without Jerusalem between two thieves for the Remission of the Sins of the world and the Saving this poor soul I believe I adore this unconceivable Condescension this strange and God like Charity And I now most humbly acknowledge and confess that all my Duty Zeal and Service in respect of this thy Love and Passion is very vileness and ingratitude Wherefore renouncing the works of Satan and the vanities of the world I will for ever obey thee worship thee thank thee O help me by thy Grace Blessed Redeemer and hold up my goings in the paths that my footsteps slip not Amen II. Munday MOst holy and most merciful Father to whom all things in heaven and earth do bowe and obey with utmost Reverence I adore thy divine Majesty thy eternal and infinite Perfection and rendring my humble and early Thanks to thee for restoring to me this morning my Senses and Reason and Vigour I again submit and dedicate both my Soul and Body with all their Powers and Actions to thy holy Will and Pleasure desiring and fully purposing to serve thee faithfully this day and all the days of my life by the Grace of thy holy Spirit and through the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ thy beloved Son and my most blessed Saviour Amen Teach me thy way O God and I will walk in thy Truth Unite my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Psal. 86.11 Or. By thy great Goodness O Lord I here present my self unto thee as a living reasonable and bounden Sacrifice and perpetual Devote Rom. 12.1 Vouchsafe O Lord to keep me and mine this day without Sin and without Peril Amen for Christ his sake I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him I lift up my heart to the Lord. It is meet and right and our bounden duty it is our greatest honour and glory that we that I above all living should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee and praise and bless and Adore thee heavenly Father Lord God Almighty my Creatour Saviour and Defender Wherefore with thousands and thousands of thousands of glorious and innocent Angels Archangels Thrones and Dominions with Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessours Benefactours and all blessed Souls and with all the Faithful upon earth of every Kindred People and Language I fall down and Worship and laud and magnify thy holy Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Amen Regard O Eternal the devotion and accent of thy humble Creature made lower and courser then the Angels of a tainted life inhabiting the dust and now trembling by reason of his offences and guilt By thy Word O Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth Thou layest the beams of thy chambers in the waters and makest the clouds thy chariots and walkest upon the wings of the wind Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters which are within the heavens hail and snow clouds and storm thunder and lightning fulfilling his word Psal. 33. and 104. and 19. III. Tuesday O Lord thou art my God early will I seek thee O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust Lift now up O Lord the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and be my support all the day long for the sake of the dearest Jesus Amen There is no true peace but in thy favour through well doing wherefore my awakened soul fleeth first unto thee O Lord O Lord receive me I humbly and constantly beg of thee Almighty and most benign Father a sound mind and body a devout heart an honest humble meek and charitable Disposition an innocent and peaceable Life a good Name an inoffensive Old Age a serene and Christian Dâ—ath and a blessed Immortality resigning my Life wholly to thy holy Will and Pleasure through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen With faithful and blessed men of all ages with the never-ceasing Seraphims and with the Voices of the heavenly multitude as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thundrings I close in now with all ardor and cheerfulness saying Halleluiah Glory and Honour Salvation and Power unto the Lord our God. Let us rejoyce and be glad and with open and elevated hands and hearts give honour unto him For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in Righteousness and Mercy world without end Amen Rev. c. 19. Or Let us watch and be sober as children of the light and of the day always looking to Jesus the Author of our Faith the Rule of our Life and the Pledge of our Glory Amen O Lord be gracious to me and all mine We have waited for thee For thou art our Arm every morning and our Salvation in the time of Trouble Isaiah 33.2 Gracious God I am not worthy of the least of all thy Mercies and the Truth thou hast shewn unto thy servant Gen. 31.10 Let them praise the Lord that go down to the sea in ships and trade in mighty waters Yea let all the earth fear the Lord and stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world who gathered the waters together on an heap and laid up the deep as in a treasure house who made the dry land to appear out of confusion and commanded it to bring forth herbs and trees for the use of man and beast Hallelujah IV. Wednesday O Thou that hearest Prayer to thee shall all flesh come Psal. 65.3 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice in the morning I will stand before thee and will look up and wait for thy favour The glorious Majesty of the Lord be upon me and all mine Prosper thou the works of our hands O direct and prosper thou our handy work Psal. 90.17 The Lord is a light and defence The Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing will he withhold from them that lead a godly life O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Psal. 84.12 13. Lord pardon all my sins confirm me in piety bless me in my lawful calling keep my soul and body from all evil and fit me for Eternity for the immense merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Advocate Amen O Lord our Governour when I consider the Sun and Moon and Stars those vast and glorious Lights which thou hast created and that thou canst create ten thousand worlds more what is Man that mite upon this Globe that thou art mindful of him and visitest him every morning Thou O Jesus art the true and eternal Light the Sun of Righteousness that lighteth every man that cometh into the world Oh quicken and irradiate my heart Amen Or How dear are thy Counsels thy Mercies to me O God how great is the summ of them They are more in number then the sand they are new every minute
When I awake I am alwayes with thee thanking and praising and adoring thy Majesty who continually keepest the world from returning to nothing from whence thou first mad'st it Unto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens with the affection and reverence of a child with the fear and solicitude of a servant Psal. 123.1 2. Holy holy holy Lord God Omnipotent which was and is and is to come glory and honour and worship be to thee world without end Amen Rev. 4.8 Keep thy servant by thy grace O Lord that Hypocrisy Pride Envy Anger Gluttony Covetousness or Sloth or any other grievous sin may never have the dominion over me and become habitual and customary to me and ever keep me O Lord most holy from Fornication Drunkenness Theft and Dishonesty Idolatry Manslaughter Cursing Swearing and Lying Extortion and Oppression and all other scandalous and heinous actions and practices But engraft in my heart the contrary fruits of thy holy Spirit Piety Humility and Mildness Faithfulness and Honesty Modesty Temperance and Chastity Content and Quietness Compassion Charity and Liberality Prudence Care and Diligence and let this be my habit my custom and my life for Jesus Christ his sake Amen V. Thursday THe Lord is my strength and my praise There is none holy as the Lord neither is there any rock like our God. The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the bed and to the grave and bringeth up He keepeth the feet of his saints and exalteth the horn of his anointed Hallelujah My heart rejoyceth in his salvation 1 Sam c. 2. Thou art my hope in the land of the living thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that dwell in broad sea yea thou O God art my hope and joy to all eternity Amen Psal. 141.4 The Providence of the Father almighty guide me the Wisdom of his eternal Son enlighten me and the Power of his holy Spirit quicken me Amen What now shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits â—or my Birth my Education my Baptism Catechism and Confirmation What for the blessed Eucharist for the Sermons and the Prayers of this Church What for Sundry Deliverances and special Blessings through so many years of living Yea what shall I render unto thee holy JESUS for thy expiatory Blood for thy grand Example for the Mission of the Holy Ghost with various and unexpressible Grace and for the reserve of everlasting Blessedness O Lord what shall I render unto thee Take O take again most merciful Lord these Gifts together this Soul and Body and their abilities which I now kneeling humbly and faithfully offer to thy everadored Divinity O despise not but take again the works of thy own hands and receive all into the bosom of perpetual happiness Amen Hallelujah Or Is not this to be my last day and then Eternity O prepare me for thy self holy JESUS I know not the day nor the hour of thy Judgment Matth. 24.30 Or receive to thee in peace or visit this dearly purchased soul this piece of Immortality drencâ—t in thy Blood. Yea come quickly Lord Jesus Amen I will magnifie thee O God my King and praise thy name for ever and ever Every day will I give thanks to thee and bless thy name for ever and ever Great is the Lord and marvelous worthy to be praised There is no end of his Greatness no end of his Mercy Hallelujah Psal. 145.1 23. c. Grant me I humbly beseech thee Almighty and most merciâ—ul Father a quiet Mind and a â—ound Body a good Report and a liberal Conversation in all Piety Prudence Charity Honesty and Chastity and at last if I may not be a Martâ—r for thy Truth grant me a mild Death and happy Immortality for Christ Jesus his sake the Source of all Blessings as well visible and secular as invisible inconceivable and everlasting Amen Christ is ascended up on high hath led captivity captive and given gifts unto men that God might dwell amongst us Set up thy self O JESUS above all the heavens and thy Glory above the earth I now worship thee with all humility and affection as thy Apostles did when thou departedst from mount Olivet to the Joy of supercâ—lestial Glory The fowls of the air are thine O bountiful Creatour and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea and thou feedest them and multipliest them Wherefore I will seek the kingdom of God before food and rayment For our heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of these things Matth. 6.25 VI. Friday I Awakt and lookt up and my sleep was sweet unto me Blessed be the Lord our God the God of our fathers who satisifieth the weary soul and replenisheth every sorrowful heart who converteth the shadow of death into the morning and daily renews the face of the earth and maketh the evening and the morning alternately to praise him Ier. 31.25 26. Psal. 104.30 and 65.9 Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip who ruleth with his power for ever Hallelujah On this day O crucified Saviour have mercy on me and all mankind Amen I will walk this day God being my helper soberly chastly decently humbly and in diligence and content as a child of light and of God. Sufficient to the day is the evil and trouble of it I fully trust in the perpetual Grace of my heavenly Father through his Eternal Son. Amen Or I have remembred thy name O Lord in the night and have kept thy law Psal. 119.55 Our help standeth in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth Psal. 124.8 O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man who putteth his trust in thee yea blessed is the man to whom thou imputest no sin Psal. 84.13 All the world doth worship thee sing of thee and praise thy name which is great wonderful gracious and holy Hallelujah Praise the Lord O my soul. O Father Eternal Almighty God Lord and Possessor of infinite perfection Majesty and mercy Maker and Upholder of all things visible and invisible O blessed Jesus Lamb of God Son of the Father who hast loved us and dyed on the cross for us O most holy Spirit founder and fountain of light and knowledge of vertue and grace of liâ—e peace and bliss everlasting with utmost humility intention of mind and affection I adore and glorifie thee All power and riches and wisdom and salvation and glory and honour and blessing be to the eternal Trinity now and for ever Amen Hosanna in the highest Hosanna I bless thee O Lord Almighty that thou hast made the world out of nothing and created me and all mankind after thy own image and hast set us over the works of thy hands and given thy holy angels charge of us to keep us in all thy ways and that after the early loss of paradise c. many and late transgressions and presumtions thou yet openest
me Psal. 23. The Lord hath granted his loving kindness in the day time and in the night season will I sing of him and make my prayer to the God of my life Psal. 42.10 My soul rejoyceth in the Lord and I have put my trust in his holy name Psal. 33.21 Blessed be thou Lord God of our fathers for ever and ever Thine O Lord is the Greatness and the Power and the Glory and the Victory and the Majesty For all that is in heaven and earth is thine and thou rulest over all for ever Amen 1 Chron. 29.10 11 13. V. Thursday EVerlasting Praise and Thanks to thee most gracious God and Father for my Life and Reason Integrity of Body and Soundness of Memory for my pious and generous Parents my Education in good Learning and Manners for my Regeneration by Baptism and my frequent access to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ my Saviour for my place and order in the Holy and Apostolick Church for my competent Estate Content Liberty and Quiet for my power and greater will for Alms-doing for my Profession in this place my good Name and various Friendship and for whatever I have well done or said throughout my whole life for my Relations and Benefactors for the divine Forbearance Clemency and Beneficence unto to this age of my life for sundry remarkable Deliverances of me and my friends from Diseases Troubles and Dangers for innumerable Blessings known and unknown remembred or forgotten spiritual and temporal most chiefly for the means of Grace of all sorts and for the hope of immarcessible Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. O all ye blessed all ye righteous O all the world behold here the monument of Almighty Mercy Is not this a brand pluckt out of the burning Zach. 2.4 Or O holy Father the thoughts of thy infinite Grace and Mercy thy continual and almighty Providence how dear are they unto me Thy Redemption O blessed Jesus shall now lye next my heart and in the meditation of thine inestimable Passion and of thy numberless and everlasting Benefits will I go to sleep or to die as it shall seem best to thee my most gracious Lord and Saviour This night most Holy Pure and Eternal Spirit guard I humbly beseech thee and possess my soul whilst the meaner nature lies languid useless and insensible Amen VI. Friday THe Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also of my Salvation and my refuge Psal. 18.1 With my soul have I desired thee in the night season and early in the morning have I sought thee When I awake by thy empire and pity let my soul be still with thee O Lord my God. Or And now Lord what is my hope my hope is even in thee My help standeth in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth Psal. 132.2 From evil Designs and unlawful Desirâ—s from impure and vain Thoughts from the Illusions and Suggestions of the devil from inordinate Passions and Disturbances of Body and Mind good Lord deliver me this night Amen VII Saturday IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto the name of the Lord most highest To tell of thy loving kindness in the morning and of thy faithfulness every night Psal. 92.1 2. Grant thy servant O Lord a Christian end of this day and this week and this declining mortal life Amen for Christ Jesus his sake Bless me also holy Father as thou didst this day at the finishing of thy Creation and sanctifie and separate me to thy Service for ever Amen He that keepeth Israel he that keepeth thee O Christian doth neither slumber nor sleep The Lord himself is thy keeper The Lord is thy defence on thy right hand The Lord preserveth thee from all evil yea it is even he that keepeth thy soul. Amen God most holy most mighty Or Lord Jesus Christ the cheerful Ray and Glory of the Father immortal heavenly holy and happy being come to close of this day and the confines of darkness we laud and magnifie the Father the Son and the holy Spirit of God thou indeed art worthy to be praised with holy voices O son of God giver of life Therefore the whole world glorisieth thee and worshippeth thee Amen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will not give sleep to my eâ—es nor slumber to my eye-lids till I be at peace with all men till I have sought thy peace most gracious Father which the world cannot give and have confessed unto thy Majesty the Faults and Omissions of this day together with the more heinous Sins of my life Whatever I have devised said or done unworthy my Place my Age my Christianity and my Priesthood good Lord forgive me for the Bowels of Jesus Christ. Amen And let the grief and trouble of such Confessions henceforth deter me from the like Presumptions Transgressions and Neglects and from their several Causes and Occasions Amen Amen I will frequently read two or three Verses of the Holy Bible before I go to bed Here endeth the Larger Office at Rising and going to Bed. WHen I go not to Church I will say secretly or in the family Te Deum or Nunc dimittis and also the Collects for Peace and Grace and the Collects for all Conditions and the general Thanksgiving Our most gracious Father hear both the Church and me Oh hear them supplicating for me and all well employed and afflicted people Amen for the alone merits of Christ our Lord. PRIVATE DEVOTION At the HOLY COMMUNION CHAP. XI I. At the Offering MOst bountiful Father I return Mites for Talents received I offer to thee still of thy own Accept I pray thee most gracious Lord together with this small token of my Duty and Gratitude my Soul and Body and Action all which I here humbly dedicate unto thee at thy Altar And also forgive me all my Debts and Trespasses against thy divine Majesty for the one Oblation and transcendent Worthiness of thy beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen II. Before the general Confession HAving already in my retirement read over the Communion-service and also Matth. c. 28. and 1 Cor. 11.17 c. and thereupon leisurely and carefully examined and recollected as in the presence of the Living God what I have done what I have amended or not amended O wretched and inconstant creature since the last Communion and solemn Promise of a correct Life And having also satisfied to my power for all Injuries and Offences done by me against any man and likewise with hearty Sorrow Aversation and Repentance implored at home Gods Pardon for those sins and the rest of my whole life I now fasting Dan. c. 9.3 do again beseech the same indulgence with Humility Intention of Mind and enlarged Hopes here in the midst of his devout People before his Priest near his holy Altar and under the regard of glorious
Faithful Preserver of men XIII Medicine Blessed Jesus who during thy three years Preaching didst very often heal both the Bodies and Souls of thy Lowly and Believing Supplicants Bless this Medicine to the Relief of tâ—y devoted Servant Amen XIV Age. Cast me not away in the time of Old Age O Lord forsake me not when my strength faileth me The hoary head is a crown of glory especially if it be found in the way of Righteousness XV. Iourneying O God the God of Abraham the Fear of Isaac and the Mighty One of Jacob the Defense and direction of the Isrâ—elites in the wilderness and the light of â—he wise gentiles in their travail towards the infant Jesus O Gracious Creator and Preserver of men Guide me Guard me and succeed and bless me in this journey through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen XVI Passing by a Church O let the heart of them rejoyce that seek the Lord Amen for Christs sake XVII Mortality With faith and humility I will wait till my change cometh Behold man is a thing of nought Blessed be our meâ—ciful Father for this space of repentance and renovation XVIII Executions O crucified Saviour have pity on thy relenting servants and remember them in thy Kingdom Amen Bloud-thirsty and deceitfull men live not out half their days XIX Conflagration O deliver us all from the unquenchable fire and the neverdying worm most merciful Lord. Amen XX. Inundation The Lord sitteth above the water-flood the Lord remaineth a King for ever the Lord ruleth the raging of the sea and the madness of the people the Lord drowned the old world for their impiety and debauch and hath reserved this for fire Just and righteous are thy judgements XXI Earthquake I seek a city that hath foundations a Kingdom that cannot be moved Preserve us evermore from the crime and punishment of Corah deliver us Good Lord from sudden death XXII Thunder and tempest The voice of the Lord is a glorious voice and the rest of Psal. 29. XXIII Rain God hath not left himself without witness both to Jews and Gentiles giving us rains and fruitful seasons and filling our hearts with gladness XXIV Sunshine This one lamp illustrates and beautifies moves and quickens the whole world How great then is the power how bright the glory of the Creatour XXV Starlight Such is the footstool of the great King. XXVI Clockstriking So much nearer eternity The next minute and all my remaining time I entirely dedicate to thy glory O Lord most merciful That past hour and so many years of my evil life will never return again but must all be accounted for at Chrisâ—s tribuâ—al XXVII â—ospital or prison I was in prison â—aith our gracious Saviour and ye visited me naked and ye cloathed me Come thâ—refore ye blessed of my Father receive the Kingdom prepared for you XXVIII Deformity Nothing is so monstrous and deformed to the Divine eye as a proud and impenitent sinner XXIX Fair sight Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man to conceive the good things which God hath prepared for them that love and serve him XXX Rare piece of art Lord how excellent is the reason thou hast given us What cannot wit and diligence effect be the matter secular or sacred XXXI Singing birds hunting dogs variety of nests c. Blessed be God for the docility and sagacity of the beasts that perish which condemn dull and sensual men XXXII Passing by the Blind deaf lame foolish or ragged Blessed be thy name O Father Eternall for the sight the hearing the limbs the reason and the goods thou hast given and preserved to me make them all I earnestly beseech thee the instruments of thy glory and of my salvation through Jesus Christ Amen I heartily pity these my brethren XXXIII In the midst of my business and study I will often use such breife Lauds and Prayers as these God is all Blessed be God. Lord help me Lord have mercy upon me Halleluiah Eternity hastens I trust in the living God. Blessed be God my Saviour I adore thee Father eternal The Lord is my strength and my worship I am a vile sinner All is weak and vain on this side heaven Deliver me O Lord from the Tempter I am a Christian. I am a Priest oh Favour oh Duty God is here THE LARGER OFFICE AT RISING When my Affairs will permit CHAP. IX I. Sunday BLessed be the Almighty most Holy most Gracious and Glorious Trinity now and for evermore Thou O Lord art my Defender thou art my Worship and the Lifter up of my head I laid me down and slept and rose up again for the Lord sustained me Psal. 3.3 5. O Lord our Governour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Psal. 8. Thou openest the eyes of the Creation every Morning Hallelujah Defend thy servant this day and lead me O God in the Way Everlasting for unto thee do I lift up my soul. Psal. 143.8 9. O Father Eternal who causedst the Light to shine out of Darkness on the first day of the world shine also into this heart with the Glorious Light of Divine Knowledge by Jesus Christ. Amen 2 Cor. 4.6 Or I will stand up and bless the Lord our God for ever and ever And blessed be thy Glorious Name which is exalted above all Blessing and Praise Thou even thou art Lord alone Thou hast made Heaven the heaven of heavens with all their hosts the Earth and all things that are therein the Sea and all that is therein the Angels and all the invisible world And thou preservest them all and the host of heaven worshippeth thee Nehem. 9.5 6. And at thy Footstool thy poor and unworthy servant falleth down and Adoreth thee with humble Awe and Devotion through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Day is thine the Night is thine Eternity is thine and I am thine O holy Father Thou hast lightned mine eyes that I should not sleep in death wherefore with this new body soul and spirit I thank thee I worship thee O grant me the Light everlasting For in thy presence there is Light and at thy right hand is Joy at thy right hand is my dear Saviour and Advocate for evermore The Lord is risen the Lord is risen indeed Luke 24.34 Raise me likewise most gracious Father this day to a new and heavenly Life I seek I affect the things that are above that are Eternal Rom. 6.5 I opâ—n my breast this morning to the Gifts and Graces of the Holy Ghost who once miraculously inflamed the heads and hearts of the blessed Apostles Acts c. 2. and also abides a certain and powerful Helper and Comforter and Patron to all the Meek and Faithful unto the worlds end Or Blessed Jesus very God of very God by whom all things were made thou didst take upon thee this Nature which I and my consorts in humanity have so grievously abused and didst endure the shame and torment of a Crucifixion
will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord and offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen Psal. 116.11 12 15. AT RECEIVING THE CUP· CHAP. XIII I. AMen Jesus Master have mercy on us Luke 17.13 Let this Blood purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the Almighty and most gracious Father to honour thee the Everliving Saviour and for ever to obey and fear thee most holy and quickning Spirit Amen Lord I will serve thee better I will obey thee Succour my weakness pity my infirmity Dear Lord. Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Iohn 21.17 What honour hath Almighty God done me that I should be the vessel of this divine mystery and bear within my breast the Lord Jesus I adore I give thanks II. Thou art made whole go and sin no more no more by anger lust excess fraud slandering c. Ioh. 8.11 Our God is a consuming fire to the perverse and impenitent Our God is a merciful Father to the humble and relenting Orator As is his Majesty so is his mercy Ecclus. 2.18 Both infinite and incomprehensible both to be acknowledged admired and adored O Majesty everlasting I fear thee I worship thee I trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen Let me not O let me not again pollute this body and soul with my habitual and grievous sins as c. after I have received thy body and blood O Lord who hast created me and redeemed me Grant me thy grace O God that I may fulfil the places and offices thou callest me to in this life Amen III. Lord bless these and the rest of my brethren and let us live eternally together ever praising and Adoring thee For by this great and attractive sacrament we all become one bread one bloud one soul and consent have all one faith one hope one heaven one Lord the blessed Lord Jesus the knot and center of this most immense and pious fraternity and eminently one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in us all to whom be glory and obedience everlasting Amen in heaven Amen on earth From thy one precious body O wonderful Saviour thou feedest and revivest five thousand and five thousand thousand millions of thy disciples and followers Aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae Prudent Say O Lord and thy word is omnipotent This day salvation is come unto this house Luk. 19.9 IV. The bread of God is he that came down from heaven and giveth light to the world Lord evermore give us of this bread Ioh. 6.33 34. Thus thus will we shew sorth thy death O Jesus till thou comest again and blessed are those servants whom at the end of the world the Lord shall find so doing yea verily blessed is he that eateth meat in the kingdom of God. Luk. 12. 43. c. 14.15 He that solemnly and faithfully and seriously contemplates my Passion and Philanthropy and amends his life for that consideration He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day Amen Holy Jesus who art the Resurection and the life Ioh. 6.54 56. Master it is good for us to be here Mark. 9.2 Do not our hearts burn within us while the Lord opens to us the scriptures opens to us his precious side Full is the satisfaction inexpressible the joy of those that love thee O Jesus Angels and men consent heaven and earth joyn together to praise thee serve and worship thee and with these my poor soul the meanest of all thy creation Good Lord accept us I will give thanks unto thee among thy people and sing praises unto thee among the faithful My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed For thy â—ercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reaâ—heth above the clouds Set up thy self O Lord above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth Thou hast wrought redemption in the midst of the earth O Jesus and vanquisht all the enemies of guilty mankind and art seated at the right hand of Father the Lord and worship of angels Hosanna in the highest The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass The word was made flesh the beloved Son of God died for us Let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever V. I â—ill read Ioh. c. 18. and c. 17. the security and consolation of the Church and also Rom. c. 8. and the hymn Come holy Ghost our souls inspire c. In the ordering of Priests Almighty God who hast given thy onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of Godly life Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Most holy spirit the efficacy and life of this mystery bless me with these thy gifts and fruits meekness modesty sobriety prudence diligence honesty fidelity constancy chariâ—y kindness and devotion from the time of this holy Sacrament For I have now dedicated and given up entirely my soul senses and affections my will wit and reason to the glory and service of Jesus Christ who dyed for me I must I will obey him in all things Lord forgive Lord help me My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee Psal. 21.21 I am altogether confounded and swallowed up with the immense grace of God I am throughly possest glorious Lord with thy love and boundless favour to me I long I here endeavour yet cannot tell how to express my thankfullness and obedience My thoughts and contrivance and my words and lauds my action and zeal cannot do it to any fitness or content Lord still excite and still direct my gratitude I would be as thankful to thee as humble as obedient as any creature in heaven or earth Father Almighty make me so Amen Now Lord Jesus who wast expanded on the cross for me command me what thou wilt Use me in the hazards and difficulties of thy Church thy purchase and thy glory Bid me walk upon the sea I will obey thee and thy right hand shall hold me up And I will not deny thee in the Court or in the Garden I am ready to lay down my estate my liberty and also my life would to God it were a clean and entire sacrifice for Christs religion and to be obedient unto the death Assist and strengthen my mind O blessed Saviour by thy grace thy intercession thy example Amen All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth faith the ascending Jesus Go ye therefore
soul thy Remission Favour and Approbation and make me welcome at thy feast For thy flesh is meat indeed and thy blood is drink indeed the sufficient and onely expiation of all humane guilt O holy Jesus An offering of a free heart will I give thee and praise thy name O Lord. Psal. 54.6 The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost and to make superabundant amends for the faults of the first transgressour Luk. 19.10 Rom. 5.12 c. V At the Consecration HOly things for holy men S. Basil. O Lord Jesus Christ who sittest at the right hand of the Father and art here invisibly with us sanctifie these thy gifts of Bread and Wine and us thy humble servants and make us from this institution partakers of pardon and peace and good hope of Eternal life and all other benefits of thy Incarnation Passion Death Resurrection Ascension Intercession second Advent and Judgement which we now ponder and contemplate with reverence and faith and joy and thanksgiving by the grace and succour of the holy Ghost our Patron and Comforter Amen Behold the servant of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word in which thou hast caused me to hope Holy Jesus say but the word and I shall be clean Mâ—tt 8.8 say buâ— the word and I shall be meet and ready for thy most Divine gift for thy self By the grace of Jesus Christ we all hope to be saved to be eternally happy Hallelujah Acts. 15.11 Heavenly Father Almighty God who alone workest wonders Lord most Holy into a clean charitable devout humble and grateful heart let me now receive through faith the pure and blessed Body of my most gracious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for the remission of all my sins and the attaining everlasting life Amen Amen Amen Holy Holy Holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth and this place are full of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Have mercy upon me O Lord thou son of David I know it is not meet to take the childrens bread and to cast it unto dogs Yet Lord the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their mastâ—rs tablâ— Maâ—th 15.22 26 27. AT RECEIVING THE BREAD CHAP. XII I. LOrd I am not worthy thou shouldest come under my roof Matth. 8.8 I fear I tremble by reason of my sinfulness and of the unsupportable Brightness of thy Majesty O Saviour and Judge Eternal Lord have mercy upon me a most miserable sinner Amen Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna to the son of David Good will towards men peace on earth Hosanna in the highest Matth. 21.9 Stand open now O my soul stand open ye everlasting doors and let the King of glory enter in Let the Lord mighty to save Jesus the king of glory enter in II. Feed on him by faith c. Amen I feed on him I remember his Sufferings and bloody Sweat I meditate on his Cross and dying Exclamations I believe I most humbly and heartily embrace this invaluable and most miraculous Redemption this great mystery of Godliness God manifested in the flesh justifyed in the spirit by divers wonderful works and holy sermons seen and worshipped by the angels believed on throughout the world and received up into Eternal glory 1 Tim. 3.16 Thou art O Christ the everlasting Son of God thou art indeed the Saviour of the world thou art the king of Glory Ioh 1.49 c. 4.42 c. 10.11 27. Acts 8.37 Surely thou hast born our griefs and carried our sorrows thou wast wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was laid upon thee and by thy stripes we are healed Isaiah 53.4 This man receiveth sinners Luke 15.2 Zaccheus Mary Magdalene the crucified thief the persecuting Saul these and millions of millions more upon their sorrow faith and repentance And let me receive now at this holy Altar Almighty Saviour that most blessed sentence Son or Daughter thy sins which are many are forgiven thee and thy faith hath saved thee go in peace Luk. 7.47 48 50. c. 5.20 Go to my brethren behold the early compassion of the revived Jesus and say unto them I ascend unto my Father and your Father and to my God and your God. Ioh. 20.16 I know that my Redeemer liveth and I shall see him at the latter day behold here is the pledge of his coming again I shall see him for my self and I trust to kiss his glorious feet I know that imaculate high priest is entred with the atonement into the holiest III. Lo here is grace here infinite goodness and mercy This is the beauty of holiness and the glorious presence of the Redeemer this is the gate of heaven O happy day the glory of my life Now I am well now I live now I rejoyce with thee O triumphant Jesus O bliss everlasting my content my devotion my affection my soul is fixt on thee there let it ever rest Amen The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my salvation This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes This is my God and I will glorifie him the God of my Father and I will exalt him Exod. c. 15.2 O let the serious thoughts of thy passion intercession kingdom and reward enter all my actions and regulate my whole life which upon such observance will surely become pious prudent and cheerful Amen dearest Jesus IV. Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee that we together with all thy saints who have pleased thee from the beginning of the world may be partakers of those everlasting Blessings which thou hast prepared for all that love thee and continue faithful unto death through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord now send prosperity Bless thy people and extoll them for ever Bless now the king the Royal Family and all in civil office Inspire and bless the Bishops Priests and Deacons who administer thy holy mysteries and by thy sole command and authority do absolve and bless and feed thy chosen people Now sanctify reward and prosper my kindred and friends my superiors and benefactors as c. whom at his happy Eucharist and golden hour I commemorate with eulogy joy and gratitude If there be any consolation in Christ any peace in the Divine favour any happiness and glory in heaven by the throne of Eternity if any goodness in the Ocean of grace and beneficence Requite them O God a thousand fold for all their kindness and bounty and affection towards me Amen for the infinite deserts of thy beloved Son our Lord. All thanks to thee O Jesus king of heaven and earth for defending and blessing this Apostolick Church where we now communicate the most unworthy of all her children What shall I render unto the Lord for all the benefits he hath done unto me eâ—pecially for snatching me from the fire of hell and making me an heir of everlasting happiness in his presence I
and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you And lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world Amen Matth. 28.18 The doctrine attested when needful by sundry miraculous works the discipline the sacraments the preservation the piety the zeal and the patience of thy Catholick Church hath indeed sufficiently demonstrated thy gracious presence O Saviour And he lift up his hands and blessed them and while he blessed them he was parted from them and carried up into heaven And they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy And were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen Luke 24.50 AT HOME AFTER THE COMMUNION CHAP. XIV I. IT is finished Blessed Sacrament the Bread of Heaven and the Cup of Salvation the Feast of God the Taste of Eternal Bliss and the Strength Comfort and Life of my Soul. This hath united me to all the Faithful on Earth and to all the Blessed in Heaven This hath joyned me in Affection and Gratitude in Interest and Inheritance unto thee most blessed Jesus the head and defence the ruler and Saviour of the Church the first fruits and security of the resurrection and glory and immortality of this nature Now Lord whether I live oâ— die I trust I am thine I verily believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the region of the blessed through infinite mercy and indulgence Psal. 27.13 O keep me ever Dear Jesus in this good condition by constant and cheerful obedience and observance of all Christian duties by an awful reverence of the Divine name and presence by imitating the best examples living or dead and most especially by following thy meek and immaculate life thy pure and heavenly doctrine and admonitions by caution and frequent meditation by daily examination and prayers and by all other means of a pious and innocent life O Lord I thank thee I bless thee I glorifie thee because by this sacrament thou hast confirmed me in the Catholick faith in reverence duty and love to thy Eternal Majesty in charity towards all mankind friends or enemies in meekness pity humility patience contentedness industry sobriety chastity honesty and integrity And hast thereby given me new and lively hopes of endless felicity both in soul and body against all the malice and attempts of men or devils and against the terrors of death and my sinful life past So great is thy mercy to me for the merits of Jesus Christ thy eternal Son my everlasting Saviour and advocate my Lord and king II. O Stupendous Grace and Piety of the Eternal that I should be I fear I tremble â—o say it the work of Gods hands the image of his wisdom and power the price of Christs blood the temple of the holy Ghost a part of the Catholick and perpetual Church and an heir of immortal glory What now ought my life to be if this be my portion and my priviledge Holy Father let the intercession of Jesus that poured out his tears and sweat and precious blood for us be nigh unto thee day and night that thou mayest have mercy upon us and bless us and prevent our falling from so great salvation Amen Dearest Saviour I desire still to râ—â—lect and meditate on thy humble life thy birâ—h circumcision presentation in the Temple domestick Obedience Baptism Fasting Temptations Hunger Thirst Uncertain abode Travails Watching Prayers Sermons Miracles Dangers Abuses Tortures Bloodshedding and review the â—hole map of thy condescensions griefs and compassions from the Manger to the Cross until I become my self averse separated and cruciâ—yed and dead to the world Amen III. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy name Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits Who forgiveth all thy sins and healeth all thine infirmities who saveth thy soul from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works of Creation Providence and Redemption that they ought to be had in perpetual remembrance Thou art my God and I will thank thee thou art my God and I will praise thee All the works of the Lord are verity and judgment He hath sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever Holy and Reverend is his name Thus long have I lived upon thy bounty thus and thus c. hast thou nourished protected delivered and advanced me and now O Father thou confirmest to me the expectation of everlasting life in thy heavenly kingdom Wherefore I give thanks unto thee with my whole heart Glory Worship Obedience and Praise to God the Father Almighty and most beneficent that sitteth on the Eternal throne and to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world and to the most holy Spirit the Lord of life and peace for ever and ever O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious I have tasted that he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Hallelujah Salvation is of the Lord again Hallelujah Blessed be God for his unspeakable gift Lord hasten the glory of the General Resurrection Amen So come Lord Jesus Into thy hands thy pierced hands O Lord I commend my spirit PREPARATION FOR DEATH AND ETERNITY· CHAP. XV. Forgivenesss and Charity I. HAving lately perused CHAP. VI. of this Booke and also received the Holy Communion in this Apostolick Church I am the more ready and willing to set my self in order to depart this world for the vision of Christ humbly commiting the time and manner of my Dissolution to the Providence of God which hath hitherto defended and sustained me II. Wherefore I freely and fully forgive all that have in any sort wronged and injured me as I desire that God most just and omniscient should now for Christs sake forgive me Amen And I humbly beseech God to forgive them those wrongs and all other their sins Amen I farther desire that it may be certified to them namely to c. that I do remit and release to them all satisfaction and amends in word or deed onely entreating their prayers for me that my humiliation and repentance may be accepted in heaven Yea I wish I could shew more indulgence and forgiveness towards men who need and implore so much of God for my innumerable and most ungrateful offences against his Eternal Majesty III. I likewise humbly and heartily beg pardon and forgiveness of all those whom I have wronged in any manner particularly of c. and do earnestly desire that this my request be signified to them Furthermore forasmuch as slander and fraud and the like scandalous sins are not remitted before God without all possible restitution I am most willing and ready to my utmost power to restore and repay whatever I have couzened and defrauded without delay and without deceit I
am also ready to make reparation of fame and credit together with an ingenuous and humble acknowledgement to all that I have slandered and calumniated namely to c. And accordingly I forthwith take order that Restitution and Satisfaction be made to them all to the utmost of my ability and that their Release and Acquittance for all injuries done to them be obtained or else most justly and verily presumed before I adventure to crave the benefit of Absolution If I am ashamed of such a Confession and Restitution I am not ashamed nor afraid to be the everlasting contempt and scorn of the most holy Creator and of all that is blessed I am not ashamed nor affrighted to be the companion of devils and all villanous men that ever lived in darkness horror and torment Let no father patron or master think of bettering the worldly condition of his successours by his own dreadful condemnation for finally concealing and retaining his illgotten estate or frauds IV. Moreover with a charitable heart according to the bâ—st of my understanding and enquiry imploring the assistance of Gods Holy Spirit I â—ave made my Last will and Testament disposing the goods and estate God hath given me for his greatest glory Namely amongst my Relations and likewise in a due acknowledgment of sundry precious benefiâ—s received by me in this Apostolick Church of which â— hope to continue a part to my lifes end and also for the poor Blessing Almighty God for enabling me to give them some relief and so to lend unto himself his own temporal blessings to obtain far better riches in heaven Amen I rest upon thy merits and upon thy word O Triumphant Saviour Forgive and ye shall be forgiven Give and it shall be given into your bosom good measure pressed down shaken together and running over Luk. c. 6.37 and c. 11.9 Amen Finally I have given my Relations and Friends the best advise and counsel I could for the good of their neverdying souls and for their well-living in this world V. Having thus rid my self of all the cares and troubles and concerns of mortality having now perfectly done with this world with a clear and humble heart I address my self to thy Grace Almighty and most merciful God and Father beseeching thee to instruct exerâ—ise and prepare me for the succeeding gloâ—ious and immortal life to which by the Chrisâ—ian Profession thou hast advanced my hope and awful expectation Hallelujah through the glorified Jesus Hallelujah to all Eternity Amen But I foresee the passage to this Beatitude to be very dark and Dismall full of Thorns and Tears full of Confessions Remorse and Contrition for the many faults of a short life and also full of disease and pains and anguish reaching unto dissolution insensibility stench and rottenness By all thy agonies and experience help me O holy Jesus through this terror Amen REPENTANCE· CHAP. XVI See CHAP. VI. §. 5. and CHAP XI §. 2. I. Consession I Have sinned O Lord I have dealt wickedly I have led an unequal untoward and polluted life I have sinned before thee when ashamed of humane view before thee my Father my Judge my Benefactor my Worship and my God. O absurd and stupid wretch In thought word and deed with all the powers and abilities thou hast given me with affection and design have I sinned against thee most Mighty and most Holy Ungratefully and basely grievously and presumtuously particularly c. have I sinned and Lord how often secretly and openly in the chamber as c. anâ— in publick as c. treading upon thy earth and covered with thy heavens yea â— have sinned in the House of God and in the midst of my Prayâ—rs and Invocations as c. Is this then the Image of God is this a Christian an heir of eternal Life â—his a Priest and Dispenser of the pure Word and Sacraments of the Lord Jesus Ah this is nothing but clay and dirt uncleanness and misery II. Contrition THe soul that is troubled and the spirit that is vexed cryeth unto thee O Lord. I Relent I grieve I am heartily sorry for this demerit and irritation of thy Divine justice I am ashamed I abhor my self I am perfectly weâ—ry of this corrupt life What shall I do whiâ—her shall I turn I am ashamed to look up to heaven that behâ—lds my vileness to heaven which I have abused and despised I will bowe my self to the earth and the grave that waits to hide and devour such a wretch I will sâ—ite upon my breast with the conscious publicane upon my breast the box and origine of all this mischief And do thou strike this rock O holy Jesus that the waters may freely flow that my tears may mingle with thy blood my humble and sincere repentance reach thy propitiation and remission Dissolve thou sinful clod tremble thou earth earth earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence and vindication of the God of Jacob who turned the â—lint stone into a springing well I wish for the tears of David pierced with the matter of Uriah the mourning of Jeremiah and the dejection of Manasseh I recollect and confess in particular unto thee my more grievous sins the rest are without number in the bitterness of my soul. Thus and thus have I done c. I give glory to thee as Achan I confess and am confoâ—nded at the enormity and presumption and villanous circumstances of my offences as c. I hide not my unrighteousness as Adam in the garden who led the way of sinning and of repentance I hide not I cannot hide but with tears and dread remorse acknowledge to thy most pure and omniscient Majesty my faults my follies yea rather my wilfulness my hardness my vices my criminal and deplorable life And lo here I judge and reprove and condemn my self at the bottom of thy throne and yet I am not enough abased He cannot fall too low whose merit is hell My deformation and destruction is only from my self from my perverse and incorrigible self my relief and salvation is from thee only Father thou knowest my sins and thou knowest my anguish It is not easy to transgress thy commands and reflect upon the transgressions My flesh trembleth for fâ—ar of thee and I am afraid of thy judgments O Lord. I dread that great day when the thrones shall be set the books opened and my shameful life recited and all my works of darkness exposed in perfect light I tremble lest the blessed Jesus who shed his blood for my redemption and hath so earnestly urged and offered me pardon and peace and eternal life should then condemn me and the mighty angels and holy men of all ages and nations newly clothed with immortal and illustrious bodies hiss me from the righteous Tribunal and the mouth of hell receive my body and soul into exquisite torments without light or pity My present horrour and confusion is great but what is this to everlasting burnings III. Supplication GReat