and that godly sorrow for them which worketh Repentance not to be repented of Give us therefore to repent and turn to God and do Works meet for repentance and by repentance fit us for remission and pardon of sin Lord help our Unbelief and enable us by Faith to receive Christ as Prophet Priest and King Make us willing to be taught by him and to obey him in all things Enable us by Faith to embrace the Promises and obey the Precepts of the Gospel Bless us O Lord with all spiritual Blessings in Christ Bless us in forgiving our Iniquities and bless us in turning every one of us from our Iniquities Wash us in the Blood of Jesus Christ that Lamb of God which taketh away the Sins of the World and purge our Consciences from dead Works to serve thee the living God V. AND let thy Holy Spirit sanctifie us wholly and throughout in Spirit Soul and Body Let our Minds and Hearts be renewed more and more that being transformed by the renewing of our Minds we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect Will of God that we may be enabled to know it as we ought to know and delight to do thy Will O our God And let thy Law be within our Hearts Give us so to know Christ and his Life that he may be formed in our Hearts and that he may live in us that the same Mind may be in us which was in Christ and that we may be in the World as he was in the World Give us so to know Christ and his Death and Sufferings that we may be made conformable to his Death that we may feel the Virtue and Power of the Cross of Christ within us in being crucified to the World and having the World crucified unto us in crucifying the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts thereof that the Body of Sin may be destroy'd and that henceforth we may not serve Sin nor obey it in the Lusts thereof Give us so to know Christ and the Power of his Resurrection that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father so we also may walk in newness of life and may mind and seek those things that are above where Christ sitteth at the right-hand of God Let the Love of Christ constrain us his Love in dying for us and let us not live unto our selves but unto him which died for us and rose again Enable us to walk worthy of the Gospel and the Grace of God and as we are taught thereby to deny all Ungodliness and worldly Lusts and to live soberly righteously and godlily in this present World Help us O Lord to consider our selves to be but Strangers and Pilgrims here on Earth and to behave our selves as those that seek and desire a better Country that is an Heavenly Let our Affections and Conversations be in Heaven and make us meet for the Inheritance of the Saints in light Give us O Lord to consider our latter end and to prepare for it and to work out our own Salvation with fear and trembling So teach us to number our Days that we may apply our Hearts unto Wisdom VI. KEEP and deliver us O Lord from the Lusts of the Flesh the Lusts of the Eye and the Pride of Life that no Temptation of worldly Pleasure Profit or Honour may prevail over us And enable us by thy Grace to live a Life of Purity and Chastity a Life of Temperance and Sobriety a Life of Humility and Self-denial help us to deny our selves and to take up our Cross and follow Christ Keep and deliver us O Lord from all worldly Cares and Fears from all discontent with our own estate from all distrust of Providence And help us to sanctify thee in our Hearts to make thee our fear and our dread help us to cast our Care and Burden upon thee to commit our selves unto thee in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator Prepare us for all disposals of thy Providence and make all Things work together for good unto us Keep and deliver us from the temptations either of Prosperity or Adversity that in fulness and prosperity our Hearts may not be lifted up and forget the Lord our God that in Adversity and time of Trial we may not forsake thee nor murmur and repine against thee But enable us to possess our Souls in Patience and to endure unto the end Make us to know both how to be abased and how to abound to do all Things or to suffer all Things through Christ strengthening us Deliver us from all coveting envying and grieving at the Good of others or from rejoicing at their Evils and Sufferings And enable us to be content with our own Estate and Condition and to love our Neighbour as our selves and to do to others as we would they should do to us Deliver us from all bitterness wrath and anger from all hatred and malice and desire of revenge And give us to put on Bowels of mercies kindness humbleness of Mind meekness long-suffering not rendring evil for evil unto any but over-coming evil with good Keep and deliver us O Lord from the wrath and craft of Satan and his wicked Instruments Make us sober and watchful against temptations Make us strong in the Power of thy might that we putting on the whole Armour of God may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil Thy Grace is sufficient for us give us the victory over Satan the World and the Flesh and all those Lusts that would war against our Souls Deliver us from all Blindness of Mind and from all Hardness of Heart And give us a right Understanding in all things Enlighten thou the Eyes of our Mind and give us an Heart of Flesh Put thy Laws into our Hearts and write them in our Minds and put thy Fear into our Hearts that we may not depart from thee VII AND now O Lord who hast brought us to see the Light of another Day lift thou up the light of thy Countenance upon us and watch over us for good keep and preserve us this Day from all Evil from all Sin and Danger Thou hast been our Helper leave us not nor forsake us O God of our Salvation Preserve our going out and our coming in from this time forth and for evermore Direct our Thoughts our Words and Ways that we may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing Give us Grace to walk circumspectly redeeming the time because the Days are evil Enable us to keep our selves unspotted from the World and herein to exercise our selves to have always a Conscience void of offence
precious Blood of Christ O let us therefore glorifie God in our Bodies and in our Spirits which are God's V. FIT and prepare us also O Lord for the Influences of thy Light and Love Make us meet to be living Habitations and Temples of thy Holy Spirit and do thou delight to dwell in us and make thine abode with us and manifest thy self unto us Fit us for the guidance and the powerful assistances of thy Spirit and fit us for the comforts of thy Spirit Let us not grieve nor resist the Holy Ghost but always follow thy good Spirit as our Guide that we may enjoy thy Spirit as our Comforter Let thy Grace always prevent us and accompany us and enable us to persevere unto the end Make us O Lord perfect in every good Work to do thy Will working in us that which is well-pleasing in thy sight through Jesus Christ Father of Mercies O God the God of our Strength and of our Salvation never leave us nor forsake us Our Eyes are unto thee O God the Lord in thee is our Trust leave not our Souls destitute Let thy presence be with us while we are here in this Wilderness and lead us through it to the heavenly Canaan Let us take heed of grieving or provoking thee through Disobedience or Unbelief but enable us by Faith in thy Goodness and Power to resist and overcome our spiritual Enemies Sin and Satan enable us to follow the Lord fully and to continue patiently in well-doing that through Faith and Patience we may inherit the Promises and enter into thy Rest Guide us O Lord with thy Counsel and afterwards receive us to thy Glory VI. AND now O Heavenly Father we recommend our Souls and Bodies unto thy Fatherly Care and Keeping this Night Thou that neither slumberest nor sleepest watch thou over us for good Preserve us from the Dangers and Fears of this Night hide us under the safe shadow of thy Wings Refresh us with quiet Rest and Sleep Let us lie down in peace in thy Love and Favour and raise us up in health of Body and ability of Mind to serve thee faithfully the next Day Cause us to hear thy loving-kindness in the Morning for in thee do we trust VII MERCIFUL Father preserve all our Relations and Friends Withhold not thou thy tender Mercies from them O Lord let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve them Bless them with all spiritual Blessings in Christ Bless them with Health and Peace with all the Necessaries of this life and with Contentment and give them all things that pertain to life and godliness VIII BE merciful O Lord unto all the Nations of the World that are without Christ Send unto them able and faithful Ministers of the New Testament to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God Make thy Son to be a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy People Israel and let him be thy Salvation to the ends of the Earth Let the Earth be full of the Knowledge of the Lord as Waters cover the Sea and let all the Kingdoms of the World become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ Let those that enjoy the Light of the glorious Gospel of Christ walk as Children of Light and shew forth the Vertues and Praises of him who hath called them out of Darkness into his marvellous Light Preserve thy little flock and deliver the afflicted Churches of Christ out of all their troubles Weaken the Power and disappoint the Devices of their Enemies Bless thy People with Peace and let all those that love thy Name be joyful in thee IX HAVE mercy upon these Realms and Dominions Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Give us Grace throughly to amend our ways and our doings and to bring forth Fruits meet for Repentance and do thou rejoyce over us to do us good Establish us in Truth Righteousness and Peace Be merciful to all Orders and Degrees amongst us from the King who is Supreme to all subordinate Magistrates and Rulers that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life in all Godliness and Honesty Let Judgment run down as Waters and Righteousness as a mighty Stream Let the Word of God run and be glorified and let it appear to be the Power of God unto Salvation in the turning of many Souls from Sin to Righteousness and true Holiness X. IN mercy remember all the Children of affliction Be unto them the Father of Mercies the God of Comfort and the God of their Salvation Let Patience have its perfect work in them and make all things even afflictions work together for good unto them XI O LORD hear O Lord forgive O Lord hearken and do abundantly for us above all that we can ask or think Answer us and accept us in the beloved thy dear Son Jesus Christ To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all Praise and Love and Obedience this Night and for evermore Amen XII OUR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this Day our daily Bread And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen PRAYERS To be said Before the reading of the Holy Scriptures I. BLESSED Lord God who alone canst teach us to profit enlighten our Minds and give us a good understanding in all things Open our Hearts that we may receive the love of the Truth Enable us O Lord to receive the Word with meekness and with all readiness of mind and to mingle it with Faith Let thy Holy Spirit which thou hast promised to give to them that ask enable us to know as we ought to know the Holy Scriptures which are able to make us wise unto Salvation that we may thereby be throughly furnished unto all good Works Give us as new born Babes to desire the sincere Milk of the Word that we may grow thereby that we may grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to whom be Glory both now and for ever Amen II. O GOD the Father of Lights from whom comes every good and perfect Gift Give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Knowledge that the Eyes of our understanding being enlightened we may know the Great Things of thy Law and the Mysteries of the Gospel Make us O Lord to see and taste how gracious thou art
toward God and toward Men Bless us in our Callings in all lawful Endeavours and Employments Bless all that belong to us Bless all that are nearly related to us let them be near unto thee and find favour in thy sight Be thou their Refuge and Strength a very present help in trouble Let them obtain Mercy and find Grace to help in time of need VIII NEITHER are we mindful of our selves alone but we beseech thee that thou would'st manifest thy Goodness and thy Power throughout the World Have mercy upon the Jews and all other Infidels Bring in both Jews and Gentiles that there may be one fold as there is one Shepherd the Lord Jesus Christ that good Shepherd who laid down his life for the Sheep Give grace unto all those Nations that name the Name of Christ to depart from all Iniquity and so to live as becomes the Gospel of Christ Purge and purify all Christian Churches from all corruption of Doctrine and Life and let the Doctrine and Truth which is according to Godliness prevail more and more in the World against the spirit of Error and all false Doctrine whatsoever Bless the Protestant reformed Churches with Peace among themselves Sanctify them through thy Truth make them sound and stedfast in the Faith Defend and deliver them from the Oppressions of their Enemies Save thy People and bless thine Inheritance govern them and lift them up for ever IX IN mercy O Lord look down upon these Realms and Dominions Cause us to repent and to turn our selves from all our Transgressions so Iniquity shall not be our ruin Take away all our Iniquity and receive us graciously Give us in this our Day to know the things that belong unto our Peace Look down in mercy upon all from the highest to the lowest Establish the King's Throne in Righteousness Bless him in his Relations in his Council Let the Judges judge the People with just Judgment Let Magistrates rule in the fear of God Cloath thy Ministers with Righteousness make them burning and shining Lights thou who art the Lord of the Harvest send forth faithful Labourers into thy Harvest X. IN mercy look down upon all ranks and estates of Men. Visit the sick strengthen the weak pity the afflicted and remember them in their low estate Succour the tempted heal the broken in spirit and let those that sow in tears reap in joy Instruct the ignorant and enlighten those that are in darkness Convince and humble those that are presumptuous and secure and give them repentance unto Life Confirm and comfort the converted and establish them in every good Word and Work that they may be blameless and harmless the Sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse Generation that they may be steadfast unmoveable always abounding in the Work of the Lord as knowing that their Labour is not in vain in the Lord XI THESE Mercies and whatever else thou knowest to be needful for us or for others we humbly beg of thee for the sake of thy dear Son and our Saviour Jesus Christ in whose Name and Words we further call upon thee XII OUR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this Day our daily Bread And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever Amen Evening-Prayer FOR A FAMILY I. MOST Holy and Glorious Lord God Infinite in Goodness and Wisdom and Power the Father of Mercies and the God of all Comfort We thy unworthy Creatures desire in all humility to offer up unto thee this our Evening Sacrifice of Praise for the Mercies of thy Providence over us this Day Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with his Benefits even the God of our Salvation Thou art Good and doest Good Thou art unwearied in doing us Good O let us never be weary in well-doing While we live let us praise thee and sing Praises unto our God while we have any being Let us praise and glorify thee in ordering our Conversation aright in devoting our selves to thy Fear and consecrating our lives to thy Service Thou art worthy O Lord to receive Glory and Honour and Power for thou hast created all things and through thy Pleasure they are and they were created Thou art worthy to be loved by us with all our Heart with all our Mind and with all our Strength II. BUT we confess O Lord we have not given thee the Glory due unto thy Name We have been Lovers of our own selves and Lovers of Pleasures more than Lovers of God We have loved this present World and the things that are in the World How have we wandered from thy Commandments and walked contrary unto thee in walking in the ways of our Heart and in the sight of our Eyes And therefore thou might'st walk contrary unto us and make us feel that it is an evil and a bitter thing to have forsaken thee the Lord our God If thou O Lord shouldst mark our iniquities we could not stand in thy sight III. BUT with the Lord there is Mercy and with him there is plenteous redemption Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath visited and redeemed his People Who sent forth his Son made of a Woman made under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law from the curse thereof that we might receive the adoption of Sons And Blessing and Honour and Glory be unto Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who was slain that he might redeem us unto God by his Blood IV. WE beseech thee O Lord that thou wouldst fit us and prepare us more and more for that eternal Redemption and the Benefits thereof which Christ hath obtained for us Create in us clean Hearts O God and renew right Spirits within us Give us that broken Spirit which thou wilt not despise that contrite and humble Spirit which thou delightest to revive Give us that repentance toward God and Faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ as may fit us for pardon and peace for Mercy and Grace that in Christ we may have redemption through his Blood even the forgiveness of Sins according to the riches of thy Grace And give us Grace to live as the Redeemed of the Lord and to walk worthy of Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar People zealous of good Works We are not our own but are bought with a price even with the