compassionate to the sick or so apt to succour and give supply to the miseries of my neighbours as I ought but have too much minded things below not setting mine affections upon Heaven and heavenly things but have been unlike thee in all things I have been unmercifull and unjust Lord be mercifull to me a sinner Mine eyes O Lord have wandred after vanity beholding and looking after things unseemly without displeasure despising my neighbors prying into their faults but have been blinde not seeing mine own sins and infinite irregularities Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have not with care kept the door of my lips nor bridled my tongue but have been excessive in talking immoderate in dissolute and wanton laughter apt to lie to deny truth to accuse others to scoffe at them to aggravate their faults to lessen their worth to give rash judgement to flatter for advantage to speak of thy Name irreverently and without religious or grave occasions our discourses have been allayed with slander and backbiting not apt to edifie or minister grace unto the hearers Lord be mercifull to me a sinner Mine eares have been greedy after vanity listening after things unprofitable or that might tend to the prejudice of my neighbors and have not with holy appetite listened after thy holy words and conveyances of salvation Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have offended thee by the entertainment of evill thoughts thoughts of uncleannesâ—e and impurity and have not resisted their first beginnings but have given consent to them explicitly and implicitly and have brought them up till they have grown into idle words and actions Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have made my self guilty of the sinnes of others by consent by approving by not reproving by cooperating by encouraging their ill actions so making mine own heap greater by pulling their deformities upon mine own head Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have employed all my members and faculties both of soul and body in the ways of unrighteousnesse I have transgressed my duty in all my relations and in all my actions and traverses of my whole life even where I might have had most confidence I finde nothing but weaknesse and imperfections Lord be mercifull to me a sinner I have broken my vows and purposes of obedience and holy life I have been inconstant to all good refractory to counsels disobedient to commands stubborn against admonition churlish and ungentle in my behaviour mindfull and revengefull of injuries forgetfull of benefits seeking my own ends deceiving my own soul. Lord be mercifull to me a sinner My secret sins O Lord are innumerable sins secret to my self through inadvertency forgetfulness wilfull ignorance or stupid negligence secret to the world committed before thee onely and under the witness of mine own conscience I am confounded with the multitude of them and the horror of their remembrance Oh Jesu God be mercifull unto me I. SOn of David Blessed Redeemer Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon me O Jesu be a Jesus unto me thou that sparedst thy servant Peter that denied thee thrice thou that didst cast seven Devils out of Mary Magdalen and forgavest the woman taken in adultery and didst beare the convert thief from the Crosse to the joys of Paradise have mercy upon me also for although I have amassed together more sinnes then all these in conjunction yet not their sins nor mine nor the sins of all the world can equall thy glorious mercy which is as infinite and eternall as thy self I acknowledge O Lord that I am vile but yet redeemed with thy precious bloud I am blinde but thou art the light of the world I am weak but thou art my strong Rock I have been dead in trespasses and sins but thou art my resurrection and my life Thou O Lord lovest to shew mercy and the expressions of thy mercy the nearer they come to infinite the more proportionable they are to thy essence and like thy self Behold then O Lord a fit object for thy pity my sins are so great and many that to forgive me will be an act of glorious mercy and all the praises which did accrue to thy name by the forgivenes of David and Manasses and S. Paul and the adulteresse and the thief and the Publican will be multiplied to thy honour in the forgiveness of me so vile so unworthy a wretch that I have nothing to say for my self but that the greatness of my misery is a fit object for thy miraculous and infinite mercy Despise me not O Lord for I am thy creature despise me not for thou didst die for me cast me not away in thine anger for thou camest to seek me and to save me Say unto my soul I am thy salvation let thy holy Spirit lead me from the errours of my ways into the paths of righteousness to great degrees of repentance and through all the parts of a holy life to a godly and a holy death Grant this O blessed Jesu for thy mercies and for thy pity sake Amen II. O Lord God blessed Jesu Eternall Judge of quick and dead I tremble with horrour at the apprehension when I call to mind with what terrors and Majesty thou shalt appear in judgement a fire shall go out from thy presence and a tempest shall be stirred up round about thee such a tempest as shall rend the rocks levell the mountains shake the earth disorder and dissolve the whole fabrick of the heavens and where then shall I vile sinner appear when the heavens are not pure in thy sight Lord I tremble when I remember that sad truth If the righteous scarcely be saved where then shall the wicked and the ungodly appear I know O Lord that all my secret impurities shall be laid open before all the Nations of the world before all the orders and degrees of Angels in the presence of innumerable millions of beatified spirits There shall I see many that have taught me innocence and sanctity many that have given me pious example many that have dyed for thee and suffered tortures rather then they would
with thee but the remembrance of my sins doth so depresse my growing confidence that I am in a great straight between my fears and hopes between the infirmities of my nature and the better desires of conforming to thy holy will and pleasure O my dear Redeemer wean my soul and all my desires from the flatteries of this world pardon all my sins and consign so great a favour by the comforts and attestation of thy divinest Spirit that my own fears being mastered my sins pardoned my desires rectified as the Hart thirst after the springs of water so my soul may long after thee O God and to enter into thy Courts Heavenly Father if it may be for thy glory and my ghostly good to have the days of my pilgrimage prolonged I begge of thee health and life but if it be not pleasing to thee to have this cup passe from me thy will be done my Saviour hath drunk off all the bitternesse Behold O Lord I am in thine hands do with me as seemeth good in thine eyes though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me I will lay me down in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely who shalt make me to dwell in everlasting safety and to partake of the joys of thy Kingdom who livest and reignest eternall God world without end Amen IV. A Prayer for a sick person in danger of death O Lord Jesus Christ our health and life our hope and our resurrection from the dead I resign my self up to thy holy will and pleasure either to life that I may live longer to thy service and my amendment or to death to the perpetuall enjoyment of thy presence and of thy glories Into thy hands I commend my spirit for I know O Lord that nothing can perish which is committed to thy mercies I believe O Lord that I shall receive my body again at the resurrection of the just I relinquish all care of that onely I begge of thee mercy for my soul strengthen it with thy grace against all temptations let thy loving kindness defend it as with a shield against all the violences and hostile assaults of Satan let the same mercy be my guard and defence which protected thy Martyrs crowning them with victory in the midst of flames horrid torments and most cruell deaths There is no help in me O Lord I cannot by my own power give a minutes rest to my wearied body but my trust is in thy sure mercies and I call to minde to my unspeakable comfort that thou wert hungry and thirsty and wearied and whipt and crown'd with Thorns and mock'd and crucified for me O let that mercy which made thee suffer so much make thee do that for which thou sufferedst so much pardon me and save me Let thy merits answer for my impieties let thy righteousnesse cover my sins thy bloud wash away my stains and thy comforts refresh my soul. As my body grows weak let thy grace bestronger let not my faith doubt nor my hope tremble nor my charity grow cold nor my soul be affrighted with the terrors of death but let the light of thy countenance enlighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death eternall and when my tongue fails let thy spirit teach my heart to pray with strong cryings and groans that are unutterable O let not the enemy do me any violence but let thy holy mercies and thy Angels repell and defeat his malice and fraud that my soul may by thy strength triumph in the joyes of eternity in the fruition of thee my life my joy my hope my exceeding great reward my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen V. For a dying Person in or near the agonies of death MOst mercifull and Blessed Saviour have mercy upon the soul of this thy sâ—rvant remember not his ignorances nor the sins of his youth but according to thy great mercy remember him in the mercies and glories of thy Kingdome Thou O Lord hast opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all Believers let the everlasting gates be open'd and receive his Soul let the Angels who rejoyce at the conversion of a sinner triumph and be exalted in his deliverance and salvation Make him partaker of the benefits of thy holy incarnation life and sanctity passion and death resurrection and ascension and of all the prayers of the Church of the joy of the elect and all the fruits of the blessed communion of Saints and daily adde to the number of thy beatified servants such as shall be saved that thy comming may be hastned and the expectation of the Saints may be fulfilled and the glory of thee our Lord Jesu bee advanced all the whole Church singing praises to the Honour of thy Name who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen VI. O Most mercifull Jesu who didst die to redeem us from death and damnation have mercy upon this thy servant whom thy hand hath visited with sicknesse of thy goodnesse be pleased to forgive him all his sinnes and seal his hopes of glory with the refreshments of thy holy Spirit Lord give him strength and confidence in thee asswage his pain repell the assaults of his Ghostly enemies by thy mercies and a guard of holy Angels preserve him in the unity of the Church keep his senses intire his understanding right give him great measure of contrition true faith a well grounded hope and abundant charity give him a quiet and a joyfull departure let thy ministring spirits convey his soul to the mansions of peace and rest there with certainty to expect a joyfull resurrection to the fulnesse of joy at thy right hand where there is pleasure for evermore Amen VII A Prayer for the joyes of Heaven O Most glorious Jesu who art the portion and exceeding great reward of all faithfull people thou hast beautified humane Nature with glorious immortality and hast carried the same above all Heavens above the seat of Angels beyond the Cherubims and Seraphims placing it on the right hand of thy heavenly Father grant to us all the issues of thy abundant charity that we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour Prepare our souls with heavenly vertues for heavenly joys mâ—king us righteous here that we may be beautified hereafter A Morning Prayer In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. I. O Eternall Sun of righteousnesse who camest from the bosome of thy Father the Fountain of glorious light to enlighten the darknesses of the world I praise thy Name that thou hast preserved me from the dangers of this night and hast continued to me still the opportunities of serving thee and advancing my hopes of a blessed eternity Let thy mercies shine brightly upon me and dissipate the clouds and darknesses of my spirit and understanding rectifie my affections and purifie
my will and all my actions that whatsoever I shall do or suffer this day or in my whole life my words and purposes my thoughts and my intentions may be sanctified and be acceptable to thy divine Majesty Amen II. GRant that my understanding may know thee my heart may love thee and all my faculties and powers may give thee due obedience and serve thee Preserve me this day from all sin and danger from all violences and snares of mine enemies visible and invisible let thy holy fear be as a bridle to my distemperatures and thy love so enkindle and actuate all mine endeavours that no pleasure or allurements of the world may draw me from thy service nor any difficulty or temptation may be my hinderance let the profound humility and innocence of my blessed Saviour keep from me all pride and haughtinesse of mind all self-love and vain-glory all obstinacy and disobedience all fraudulency and hurtfull dissimulation and let the graces of the holy Ghost take so absolute possession and seizure of my soul and all its faculties that I may tread down and cast out the spirit of intemperance and uncleannesse of malice and envy of idlenesse and disdain that I may never despise any of thy creatures but my self that so being little in mine own sight I may be great in thine Amen III. CLothe my soule with the Wedding garment the habits of supernaturall Faith and Charity that I may believe all thy holy promises and revelations without all wavering and love thee my God with so great devotions and affections that neither life nor death prosperity nor adversity temptations within nor without may ever dis-unite me from the love of thee but that I may have the most intimate adhesion to thy glories and perfections of which my condition in this world is capable Make me to choose vertue with the same freenesse of election entertain it with as little reluctancy keep it with as much complacency actuate it with as many faculties serve it with as much industry as I have in time past my vices and pleasures of the world and grant that all inordinate affection to the transitory things of this life may daily decay in me and that I may grow in spirit and ghostly strength till I come to a perfect man in Christ Jesus Amen IV. GIve unto thy servant true humility great contrition a tender conscience an obedient heart an understanding always busied in honest and pious thoughts a will tractable and ever prone to do good affections eaven and moderate a watchfull custody over my senses that by those windows sinne may never enter in nor death by sin Make me to watch over my tongue and keep the door of my lips that no corrupt or unseemly communication proceed out of my mouth that I may never flanner calumniate or detract from the reputation of my neighbour that I be not busie in the faults of others but carefull to correct mine own being gentle and mercifull to others and severe towards my self that I may speak much of thy praises and what I can for the edification of my brethren Amen V. GIve me understanding in thy Law that I may know thy will and grace and strength faithfully to fulfill the same Give me a fear of thy Name and of thy threatnings and a love and hope of thy promises let me daily feel thy mercies and remove thy judgements far from me Imprint in my heart a filiall reverence and awfulness towards thy Divine Majesty that I may study to please thee with diligence to worship thee with much devotion to submit to the disposition of thy providence with thankfulnesse and that in conscience of my duty towards thee I may honour the King obey Magistrates under him love the Saints and do all acts of charity according to my opportunity and ability directing all my actions and intentions not according to custome or in pursuance of mine own ends and temporall advantages but in thy fear and in holy religion to the advancement of thy honour and glory Amen VI. GIve me a soul watchfull in the services of Religion constant in holy purposes ingenuous and free from sordid ends or servile flattery a modest gravity in my deportment affability and fair courteous demeanour towards all men austerity in condemning mine own sins sweetnesse in fraternall correction and reprehending others mature judgement a chaste body and a clean soul patience in suffering deliberation in my words and actions good counsels in all my purposes make me just in performing promises and in all my duties sedulous in my calling profitable to the Common-wealth a true Son of the Church and of a disposition meek and charitable towards all men Amen VII LEt this be my portion and the comfort of my pilgrimage so long as I am detained in the condition of mortality and exiled from my heavenly Country that being free from all fear of mine enemies and from vexations cares and sollicitudes of this life I may be wholly devoted to thy service that I may attend thee onely and what tends to thee that I may rejoyce onely in thee and my soule may rest in thee that without distractions I may entertain thy heavenly Doctrine and the blessed motions of thy holy Spirit spending my time in the duties of necessity in the works of charity and the frequent office of Religion with diligence and patience and perseverance and hope expecting the accomplishment of my days in peace that when I go unto my dust I may be reckoned amongst those blessed souls whose work it is to give thee praise and honour and glory to all eternity Amen Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for evermore Amen An Evening Prayer In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. I. O Lord God who art the light and splendour of souls in the brightnesse of thy countenance is eternall Day that knows no night in thy arms and in thy protection is all quietnesse tranquillity and everlasting repose while the darkness covers the face of the earth receive my body and soul into thy custody let not the spirits of darkness come near my dwelling neither suffer my fancy to be abused with illusions of the night Lord I am thy servant and the sheep of thy pasture let not the devil who goeth up and down seeking whom he may devour abuse my body or make a prey of my soul but defend me from all those calamities which I have deserved and protect my soul that it consent not to any work of darknesse lest mine enemy say he hath prevailed over me or do mischief to a soul redeemed with thy most precious Bloud Amen II. PArdon and forgive me all the sins and offences of my youth the errours of mine understanding the inordination of mine affections the irregularity of all mine actions and particularly whatsoever I have transgressed this day in thought word or deed Lord let