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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47307	An office for prisoners for crimes, together with another for prisoners for debt containing both proper directions, and proper prayers and devotions, for each of their needs and circumstances / by John Kettlewell ...	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1697 (1697)	Wing K379; ESTC R39059	33,195	125

basely and wretchedly forsaken thee all my Life yet leave me not I humbly intreat thee in my last Hour When the justice of man lays my Blood upon my own Head let thy Mercy O! Blessed Jesu lay thy Blood upon it too to expiate the guilt of mine Let that purge me from all my sins that altho I Dye Stained therewith here I may appear without spot before the Tribunal of my Heavenly Father Amen II. Sweet Jesu Thou disdainedst not to Cast an eye upon the Penitent Thief on the Cross. Oh! Despise not me when I suffer in like case as he did and I hope truly repent me of my sins and fix all my Hopes in thee under my distress as he did in his Thou once hungest upon a Tree thy self for the sins of others Oh! By the Blood of thy Cross Save me who stand justly condemned to suffer the same for mine own sins Save me O! Lord a great wretched but a penitent contrite Sinner In thy merits Do I trust Into thy merciful Hands do I commend my Spirit I Believe that thou O! Lamb of God art the Saviour of sinners Oh! Save me who am Chief among Sinners and rescue my trembling and departing Soul from eternal Misery I Freely and from my Heart forgive all mine Enemies Oh! Do thou in the abundant Riches of thy Mercy forgive me Accept of such recompence as I am able to make to those who have sufferd by me and make up the wrongs which I have done to any and which now I am no longer able to repair Supply all that to them and their Families by thy mercy which they have lost by my wickedness that they may neither be tempted nor burden'd by the loss nor I tormented by the punishment accruing thereby Give me strength O! Almighty and most merciful Lord under my last Agonies Help me to bear all patiently and to resign my self holy to thy Mercy Let the example of my Fall be a warning to others that the prevention of their Crimes may make some reparation for the greivous Scandal which I have given by mine And tho I tast thy Justice in my ignominious Death yet O! Gracious Father let me find the sweetness of thy mercy after it for my dearest Lord and Saviour Jesus Christs sake Amen III. Lord save me for I flee unto thee for safety Save me or else I perish everlastingly Save me a wretched Sinner O! Jesu thou Saviour of Sinners I have been a lost Sinner but thou Camest to seek and save that which was lost And after all my woful and wretched course of Sins my own most deserved afflictions and thy most undeserved Grace I hope have brought me now at last to true Repentance and thou hast Order'd Repentance and remission of Sins to be Preach'd to all Sinners Oh! Save me a penitent Sinner and as thou didst with The Theif upon the Cross receive and comfort me in this may last Hour Amen Our Father c. EJACULATIONS For him at the time of Execution INTO thy Hands O! Lord I commend my Spirit Amen I return thee a Spirit alass loaded with Sins But wash'd I humbly hope with the tears and sorrows of true Repentance Lord graciously accept my Repentance and pardon my Sins for the Merits of that most Precious Blood which was shed to wash away the sins of all truly and penitent Sinners Amen PRAYERS FOR PRISONERS FOR CRIMES VIII A Thanksgiving for deliverance out of Prison whither they had been justly committed for capital Crimes I. O! Almighty Lord who art the blessed Author of all Life Happiness with a most thankful Heart I humbly adore and praise thy Mercy which hath now lent me my life anew and rescued me out of the jaws of Death My Sins had set a snare for my own Life and I had digged a pit for mine own Soul Yea my ungodly ways had most heinously injured thee at the same time they threaten'd to destroy my self And yet neither my own madness in seeking misery nor the resentment of the greivous wrongs thereby done to thee could put by thy Love O! Father of Mercies and God of all Comforts from shewing mercy unto me I called out to thee and was holpen I put my Trust in thee and was not confounded I sought thee earnestly and thou wast found of me The snare is broken and I am delivered The Pit is cover'd and to the glory of thy free Mercy and tende● Care of me I have happily escaped For which all praise an● thanks be ever ascribed to the● thro Jesus Christ my Lord. Ame● II. And Lord keep the memory of this surpassing Mercy always fresh upon my Spirit and let me ever be praising thee for the same with joyful Lips Never suffer me to forget the vows which I made in my distress but let my whole life be one acceptable Sacrifice to thee my Redeemer and make all my actions to shew forth thy Praise When I was in Trouble O! Blessed Lord it was not so much out of the love of Life as out of the love of innocence that I desire to be Respited Oh! Grant me Grace now to employ my Life as I then designed to do and to make good now what I did then pretend Fix me unalterable in all the ways of Godliness which I have begun Preserve me from Repeating any of my former wickednesses especially this Great one which was so like to bring down vengeance on my Head for all the Rest. Tho I am cleared thereof before men yet I know O! Righteous Lord that I shall ever stand Guilty of it before thee unless I shew true amendment of the same and make Restitution for all the wrongs done to any thereby in the best sort I can Oh! Keep me ever ready to do that fully whatever it cost me and carefully to slip no opportunities of doing the same And make me so watchful to spend all the remainder of my Days in all holy and Thankful obedience that I may not only have the Purposes and Promises of Repentance which alas was a great part of what I had to shew before but the Proofs thereof to produce and to comfort my heart withal on any new Alarm And then O! Gracious God when thou shalt bring me to fear Death a second Time thy blessed will be done and by thy Grace I shall be able and in condition to bid it welcome thro the merits of my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen III. Once more Blessed yea for ever Blessed be thy Great and Glorious Name O! Almighty Father for bringing me into this Distress as well as for bringing me out of it I reverence thy Justice for bringing it upon me But at the same time I most thankfully own thy Mercy which when all other ways sailed would order this to reduce me to thy Self and to make me break off my wicked Courses And ever deal with me O! blessed Lord and Saviour in

height of his sanctuary from Heaven did he behold the earth To hear the groaning of the Prisoner To loose those that are appointed to death Psalm 102. 19 20. III. If our heart condemn us not God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things 1 Jo. 3. 20. The Law is not made for a Righteous man but for the Lawless and Disobedient for the Ungodly and for Sinners for Unholy and Prophane for Murderers of Fathers and Murderers of Mothers for Man-Slayers For Whore-mongers for them that Defile themselves with Mankind for Men-Stealers for Lyars for Perjured Persons and if there be any other Thing that is contrary to sound Doctrine 1 Tim. 1. 9 10. Without are Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever Loveth and maketh a Lye Rev. 22. 15. Know ye not that the Unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Neither Fornicators nor Adulterers nor Abusers of themselves with Mankind nor Thieves nor Drunkards shall inherit the Kingdom of God Such were some of you But ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. 9 10 11. The Lord hath sent me to Proclaim Liberty to the Captives and the opening of the Prison to them that are bound Isa. 61. 2. They that be whole have no need of the Physitian but the sick I came not to call the Righteous but Sinners to Repentance Mar. 2. 17. If the wicked restore the Pledge give again that he had robbed walk in the Statutes of Life without committing iniquity he shall surely live he shall not die Ezek. 33. 15. Zacheus stood and said unto the Lord behold The half of my Goods I give to the Poor And if I have taken any thing from any Man by False Accusation I restore him fourfold Luk. 19. 8. Father I have Sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy Son Luke 15. 18 19. God be merciful unto me a Sinner Luke 18. 13. PRAYERS FOR PRISONERS FOR CRIMES I. A general Prayer for all Prisoners taken out of the Companion for the Persecuted pag. 135. O! Almighty and Everlasting God thou seest the Streights and Sorrows which I endure in this Place and how unable I am to help my self or to bring about my own Deliverance But the less Hope and Support I have in my self the more I look up unto thee and place my Trust in thy Mercy And when my own Care can avail the least let thine O! Thou blessed Helper of the Helpless appear the most for me Give me a Body O! My God fit to bear the Inconveniences of this close Place and Grace to be content therewith whilst I lye up here let me not want necessary Provisions nor repine at the meaness thereof Suit the Lowness of my Desires to the hardship of my Circumstances let the greatness of my Study and Care be to do Justice and shew temperance and selfdenials not to please my self or to gratify my own Carnal Ease and Appetites Whilst I am here kept a part from my former acquaintance Grant O! Lord that I may carefully retire into my self and call my own ways to remembrance And Oh! That I may amend whatsoever is amiss there and set all so streight with thee that I may delight to look into my own Heart and to search out my own Spirit Lord Now thou hast left me nothing else to do make me apply my self to the one thing necessary To grow in Holy Reverence and Devotion of Spirit in the Study of dealing justly and fairly with all who are any way Concerned with me in Humility and Mortified Affections in Patience and Contentedness Oh! Plant and fill my Soul with all Heavenly Virtues and make bright all the cloudy and dark parts thereof with the Rays of thy Divine Image And then O! My God I shall see something of thee as oft as I look into my self and learn to be pleased with my own Company though others are kept from me And in whatsoever want I am of other Comforts Grant O! Father of Mercies that both here and ever hereafter I may have the Comfort of thy Presence When all else are taken from me do not thou forsake me Though I dwell in a disconsolate Room let thy Spirit dwell with me Let thy Law at all times direct me and let the Sense of thy Love Comfort me And after thou hast graciously improved this Melancholy Restraint to wean me from vain and carnal delights to set my Soul free in thy good time O! My refuge and strength deliver me out of this Prison and set my Body too at liberty for my dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's sake Amen And for the more Particular Necessities OF Imprison'd Criminals They may use these Prayers following A Particular Prayer FOR PRISONERS for CRIMES I. For deliverance from his Sins and Sorrows O! Blessed Lord who art the comforter of all sad and sin-sick Souls comfort me I humbly intreat thee in this height of my Fears and Sorrows But first convert me and then comfort me I am over-laden with Sins which overload me with Sorrows And do thou O God rid me of my Sins that I may get rid of my Sorrows Nay rid me of my Sins tho for my just Punishment in this World thou leavest me under my Sorrows Whatever befal my Body for just Punishment of my greivous Crime for which I am here in Custody let true Repentance set my Soul safe and secure it of thy everlasting Mercy for the Merits of thy dear Son and of my sweetest Saviour Jesus Christ Amen Our Father c. PRAYERS FOR PRISONERS FOR CRIMES II. The Prisoners Confession of God's Justice in his sad Circumstances I am come into this Prison O! Most Holy and Righteous Lord laden with Sins and Sorrows and am here shut up for the Curse and Shame of an untimely end which my Heinous Wickednesses have most justly deserved I am terribly affraid of my earthly Judge and of that heavy Sentence which my Crimes make me justly lyable to receive from him But infinitely more affraid of that far more heavy and eternal Doom which I am lyable to receive for the same at thy Righteous Bar. Now Fear and Trembling have seized upon me and an horrible Dread hath overwhelmed me Without is the prospect of Death and Disgrace and within is Guilt and Anguish My Spirit is broken within me and I am even at my wits end and my Heart faileth me And tho my Burden is Intollerable yet O! Almighty Lord I cannot say but it is infinitely just 'T is a most reasonable and righteous Return for my daring Provocations of thy justice And much more for my vile Abuses of thy Mercy and Patience I must needs acquit and justify thee and have none to accuse but mine own Self for all my present Fears and Misery I am taken O! just Lord in mine