prospere perveniam demum incolumis ad propria redeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Exaudi Domine supplicationes meas viam famuli tui dispone ut inter omnes vitae viae hujus varietates tuo semper protegar auxilio per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine salvum me fac servum tuum sperantem in te Mitte mihi auxilium de Sancto de Sion tuere me Esto mihi turris fortitudinis a facie Inimici Nihil proficiat Inimicus in me filius iniquitatis non opponat nocere mihi O prosperum iter faciat mihi Deus salutarium nostrorum Domine exaudi orationem meam clamor meus ad te veniat per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future duty that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacrity go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercy and goodness put to my hand to lay the first stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happy Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Iesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majesty and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Prayers upon sundry Publick Occasions MOst gracious God we humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in general so especially for the High Court of Parliament under our most Religious and Gracious King at this time assembled that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations to the preservation of thy Glory the good of thy Church the safety honour and welfare of our Soveraign and his Kingdomes Lord look upon the humility and devotion with which they are come into thy Courts And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ our blessed Saviour that thou wilt not deny them the grace and favour which they beg of thee Therefore O Lord bless them with that wisdom which thou knowest necessary to speed and bring great designes into action and to make the maturity of his Majesties and their Counsels the happiness and the blessing of this Common-wealth These and all other necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and our most gracious Father thou art the Lord of Hosts and the strength of all Nations is from thee If thou keepest not the City the Watchman waketh but in vain And no Victory can wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies if thou teach not their hands to warre and their fingers to fight Thou art the steady hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which go and remain in the broad sea Lord at this time we need thy more special Assistance both by Land and Sea and â—or the mercy of Christ deny us neither Be with our Armies and the Armies of our Allies and Associates by Land be with our Navy at Sea Be not from the one nor from the other in power and in great mercy until thou hast brought them back with honour and a setled Peace Lord turn our Enemies sword into their own bosome For we sought Peace and ensued it and while we did so they did more then make themselves ready to battel We are thy servants truly and heartily sorry for our sins Lord forgive them and then we will trust upon thee that thou wilt pour down all thy blessings upon this all other designes and actions of this State undertaken for thy glory the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES and the peace and welfare of this Church and Common-wealth Grant this we humbly beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee pardon and forgive all our many great and grievous transgressions We may not hope thou wilt take off thy punishments until thou hast forgiven our sins We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness We have been too slow to come and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercy in Justice to force us to thee Lord we believe but do thou increase our Faith our Devotion our Repentance and all Christian Vertues in us At this time the viols of thy heavy displeasure drop down upon us and while we smart under one Judgment thou threatnest the rest The Pestilence spreads in our Streets and so as if it sought whom to devour No strength is able to stand against it and it threatens to make Families nay Cities desolate While the Pestilence eats up thy People we hear the sound of War and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour In the mean time the heavens are black over us and the clouds drop leaneness and it will be Famine to swallow what the Pestilence and the Sword shall leave alive unless thou send more seasonable weather to give the fruits of the earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can deny it We have no whither to go but to mercy We have no way to that but by the Alsufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants Command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plenty with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our
thy peace rise in thy power raigne in thy glory for thy only beloved son's sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEar O Lord consider my complaint hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips and prevent me in mercy before the Evening of my daies close up upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine Oro te ultra se infirmitas mea non tendat sed loquatur hoc solum in quo animae salus est Neque in id stultitiae simul impietatis unquam erumpam ut omnipotentiae tuae Sacramentorum arbiter esse velim Neque permittas me erigere infirmitatis meae sensum ultra aut infinitatis tuae religiosam opinionem aut significatam mihi aeternitatis tuae fidem Amen Illumina quaeso Domine tenebras nostras totius noctis hujus insidias a me omnibus fidelibus tuis ab animabus praecipue sed a corporibus nostris repelle propitius per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding Pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening Sacrifice even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my Strength and my Shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the Author and giver of all good things Graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercy keep me in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and then umber of my daies that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my daies as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine Mea omnia meipsum tibi dono offero actionem sermonem quietem silentium Tantum me habeas duÌ„cas manum mentem linguam ad ea quae honesta sunt tibi grata moveas ab omnibus a quibus abstinere praestat abducas Per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen O Sol Iustitiae Pater Origo omnium tuo sydere afflari reviviscere â—est tuo foveri lumine proficere est tuis accendi flammis perfici est absâ— te deseri perire est O ter felices quibus mitis roscidus exoreris Bees me O Domine Jesu lumine tuo discute nebulas ignorantiae meae caliginem peccatorum meorum ut non aberrans a via mandatorum tuorum te sequar in lumen aeternum per teipsum unicum Salvatorem Redemptorem meum Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do alwayes such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy waies O God teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord of thy goodness and the merits of Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almighty God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves Keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my body and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversity which may happen to my body and from all evil thoughts which my assault and hurt my soul through Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my Salvation Amen At Evening Morning and at Noon day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my Soul in peace from the practises that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercy upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen ALmighty God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the
alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercy upon me O God after thy greatâ— goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine exaudire dignare preces meas in beneplacito tuo Inâ—micum ab actibus meis cogitationibus virtute tua expelle Multiplica mihi fidem guberna mentem spirituales cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti ad beatitudinem tuam perducito per Jesum Christum Filium tuum Salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the infections of the Devil and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the only true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I offer up unto thee my Evening Sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine supplex te oro respice me purga mentem meam cogitationes meas ab impuris concupiscentiis ab omni inquinamento carnis spiritus ab omni diabolica operatione per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine ineffabilem misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue me a peccatis quae commisi eripe me a poenis quas merui per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my Bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to pass through the darkness of this night in the comfort of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord make mine eyes prevent the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive according to the insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to relieve and maintain nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly conversation through the aid and assistance of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen THURSDAY O Hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not Amen Subveni Domine mi Jesu accingere gladium tuum circa femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide me in me ut vivam in te desinant inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy Name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Almighty God and merciful Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithful Servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwel Amen O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Iesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdom in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless but send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee one God world without end Amen HEar my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition Take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodness and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Assist me mercifully O Lord in these and all other my supplications and prayers and dispose my ways towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their heart And from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayst sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Bless me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy law that thou mayst give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thine Inheritance in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O AEterne Deus quamdiu hic in terris sum supplex oro in quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed a te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire â—ibi Domino meo cui dum non obtempero illa in justam vindictam molesta esse solent Ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non ego semper serviam tibi in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened
upon me And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedome defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen DIc ô Domine mi Jesu doce discā a te quod doceam de te Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto me and all thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercy upon me O God have mercy upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercy and truth upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine misericors qui ad cor altum non accedis humilia animam meam O tu qui non videris nisi a mundis cordibus veram cordis munditiem dato mibi Sitio O Domine da arrham haereditatis futurae saltem da guttam coelestis pluviae qua refrigerare possim sitim meam quia amore ardeo Nec hoc peto Domine propter merita mea indignissimus enim sum qui gustem sed pro misericordia tua meritis Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi Amen Almighty God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and body in the wayes of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in body and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Lord I cry unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Da mihi Domine dormitum abeunti requiem corporis animae Custodi me a caliginoso peccati somno ab omni tenebrosa nocturna mollitie Ignita maligni tela dolose in me vibrata extinguito Rebelliones carnis meae reprimito Et omnem terrenam mundanam in me cogitationem sopito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediator and Advocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY DEus magne Deus omnipotens Deus summae bonitatis quem inviolabilem incorruptibilem credi intelligi fas est Trina Unitas quam Catholica Ecclesia colit supplex oro expertus in meipso misericordiam tuam ne homines cum quibus mihi a pueritia in omni victu fuit summa consensio in tuo cultu a me dissentire permittas nec vel me vel illos a veritate salute quae est in Christo Jesu Amen O Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhorre my soul neither hide thy face from me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Iesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility Mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Family for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Diu est O Domine ex quo contra Haereses laboravi sum poene fatigatus Veni Domine mi Jesu praeliator fortissime Princeps exercitus Domini qui Diabolum vicisti seculum Apprehende arma scutum exurge in adjutorium mihi Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins
and the meditations of my heart be alwaies acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Lord keep my tongue from evil and my lips that they speak no guile that so I may eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it Amen O Lord give me the mouth of the righteous that it may be exercised in wisdom and that my tongue may be talking of judgment Amen Lord I have said in thy grace I will take heed unto my waies that I offend not in my tongue Give me O give me that grace that I may take this heed that I may keep my mouth as it were with a bridle especially when the ungodly is in my sight be it never so much pain or grief unto me Hear me and grant even for Christ Iesus sake Amen Let the freewill offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy Judgments Amen O Lord set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is evil Amen O Lord set a watch before my mouth and a seal of wisdom upon my lips that I fall not suddenly by them and that my tongue destroy me not Amen Afflictiones IF I find favour in thine eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyful and glad in thee But if thou say O for Iesus his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee behold here I am do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes Amen O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distress Though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all Though I be chastned yet let me not be forsaken Though I be cast down let me not perish And though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing and my deserving Amen O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy word For before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law And it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Iesus Christ. Amen I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy word unto thy servant even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord Almighty O God of Israel the soul that is in trouble and the spirit that is vexed cryeth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercy for thou art merciful and have pity upon me because I have sinned before thee For thou endurest for ever but unless thou have mercy I utterly perish Have mercy therefore even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember thy promise that the poor shall not alwayes be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversities Amen Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my body My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken Vessel For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude and fear is on every side But my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save and deliver me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgetest our misery and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen In thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness Bow down thine ear to me make haste to deliver me Be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be also my guide and lead me for thy Names sake Amen O God the enemy cryeth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is fallen upon me Fearfulness and trembling and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me And I said O that I had wings like a dove that I might flie away and be at rest that I might make hast to escape the stormy wind and tempest But be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of man Amen Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers which assault us are diversly pointed against us I humbly beseech thee be present with me in all â—â—e course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my Calling Suffer no malice to be able to hurt me no cunning to circumvent me no violence to oppress me no falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all danger both of soul and body I may praise thee the deliverer and see how happy a thing it is to make the Lord of Hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord bless and preserve me at this time from â—c that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance also and be safe in the merits and the mercies of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plenty of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and mine enemies laugh me to scorn But turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercy and then the world shall know that this is thy hand and that thou
Lord be and dwell in the midst of me for thy Name is called upon me Leave me not O God of my salvation but have mercy for Iesus Christ his sake Amen For thy Names sake O Lord. be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen O Lord Almighty I acknowledge and confess I am not worthy to lift up mine eyes to heaven much less to present my self before thee with any confidence that thou shouldest hear my prayâ—ers and grant my requests if I consider my own deserâ—ing For my Conscience accuses me and my sins witness against me and thou art a just and an upright Judge and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions O Lord suffer me not to be swallowed up of death and desperation but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me O Lord for thy goodness sake For though I am a worm and no man yet thou art my Creator and I am the work of thy hands yea thou art my Father and I thy Son Thou my Shepheard I one of thy stragling Flock Thou my Redeemer and I one of thy People whom thou hast dearly bought Thou my God and I thy Creature O correct me not in thine anger O Lord neither punish me according to my deservings but remember my weakness as well as my sin and have mercy upon me for my dearest Saviours sake Iesus Christ. Amen Almighty everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in me a new and contrite heart that I may worthily lament my sins and acknowledge my wretchedness and obtain of thee the God of all mercie perfect remission and forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty everliving God which art alwaies more ready to hear then we to pray and usest to give more then either we desire or deserve Pour down upon me most miserable sinner the abundance of thy mercy forgiving me those things whereof my conscience is afraid and giving me that which my prayer dares not presume to ask Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen Grant I beseech thee merciful God to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace that I may be cleansed from all my sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee free me from all my offences and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance frailty or wilfulness I have committed Grant this even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as besorrowful Mercifully assist my prayers that I make before thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress me and graciously hear me that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against me be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness so dispersed that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptation nor hurt by any persecution may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord of thy great goodness I beseech thee give me true repentance and forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit that I may amend my life according to thy holy word through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive receive my humble petitions And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose me and that for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Exaudi quaeso Domine supplicis preces confitentis tibi parce peccatis ut pariter mihi indulgentiam tribuas benignus pacem per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Omnipotens Deus qui aquam de petra produxisti educ de duritia cordis mei compunctionis lachrimas ut peccata mea ita plangere valeam ut remissionem eorum te miserante accipiam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness which I have from time to time most grievously committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto me the burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon me have mercy upon me most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Iesus Christ his sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God and my most merciful Father who of thy tender mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee Have mercy upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all goodness and bring me to everlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Piissime Domine misericordissime Deus sufficiat mihi quod hucusque peccavi quod contempsi quod foetoribus carnis meae satisfeci jam nuâ—â— te inspirante voveo me a nequitia mea conversurum Adjuva Domine des ut impleam in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Gratiarum actio Laudes I Will magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me thou hast kept my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salâ—â—â—ion All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen Gratias
whatsoever is desolate therein for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Pro Afflictis O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Regnum Angliae BEnedic Domine Deus omnipotens Regnum hoc ut sit in eo sanitas castitas victoria virtus omnis gratiarum actio Deo Patri Filio Spiritui Sancto et haec Benedictio maneat super hoc Regnum super habitantes in eo per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Iejunium O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my prayer unto thee I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen Quadragesima O Lord which for our sake didst fast fourty days fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen Rogationes STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Iejunia quatuor Temporum ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church Give thy grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Consecrationes Ordinationes O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercy cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Exilium LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans cruelty may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Country where I learnd to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the daies of my life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Martyrium LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Eucharistia Quaecunque ab Infantia usque ad momentum hoc sciens vel ignorans intus vel extra dormiens vel vigilans verbis factis vel cogitationibus per jacula Inimici ignita per desideria cordis immunda peccavi tibi miserere mei dimitte mihi per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God and most merciful Father give me I beseech thee that grace that I may duely examine the inmost of my heart and my most secret thoughts how I stand before thee Lord I confess all my sins and my unworthiness to present my self at thine Altar But thou canst forgive sin and give repentance do both Gracious Father and then behold I am clean to come unto thee Lord make me a worthy receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercy sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me grace to receive the blessed Body and Blood of thy Son my most blessed Saviour that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin that being made clean it may nourish me in faith hope charity and obedience with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee that in all the future course of my life I may shew my self such an ingrafted member into the Body of thy Son that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may dishonour his Name Grant this O Lord I beseech thee even for his merit and mercy sake Amen O Lord God hear my prayers I come to thee in a stedfast faith yet for the clearness of my faith Lord enlighten it for the strength of my faith Lord encrease it And behold I quarrel not the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed Institution I know his words are no gross unnatural conceit but they are spirit and life and supernatural While the world disputes I believe He hath promised me if I come worthily that I shall receive his most precious Body and Blood with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthy I know I can no more die eternally then that Body and Blood can die and be shed again My Saviour is willing in this tender of them both unto me Lord so wash and cleanse my soul that I may now and at all times else come prepared by hearty prayers devotion and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing the Pledge and Earnest of eternal life in the merits of the same Iesus Christ who gave his Body and Blood for me Amen Almighty God unto
whom all hearts be open all desires known from whom no secrets are hid Cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that I may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pater de coelis Deus qui unigenitum tuum pro nobis ad mortem tradidisti Fili Redemptor mundi Deus qui sanguine tuo pretioso nos a peccatis abluisti Spiritus Sancte Paraclete Deus qui corda sanctorum tua gratia visitas confirmas Sacra summa sempiterna beata benedicta Trinitas Pater bone Fili pie Spiritus benigne cujus opus vita amor gratia contemplatio gloria cujus majestas ineffabilis potestas incomparabilis bonitas inaestimabilis Qui vivorum Dominus es simul mortuorum Te adoro te invoco toto cordis affectu nunc in seculum benedico Amen O Domine Jesu da vivis misericordiam gratiam da tuis regimen lucem perpetuam da Ecclesiae tuae veritatem pacem da mihi miserrimo peccatorum poenitentiam veniam Amen O Domine errantes oro corrige incredulos converte Ecclesiae fidem auge Haereses destrue Hostes versutos detege violentos impoenitentes contere per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Misericors Pater pro beneficiis quae mihi largiti sunt in terris Benefactores mei praemia aeterna consequantur in coelis Oro etiam ut cum his pro quibus oravi aut pro quibus orare teneor cum omni populo Dei introduci mihi detur in Regnum tuum ibi apparere in justitia satiari gloria per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord consider my complaint for I am brought very low O Lord how long wilt thou be angry with thy servant that prayeth O Lord give me grace and repentance and thou canst not be angry with my prayer O Lord I am thine save me and deliver me not into the will of mine enemies especially my ghostly enemies O Lord I am thy servant thy unprofitable wastful servant yet thy servant O Lord set my accounts right before thee and pardon all my mis-spendings mis-reckonings O Lord I am thy son thy most unkind prodigal run-away son yet thy son O Lord though I have not retained the love and duty of a son yet do not thou cast off I humbly beg it the kindness and compassion of a Father O Lord in thy grace I return to thee And though I have eaten draugh with all the unclean swine in the world in my hungry absence from thee yet now Lord upon my humble return to thee give me I beseech thee the bread of life the Body and Blood of my Saviour into my soul that I may be satisfied in thee and never more run away from thee even for Iesus Christ his sake that gave himself for me Amen Misericors Deus Creator omnium hominum qui nihil odisti eorum quae condidisti nec vis mortem peccatoris sed magis ut convertatur vivat Miserere omnium Iudaeorum Turcarum Infidelium Haereticorum Aufer ab iis ignorantiam duritiem cordis contemptum verbi tui reduc eos misericors Domine ad Gregem tuum ut serventur inter reliquias veri Israelis ut fiat unum Ovile unus Pastor Jesus Christus Dominus noster qui vivit regnat c. Amen Tanquam pro Tribunali tuo tremendo ubi nullus erit personarum respectus reum memet peragens ita hodie antequam praeveniat me dies judicii mei coram sancto tuo Altari prostratus coram te stupendis Angelis tuis a propria conscientia dejectus profero improbas nefarias cogitationes actiones meas Respice oro Domine humilitatem meam remitte omnia peccata mea quae multiplicata sunt super capillos capitis mei Quodnam enim est malum quod non designavi in anima mea quin multa nefanda opere perpetravi Reus enim sum ô Domine invidiae gulae c. Omnes sensus meos omnia membra mea pollui Sed incomparabilis est multitudo viscerum tuorum ineffabilis misericordia bonitatis tuae qua peccata mea toleras Quare ô Rex omni admiratione major O Domine longanimis misericordias tuas mirificato in me peccatore potentiam benignitatis tuae manifestato clementissimae propensionis tuae virtutem exerito me Prodigum revertentem suscipito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord God how I receive the Body and Blood of my most blessed Saviour Iesus Christ the price of my Redemption is the very wonder of my soul yet my most firm and constant belief upon the words of my Saviour At this time they are graciously tenderd to me and my faith Lord make me a worthy receiver and be it unto me as he hath said Amen Lord I have received this Sacrament of the Body and Blood of my dear Saviour His mercy hath given it and my faith received it into my soul. I humbly beseech thee speak mercy and peace unto my Conscience and enrich me with all those graces which come from that precious Body and Blood even till I be possessed of Eternal life in Christ. Amen O qui sursum Patri assides hic nobiscum invisibiliter versaris venito sanctificato praesentia haec dona eos item pro quibus eos per quos ea propter quae offeruntur Amen Pro Duce Buckinghamiae GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual and temporal blessings but especially spiritual Make and continue him faithful to his Prince serviceable to his Country devout in thy Truth and Church a most happy Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his posterity after him Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes Make my heart religious dutiful to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou mayest bless him through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure I humbly beseech thee make a clear way before him Give thine Angels charge over him be with him thy self in mercy power and protection in every step of his journey in every moment of his time in every consultation and address for action till thou bring him back with safety honour and contentment to do thee service in this place Bless his most trusty and faithful Servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham that he may be diligent in service provident in business wise and happy in
me a time in which thou wilt remember me Say unto my soul O say it now I am thy Salvation Command my spirit whenever thou wilt command it to be received up to thee in peace O bid me come unto thee say unto me This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Lord thus and now let thy servant depart in peace that mine eyes may see thy Salvation O Lord thou blessed Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon me I commend my self into thy hands as to a faithful Creator Lord receive thine own Creature not made by any strange God but by thee the only living and true God Despise not O Lord the work of thine own hands I am created to thine own Image and likeness O suffer not thine own Image to be defaced but renew it again in righteousness and true holiness I commend my self into thy hands as to a most gracious Redeemer For thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord I am the price of thy Blood of thy most precious Blood O suffer not so great so unvaluable a price to perish O Lord thou camest down from heaven to redeem that which was lost suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed I commend my self into thy hands as to my most blessed Comforter O Lord I am weary and heavy laden and I come to thee to be refreshed by thee Behold O Lord I have been the Temple of thy holy Spirit I have I confess strangely polluted it yet destroy me not but dedicate me anew and sanctifie me to thy self yet once again O Lord I wear thy Name 't is thy Name that is called upon me For thy Names sake therefore be merciful unto me O spare Lord if not me yet thine own Name in me And do not so remember my sin O Lord do not as that in remembring it thou forget thine own Name I have desired to fear thy Name to love and to honour thy Name And I now desire to depart this life in the Invocation and Confession of thy Name Lord I confess it and call upon it O come Lord Iesu. Amen Peccavi O Domine Sed non negavi te O nunquam praevaleat Inimicus ut negem Sed credo O Domine adauge fidem non confundar in aeternum Sed spero et quae spes mea nisi tu solus suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum non confundar ab expectatione mea Sed praeparavi direxi cor meum ad te quaerendum etiamsi non secundum munditiem Sanctuarii tamen linum fumigans quassam arundinem nec extinguas nec frangas O Domine Jesu Sed patienter sustineo castigationem tuam taceo quia tu fecisti Sed remitto debitoribus meis et tu pollicitus es remissionem remittenti Sed projicio me in te ne te subtrahas venientem ad te ne ejicias foras Sed in Nominis tui confessione invocatione opto decedere Quare non propter me O Domine Jesu aut quicquam mei sed propter temetipsum Propter Nomen tuum Propter gloriam Nominis tui veritatem tuam Propter misericordias tuas multas magnas mirificas Propter Christum Mediatorem Spiritum Paracletum suscipe reversum ad se revertentem ad te Amen Et ideo ô Domine Deus meus Inter te me Christum Sacerdotem Agnum Sacrificium Inter Satanam me Christum Regem Leonem Triumphum Inter Peccatum me Christi Innocentiam in vita Inter Poenam peccatorum et me Christi Satisfactionem Passionem Sanguinem Inter defectum Iustitiae et me Christi Iustitiam Obedientiam absolutam Inter defectum ad Praemium me Christi Meritum Inter defectum Doloris pro peccatis me Christi Lachrimas Sudorem Inter defectum fervoris in Orando me Christi Intercessionem Inter accusationem Satanae vel propriae Conscientiae et me Christum Advocatum Inter Concupiscentiam me Christi Charitatem ostendo offero commemoro Acceptum habe Domine propter Christum ipsum Amen Peccavi O Domine Sed non abscondo peccatum Sed non excuso Sed ultro fateor Sed recogito in amaritudine animae Sed meipsum propter peccata in te odi des gratiam ut judicem vindicem ut non sine venia exeam e vita hac mihi miserrima Amen O Lord I have not only sinned but provoked thee with many and grievous sins yet I beseech thee remember that I am bnt flesh even a wind that passeth and cometh not again Et plus potest ad salutem misericordia Servatoris quam ad perniciem nequitia mei peccatoris Amen O Domine Jesu non habebas tu quare morereris mortuus es pro me ego habeo quare des gratiam ne dedigner mori et paratus sim. Amen O Domine Jesu propter illam amaritudinem quam pro me miserrimo sustinuisti in Cruce maxime in illa hora quando nobilissima anima tua egressa est de benedicto corpore tuo deprecor te miserere animae meae in egressu suo perduc eam in vitam aeternam Amen Pro Infirmis DEus sub cujus nutibus vitaenostrae momēta decurrunt suscipe quaeso preces meas pro aegrotantibus famulis tuis pro quibus humillime misericordiae tuae auxilium imploro Ut reddita sibi sanitate gratiarum tibi in Ecclesia tua referant actiones per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Visitatio Infirmi EXistimas ne Nullum morbum aut crucem casu evenire cuiquam vel temere Quin immitti a Deo citra cujus Providentiā neminē morbo laborare Deum autem sapientissimum ut nihil unquam permittat contingere nisi quum expedit Expedire itaque tibi morbum hunc vel crucem quem vel quam tibi nunc immisit Deus Porro Deum Paterno erga nos animo esse Patrem autem sive indulgeat sive castiget aeque Patrem esse nec minore forsan majore hoc quam illud amore facere Bona tibi diu dedisse nunc mala dare sed nec mala haec nisi ut majoris boni causa sint nempe ut redeas ad illum Gratiae esse hoc quod toties a te repulsus tamen nec sic deferat quin visitet te denuo requirat te Si sic subdes hac in re Divinae voluntati voluntatem tuam sacrificium omnium post Christi Deo gratissimum Confiterisne Non tam bene vixisse te quam oportuit imo vixisse te male saepeque graviter peccasse Estne peccatum aliquod praeter vel supra caetera vel suntne peccata aliqua quae gravent Conscientiam tuam ut peculiaris Absolutionis beneficio tibi sit opus Estne scrupulus aliquis circa ea quae sunt Fidei vel Religionis Recogitasne annos elapsos vitae tuae in amaritudine animae
thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lordâ— purge it from all Atheisme Heresy Schisme Superstition Factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptisme may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant Good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the Merits and by the Grace of the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may Serve thee and thou Bless them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gratious Soveraigne treasure up in Him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to Thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that He may live long and be full of honourable success all his daies in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer Reference the place where I was borne c Every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom Friends Dr c. All those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me Service even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the Afflicted members of the body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted Send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my estate as their's is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their Power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorne of the World Amen O Domine Jesu Da quod jabes jube quod vis Facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quomodo vis O Tu qui Salus es omnium sperantium in Te. Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Iudicium tuum Animam meam nunc semper praecipue in hora mortis meae Quae mors obnixe precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum nunquam ita adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem Spem Charitatem memoriam intellectum Sanum usque ad extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des peccatis meis Misericordiam Veniam Ecclesiae tuae Pacem Concordiam mihi peccatorum primo Gratiam in hac vita Gloriam in futura Ita ita venias O Domine Jesu miserere mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes only give mee I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a Patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this Life and to Glory in the Life to come through Iesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us Give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Iesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light anâ— thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may goe unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almighty and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth Mercifully hear my supplications for my selfe and all thy people grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Iesus came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithfull servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting Life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our Sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may â—peedily deliver us To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory world without end Amen Lord let thine Angels tarry round about
Lord hast done it Amen Lord Iesu Amen If my delight had not been in thy Law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Pestilentia DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish Take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavy hand And for Iesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen O Lord deliver me from the â—nare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me safe under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day Though thousands fall beside me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come near me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatness both of thy power and mercy preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I my Family which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and to praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest Have pity upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickness and mortality and like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long-continued Visitation and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mercy hast redeemed us from death We offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Morbus O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of it are ready to overtake me When thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee my Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in Sommer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousness have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen O Lord hear my prayer and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my Fathers were O spare me a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen O Domine media vita in morte sumus unde aut a quo quaerimus auxilium nisi a te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris merito infensus es nobis Sancte fortis sancte misericors Salvator amarissimis poenis mortis aeternae ne tradas me Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae quum deficit virtus mea ne derelinquas me Domine ante te omne desiderium meum suspiria mea a te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae Quin parce mihi ô Domine sanctissime ô Omnipotens Deus sanctus Salvator maxime misericors dignissime aeterne Iudex ne sinas me in hora mea novissima proâ— quocunque terrore mortis excidere a te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares ofâ— death compass me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but will call upon thy Name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul. Deliver my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. Amen There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin Yet O Lord be merciful unto me and heal me even for thy Names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing of me back from the bottom of my grave What thou hast further for me to do or to suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it And let me not live longer then to honour thee through Iesus Christ. Amen Bellum O My God though mighty Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the Mighty man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Ionathan shut up this Army in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horsemen Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and