Christ our Lord Amen Psal 34. I will wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Psal. 48. 9. Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuary and there see thy power and glory for thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name Oh! satisfie me with the riches of thy mercy which is in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 2. O how amiable are thy dwellings O Lord of Hosts my soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into the Courts of thee O Lord My heart and my flesh rejoyce in thee O merciful GOD Amen Psalm 84. 1. Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my prayers for my self and for the people that call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know all things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty and everlasting God mercifully look upon all my infirmities and in all dangers and adversities stretch out thy right hand to help and defend me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen God thou which knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailty we cannot alwaies stand upright grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health both of body and soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well passe and overcome through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the Sun is at the height for this day lift up the light of thy countenance upon me and I shall be whole Make all darknesse and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Who can tell how ofthe offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret sins Keep me also O Lord from presumptuous sins lest they get the Dominion over me and keep me innocent from the great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Psal. 19. 12 13. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwayes praising thee blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Lord thus blesse the heart of thy servant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 84. 4. O Sancta Adoranda Longanimis Trinitas Longanimis n. es quae eos à quibus scinderis tam diu toleras O Trinitas Cujus Ego ut Cultor minimè fictus Praeco essem jampridem dignus habitus sum O Trinitas omnibus aliquando vel per Illuminationem vel per poenam agnoscenda Oro te ut hos qui nunc Contumeliis te afficiunt adoratores accipias ne quisquam vel ex Minimis pereat Et hoc etiamsi mihi proptereà aliqua Gratiae Jactura facienda Sit. Neque n. tantum dicere audio Quantum Apostolus Concede autem hoc per propter Merita Jesu Christi Redemptoris Nostri Amen Almighty God who through thy onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special Grace preventing me thou dost put into my mind good desires so by thy continual help I may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine Only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our Justification give me grace so to put away the Leaven of Malice and all wickednesse that I may alwayes serve thee in purenesse of living and in truth through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of good life give me grace that I may alwayes most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to sollow the blessed steps of his most holy life Even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord give me that grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee that I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doeth after evil counsels that I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen Tribuat hîc Mihi Dominus ut in Me pro me fiat Ignis Consumens Et ardeat hoc Igne Cor Meum in Lumen AEternum Mihi Ne codem ardeat Anima Mea in Poenam perennem Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive Tree in thy house for I trust in thy tender mercy for ever and I will alwayes praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy name for ever Amen Psal. 52. 8. O Lord I besech thee make me remember how much more then other men I have need to call upon thee My Charge is great and my strength is little O give me grace to come alwayes before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give then I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen Psal. 9. 8. O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all Goodnesse and by thy great mercy keep me in the same Give me Godly zeal in Prayer True Humility in Prosperity Perfect Patience in adversity and continual Joy in the Holy Ghost Even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant me by the same Spirit to have a right Judgement in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy Comfort through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit One God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God which hast given unto thy servants grace by the confession of the true Faith to acknowledge the Glory of the AEternal Trinity and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity I humbly beseech thee blesse me also that I may live in the stedfastnesse of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercy sake who livest and raignest one God world without end Amen O my God incline thine Ear and hear open thine Eyes and see Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Dan. 9. 19. Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glory of his house be increased
semper serviam tibi In per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened upon me and they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen Psal. 119. 11. O God which art the Author of Peace and lover of Concord in knowledge of whom standeth our AEternal life whose service is perfect freedom Defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversary through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Dic O Domine meus Jesu doce discam à te quod doceam de te Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evill and preserve me from the cruell man which imagineth mischief in his heart and stirreth up strife all the day-long The proud have laid a snare for me and spred their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 140. 2. O God from whom all holy desires all just Counsells and all good works do proceed give unto me and all thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy Commandements and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may passe our time in rest and quietnesse through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen Have mercy upon me O God have mercy upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercy and truth upon me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 57. 1. O Domine Misericors qui ad cor Altum non accedis humilia Animam meam O Tu qui non videris nisi à mundis cordibus veram Cordis Munditiem dato mihi Sitio O Domine saltem da Guttam Coelestis Pluviae qua refrigerare possium sitim meam quia Amore ardeo Nec hoc peto Domine propter merita mev Indignissimus enim sum qui gustem sed pro Misericordia tua meritis salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi Amen Almighty God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and body in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy Commandements that through thy mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in body and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen O Lord I cry unto thee hearken unto me O God thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak and in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with my owne heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Psal. 7. 1 2. Da Mihi Domine dormitum abeunti requiem Corporis Animae Custodi me a Caliginoso peccati somno Ab omni tenebrosa nocturna Mollitie Ignita maligni tela dolosè in me vibrata extinguito Rebelliones Carnis meae reprimito Et omnem terrenam mundanam in Me Cogitationem sopito Per ipsum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the Glory of thy Name sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holinesse and purenesse of living to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord Amen VI. DEus Magne Deus Omnipotens Deus summae Bonitatis quem Inviolabilem Incorruptibilem credi intelligi fas est Trina unitas quam Catholica Ecclesia colit supplex Oro expertus in meipso misericordiam tuam ne homines cum quibus mihi in pueritia in omni victu suit summa Consensio in tuo cultu à me dissentire permittas Nec vel me vel illos à veritate salute quae est in Jesu Christo Amen O Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhor my soul neither hide thy face from me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 88. 13. Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy steadfast love Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty and Everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the Cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility mercifully grant that I may both follow the Example of his patience and be made partaker of his Resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy family for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Crosse who liveth and raigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God word without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all Estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truely and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen Dieu est O Domine Ex quo contra haereses laboravi sum penè fatigatus veni Domine meus Jesu Praeliator fortissime Princeps Exercitus Domini qui Diabolum vicisti saeculum Apprehende arma scutum exurge in adjutorium Mihi Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy O deliver me for I am helplesse and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul Amen Psal. 109. 20. My eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord pluck my feet out of the net Amen Psal. 25. 14. Almighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy sons Name I beseech thee mercifully to encline thy Ear unto me now that I make my prayers and supplications
the Evening of my days close upon me Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 17. 1. O Domine Oro Te Ultra se Infirmitas mea non tendat sed loquatur hoc solum in quo Animae Salus est Neque in id stultitiae simul Impietatis unquam erumpam ut Omni potentiae tuae Sacra mentorum Arbiter esse velim Neque permittas me erigere Infirmitat is Meae sensum ultra aut Infinitat is Tuae religiosam Opinionem aut significatam Mihi AEternitat is tuae fidem Amen Illumina Quaeso Domine tenebras nostras totius hujus Noctis insidias à Me Omnibus fidelibus tuis ab animabus precipuè sed à Corporibus nostris repelle Propitius Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans Vnderstanding pour into mine heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Incline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words shew thy marvellous loving kindeness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the Apple of thy Eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 17. 6 7 8. O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 141. 2. The Lord is my shield and my strength my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped Therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise thy Name Psal. 28. 8. O Lord of all Power and Might who art the Author and Giver of all good things graff in my heart the love of thy Name increase in mee true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great Mercy keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord let me know my End and the number of my dayes that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and my Age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity For he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord What is my hope Truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psa. 39. 5. O Domine mea omnia Meipsum Tibi dono offero Actionem Sermonem Quietem silentium Tantum Me habeas ducas Manum Mentem Linguam ad ea quae honesta sunt tibi grata moveas Et ab omnibus à quibus abstinere praestat abducas Per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen III. LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the Counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornfull but that my delight may be in thy law O Lord and my Exercise in it day and night Amen O Sol Justitiae Pater Origo Omnium Tuo sydere afflari reviviscere est Tuo foveri Lumine proficere est Tuis accendi flammis perficere est Abs te deseri perire est O ter foelices quibus Mitis Rosidus exoreris Bees me O Domine Jesu Lumine Tuo Et discute Nebulas Ignorantiae meae Caliginem Peccatorum meorum ut non aberrans à via mandatorum tuorum te sequar in Lumen aeternum Per te ipsum unicum Salvatorem Redemptorem meum Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance preserve my foot from taking I humbly beseech thee Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Prov. 3. 26. O Lord give me I beseech thee thy Spirit to think and do alwayes such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee My God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let my enemies triumph over mee Shew me thy wayes O God and teach me thy pathes Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me thy statutes for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender Mercies and thy Loving kindnesse which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or of my riper Age but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodnesse and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almighty God who seest that wee have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my body and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversity which may happen to my body and from all evill thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Hearken unto my voyce O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee seek ye my face Thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in Displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen Psalm 27. 8 9 10. 11. At Evening Morning and at Noon day will I pray and that instantly hear my voyce O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against mee Amen Psalm 55. 18. Let thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to the prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my petitions make mee to aske such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Lord let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee 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 even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee Have mercy upon me Amen My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God but let them have no cause to say it any more Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 42. 3. Almighty God which shewest to all men that are in Errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousnesse Grant I beseech thee unto me
Lord I beseech thee grant that thy grace may alwayes prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me O God after thy great goodnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies do away my offences wash me throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my sins For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousnesse Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine Exaudire dignare Preces meas in Beneplacito tuo Inimicum ab Actibus meis Cogitationibus virtute tuâ expelle Multiplica mihi fidem Guberna Mentem Spirituales Cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti et ad Beatitudinem tuam producito Per Jesum Christum filium tuum salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the Infections of the Devill and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the onely true GOD Amen Lord I offer up unto thee my Evening sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Domine Supplex te Oro Respice Me purga mentem meam Cogitationes meas ab impuris Concupiscentiis ab omni Inquinamento Carnis spiritus ab omni Diabolica Operatione Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine Inestimabilem Misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue Me à Peccatis quae Commisi Eripe Me à Poenis quas merui Per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to passe through the darknesse of this night in the comfort of Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Psal. 63. 6. O Lord make my eyes prevent me the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen Psal. 119. 148. O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant O dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive after the Insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to releive and maintain Nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly Conversation through the ayd and assistance of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen V. O Hold thou up my goings in thy pathes that my footsteps slip not Amen Psal. 17. 5. Subveni Domine meus Jesu Et Accingere Gladium tuum circa Femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide Me in Me ut vivam in te desinant Inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with the freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 1. O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Esay 33. 1 5 6. O Almighty God and mercifull Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithfull servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwell Amen O God the King of Glory who hast exalted thy only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdome in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless But send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee One God world without end Amen Hear my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 55. 1. O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering plenteous in goodnesse and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 86. 14. Assist me mercifully O Lord in these my supplications and prayers and dispose my way towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their hearts and from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayest sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Psal. 55. 22. Blesse me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy laws that thou mayest give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thy inheritance through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 94. 12. Almighty and Merciful God of thy bountiful goodnesse keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldst have done through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O AEterne Deus quandiu hîc in terris sum supplex Oro In quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed à Te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire tibi Domino meo Cui dum non obtempero illa in vindictam justam molesta esse solent ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non Ego
Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Visita quaeso Domine habitationem meam Omnes infidi Inimici ab eà longè repellantur Angeli tui Sancti habitent in eâ nos in pace sanitate custodiant benedictio tua sit super Nos semper Per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Linguae Froenum LEt the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 19. 14. Lord keep my tongue from evill and my lips that they speak no guile that so I may eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it Amen Psalm 34. 12 13. O Lord give me the mouth of the righteous that it may be exercised in wisdome and that my tongue may be talking of Judgment Amen Psalm 37. 31. Lord I have said in thy Grace I will take heed to my wayes that I offend not with my tongue Give me O give me that grace that I may take this heed that I may keep my mouth as it were with a bridle especially when the ungodly is in my sight be it never so much pain or grief to me Hear me and grant Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal 39.1 2. Let the free-will Offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy Judgments Amen Psal. 119. 108. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is evil Amen Psal. 141. 3. O Lord set a watch before my mouth and a seal of wisdom upon my lips that I fall not suddenly by them and that my tongue destroy me not Amen Ecclus. 22. 27. Afflictiones IF I find favour in thy Eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyfull and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus Christ his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee Behold here I am do with me as seems good in thy own Eyes Amen 2 Sam. 15. 25. O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distresse though in want of some of thy comfort yet not of all though I be chastened yet let me not be forsaken though I be cast down let me not perish and though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen 2 Cor. 4. 8 16. O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing Amen Psal. 38. 10. O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy law and it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Jesus Christ Amen Psal 119.65 75. I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindnesse be my comfort according to thy Word to thy servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 119. 75. O Lord Almighty O God of Israel the soul that is in trouble and the spirit that is pierced cryeth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercy for thou art mercifull and have pity upon me because I have sinned before thee for thou endurest for ever but unlesse thou have mercy I utterly perish Have mercy therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember the promise that the poor shall not alwayes be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Psal. 9. 18. Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversities Amen Psal. 31. 8. Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and my eye is consumed for very heavinesse yea my soul and my body my strength faileth me because of my Iniquity and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken vessel for I have heard the Blasphemy of the multitude and fear is on every side but my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save me and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 31. 10 12 14 15 16. Why art thou so full of heavinesse O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O but thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen Psalm 42. 6. Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen Psal. 44. 23. In thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousnesse bow down thy Ear to me make hast to deliver me be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be thou also my Guide and lead me for thy names sake Amen Psal. 31. 1. O God the enemy cryeth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me my heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is sallen upon me Fearfullnesse and trembling and an horrible dread have overwhelmed me and I said O that I had wings like a Dove that I might make haste to escape the storm wind and tempest but be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psal. 55. 3. O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of men Amen Psal. 60. 11. Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers that assault us are diversly pointed against us I beseech thee be present with me in all the course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my calling suffer not malice to be able to hurt me nor cunning to circumvent me Nor violence to oppresse me Nor falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all dangers both of body and soul I may praise thee the Deliverer and see how happy a thing it is to make the Lord of hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord blesse and preserve me at this time from c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance