Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance and mount Sion where thou hast dwelt Lift up thy Feet and disperse all those our Enemies which have done evill in thy sanctuary For they have broken down the carved work thereof with Axes and Hammers they have defiled the â—…welling places of thy name yea they â—…aid in their hearts let us make haâ—…ock of them altogether O God how long shall the Adversary doe this dishonour â—…ow long shall the Enemy blasâ—…heme thy name for ever Why withdrawest thou thy hand â—…hy pluckest not thou thy right hand â—…ut of thy bosome to scatter the eneâ—…y Arise O God maintain thine â—…wn cause Remember how the foolish man blasphemes thee daily Forget not the voice of thine Enemies the presumption of them that â—…ate thee encreaseth ever more and more Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen The Creed I Believe in God the Fathâ—… Almighty maker of heaveâ—… and earth and in Jesuâ—… Christ his onely Son our Lordâ—… which was conâ—…eived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mâ—…ry suffered under Ponce Pilatâ—… was crucified dead and buried he descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into heaven and fitteth on the right hand oâ—… God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgivenesse of fins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen Let us Pray The Lord be with you And with thy spirit Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome 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 trespasse against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Amen O Thou most mighty Creator and wise Ruler of all things who hast reserved the disposall of all events to thine own all-seeing Wisdome and never permittest any thing to be done by the malice of men or Devils but what thou discernest absolutely most usefull and profitable for thy Servants Thou who aâ—… good beyond all that we can judge or chuse even when thy judgements are most terrible and astonishing We thy sinfull creatures do here prostrate our souls before thee desiring to adore and tremble at thy presence to admire the finger of thine own hand in that great vengeance which did as upon this Day befall us Lord it is the provocation of our â—…ns that hath reached up to heaven that hath brought down these amazing punishments upon earth thou hast abounded to us in mercies beyond all the Nations of the world granted us all the advantages we could pray for and we murmured against thy bounty rebelled against thy most obliging methods of melting and over coming an obdurate people And then what remained but that thou shouldest withdraw those graces which we had so long abused and prophaned Deprive us of all our ornaments leave us naked and bare cast us out into the open field to the loathing of our persons Judge us as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged and give us blood in jealousie and fury And thus hast thou in thy just displeasure proceeded with us thou hast abased our glory thou haâ—… in our very faces thou haâ—… reproach upon all that 〈◊〉 â—…cious amongst us Thou hast permitted an host not onely against the daily sacrifice to cast down the truth to the ground but even against thine own Ordnance thine own inscription the Image of thine own power amongst us and in all this to practise and prosper Lord thou hast called us to lamentation and bitter mourning beyond the weeping of Rachel fâ—… her children or the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo Lord they are our rebellions against thee which thou hast Visited upon our late Soveraigne our beloved Iâ—…siah and to the aggravation of our sin and woe they were our hands that executed this butchery upon him In this thoâ—… hast more then delivered up thâ—… Nation unto Sathan to the adversary to buffet and thresh us thou hast delivered us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 selves to assassinate our 〈◊〉 Our greatest sin is our 〈◊〉 punishment The utmost of our provocations against thee is the utmost of thy inflictions upon us And yet O Lord all these accursed effects of our sins have not served to alien us from them none repenteth of his way or saith what have I done But every one rusheth into his course as the horse rusheth into the battell And since O Lord we have not in this 〈◊〉 heard the things that 〈◊〉 to our peace what can we expect but that they should for ever be hid from our eyes That our measure being filled up and thy righteous servant removed by our violence from holding up our Pillars we should all become one common Ruine That the earth should swallow us up for Coraâ—…s sins or the destruction of thine own antient people the Jeâ—… should be the reward of the obduration of thine own people And then O Lord t is thy great mercy to our late Soveraign that thou hast taken him away from the evill to come And it is the joy of our hearts in the midst of our lamentations that having so fitted him for thy self given him that wonderfull measure of Patience Constancy and Magnanimity thou weâ—… pleased to crown all these Graces with perseverance here and in exehaâ—… 〈◊〉 his crown of thornes 〈◊〉 incumbrances of a broken Kingdome on earth hast received him into a participation of thy crown of Glory As for us O Lord we are laid at thy feet to hear what the Lord God will say concerning us whatsoever thy purposes are we desire to embrace them Christianly though it be to cast us away as straw to the dung-hill but if yet there may be place of mercy Lord lift up the ligâ—… of thy countenance and be gracious to the remnant of thine heritage To this end O Lord convert us from the evill of our wayes and our enemies from the cruelty of theirs thou God of purity and peace grant that we be no longer a wicked nor a self-destroying Nation but that we may all at length joyn together in a serious unfeignâ—… humiliation for the shedâ—… 〈◊〉 that precious innocent blâ—… and all those other sinns that have brought down thy desertions on us Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen II. O Lord this is a day 〈◊〉 trouble of rebuke and blasphemy a day wherein a wonderfull and horrible thing was 〈◊〉 in our land most 〈◊〉 blood shed with more barbarous aggravations then we know where to paralell on this side the murder of thy dear Son And because sentence against this
world without end Amen V. O Lord God that dost build up Hierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel Wherefore art thou absent so long Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture O think upon thy Congregation whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance and mount Sion where thou hast dwelt Lift up thy Feet and disperse all those our Enemies which have done evill in thy sanctuary For they have broken down the carved work thereof with Axes and Hammers they have defiled the dwelling places of thy name yea they said in their hearts let us make havock of them altogether O God how long shall the Adversary do this dishonour how long shall the Enemy blaspheme thy name for ever Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest not thou thy right hand out of thy bosome to scatter the enemy Arise O God maintain thine own cause Remember how the foolish man blasphemes thee daily Forget not the voice of thine Enemies the presumption of them that hate thee encreaseth ever more and more Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen The Creed I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ his onely Son our Lord which was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into heaven â—…teth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge 〈◊〉 quick and the dead I belâ—…ve in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgivenesse of sins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen Let us Pray The Lord be with you And with thy spirit Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome 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 thâ—… trespasse against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Amen I. O Lord this is a day of trouble of rebuke and blasphemy a day wherein a wonderfull and horrible thing was committed in our land most sacred â—…nnocent blood shed with more barbarous aggravations then we know where to parallel on this side the murder of thy dear Son And because sentence against this evill work hath not been exâ—…ed speedily the hearts of this people are wholy set in them to do evill this respite which thou hast given us to work our Repentance hath served onely to compleat our sin by adding an obstinate impenitency to the former Guilt and so fitting us for that finall excision which thou hast threatned to obdurate sinners And now O Lord this fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation is all that remains unto us who have thus despised the riches of thy mercy Yet O Lord out of these depths do we desire to call upon thee Lord hear 〈◊〉 voice and if that finall 〈◊〉 tence be not irreversibly gâ—… out against us be pleased 〈◊〉 turn thy wrath away 〈◊〉 to suffer thy whole displeasâ—…e to arise To this end thou O 〈◊〉 who breakest the gates of 〈◊〉 and smitest the bars of 〈◊〉 sunder be thou pleased to 〈◊〉 these unrelenting hearts of 〈◊〉 to work in every one of us 〈◊〉 sense of our horrid abomâ—… ons especially that of this day as may cast us down in the 〈◊〉 est degree of Humiliation and Contrition before thee that 〈◊〉 we may be capable of that â—…tation which thou hast promiâ—… to the humble that Comfort which thou hast assigned to Mourners through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen II. BLessed Lord in whose sight the death of thy Saints is most precious we magnifie thy name for those wonderfull effusious of thy grace on our late Martyred Soveraign which enabled him so happily to transcribe the Copy of his blessed Master in a Constant Meek suffering of all barbarous indignities and at lost resisting even unto blood and even then pursuing that glorious Pattern and praying for his Murtherers Let his Memory O Lord be ever blessed among us and his example efficacious upon us that we may follow him as he followed Christ And O Lord we beseech thee let not his blood out-cry his Prayers but let those that spilt the one obtain benefit by the other that by their Conviction and Repentance his Innocency may receive the happiest attestation our Religion be vindicated from the scandal of so horrid a fact our Nation secured from the vengeance of that blood and thy mercy glorified in the Conversion of so great sinners and all for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord guard the Person of thy Servant the King Who putteth his trust in thee Send him help from thy holy Place And evermore mightily defend him Confound the designs of all those that are risen up against him And let not their rebellious wickednesse approach near to hurt him Let the Curse of Saul light upon the endeavours of those men who contrive or Imagine mischief for him And let the blessings of David remain upon his head and upon his â—…ed for euermore O Lord hear our Prayer And let our crycome unto thee III. O Lord God Infinite in Power by whom the Thrones of Kings are established and their persons made sacred Take we beseech thee into thine immediate and divine protection thine anointed Servant the King that no sacrilegious profane hand may come near to touch him In all his wayes let thy Spirit guide him and thy holy Angels pitch their tents about him O Lord comfort him in his troubles defend him in his dangers support him in his cause shew some token on him for good even now O God when the Sons of violence are in their pride and triumph over him whom thou hast exalted designing and rejoycing to root out that religion which thine own right hand hath planted Defeat their purposes O thou preserver of men and let not their mischeivous imaginations any longer prosper but blast all their Counsels wither away all their Armies like grass scorched by the Sun Bow down at last their stiff necks and obdurate hearts to a desire of that peace which hath so long been an abomination to them That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own ruin but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thine anger for this unnatural division may at last be reduced within their first obedience to the glory of thy Name the vindication of our defamed religion the comfort of our afflicted King and the happiness of this yet bleeding dom And confirm all this to Us O Lord by the merits and through the
Persecution be overpassed Though this year be begun in bitterness yet O suffer it not to end so But cause it to be proclaimed the acceptable yeâ—… of the Lord to all that mouâ—… in Sion As thou hast given unto tâ—… Church an Head of gold so donâ—… let her stand like Nebuchadnezaâ—… Image upon feet of clay Thougâ—… she be made to lie among the poâ—… yet thou canst cover her again wiâ—… silver wings making her featherâ—… like gold Thou art Almighty and canâ—… do it yea thou art Almercifulâ—… and wilt do it O then shew heâ—… now especially some tokeâ—… for good that they which hate her may see it and be ashamed because thou O Lord haâ—… holpen her and comforted her Give her instead of a Rent a Girdle instead of vain Repetitions the Holy Spirit and Office of Prayerâ—… for the bread of Adversity the blessed Manna of thy Word and Sacraments and for the cup of trembling and astonishment the cup of salvation Suffer not Pharaoh's thin and â—…sted Ears of corn to deâ—… those full and good Ears which have sprung up here in Gods field Neither do thou punish our former slighted â—…nty with a succeeding famine of thy Word Give unto her beauty for ashes the 〈◊〉 of Ioy for mourning the garâ—… Prayer for the spirit of beaâ—…ss Give her the custody of Angels the Patronage of Kings and Princes the hearts and â—…ds of Nobles the prayers and tears of Priests and the deâ—…ce of the whole secular Arm. O thou that hast the Key of Daâ—… that openest and no man shutâ—… open thou the mouths of thy Miâ—…rs and suffer no more any man 〈◊〉 them Open thou the doors of 〈◊〉 own House for thy servants to 〈◊〉 in and let no one dare upon 〈◊〉 pâ—…ill of their souls to keep us out And since we have taken upon us to speak unto our Lord not for the sparing of a Sodom but of this thine own Sion leâ—… not our Lord be angry and wâ—… will speak unto him once more Preserve her and all her sons anâ—… daughters in all storms and againâ—… all temptations in this present stormâ—… and against the present and all future temptations that we may do nothing to scandall our holy Calling by sacrificing our Consciences to the purchase of our case Give us innocence mixt with prudence the Doves eye in the Serpents head And teach us to beware of the Dragons Poyson even when we are made to feel the Dragons sting And when the winds shall blow fiercest against thine Ark yet then we beseech thee to preserve the Vessel though thou shalt change the Pilots And however in thy secret wisdom thou mayst suffer many of the Lights to be blown out yet we pray thee Lord be not so severe upon our justly-deserving sins as to remove the Candlestick All this and whatsoever else thou â—…e more needfull for our bleeding Mother or for any of her persecuted Children we beg at thy mercifull hands for thy Sons sake who purchased this Church with his own blood Iesus Christ our Saviour To whom with thee O Father and the ever blessed Spirit be all Honour and Glory Submission and Adoration in all places at all times in all Estates and Conditions by all men and Angels World without End Amen Amen A Prayer for the Kings Birth-day May 29. O Lord God the great disposer of Kings and Kingdomes and who in thy Mercy didst design thy servant our persecuted Soveraign Lord King Charls to be the Heir of these Kingdomes though in thy secret Judgements towards this sinfull Nation thou hast suffered the sons of violence to keep him hitherto from inheriting his Fathers Throne We thy unworthy servants are here nâ—…et together upon the Anniversary Day of his Nativity to offer unto thee a gratefull commemoration our humble thansgivings for thy great Blessing in bestowing upon us at first so hopefull a Prince And withall to bewail our unworthiness of having so good and gratious a Prince as yet to exercise his Raign over us we bewail those many sins of ours whereby we have helped to cut off the Royall Father and whereby we still assist to the keeping our of his Royall Son However we beseech thee O Lord to grant that as thy hands did fashion him and as he was fearfully and wonderfully made in his Mothers womb so his heart may still be in those hands of thine to preserve him from all danger and to mould him to all Christian and Princely Graces Give him years of Happiness and Joy for those years of bitterness and sorrow wherewith thou hast afflicted his soul. Cause him to know that the end for which he was born was not so much to govern others as to submit himself to thee and to lay his Crown and Scepter at the Feet of the Lamb. And grant Holy Father that that as now he has finished twenty nine years of his life and most of those years under the severity of thy Discipline So he may spend the Remainder of his life and may have those years doubled and trebled to him in the successes of thy favour As thou dost add days to his years so let it be thy good pleasure to add happiness to his days exchanging his Banishment into restauration and his Crown of thorns into a Crown of Majesty here of Glory hereafter This day didst thou take him out of his Mothers womb to live here a little time O mayst thou at the last day take both him and us out of our Mothers womb again even the grave and the womb of the Earth to live with thee for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Amen The Ministers Prayer for the People O Most mercifull Lord God and Lover of souls who hast given Commandment to thy Priests to weep and to pray between the Porch and the Alâ—…n and to cry spare thy people O Lord spare them O most blessed Jesu who art â—…n everlasting Priest and the great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls O most holy Spirit who dost sanctifie and preserve us building us up into an holy Temple for thy self to dwell in O Father Son and Holy Ghost three Persons and one God who delightest in the Conversion of sinners and to see souls daily added unto thy Church Bless this whole Congregation and have mercy upon this Parish who are committed to my charge to take care over their souls Lord I am unworthy of so great an honour and too unfit for so great a Burthen yet in obedience to thy Call I have undertaken it and I trust by thy Assistance to be able to feed both thy sheep and thy Lambs Keep them always within thy Fold that they may never wander nor go astray preserve them from Wolves though they should be set in the very midst of them Teach them to know thy voice and to be obedient to thy Call And when any of them shall straggle into the Wildernesse yet then Lord do not thou leave
for the Clergy 332 A prayer to be said during these sad times of trouble 304 A prayer for preservation from the enemy 312 A Confession of sins and prayer for pardon 314 A Prayer for the King 318 A prayer for the preservation of the University and City of Oxford 330 A prayer drawn by his Majesties speciall directions and dictates for a blessing on the treaty at Uxbridge 323 A prayer for peace 325 A prayer for the ending of the present troubles 329 IX Collects I. 334 II. III. 335 IV. V. 336 VI. 337 VII VIII 338 IX 339 Certain additionall Prayers In the time of war 339 A Prayer for a Souldier 3â—… A Prayer upon the re-admission of the formerly Secluded Members Februaryâ—…1 â—…1 1659. 348 A Prayer upon the Assembling of the present Parliament April 25. 1660. 351 A Thanksgiving for his Majesties safe arrivall and return to his kingdome May 25. 1660. 354 Private Forms of Prayer fit for these sad Times Psalm 10. vers 1. WHy standest thou so far off O Lord and hidest thy face in the needfull time of trouble Psal. 3 v. 1 2 3. Lord how are they increased that trouble us many are they that rise up against us Many one there be that say of our soules there is no help for them in their God But thou O Lord art our desender thou art our worship and the lifâ—…r up of our heads Ier. 10. 24. Correct us O Lord and yet in thy judgement not in thy fury least we should be consumed and brought to nothing Psal. 130. 3. If thou Lord wilt be extream to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it O come let us worship let us humble our selves let us fall low and kneel before the Lord our Maker Then this generall Confession to be said all kneeling O Thou Judge eternall we the finfullest of all the sons of Men that have abused thy Mercies provoked thy judgments unsheathed thy glittering sword forced all the Arrows and Darts out of thy Quiver and with our multiplied abominable crying sins brought down a desolation on a most pleasant land that former delight of thine the glory of all lands We that after thy wrath was poured out upon us have yet further encreased our sinns as thou hast encreased the weight and number of thy Judgments upon us walked most unprofitably and obdurately under all thy disciplines and visiâ—…ations suffered all thy pretious methods of reducing us thine admonitions and thy stripes to be utterly lost and frustrate among us brought down a blast and mildew upon all that hath been undertaken to repaire our breaches and reduce our Peace We do now at length in thâ—… remorse and bitterness of our soules desire to cast our selves down upon the ground before thee to confess and acknowledge thy patience and Long suffering that we have not been under the sharpest of thy displeasure and to adore thy goodness whatsoever becomes of us though it be in the shame and confusion and Condemnation both of our bodies and our soules Lord this is the mildest that we have reason to expect from thy Iustice in retribution to our sins and whatsoever is less then this whatsoever the bitternesse of our â—…up be in this life though thou shouldest cast us into the place of Dragons give us to drink of the wine of astonishment the most stupifying deadly poâ—…ion number us all to the sword poure out thy fire and brimstone upon us Yet if by thus chastizing of us here thou please to rescue us from that sadder doome of being condemned with the world This is a most inestimable mercy of thine beyond all that we have hitherto so unworthily enjoyed Lord we desire and professe to acquit thy justice in thy proceedings to adore the bounty of thy goodness and patience towards us that we have not long ago been as Admah and Zeboim as Sodom and Gomorrah that we have this day liberty to approach thee Lord that it may yet be thy good pleasure to come home to every one of our soules to strike our hearts to break up these fallow grounds of ours that all thy pretious seed be no longer so cast away among thorns And by the power of thy mighty controwling convincing spirit that thou wouldest once subdue all the resistances of our spirits against this most holy most reasonable motion of humiliation within us Lord this is the one earnest desire of our soules that hath cast us low this day before thy footstoole with cryes and tears and earnest groans that thou wouldest have this mercy upon us that thou wouldest thus powerfully reveale thy self unto us who hast thus long smitten importunatly called unto us That being returned unto thee in fasting weeping and mourning and renting of our hearts we might be capable of thy returns unto us of the further impressions of thy grace and never more contradict or quench or grieve that spirit of thine which hath thus long contended and wrestled with us that so it may be seasonable with thee to give us the comfort of thy help again and the confidence to approach thy pâ—…ce to praise that Majesty 〈◊〉 hath not cast out our Prayer nor turned his mercy from us To whom be all honour and glory power and praise now and for ever Amen O Lord the great and dreadfull God keeping Covenant and Mercy to them that love thee and to them that keep thy Commandments We have sinned with our fore-fathers We our Kings and our Priests our Nobles and all the People of this Land and have rebelled even by departing from thy precepts and thy judgements By our impious and godlesse thoughts of thee our confidences in the arme of flesh by placing our affections too much upon earthly things by neglecting to love aâ—…d delight in thee by presuming of thy meâ—… and yet continuing in 〈◊〉 we have provoked and râ—…ed against thee O Lord righteousnesse belongs unto thee but unto us confusion of face as at this day By our want of reverence to thy service not considering the awfulnesse of thy presence and that honour due to thee in thy House by our formall and hypocritical worship by open prophanation and sacriledge by shews and pretences of Piety to cover our worldly and wicked designes we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord righteousness belongs unto thee but unto us confusion of face as at this day By vain and rash Oaths Blasphemies and Perâ—…uries especially our carelesse breaches of Oathes made to our Soveraigns forgetting that such are the Oaths of God and that thou thy self in a more especial manner art a strict avenger of them by our execrations of our selves our brethren and our enemies we have provoked and rebelled against thee O Lord righteousnesse belongs unto thee but unto us confusion of face as at this day By our undervaluing thy publique Service and neglecting to bear a part in it by mispending of that time either there or elsewhere in wanton or worldly thoughts and
lead us not into temptatioâ—… but deliver us from evill Amen Priest O Lord open thou our lips Answer And our mouth shall shew forâ—… thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answ. O Lord make haste to help us Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost Answ. endAmen Priest Praise ye the Lord Answ. The Lord's name be praised A Psalm instead of Venite exultemus O COME let us humble our selves and fall down before the Lord with reverence and fear 2. For he is the Lord our God and we are his people and the sheep â—…f his pasture 3. If a man will not turn God will whet his sword he â—…ath bent his bow and made it â—…eady 4. Let us repent and turn from â—…r wickedness and our sins shall be â—…given us 5. Let us turn and the Lord â—…ill turn from his heavy wrath â—…d will pardon us and we shall â—…t perish 6. For we acknowledge our â—…ults and our sins are ever before 7. We have provoked thine â—…ger O Lord and thy heavy displeasure is kindled against us 8. But there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared and tâ—… art full of compassion 9. Thy hand is not shortned that thou canst not help neither is thy goodness abated thâ—… thou wilt not hear 10. Thou hast promised O Lord that before we cry thou wilt hear 〈◊〉 and whilst we yet speak that thâ—… wilt have mercy upon us 11. They that trust in thâ—… shall not be confounded neithâ—… shall any that call upon thee 〈◊〉 despised 12. For thou art the only Lord who woundest and dost heal agaâ—… who killest and revivest bringâ—… even to hell and bringest back 〈◊〉 gain 13. Our father 's hoped in thâ—… they trusted in thee and thoâ—… didst deliver them 14. They called upon thee aâ—… were helped they put their trust thee and were not confounded 15. O Lord rebuke not us in thiue indignation neither chasten us in thy heavy displeasure 16. O remember not the sins and offences of our youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon us O Lord for thy goodness 17. Have mercy upon us O Lord for we are weak O Lord heal us for our bones are vexed 18. And now in the vexation of our spirits and the anguish of our fouls we remember thee and we cry unto thee Hear Lord and have mercy 19. For thine owne sake and for thy Holy Names sake incline thine ear and hear O mercifull Lord. 20. For we doe not pour out our prayers before thy face trusting in our own righteousness but in thy great and manifold mercies 21. Wash us thoroughly from our wickednesse and cleanse us from our sins 22. Turn thy face from our sins and put out all our misdeeds 23. Make us clean hearts O God and renew a right spirit within us 24. Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins for thy name sake 25. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 26. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Ierusalem 27. So we that be thy people and sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will alwayes be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Psalmes for Morning Prayer Psal. 6. 31. 38. 39. For Evening Prayer Psal. 90. 91. 102. 130. 149. For first Lesson read some one of these chapters Ezra 9. Nehem. 9. Isai. 58. Joel 2 Ezek. 33. Or Isai. 1. Jerem. 5. Jerem. 9. Ezek. 22. Micah 6. Or Amos 4. Ezek. 14. I. HEar our voice O Lord out of thy holy Temple let our complaint come before thee let it enter even into thy eares Our heart is in heavinesse O let 〈◊〉 make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time Lord our iniquities are against us our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee But we confess our wickednesses and are sorry for our fins Our confusion is daily before us fearfulness and trembling are come upon us and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us and it is thy great â—…rcy only that we are not consumed for we have sinned O Lord we have transgressed and done wickedly yea we have rebelled and departed from thy precepts and from thy Commandements Innumerable troubles are come about us our sins have taken hold upon us that we are not able to look up yea they are more in number then the hairs of our heads and our hearts have failed us O Lord righteousness belongeth unto thee but unto us confusion of face because of all the offences we have committed against thee Yet compassion and forgiveness is with thee though we have rebelled against thee O Lord according to thy goodness we beseech thee let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from us and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants Incline thine ears and hear open thine eyes and behold our afflictions for we doe not present our supplications before thee in our own righteousness but for thy manifold and great mercies We have sinned against heaven and against thâ—…e and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons Yet O Lord hear O Lord forgive â—…nsider and doe it deferre not for thine own sake O our God Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen II. HEar our prayers O Lord and hide not thy self from our Petitions and hearken unto the words of our mouth for strangers are risen up against us and Tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after our Souls Cast us not away in the time of our weekness for sake us not when our strength faileth us O remember not our offences but according to thy mercy think thou upon us for thy goodness O turn thee unto us and have mercy upon us for we are desolate and in misery The sorrows of our hearts are enlarged O bring thou us out of all our troubles Turn us O God our Saviour and let thine anger cease from us send down from on high and deliver us take us out of these many waters Why art thou absent from us so long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble for our soul is brought low unto the dust our belly cleaveth to the ground Look upon our adversity and misery and forgive us all our sins Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercy sake so sall it be known that it is thy hand and that thou Lord hast
done it Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen III. VVE will cry unto the Lord with our voyce yea even unto God will we cry with our voyce and he shall hearken unto us For the Lord is gracious and long-suffering and of great mercy to them that call upon him The Lord is nigh unto all them that be of a contrite heart and will save such as are of an humble â—…irit And now Lord what is our hope truly our hope is even in thee For our Fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou did'st deliver them they called upon thee and were holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded The Lord will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble and they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord never failest them that seek thee The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon Childrens Children even upon such as keep his Covenant and think upon his Commandments to doe them Thou therefore that art a Saviour to all that trust in thee thou that upholdest all such as are falling and liftest up such as be down thou that healest the broken in heart and givest medicine to heal their sickness thou that art the Father of mercy and God of all consolation that art comfort to the sad and strength to the weak hear thy servants we beseech thee look down from Heaven behold and visit us with thy salvation Glory be to the Father and to the Sâ—… and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now â—…d ever shall be world without end Amen After the Second Lesson Psal. 51. All kneeling 1. HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences 2. Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin 3. For I acknowledg my faults and my sin is ever before me 4. Against thee onely have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5. Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me 6. But loâ—… thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdome secretly 7. Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane Thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow 8. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9. Turne thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeedâ—… 10. Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11. Cast me not away from thy presence and take nâ—… thy Holy Spirit from me 12. O give me the comfort of tâ—… help again and stablish me with tâ—… free spirit 13. Then shall I teach thâ—… wayes unto the wicked and sinners shal be converted unto thâ—… 14. Deliver me from blood-guiltinesse O God thou that 〈◊〉 the God of my health and 〈◊〉 tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse 15. Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16. For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings 17. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit A broken and a contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt offerings and oblations Then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine Altar Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in heaven c. Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer Which put their truâ—… in thee Min. Send unto them help froâ—… above Answ. And evermore mightily defend them Min. Help us O God our Savioâ—… Answ. And for the glory 〈◊〉 thy names sake deliver us bâ—… mercifull unto us sinners foâ—… thy names sake Min. O Lord hear our prayer Ans. And let our cry come untâ—… thee Let us pray O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those which confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolved thorough Christ our Lord Amen O Most mighty God and mercifull Father which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us which he grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins Thy property is to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore O Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed Enter not into judgement with thy Servants which be vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine ire from us which meekly knowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the people say thiâ—… that followeth after the Minister TUrn thou us O good Lord aâ—… so shall we be turned be favoâ—… rable O Lord be favourable to tâ—… people which turn to thee in weepiâ—… fasting and praying For thou art mercifull God full of Compassion lâ—… suffering and of great pity Thou spâ—… rest when we deserve punishment 〈◊〉 in thy wrath thinkest upon mercyâ—… Spare thy people good Lord spâ—… them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us I. O Most mercifull and gracious Lord we wretched and miserable sinners humbly beseech thee in mercy and compassion to behold our great afflictions for thy wrath is gone out and thine indignation is kindled against us We confesse O Lord that thy â—…udgements are just for we have multiplied our transgressions like the sand of the Sea and the cry of them hath been so great that it hath pierced the heavens and called for vengeance against us But we beseech thee O Lord forget not thou to be gracious and shut not up thy loving kindnesse in displeasure turn thee again and be mercifull unto thy Servants Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver us and be mercifull unto our sinnes for thy names sake Take thy sword and all other judgements from us that we be not consumed by the means of thy heavy hand upon our sins O satisfie us with thy mercy
and that soon so shall we that be thy people and sheep of thy pasture give thee thanks for ever and will alwayes be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Grant this O mercifull Father we beseech thee for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen II. OEternal God and most gracious Father we confesse thâ—… by our manifold transgressions we have deserv'd whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our contempt of thy Divine Service is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Our charity to our Neighbour is cold and our disobedience abounds Religion is with many of us as in too many places besides made but a pretence for other ends then thy service and there hath been little or no care among us to keep Truth and Peace together for the preserving of both Church and State Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Send us light in our understandings readiness and obedience in our wils discretion in our words and actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and prosperity of our Ierusalem the unity and glory of this Church and State that we may love it and prosper in it that we may be guided by thy grace in this life and received to thy glory in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen III. GRant we beseech thee Almighty God that we which for our evill deeds and our great unthankfulness are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen IV. ALmighty and most mercifull Father who for our many and grievous sins those especially which we have committed since our last solemn Humiliation before thee mightest most justly have cut us off but in the multitude of thy mercies hast hitherto spared us Accept we most heartily beseech thee our unfeigned sorrow for all our former transgressions and grant we may never so presume of thy mercy as to despise the riches of thy goodnesse But that thy forbearance and long suffering may lead us to repentance and amendment of our sinfull lives to thy honour and glory and our eternal salvation at the last day through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen V. ALmighty and everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgive the sins of them that be penitent Create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchednes may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. VI. GRant Lord we beseech thee that the course of this world may be so ordered by thy governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ Amen VII ALmighty and Everlasting God mercifully look upon our infirmities and miseries and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us through Christ our Lord Amen VIII O Lord we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people that we which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the glory of thy name through Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth c. Let us pray for the whole state of Christs holy Catholick Church particularly of our distressed Mother the afflicted Church of England O Lord God of thine inheritance who conveyest many blessings to the children of men by the prayer and Ministery of thy Church let our prayers obtain of thee mercies and deliverances for her O Lord thou hast planted thy Church in the humility and poverty and death of thy Sonne thou hast watered it with the blood of thy Apostles and Martyrs thou hast made it flourish and spread forth its branches by the warmth and heat and graces of thy Holy Spirit and hast according to thy promise still preserved it in the midst of all enmities and disadvantages Thy Lawes and righteous Commandments have been a scorne and derision to Iews and Gentiles the flesh of thy servants hath been meat for the beasts of the land And still she wears the purple robe of mockery and the crown of thorns which at first she took from the head and side of her dearest Lord. At last O Lord be gracious unto thine inheritance help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name let not thine enemies devoure the Church and lay wast her dwelling places Be mercifull unto our sins preserve all those that by malice of their enemies are appointed to death or prison or any other misery Let us still enjoy the freedome of thy Gospel the food of thy Word the sweet refreshings of thy Sacraments publick Communions in thy Church and all the benefits of the society of Saints and let not our sins cause thee to remove the Candlestick from us But make thy people and the sheep of thy pasture secure and glad in thy salvation that we may shew forth thy praise in this world and in the world to come through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O Thou Shepherd of Israel thou that sittest upon the Cherubims stir up thy strength and come and help thy people that prayeth unto thee for mercy and Protection Thou hast made Affliction the portion of thy children in this life thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink Yet be pleased to shew the light of thy countenance upon us to lighten our darknesses to relieve our miseries to heale our sicknesses and let not thy Church become a strife unto her Neighbours but reunite her Divisions and make her not a prey to them that would devoure her and then laugh her to scorn O Lord hedge her about with thy mercies with the custody of Angels with the Patronage of Kings and Princes with the hearts and hands of Nobles and the defence 〈◊〉 the whole secular Arm least the wilâ—… Beasts of the field pluck off 〈◊〉 Grapes destroy the Vintage aâ—… root up the Vine it self but let 〈◊〉 so flourish under the beams of thy fa vour and providence that it may 〈◊〉 root and spread and fill all lands that the name of the man of thy rigâ—… hand the God and man Christ Iesâ—… may be glorified thy Church enlargâ—… and defended and we blessed with 〈◊〉 health and salvation Grant this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Saviour of the world save us which by thy Cross and precious blood hast redeemed us help us we beseech thee help this â—…eeding Church O thou God of our salvation Though thou hast noâ—… a long tiâ—… giuen Satan and his instruments power 〈◊〉 all that she hath yet O Lord spare her life Let there be still a reâ—…nant left to praise thee And when by these sharp trials thou hast vindicated her integrity be pleased to blesse her as thou didst Job ' s latter end by giving her a double portion of all reall
government O let the wickednesse of the wicked come to an end but guide thou the just Give O Lord rest from our fears 〈◊〉 from our sorrows and from â—…he oppressions under which we â—…n Let thine hand O Lord 〈◊〉 â—…own towards thy servants â—…nd thine indignation towards â—…hine and the Kings Enemies 〈◊〉 down O Lord from heaâ—… and behold from the habiâ—…tion of thy holinesse and of thy glory restraine not we beâ—… thee thy zeale nor thy strength nor the soundings of thy Bowels and of thy Mercies â—…rds us Heare us O Lord 〈◊〉 King of Heaven when we câ—…l upon thee and grant our 〈◊〉 and that for Jesus Christ sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen IV. BLessed Lord in whose fight the death of thy Saints 〈◊〉 most precious we magnifie thy name for those wonderfull 〈◊〉 â—…ions of thy Grace on our 〈◊〉 Martyred Soveraigne which enabled him so happily to transcribe the Copy of his blessed Master in a Constant Meek suffering of all barbarous indignitiâ—… and at last resisting even 〈◊〉 blood and even then pursuiâ—… that glorious Pattern and praâ—…ing for his Murtherers Let 〈◊〉 Memory O Lord be ever bleâ—… among us and his example efficacious upon us that we may follow him as he follow'd Christ And O Lord we beseech thee let not his blood out-cry hiâ—… Prayers but let those that spilt the one obtain benefit by the other that by their Conviction and Repentance his Innocency may receive the happiest attestation our Religion be vindicated from the scandall of so horrid a fact our Nation secured from the vengeance of that blood and thy mercy glorified in the Conversion of so great sinners and all for Jesus Christ his sake Amen V. O Just and Righteous Judge who didst once for the inquity of thy People Israel give up thy Ark into the hands of the Philistines We thy sinfull Creatures that are now under as great a degree both of guilt and punishment doe here cast our selves down before thee acknowledging that we are not worthy any longer to retain the honour of Christian Profession that have so long defamed it by enormous Practises and that we who loved darknesse more then light deserve to have our Candlestick removed and to be given up to that â—…undation of Atheism and Prophanenesse which now invades this gasping Church yet O Lord deale not with us after our sins but turn thee again thou Lord of Hosts look down from heaven behold and visite this Vine do not abhor us for thy names-sake do not disgrace the Throne of thy Glory Behold see we beseech thee we are all thy People though a rebellious and stiff-necked generation yet thy name is called upon us leave us not neither forsake us O Lord God of our salvation but though thou feed us with bread of Adversity and water of Affliction yet let not our Teachers be removed into a corner but let our eyes see our Teachers let not Sion complain that she hath none to lead her by the hand among all the Sons that she hath brought up but provide her such supports in this her declining Condition that she may have a seed and Remnant left And in what degree soever thou shalt permit this storm to encrease upon this poor Church be pleased proportionably to fortifie and confirm all those that are Members of it that no one may be shaken or moved with these Afflictions nor pervert that glorious advantage of suffering for thee into an occasion of Apostatizing from thee But that we may all run with patience the race that is set before us and cheerfully partake of the Afflictions of the Gospel that in suffering for Christ here we may reign with him for ever hereafter and all for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord guard the Person of thy Servant the King Who putteth his trust in thee Send him help from thy holy Place And evermore mightily defend him Confound the designes of all those that are risen up against him And let not their rebellious wickednesse approach near to hurt him Let the Curse of Saul light upon the endeavours of those men who contrive or Imagine mischief for him And let the blessings of David remaine upon his Head and upon his Seed for evermore O Lord hear our Prayer And let our Cry come unto thee VI. O Lord God of Hosts who didst deliver David thy servant from the perill of the Sword Hear us we beseech thee most miserable sinners who do here poure out our souls before thee intirely desiring the protection of thy hand upon thy Servant the King let him finde safety under the shadow of thy wings and preserve his Person as the Apple of thine own Eye Suffer not that Sword which thou hast put into his Hands to be wrested out by the hand of man but blesse his Counsels with successe and his enterprises with Victory that he may become a terrour to all those that oppose him and as the dew of the latter rain upon the hearts of all those that do still continue loyall to him And O thou that takest no delight in the misery of one single sinner spare mercifull Lord spare a great though most sinfull Nation pitty a despised Church and a distracted State heale those wounds which our sins have made so wide that none but thine own hands can close them and in the tendernesse of thine unspeakable compassion hasten to put so happy an end to these wasting Divisions that thy service may be more duly celebrated thine Anointed more conscienciously obeyed that the Church may be restored to a true Christian Unity and the Kingdome to its former Peace And that for his sake who is the Prince of peace and that shed his precious blood to purchase our peace even Jesus Christ the righteous to whom with theâ—… O Father and the blessed spirit be all Honour and Glory world without end Amen VI. O Thou most mighty Creator and wise Governour of all that hast for our sins and provocations given us to drink of a most bitter astonishing cup and demonstrated by thy late proceedings with us how inexorable thou art towards us who have been so obstinate and obdurate toward thee that would not hear in that our Day the things belonging to our peace and now they are hid from our eyes We those wretched Creatures of thine do yet desire to adore and prostrate our soules before thee to put our hands upon our mouthes and our mouths into the Dust and acknowledge all Honour and Glory to be due unto thee whatsoever becomes of us Though to these amazing Calamities thou shouldest yet super-add thy fire and Brimstone from Heaven and all the horrors of astonished hearts and the eternal Worm and Flames the due portion of the damned in Hell O Lord thou art most just in all thy judgments and infinitely merciful that we live to call upon thee this day O that these sharp last necessary methods of thine may at length prove
govern thy holy Church universally in the right way We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holiness of life thy servant CHARLS the second our most gracious King and Governours We beseech thee to hear us good â—…rd That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith fear and love and that he may evermore have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory We beseech thee to hear us good Lord That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giving him the victory over all his enemies We beseech thee to hear us good Lord That it may please thee to bless and preserve the Queen Mother the Duke of York the Duke of Glocester with all the rest of the royall Progeny We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastors and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge understanding of thy word and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council and all the Nobility with grace wisdom and understanding We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keep the Magistrates giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keep all thy people We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all Nations unity peace and concord We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee and diligently to live after thy Commandments We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word and to receive it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and help the weak-hearted and to raise up them that fall and finally to beat down Satan under our feet We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travell by land or by water all women labouring of childe all sick persons and young children and to shew thy pitty upon all prisoners and captives We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to provide for the fatherless children and widows and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies persecuters and slanderers and to turn their hearts We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth so as in due time we may enjoy them We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance to forgive us all our sins negligences and ignorances and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy word We beseech thee to hear us good Lord. Son of God we beseech thee to hear us Son of God we beseech thee to hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant us thy peace O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world Have mercy upon us O Christ hear us O Christ hear us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which are in heaven c. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evill Amen The Versicle O Lord deal not with us after our sins Answer Neither reward us after our iniquities Let us pray O God mercifull Father that despisest not the fighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress us and graciously hear us that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the Devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodnesse they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church though Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake O God we have heard with our ears and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine honour Glory be to the Father and to the Son c. As it was in the beginning 〈◊〉 now c. From our enemies defend us O Christ Graciously look upon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people Favourably with mercy hear our prayers O Son of David have mercy upon us Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ. Graciously hear us O Christ graciously hear us O Lord Christ. The versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed upon us Answer As we do put our trust in thee ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ â—…aker of all things Judge of all men we acknowledge and â—…wail our manifold sins and wickedness which we from time to time most greivously have committed by thought word and deed against thy divine â—…jesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us we do earnestly repent and be heartily sorry for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto us the burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon us have mercy upon us most mercifull Father for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christs sake forgive us all that is past and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God our Heavenly Father who of thy Grâ—… mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to All them which with Hearty Repentance and true Faith turn unto Thee Have mercy upon Us pardon and deliver us from all our sins Confirm and strengthen us in all Goodness and bring us to Everlasting Life
which for our evill deeds are worthily punished by the Comfort of thy Grace may mercifully be relieved through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen X. ALmighty God we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy Family for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Cross who liveth and reigneth c. Amen XI ALmighty and Everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole Body of the Church is governed and sanctified receive our supplications and prayers which We offer up before thee for all eâ—…ates of Men in thy holy congregation that every member of the same in his vocation and Ministery may truly and godly serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth c. Amen XII Assist us mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Christ our Lord Amen XIII ALmighty God which hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to Us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto Thee and grant that those things which We have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen A proper Prayer for the Thirtieth of Ianuary O Blessed Lord God who by thy Wisdom guidest and orderest all things most sutably to thy Justice and performest thy pleasure allwayes in such manner that thou canst also appeal to us whether thy wayes be not equall We thy poor afflicted People fall down before thee acknowledging the Justice of thy proceedings with us and that the amazing Judgement which as this day befell us in thy permitting cruel men sons of Beliall to execute the fury of their Rebellion upon Our late Gracious Soveraign and to imbrew their hands in the Blood and Mur der of the Lords Anointed was drawn down by the great and long provocations of this Nations sins against thee For all which and our own parts in which we sinfull wretches here met together desire to humble our selves before thee and to tremble at thy presence in this dayes fore vengeance the effect as well as desert of our impieties the work of our own hands upon our selves thy heavy Judgement but our most horrid sin for which alone did not multitudes of other sins cry out against us thou mightest justly descend down upon us all as thou didst in Sodom and leave us no other memorial than to be the frightfull Monuments of thy Indignation and fury to all Posterity Gracious is the Lord and mercifull therefore it is that We are not consumed O let thy long-suffering and patience lead us to repentance And now Lord looking on this particular signal Judgement as thy last Trump warning us to fly from the wrath to come We come forth to meet our God mourning in our prayers before thee and begging the aversion of thy further displeasure and the removall of these plagues of long continuance from us for the all-sufficient merits of the death and sufferings of our blessed Saviour O forgive our great and manifold transgressions and for his bloody Passions sake deliver this Nation from blood-guiltinesse that of this day especially O God of our Salvation Let not our crying sins intercept our Prayers or thy blessings but hear the voice of our tears and hearing forgive and heal us retire not quite from us into thine own place laugh not at our calamities neither mock in this day of our visitation Vindicate thine own Cause and thine own Providence that it may appear unto men that thou bearest up the Pillars of the earth and that by thee Kings do reign And though thou hast suffered our Enemies to proceed to that high pitch of violence against our late King even to kill and take possession of his Throne and Revenews Yet frustrate now at length their bold hopes and desires let not their mischievous imaginations prosper least they be too proud let them not be able to establish themselves in that prosperity and greatness they have fancied let them not say of his Family God hath forsaken them let us persecute them shew some good token on his seed for good that their enemies may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen and comforted them Bow the hearts of the Subjects of this Land as thou didst those of Israel to David that they may acknowledge and receive joyfully the heir of these Kingdoms and fasten thou him as a nail in a sure place behold his injuries and have compassion on his Innocency and let the desire of his enemies perish like that of the Hypocrite but bring him maugre all their oppositions to a peaceable possession of that Throne to which by his Birth-right thou hast designed him and establish him in the Just Rights of his Family O Lord we wait on thee this day for this blessing make no long tarrying but according to the time thou hast plagued us send us deliverance Snatch the prey out of the Lyons teeth and pull us out of the burnings like a firebrand We beseech thee that We may this day spread before thee the words of Rabshekah the proud railings and scornfull reproaches of our enemies Behold this day their exaltation and our mourning O Lord our eyes are towards thee for whom nothing is hard let it not seem a small thing to thee that we suffer but concenter our Prayers with the many thousands that call on thee That salvation may come to our King and through him thy blessing of peace unto thy People Think upon all those that are peaceable and faithfull in the Land and deal thou with us according to thy Word wherein thou hast caused us to put our trust Let the world see that there is a God that judgeth the earth and will send deliverance to his people in their needfull time of trouble But whatsoever thy purpose is let not us behave our selves frowardly but with all Christian humility run the race that thou settest before us and patiently bear the indignation of the Lord because we have sinned against him And we meekly beseech thee that if the Divine Decree of thy Justice withstand our Petitions our prayers may return into our own bosomes and that thou wilt make thy judgements temporal and not spiritual upon us but assist us with strength proportionable to our temptations that we be not delivered to evil but that in wel-doing we may commit our selves to thee our God as unto a faithful Creator And that both our King and we may
is come upon us consider and behold our Reproach For our Inheritance is turned to strangers our Houses to Aliens our Necks are under Persecution we labour and have no rest Our Fathers have sinned and are not and we have born our Iniquities Yea servants rule over us and there is none that delivers us out of their hands Our Elders have ceased from the Gate and our Young men from their Musick The Ioy of our Heart is ceased our Dance is turned into mourning For the Crown is fallen from our Head and Wo unto us that We have sinned For this our heart is faint for these things our Eyes are dim But wherefore dost thou forget us for Ever and forsakest us so long time O Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned Renew our dayes as of old And do not utterly Reject us be not for ever Wroth against us O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Daniel's Prayer and Confession in the Behalf of Himself and his People O Lord the Great and dreadfull God We have sinned and done wickedly and have Rebelled even by departing from thy Precepts and from thy Iudgements Neither have we hearkned to thy Servants the Prophets which spake in thy Name to our Kings our Princes and our Fathers and all the People of this Land O Lord Righteousness belongeth unto thee but unto us Confusion of Face as at this Day unto all that are near and far off through all the Countries whither thou hast driven them because of the Trespasse that they have trespassed against thee For we have not obeyed the Voice of the Lord our God and therefore the Curse is poured out upon us Even such a Curse as that under the whole Heaven hath not been done as hath been done unto Us. But now O Lord our God according to all thy Righteousness I beseech thee let thine Anger and thy Fury be turned away from us Hear the Prayer of thy servant and cause thy Face to shine upon thy Sanctuary which is now desolate O my God incline thine Ear and hear Open thine Eyes and behold our Desolation For I do not present these supplications before thee for our own Righteousnesse but for thy Great Mercies O Lord hear O Lord Forgive O Lord do delay not for Thine own sake O my God and for thy Peoples sake that are called by â—…y Name O God make speed to save us O Lord make hast to help us Prayers for the King LOrd Remember our distressed King and all his Troubles Amen Let thine Hand hold him fast and thine Arm strengthen him Amen Let not the Enemy be able to do him violence or the Son of Wickedness hurt him Amen Let thy Truth and Mercy be ever with him and in thy Name let his Throne be exalted Amen O be thou his Father his God and his strong Salvation Amen And let him be as the Fiâ—… born and Glorious among tâ—… Kings of the Earth Amen O God make speed to savâ—… him O Lord make haste to help him II. O Most Powerful Lord God the only disposer of all the Kings and Kingdomes of the Earth who for the Punishment of the Crying sins of this Nation hast extinguished our Glory and cast the Throne down to the Ground Give us not over utterly to Ruine and Confusion But bring back in thy good time the Heir of these Kingdomes like the Sun with Healing in his Wings to repair the Breaches already made and prevent the Desolations that â—…reaten us And however thou hast been pleased to cast a cloud upon â—…im in the Morning of his Days yet leave him not in this storm Forsake him not Thou that art the God of his salvation But look upon his Wrongs and have Compassion on his Innocency O let it never be in the Power of men to barr him from the Throne to which by his Birth thou hast designed him But Guide him with those Counsels and prosper him with that success as may settle him in his Throne in Peace Or if the Guilt and Wickedness of his Opposers shall still continue to hinder this Do it after thine own way O God with thy mighty hand and stretched out Arm That they may both know and feel that thou art the Protector of Kings and the Refuge of all them who have no other Trust but Thee Grant this O Lord for the Glory of thy Name and the Comfort of thy desolate Church and People Amen O Most Mercifull God the only Sanctuary of sad and distressed souls Look down I beseech Thee upon thy servant who here with bended Knees and a wounded spirit prostrate my self before Thee For Wo unto us we have lived to see the Crown fall from our Heads and the Glory departed from our Israel even the Anoynted of the Lord driven to fly before wicked men and they who have divided his Inheritance triumphing over him But thou O Lord how long how long shall Bloody Designs and Rebellious imaginations prosper Shall not the Judge of the whole Earth do Right Or hast thou forgotten to be Gracious and shuttest up thy tender Mercy in displeasure O No Thou art the same God who in the midst of Judgment remembrest Mercy Thine Arm is not shortned that thou canst not save nor thine Ear heavy that thou canst not hear Arise then O Lord Arise Let the World see that thou art the Father of the Fatherless and the Helper of them to Right that suffer Wrong Shew it O Lord especially at this time in multiplying all thy comforts upon our distressed King And as thou hast strangely and Wonderfully delivered him from those who so eagerly hunted after his Life So let it appear to the World that thou hast not done this to make him more miserable or to continue him in the Condition of an Exâ—…e But rather that thou hast reserved him for Faithfull Hands and fairer Opportunities and more prosperous successes And though that was not the Time nor those the Means by which thou hast designed to restore the Kingdom to him Yet that thou hast not forsaken him but that He is still in thy Care still under the shadow of thy Wings who alone art able to do more for him then we can pray for and Gloriously to bring him back again by wayes we cannot think of In the mean time O Lord whilst thou thinkest fit to keep him under the sharpnesse of this Discipline Teach him to kisse the Hand that chastens him and humbly to submit his Earthly Crown to thy Divine Will and Pleasure knowing that thou canst either Restore him That when it seems good to thee Or else give him a Crown infinitely more Glorious which no man can take from him Lord He is more Precious to thee then he can possibly be to us Dispose of Him therefore in the multitude of thy Mercies And let thy Holy Spirit take so 〈◊〉 Possession and Guidance of â—…im that among all the Diffiâ—…ties of his most perplexed
them 〈◊〉 their own way But be thou gratiously pleased to look after â—…hem and when thou hast found them give them a ready willingness to accept of thy shoulders and to be carried â—…ome With thee there is Balm for their wounded consciences and in thy side there is oyl for for their broken hearts Let thy staff O Lord be a support to the weak and let thy rod instruct and correct the refractory And so bless them all in their bodies in their souls in their Estates both with thy temporall and spirituall mercies that here in this life they may live in Love Peace Plenty and all Godliness that so in the Life Eternall they may be made joynt Partakers of Glory and raign for ever with the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world To whom be all honour and glory power and praise from this time forth and for evermore Amen The Peoples Prayer for the Minister O Lord God who of thy mercy hast bestowed upon us Preachers of Righteousnesse and who for our benefit hast appointed the Priests lips to preserve knowledge O Lord Jesu Christ who hast sent labourers into thy Vineyard to dress and trim it and there to reach us fruit from the Tree of life O holy and blessed Spirit who satest in the likenesse of fiery tongues upon the Apostles to inspire thy Church and of whose gift it is that a succession of Ministers is continued among us even to this day O holy blessed and glorious Trinity let me never but be thankfull to thee for all these thy Gifts Preserve me by thy Grace that I may never be of the number of those who love to strive with the Priest And that I may at no time deserve to be struck blind with the dust from a Disciples feet Keep me from â—…surping upon the Ministers Office from defrauding him of his right from maligning his person from calumniating his Doctrine and from abhorring to be reproved by him But grant Lord that I may readily hear and embrace the Message that thou art pleased to send by him be it of mercy or of judgement alwayes saying with old Eli It is the Lord let him do what seemeth best in his own eyes And here among many other thy servants who wait upon thâ—… at thine Altar bless Lord more particularly that servant of thine to whom thou hast committed the charge of my soul. O never let him sooth and flatter it but as I give him occasion let him discipline and correct it Give him Grace and Courage to speak boldly in the name of Jesu And since thou art delighted with those that tremble at thy Word Lord make me one of their number that thou mayst delight in me Let me never stop mine ears nor withdraw my self from hearing thy servant who speaks home to my conscience But when he shall have wounded mine heart with the sword of thy Spirit O give him power and wisdom to pour as well oyle as vinegar into those happy wounds Lastly Grant Lord I beseech â—…e that he by whose prayers â—…nd instructions thou art graâ—…ously pleased to advance my spirituall good may by thy grace and favour be protected by thy Providence assisted by thy great mercies comforted and relieved in all his necessities bodily and ghostly And let me never but thus pray for him who in discharge of his duty both prays and weeps for me Lord grant him deliverance from unreasonable and wicked men who with so much danger to himself endeavours to preserve me from the power of the Devil That so at last both Priest and People the Minister and his Congregation the Shepheard and the whole Flock may walk hand in hand to heaven and be joyfully translated from the Church militant here to the Church triumphant above through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen Another O Most gracious Lord God who hast promised to heaâ—… the Prayers of others for us and our Prayers for others but both theirs and ours through the powerfull intercession of thy Son Grant I beseech thee that I may reap benefit by the Prayers of all such who are charitably mindfull of recommending me and my necessities to the Throne of Grace Particularly touch both the heart and tongue of thy Servant with a coal from thine Altar give him zeal and intention in all his Devotions And since we are taught by thy holy Spirit that the effectual servent Prayer of a Righteous man availeth much grant him Lord to be Righteous in all his ways Faithfull in his Calling and a sincere Example of holy life and godly Conversation That so those Prayers which he offers up for my self and others may be the more acceptable in thy sight and be the sooner graciously answered with thy Benediction and Blessing both upon our bodies and souls and all for the precious blood-sheddings sake of thy beloved Son and our blessed Mediator Jesus Christ Amen Psalms for pardon of sins Psalm 6. 25. 32. 38. 51. 10â—… 130. 143. For Protection from our Enemies and from the punishment of sins Psalm 3. 7. 9. 10. 11. 13. 17. 27. 31. 35. 54. 56. 57. 141. For the Church and all faithfull People Psal. 53. 74. 79. 80. 94. 137. For the King Psalm 21. 61. 89. 132. For Peace 46. 122. 133. In time of Persecution and publick Calamity Psalm 52. 64. 73. 61. 142. 120. In time of War 43. 144. Lessons IUdgments upon Rebellion 2 Sam. 18. Saint Iudea Numb 16. Epist. Idgements upâ—… Tyrants and â—…lse Prophets Mic. 3. Mat. 7. 23. Mar. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 3. The Iudgement of reâ—…ving the Candleâ—…ick and threats of it 1 Sam. 4. Mat. 21. Ezek. 3. Rev. 2. Threats against Disobedience and Promises to the Obedient Deut. 28. Luke 6. Joshua 23. sa 59. Jer. 5. Lamentation for Iudgeâ—…ent on a â—…nd Lam. 1 2 3 4 5. Mat. 20. Isa. 64. Luke 13. Jerem. 4. 9. Baruch 2. 3. 2 Esdras 3. 4. Exhortation to Repentance and Faith Deut. 4 6 8 11. Mat. 6. Isaiah 58. Hosea 4 6. Exhortaion to Fasting and Obedience Joel 2. Jonah 3. Jerem. 〈◊〉 3 7 6. Examples for patient sufferings and Exhortations thereto 2 Sam. 15. Heb. 12. 2 Mac. 6 7. 1 Pet. 〈◊〉 3 4. Jam. 4 5. Temporary Prosperity and Eternall Punishment of the wicked Job 21. Jer. 12. Act. 12. Habbac 1. Mal. 3. Wisdom 5. Persecution of the Church Exod. 5. Revel 12 13. Comforts to the Penitent and Holy Ezek. 9. Mat. 5. Revel 7. Some Prayers for the King and Church c. heretofore printed A Prayer for the King O Lord God who hast commanded us to pray for Kings and all that be in Authority that under them we â—…ay lead a quiet and peaceable â—…fe in all godliness and honesty â—…esse thy Servant our King â—…at he may use that Sword â—…ou hast put into his hands for â—…e protection and reward of â—…he good and the punishment â—…f them that do evill and give grace unto us and all other his Subjects to fear reverence
make him great put a stop at last to the madnesse of the people say to the destroying Sword it is now enough send us a seasonable and quiet calm visit us with the joy of thy Countenance and make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us O restore to us our solemn Assemblies bring us back into thy Courts to praise thee and let us once more worship thee in the beauty of thy holinesse Save us O Lord from our Enemies and from the hands of all that hate us That so we may serve thee without fear living a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honesty looking for the blessed appearance of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. To whom with thee and the holy Spirit be all honour and praise world without end AMEN A Prayer for preservation from the Enemy O Eternall God and most mercifull Father we humbly beseech thâ—… to be mercifull unto us and in the Riches of thy unspeakable mercies be near to help and succour us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us The Rebellious are strengthned against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee and we deserve to suffer what our Enemies threaten even suddain surprizall and destruction to desolation But there is mercy with thee that thou mayst be feared and there is mercy with thee that they may not be fearâ—… Shew us therefore thy merâ—…y O Lord and let us so fear â—…ee that we may be never forâ—…d to feel or fear them And â—…hen thou wilt correct us for â—…ur sins O Lord in judgement â—…emember mercy and let us â—…all into thy hands and not into the hands of men let us fall â—…to thy hands and not into â—…he hands of ungracious and â—…godly men into thy hands â—…nd not into the hands of sacriâ—…gious and seditious men into thy mercifull hands and not into the cruell hands of thine and our enemies even for Jesus Christs sake our only Mediator and Redeemer AMEN A Confession of Sins and Prayer for Pardon O Lord of heaven and earth God of the spirits of all flesh we a most sinfull and therefore now a most miserable People do in the bitternesse of our afflicted Souls humbly fall down at the foot-stool of thy grace most sadly bewailing our many and most hainous sins We have multiplied our iniquities into a violation of thy whole Law having neither performed to thee our God nor to man the duties thou requirest of us so that by onr wicked works we have denied that most holy faith whereof our Mouths have for so long a time made profession These things O Lord have we done and because in goodnesse thou wert pleased to â—…eep silence how many of us have thought wickedly that thou â—…ert altogether such an one as â—…ur selves which either didst approve or at least wouldst not punish the Crimes that we doâ—…ed on And now in thy just judgments thou hast set our sins in order before our eyes in the continued scourge of this â—…sting Rebellion we may well perceive that the sins we have done have not been barely infirmities but Rebellions against thee In the Rapines acted upon the substance thou hast given 〈◊〉 we cannot but consider that by Oaths and Blasphemies we have robbed thee of thine Honour and have oft-times stollen much of that precious time which should have been spent in thy service Nay we have added sin to sin so that one Crime hath brought forth another Transgression and thou hast shewed us even this in thy Judgâ—… ments we now feel in that thâ—… present War hath brought forth an infectious disease and dotâ—… now threaten famine to us We confesse O Lord with all thankfulnesse of heart that thou hast been pleased to sweeten the bitterness of this Cup by many strange successes by frequent and unexpected Victories and yet thou hast so allayed each favour of thine hand with the mixture of some sudden crosse that herein thou hast set our Repentance too before the sight of our eyes and lets us see 't is mixt with so much coldnesse Hypocrisie that there may be as much guilt in such a kind of Repentance as before there was in our sins Yet return O God in great mercy return unto the many thousands of thy people do thou accept and increase in our hearts detestatioÌ„ of all wickedness that our sorrows for sin may be as compleatly perfect 〈◊〉 we desire thou shouldst make â—…ur Peace and that for times â—…ereafter our hearty observance of thy whole Law may still run along with such sorrows O let â—…ot thy scourge end in a desolation nor thine anger go on unto the height of an everlasting mine But hear us mercifull Father hasten the aversion of these thy sharp judgements from us and let not the noise of this accursed Rebellion be any longer heard in our streets Scatter thou the People that delight in War and let the blessing of Peace be upon the Heads of all those who strive and pray for this blessing and that for his sake by whose hand thou givest every blessing Jesus-Christ our Lord Amen A Prayer for the KING O Lord God infinite 〈◊〉 power by whom thâ—… thrones of Kings are established and their Persons made sacred Take we beseech thee into thy immediate and divine protection thine Anointed Servant the King that no Sacrilegious prophane hand come near to touch him in all his wayes let thy Spirit guide him and thy holy Angels pitch their Tâ—…s about him Comfort him in his troubles defend him in his dangers support him in his Cause blesse him in the confusion of all those that rise up against him shew some token on him even now O God when the Sons of Violence are in the highest of their Pride when they have joyned Nation â—…o Nation Covenant to Covenant and Army to Army to â—…ull down him whom thou â—…ast exalted and to Root out â—…hat Religion which thine own â—…ght hand hath planted Deâ—…t their purposes O thou preserver of men and let not their mischievous imaginations â—…ny longer prosper but blast â—…ll their Counsells wither away their Armies like grasse â—…orched by the Sun bow down a last their stiff necks and obdurate hearts to a desire of that Peace which hath so long been 〈◊〉 abomination to them That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own Ruine â—…d take pleasure in shedding their own blood but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thy Anger for this unnaturall division may at last be reduced within their first obedience to the glory of thy Name the vindication of oâ—… defamed Religion the joy 〈◊〉 our afflicted King and the hapâ—… pinesse of this yet bleedinâ—… Kingdom And confirm all thâ—… to us O Lord by the merits and through the mediation oâ—… thine own dear Son Jesus Chrisâ—… our Lord Amen A Prayer for the preservation of the University and City of Oxford O Almighty God who are the only sure