have spread a net by the way-side they have set gins for me Selah 6 I said unto the Lord Thou art my God hear the voice of my supplications O Lord. 7 O God the Lord the strength of my salvation thou hast covered my head in the day of battell 8 Grant not O Lord the desires of the wicked further not his wicked device lest they exalt themselves Selah 9 As for the head of those that compasse me about let the mischief of their own lips cover them 10 Let burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire into deep pits that they rise not up again 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name the upright shall dwell in thy presence PSAL. CXLI David being in his flight and trouble prayes that God would so compose his mind and restraine his tongue that through anger or impatience he may not offend and that he may have no part or society with the wicked he prayes to be defended from their snares and that they may perish with their own arts LOrd I cry unto thee make haste unto me give ear unto my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice 3 Set a watch O Lord before my mouth keep the door of my lips 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me not eat of their dainties 5 Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindnesse and let him reprove me it shall be an excellent oyl which shal not break my head for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places they shall hear my words for they are sweet 7 Our bones are scattered at the graves mouth as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth 8 But mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord in thee is my trust leave not my soul destitute 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and the gins of the workers of iniquity 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets whilest that I withall escape Ev. Pr. PSAL. CXLII David being imprison'd in a cave and besieged by Saul prayes to God to be delivered out of his present danger he intends this delivery to be in order to the glorification of God I Cryed unto the Lord with my voice with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication 2 I poured out my complaint before him I shewed before him my trouble 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me then thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge failed me no man cared for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee O Lord I said Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living 6 Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutours for they are stronger then I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name the righteous shall compass me about for thou shalt deale bountifully with me PSAL. CXLIII David being persecuted by Absaloms party implores Gods ayde confesses his unworthinesse and sinne describes his sad state of affairs he comâ—orts himself with the memory of Gods greatworks he prayes for defence against his enemies and deliverance from them and to be conducted by the good spirit of God and that his Enemies may be cut off The psalme is paenitential HEar my prayer O Lord give ear to my supplications in thy faithfulness answer me and in thy righteousnesse 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath made me to dwell in darknesse as those that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me my heart within me is desolate 5 I remember the dayes of old I meditate on all thy works I muse on the work of thy hands 9 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land Selah 7 Hear me speedily O Lord my spirit faileth hide not thy face from me lest I be like unto them that goe down into the pit 8 Cause me to hear thy loving kindnesse in the morning for in thee doe I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walk for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God thy spirit is good lead me into the land of uprightnesse 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul for I am thy servant Mo. Pr. PSAL. CXLIV David praises God for helping him in battels against the Philistims and giving him an intire possession of his kingdome he admires Gods goodnesse to man and the condescensions of his providence he prayes for defence against the preparations of other Enemies against him and for prosperity to his people and plenty in the field and in the stall the blessednesse of the servants of God Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2 My goodnesse and my fortresse my high tower and my deliverer my shield and he in whom I trust who subdueth my people under me 3 Lord what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him 4 Man is like to vanity his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away 5 Bow thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 Cast forth lightning and scatter them shoot out thine arrows and destroy them 7 Send thine hand from above rid me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings who delivereth David his servant from the hurtfull sword 11 Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that
the Lord in the beautie of Holinesse ¶ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters the God of glory thundreth the Lord is upon many waters * The voice of the Lord is powerfull the voice of the Lord is full of Majesty ¶ The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to calve and discovereth the forests and in his temple doth every man speake of his glory * Be glad in the Lord and rejoyce ye righteous and shout for joy all ye that are upright in Heart ¶ For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide unto death Glory be to the Father c. Then read a lesson out of one of the four Gospells or the Acts of the Holy Apostles in order or by choice upon extraordinary occasions After which recite one of these following Psalmes * THe mighty God even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going downe thereof ¶ Out of Sion the perfection of beauty God hath shined * Our God shall come and shall not keep silence a fire shall devour before him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him ¶ He shall call to the heavens from above to the Earth that he may Judge his people * And the heavens shall declare his righteousnesse for God is Judge himselfe ¶ His Name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the Sun and men shall be blessed in him all Nations shall call him blessed * Blessed be the Lord God the God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things ¶ And blessed be his Glorious Name for ever and let the whole Earth be filled with his glory Amen Amen Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or this to be said especially on Communion daies Psalme 23. * THe Lord is my Shepherd I shal not want ¶ He maketh me to lie down in Green pasture he leadeth me beside the still waters * He restoreth my soule he leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake ¶ Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe they comfort me * Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oyle my cup runneth over ¶ Surely goodnesse and mercy shall follow me all the daies of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Glory be to the Father c. Then say the Apostles Creed or the Nicene creed if it be a great festival of the Church 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 borne of the Virgin Mary * suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried * He descended into hell * The third day he rose againe from the dead * He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty * From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the Dead * I believe in the holy Ghost * The holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints * the forgivenesse of sins * the resurrection of the body * and the life everlasting Amen The Nicene Creed to be said upon the great Solemnities of the yeare I Beleive in one God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible and in one Lord Jesus Christ the onely begotten Sonne of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of light very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the Father by whom al things were made who for us men for our salvation came downe from heaven and was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Mary and was made man and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried and the third day he rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And he shall come againe with glory to judge both the quick the dead whose kingdome shall have no end And I beleive in the holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified whospake by the Prophets And I believe one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remission of sins And I looke for the resurrection of the Dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creed Minister The Lord be with you People And with thy Spirit Let us Pray 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 For thine is the Kingdome the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen I. O Great King of heaven and earth the Lord and patron of all ages receive thy servants approaching to the throne of grace in the Name of Jesus Christ give unto every one of us what is best for us cast out all evill from within us work in us a fulnesse of holinesse of wisedome and spiritual understanding that we increasing in the knowledge of God may be fruitfull in every Good worke through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The collect for the morning II. O Almighty Father great God of all the world who dwellest in the light to which no man can approach in thy presence there is no night in the light of thy countenance there is perpetuall day We thy servants whom thou hast preserved this night who blesse and glorifie thee this day who live by thy power who desire to walk by thy lawes to be blessed by thy providence to be defended by thy Almighty hand humbly pray unto thee that this day and all the daies of our lives may be holy and peaceable send thy holy spirit the spirit of peace to be the guide of our waie the guard of our soules and bodies Grant that all the chances and accidents of this day may be healthfull to our bodies and profitable to our soules and that we may spend the remaining portion of our life in blessing and peace and holinesse Make thou the latter end of our daies to be Christian without shame without torment and when we shall appeare before thy dreadfull seat of Judgement grant that we may not be confounded but may stand upright in the congregation of the Saints acquitted by the death of Christ justified by his resurrection pardon'd by his sentence saved by his mercy that we may rejoyce in his salvation and sing thy praises for ever and ever
but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them ¶ But I will declare for ever I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. * For thou art my hope O Lord God thou art my trust from my youth ¶ By thee have I been holden up from the wombe thou art he that tooke me out of my Mothers bowels my praise shall be continually of thee * For the Lord is a sun and a sheild the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that live a godly life ¶ O Lord of Hosts Blessed is the Man that putteth his trust in thee Glory be to the Father c. Or this * GOd is greatly to be fear'd in the assembly of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him ¶ Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them * The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulnesse thereof thou hast founded them ¶ Justice and judgement are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face * For loe thine enemies O Lord loe thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered ¶ The righteous shall flourish like a Palme tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon * Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God ¶ They shall still bring forth fruit in their old age they shall be fat and flourishing ¶ To shew that the Lord is upright he is our rock and there is no unrighteousnesse in him Glory be to the Father c. Then read a lesson out of the Epistle of S. Paul or any of the Canonical Epistles in order or selected upon special occasions After the lesson say this Psalme * GIve eare O Lord unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications ¶ Turne us O God of our salvation and cause thine anger towards us to cease * For thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon thee ¶ O Remember not against us former iniquities let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us * Helpe us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name deliver us and purge away our sins for thy names sake ¶ Teach us thy way O God and we will walke in thy truth unite our hearts to fear thy Name * O satisfy us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our daies ¶ So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thankes for ever we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation Glory be to the Father c. Or this * IN thee O Lord doe I put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousnesse ¶ Into thy hand I commend my spirit thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth * Make thy face to shine upon thy servants save us for thy mercies sake ¶ For great is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men * The Angel of the Lord encamped round about them that fear him and delivereth them ¶ Thou art my hiding place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance * Thou makest darknesse and it is night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe creep forth ¶ O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisdome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches * The Glory of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his workes ¶ He appointed the moone for certaine seasons and the sun knoweth his going downe * I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being my meditation of him shall be sweet I will rejoyce in the Lord. ¶ I will both lay me downe in peace and sleep for thou Lord makest me dwell in safety Glory be to the Father c. Or else say 103. Psalme or the 91. or the 121. Then shall follow the Apostles Creed I Beleeve 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 borne of the Virgin Mary * suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried * He descended into hell * The third day he rose againe from the dead * He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty * From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the Dead * I believe in the holy Ghost * The holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints * the forgivenesse of sins * the resurrection of the body * and the life everlasting Amen Minister The Lord be with you People And with thy Spirit Let us Pray 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 trespass against us * And lead us not into temptation * But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Then followes the first collect as at Morning Prayer I. O Great King of heaven and earth the Lord and patron of all ages receive thy servants approaching to the throne of Grace in the Name of Jesus Christ. Give unto every one of us what is best for us cast out all evil from within us work in us a fulnesse of holinesse of wisedome and spiritual understanding that we increasing in the knowledge of God may be fruitful in every Good worke through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this SAve us defend and keep us in thy fear and love O thou God of mercy and grace Give unto us the light of thy countenance pardon of our sins health of body sanctification of our spirits peace from heaven and salvation of our soules in the day of our Lord Jesus Amen I. For repentance and a Holy life ALmighty God the fountaine of holinesse and felicity who by thy word and by thy spirit dost conduct all thy servants in the waies of peace and sanctity inviting them by promises and winning them by love endearing them by necessities and obliging them by the perpetual testimonies of thy loving kindnesse grant unto us so truly to repent us of our sins so carefully to reforme our errors so diligently to watch over all our actions so industriously to doe all our duty that we may never transgresse thy Holy lawes willingly but that it may be the worke of our lives to obey thee the joy of our soules to please thee the satisfaction of all
food and raiment the light of thy countenance and contented spirits and thy grace to seeke the Kingdom of heaven and the righteousnesse thereof in the first place and then we are sure all these things shall be added unto us Grant the desires and heare the prayer of thy servants for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely saviour Amen Or this upon the same occasion or in the time of any other judgement ALmighty Father Lord of Heaven Earth we have sinned and thou hast smitten us al our evils that we suffer are drawne upon our heads by our owne impious hands let thy threatnings and thy judgments thy love and thy feare thy promises and thy precepts worke in thy servants an excellent repentance and let our repentance obtaine thy favour and thy favour remove the present evil of Drowth of immoderate raine of Murren of Plague of Warre of Sicknesse from us according to the present occasion sanctify unto us thy rod and support us with thy staffe and restore us to those comforts which we need and which thou hast promised to give to them that love and feare thee that repent of their sins and beg for pardon through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A shorter forme of Morning prayer for a Family A more private office for the family to be said betimes in the Morning on Sundaies or at any houre of the morning upon the other daies of the weeke In the name of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Our Father c. The morning Hymne * HEarken unto the voice of my cry my King and my God for unto thee will I pray ¶ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will looke up * Great is our Lord and greatly to be praised his eyes are ever upon the righteous and his ears are open unto their cry ¶ Thy mercy O Lord is in the heavens and thy faithfulnesse reacheth unto the clouds * Thy righteousnesse is like the great mountaines thy judgements are a great deep O Lord thou preservest both man and beast ¶ How excellent is thy loving-kindnesse O Lord therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings * For with thee is the fountaine of life in thy light we shall see light ¶ According to thy name O God so is thy praise to the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousnesse * The Lord the Lord God is mercifull and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodnesse and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin and that will by no means clear the guilty ¶ What is man that thou shouldest magnifie him and that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him * And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him every moment ¶ If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes and make thy supplication to the Almighty * If thou wert pure and upright surely now he would awake for thee and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous ¶ O Lord be gracious unto us we have waited for thee be thou our arme every morning our salvation also in the time of trouble * O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me to thy holy hill unto thy dwelling ¶ O put your trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption he shall redeem his people from their sins * Then shall their light breake forth as the morning and their health shall spring forth speedily for the glory of the Lord shall be their reward 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 If there be time and conveniency let a chapter be read out of the Sapiential bookes in order viz. The proverbs of Solomon Ecclesiastes the Wisedome of Solomon Ecclesiasticus Then shall follow the Creed To be said by all together I Beleeve 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 borne of the Virgin Mary * suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried* He descended into hell * The third day he rose againe from the dead * He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty * From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the Dead * I believe in the holy Ghost * The holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints * the forgivenesse of sins * the resurrection of the body * and the life everlasting Amen Minister The Lord be with you People And with thy spirit I. Let us pray O Eternall and most blessed Saviour Jesus thou art the bright morning star and the sun of righteousnesse thou dost enlighten our eyes with thy beauties and our hearts with thy comfort and with the joyes of God thou art the fountaine of health and life of peace and truth of rest and holinesse thou givest to them that want thou comfortest them that suffer thou forgivest them that repent and hearest the prayers of all them that call upon thee we adore thee and praise thy glories and rejoyce in thy salvation and give thee thanks for thy blessing and defending us this night from all the evill which we have deserved every day and from all the violences and snares by which the enemie of mankind would have hurt us or destroyed us unlesse he had been restrained by thy eternall goodnesse and thy almighty power Blessed be God II. We acknowledge O God and Father of our life that we are lesse then the least of all thy mercies and our iniquity is greater then we can bear our thoughts are vaine our words are foolish and uselesse injurious and uncharitable our actions criminall and hatefull our devotion cold our passions violent and unreasonable our duties imperfect our repentance little our holinesse none at all O God our Judge we confesse before thee that we neither know thee as we ought nor have taken care that we might we live in the world to our selves but without just regards of thee and of religion we daily receive thy blessings and yet we provoke thee every day we tremble not at thy judgements though we have deserved them nor fear till the evil day comes upon us we are greedy of doing evill but impatient of suffering any in prosperity we forget thy severity and justice in afflictions we are timorous and amazed dare not relie upon thy goodnesse nor with confidence and love expect the effects of thy mercies and forgivenesse Every thing can tempt us to sin and we fall infallibly but by all the arts of thy Spirit and the methods of thy mercy we are not brought to obey thee as we ought Our state is sad our condition is sinfull our hopes are broken and we