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A33775 Daily devotions, or, The Christians morning and evening sacrifice digested into prayers and meditations, for every day in the week, and other occasions : with some short directions for a godly life / by John Colet ... Colet, John, 1467?-1519.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1693 (1693) Wing C5093; ESTC R39992 116,323 307

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me LORD of thy gracious goodness that I may live in thy Law walk in thy way and die in thy Faith and that I may clearly be delivered of the bondage of sin and be wholly out of death and damnation give me the peace which the world cannot give grant me the joy which thine Elect do possess sustain me with the comfort that never shall be void erect me with the hope that always shall persist instruct me with thy Word that ever shall endure and advance me to thy Kingdom that never shall have end then shall thy Glory still live in me and I shall never die but Raign with thee for ever to whom O Father be all honour and glory world without end Amen Prayers for Wednesday Night O Lord my God and Father blessed be thy name for ever dispose my heart and ●pen my lips c. A Psalm O LORD my GOD thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my downsitting and ●y uprising thou understandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my path and about my ●ed and spyest out all my ways For lo there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether My reins are thine thou hast cover'd me in my mothers womb I will give thanks unto thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book were all my members written Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them O how dear are thy counsels unto me O God O how great is the summ of them O enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Keep me O Lord from the hands of the ungodly preserve me from wicked men which are purposed to overthrow my goings Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense and the lifting up of my hands be an evening Sacrifice Set a watch O LORD before my mouth and keep the door of my lips O let not my heart be inclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in ungodliness with the men that work wickedness lest I do such things as please them But teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness A Prayer for mortification O Righteous God and merciful Father who art so pure and clean that no corruption resteth in thy sight and ●ith there is required in all men the sincere and inward zeal of the soul and an absolute killing of the motions of the flesh and mortifying of all carnal affection look favourably upon me O LORD in whom doth dwell an innumerable troop of foolish fantasies and an heap of sinful affections I find and feel O LORD that though many times to will be present with me yet to perform is not in my power sin doth prevail and death through sin swalloweth me up so that I rest in darkness of sin by giving scope unto mine own perverse will and such is my miserable estate that being thus of my self flesh and blood slattereth it self and concludeth that whatsoever I purpose in an evil desire so that it break not forth into open gross wickedness that I am holy enough that I am as sincere as is requisite and that I stand too fearful of thy judgment When thou knowest O Lord that all and every the least conceit of sin breaking into action in what covert measure or mean degree soever it by and by endangereth my soul and deserveth sudden judgment and therefore let it please thee O Father that as thy dear Son through thy surpassing love hath reconciled all such unto thy favour again that are truly penitent so let thy holy Spirit continually work to the taming of my unbridled flesh and let me by the same Spirit come to a true mortification of all the evils that rise up in me So shall I deny and forsake my self and follow thee so shall I leave my self and come to thee hate my self and love thee conquer my self and serve thee And here thou ●eest O my dear Father that I am most weak and without the continual working of thy grace I cannot in any measure suppress my desires but that they rather the more strongly rise in me I cannot deny my self but I rather deny the working of thy grace in me I do not only not mortifie my sins but sin rather reviveth and becometh strong in me in as much as it bringth forth fruit not unto life but unto death therefore I beseech thee O heavenly Father to sanctifie me that I defile not my self with the filthiness of the flesh nor fleshly things howsoever they may seem to please me let me not be deceived with the pleasing judgments of worldly men who affirm sin to be no sin darkness to be light and light to be darkness Atheism to be Religion and sanctity to be sin O dear Father many are the Enormities that rise up in us and defended not only as things tolerable but as things laudable wherefore I beseech thee to mortifie these evils and let me no longer be sotted with the filthy fashions of this world extinguish the flames of carnal desires repress the rageing lusts of the flesh and grant that I may with shame and with due watchfulness avoid all things that have but the appearance of evil but being thus inwardly subdued I may make outward profession that whatsoever I do it may be simply grounded upon a good conscience and let me still retain this in memory O Lord that I cannot follow mine own will and thy word that I cannot impart my affections to the deed of the flesh and the works of the Spirit that I cannot walk in darkness and light in the way of death and in the way of life wherefore O most dear Father direct me in my whole life and separate me from the World and worldly things and let me dwell with thee in all Godly meditations and contemplations and let me use the things of this world as I used them not and being thus truly mortified in the body and quickned in the spirit I may look in continual watchfulness for the dissolution of this my mortal body that my soul may ascend and in the end both soul and body may for ever more enjoy the eternal joys of Heaven Amen A Prayer against desperation O Most merciful GOD greatly have I sinned and alas am guilty of many crimes therefore unto thee do I cry O most holy Father and eternal God keep me in thy Name that in Temptations and extremities I never faint in courage Moderate and mitigate my vexations let them come to a joyful end that I fall not into the most heinous sin of incredulity and despair O Christ
remorse of faith or sin in such coldness and broken sort that there hath been no life nor comfort in it Judge thy self whether in Prayer thou hast practised the exercises of a broken heart healed in Christ and changed into righteousness whether the just mediation of God's goodness moveth thee to offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving and worketh in thee the love thereof that thou mightest be stirred up to love him and to walk in that obedience that he requireth of thee And because the abusing of Gods Creatures is a great sin examine thy self whether thou dost misuse them in forgetfulness of God in pride of life to please thy self in the creature more than in the Creator seeing with the abuse of them to set forth thy self in pride to please thy self and the fleshly eyes of others rather than in humbleness to use them to the pleasing and praising Almighty God the Creator In the use of all which things the love of God which appeareth unto thee to a continual meditation to make thee to spie out sin in thy self and to judge that to be sin which is sin indeed and in no wise to mince or diminish it or to cover it with the figg-leaves of thine own vain excuses but to lay it open before the Lord nakedly and plainly as it is so that thou call not sin righteousness nor righteousness sin good evil nor evil good but condemn that which thou knowest to be sin to abhor it to flee from it without all hypocrisie and cloaking of it with self-love or nourishing it or else with lightness and contempt to dwell in it and therefore thou must examin this sin throughly of not applying thy heart and mind to meditate and understand to believe and taste of the work of thy salvation wrought in Christ crucified through which thou walkest in security wanting faith and yet not feeling thy want wanting the food of life and the tast of God and yet hungrest not after it but thinkest thy self full when thou art empty and nevertheless art empty and poor indeed to beg it at Gods hands the supplyer thereof through which thou feelest not the incorporation into Christs body feel the effect thereof in CHRIST's Death to Die from sin in his Resurrection is to live no Righteousness in his Ascension to ask after Heavenly things and to leave the Earth and flesh at his coming again to be ready with faith and joy to meet him An● here withal weigh what a great sin it is not to hearken to the Spirit of God when 〈◊〉 might work in it whereby thou dost grieve in and quench it when thou dost not gladly obey it and yield to the motions of it and therefore judge thy self for not putting off the old man with all his works and for not putting on the New Man in bringing forth the fruits of regeneration for not considering thine exile in the flesh from GOD or in this World from Heaven to lament it and the cause of it and to extol the Providence of GOD by which thou livest and for being idle vain ●roud in thinking speaking and doing Again for not feeling the estate of GOD's afflicted Church to sorrow in the affliction of it for not seeking zealously to glorifie his Gospel through which thou art not throughly touched for any false Doctrine Idolatry or sin for standing against which the Saints of God have been and still are persecuted and killed and yet thou livest carelesly without feeling of it and art at a good point sink it or swim it To conclude then I mean by sin whatsoever is declared to be sin in the word of God which lyeth either seen or unseen in our hearts of what estate soever we be 〈◊〉 appeareth in life which is found out 〈◊〉 the word of God and so adjudged which thou oughtest to lament before God in the ●xercises of a broken heart to beat down thy heart with humbleness to cause thee to beg mercy with aking heart and very need to seek that heavenly Physician Jesus Christ and of eager desire to feed on him by faith to the assurance of life and Salvation that the sweetness thereof may work in thee the love of thy God to praise him the love of his written Word to do it and in doing it to deny thy self thy will affection and life that with humbleness thou maist walk always with and before the Lord in the holiness and righteousness that pleaseth him knowing that His eye doth search thy heart and life to see in it his will done and obeyed and always practising that which is good that thou maiest please Him and therefore must ask mercy and so if thou continually strive and labour to do it He doth accept of thy imperfect doings in Christ to encourage thee to take better hold and to do better c. Wherefore think and thank God and utterly despise thy self and think thy self a wretch in that God hath done so much for thee and thou hast so oft offended his Highness and also done him so little service and surely it is also great wisdom for thee to think that if it had pleased God for to have given to all other men grace as he hath given to thee that they would have served him better than thou hast done wherefore by his mercy and grace call unto thy remembrance thy degree or dignity which Almighty God of his goodness hath called thee unto and according thereto yield thy debt and do thy duty First and principally honour God as thy Maker love him as thy Redeemer fear him as thy Judge Secondly thy Neighbour which is thy superiour obey have concord and peace with them which be like with thee in degree and have mercy on thy inferiors Thirdly provide thee to have a heart purged and a good custody of thy tongue and in all thy words and deeds have ever in thy mind that thou shalt die shortly and that God heareth and seeth every thing and that nothing is so privily done but it shall be made open And every morning among other Meditations and Prayers pray unto the Lord God that the day following thou mayest use this wretched world in thy thoughts words and deeds that thou mayest by the merits of Christ's passion eschew the pains of Hell and come to the Joy everlasting And 〈◊〉 executing thereof keep truth in words 〈◊〉 deeds defend no man nor no matter against the truth In all things think and trust in God and he shall direct thy ways Trust not to thine own wit but fear God and he will keep thee from evil Be content to hear good counsel though it be contrary to thy will for he is a very fool that will hear nothing gladly but what is according to his own mind do no man harm lest thou suffer the same as thou wouldest be done unto so do thou unto others be such to others as thou desirest they should be unto the. If thou be Religious remember that the due execution of
may see the mysteries of thy profound and excellent truth increase O Lord all holy desires in me to attain the knowledge of thy will let my whole delight be in it to meditate therein day and night that it may be more precious unto me than Gold and Silver many times fined Further howsoever thy graces and gifts O Lord are to be acknowledged in men yet because thy good pleasure is so that all men should carry the scars of ignorance and infirmity draw in my whole delight I beseech thee and kindle all my affections to the love of thy Law and Testimonies and to those Scriptures that were written and indited by thine own self and thy spirit for those good Lord contain thy whole will in that everlasting Covenant that thou hast stricken with thy Saints This O Lord is that well spring of wisdom and grace that shall make us wise before thee howsoever the world condemn it of madness and folly Teach thou me O Lord and I shall be taught open thou mine eyes that I may see the excellent things of thy Law reform my heart that self-love and vain-glory may be quite vanquished and slain in me that I may only set before mine eyes thy glory O gracious God spoil this power of Satan in me that by thy means thy good gifts of knowledge and wisdom be not abused against thee thy Gospel and Glory that I be not carried through emulation spite or envy of any mans credit or gifts to set my self against thy truth but give me true humility that above all things I may rejoyce in the advancement and praise of thy Name whether it be with my honour or shame with my peace or trouble with good report or evil report I know O Lord that true wisdom is from thee alone and that thou hast so ordained thy servants in so gracious a dispensation of thy gifts that they who have the greatest need of theirs that are the least the greatest Master-builders of them that are but labourers basket-bearers in thy Church The unity of thy Spirit and the bond of Peace knit us fast together and hold us in to reverence each other and to be at one in thy work O knit our hearts together that we may all seek thee to thy eternal Praise to whom only belongeth Renown Glory and Honour for ever c. A fruitful Prayer to God ALmighty and Eternal God my Creator and lover I praise adore and bless Thee for that in my offences and ungratefulness thou hast so mencifully and leisurably forborn and suffered me to live even to this hour whereunto thou by thy benefits hast brought me giving anto me thy wretched servant life and necessaries thereunto belonging appointing Angels to be my keepers O my good God who knoweth whether till evening my life shall be prolonged or what death is appointed for me O merciful God and Heavenly Father grant that I may with hearty repentance truly repent my sins and inwardly bewail that ever I offended thy Godly Majesty suffer not my soul to depart this body before it be through thy mercy perfectly reconciled unto thee by grace bedeck'd with thy merits and vertues O merciful Saviour if these things I desire stand with thy Pleasure and Will grant them I beseech thee although I be not worthy to be heard And in thy mercy grant that by the merits of thy passion I may be purged from all my sins and that at the hour of my death I may be stricken with true and vehement contrition and being knit with thee in perfect charity I may immediately fleet unto thee my sweet Redeemer safely from all damnation desiring this one thing at thy hands that thou wilt remember my fragility unworthiness unstableness and miseries together with thine own goodness and most charitable mercy praying thee never to forsake me or leave me but that thou wilt always possess and govern me according to thy will to whom be all glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer to be restored to Gods Favour O Almighty and everlasting God and Father which hast made Heaven and Earth and all things therein contained O incomprehensible unity O always to be worshipped most blessed Trinity I humbly beseech thee and pray thee by the assumption and crucified humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ that thou wouldest drive from me all kind of wickedness and sin creating in me a clean heart and a right spirit O Lord Jesus I beseech thy goodness for the exceeding great love which drew thee out of thy fathers bosom in the womb of thy holy Virgin and for the assumption of mans nature wherein it pleased thee to save me and to deliver me from eternal death That thou wouldst draw me out of my self unto thee my Lord God And grant that this my love may recover again to me thy grace to increase and make perfect in me that which is wanting to raise up in me that is fallen to restore to me that which I have lost and to quicken in me that which is dead and should live That so I may become conformable unto thee in all my life and conversation Thou dwelling in me and I in thee my heart being suppled with thy grace and settled in thy Faith for ever O my God loose and set at liberty my Spirit from all inferiour things govern my Soul and so work that both in soul and body I may be holy and live to thy Glory world without end Amen A Prayer to Christ to rest in his Love O My most loving Saviour I have chosen thee I wish and look for thee I run to meet thee I do renounce all things that are not of thee whatsoever thou wilt I will and whatsoever thou wilt not I forsake utterly detest in my heart and whatsoever shall hereafter happen unto me contrary to this present choice of my mind not to impute the same unto me but according to this choice of my soul judge me For all things which I ought not to do I utterly forsake them and if at any time hereafter I shall chance by any sinister occasion to agree to any thing that may be a cause to withdraw thy mercy from me I do now at this present hour utterly detest them And here O my sweet Saviour and Redeemer if it please thee or stand with thy Glory grant I beseeeh thee in this my present life that I may be delivered and preserved from all offences wherein I have offended and from all the pains whereunto deservedly I ought to come after my death and that thou wilt with the hands of thy mercy immediately after this life receive my soul into everlasting joy and felicity there to raign with thee for ever Amen A Prayer to God to grant our Petitions O Christ which art the strength of the weak the salvation of all believers and an aider of the oppressed yea our life and safe-guard in the peril of death I beseech thee that pitying mine Afflictions
strictly that I should believe without doubting so wouldst thou in all my needs I should come unto thee as a Father and make my moan without mistrust of being heard in thy good time as most shall make for thy glory and my comfort Lo therefore to thee dear Father do I come in thy Son Jesus Christ praying thee of thy great mercy and goodness to be merciful unto me that I may love thee with all my heart for ever that my works may be ever found holy in thy sight and that I may always not only strive against sin but also overcome the same dayly more and more as thy children do and above all things desire the sanctifying of thy Name the coming of thy Kingdom the doing of thy Will here on earth as it is in Heaven and that only through my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to whom be all honour and glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer to GOD to bless our endeavours O My Celestial Father be favourable unto me thy repentant servant fled from mine enemies to thy help and succour Impute not my sins unto me for Christs sake for I have heard thy fatherly voice and it soundeth daily in mine ears out of Heaven promising me and affirming constantly thy self to be appeased with me for thy Sons sake whom thou commandest me to hear and believe who is made of thee my righteousness my salvation my Peace my Mediator and intercessor my fulfiller of the Law my deliverer and my whole holy accomplisher of all my just desires and my Saviour Christ Jesus God and man in whose Name at this time I attempt and take in hand all my just doings according to my calling desiring thy gracious goodness O Lord God and Father to prosper it further it and give it happy increase that whatsoever I take in hand justly to finish the same O holy Father bless all my endeavours with thy blessed increase and let me not seek mine own will but ever to pray that thy will be fulfilled and let me not be led into temptation but deliver me from all evil for ever and ever Amen A Prayer to live uprightly in our Calling O GOD of all comfort and giver of all consolation forgive my sins cleanse and wash me from all iniquities which disable me to perform my calling in such sort as becometh me and through the blood of thy Son purifie my heart and my imperfections and sanctifie me with thy grace that my sins being forgiven I may rest in thy favour and continual comfort and be daily blessed with new gifts that I may be found perfect in my calling seasoned so with a lively faith in thee that thy holy Spirit may continually dwell and bear rule in me and lead me to the due performance of those things which thou requirest to be done in my calling that all unnatural affection being truly mortified I may only rest in thee and rely on thee and be ruled by thee in all things Good Father grant that I may take the direct and right course in my vocation to eternal life in which course consisteth the inward peace of the Soul which is only delighted in thy inviolable truth revealed by thy Son and is left unto us in His Word and last Will in which his last Will and Testament are comprehended all necessary Rules and the sacred discipline whereby thy children are to guide themselves in their several callings which directions are comprehended in three principal virtues by thee bestowed on them that seek them at thy hand in the Name of thy Son as Faith Hope and Love which three are so united and knit together in one in thine elect children that they through thy grace go not awry in their calling I therefore dear Father being of my self ignorant and of mine own power unable to comprehend the height of my calling instantly beseech thee in mercy to behold me an unperfect creature without these Virtues and so adorn me with them that I may be made perfect in all good works of the Spirit that my labours and endeavours be not in vain in thee and grant that I may joyn with all my travils desires and endeavors faith with ●aith knowledge with knowledge temperance with temperance patience with patience godliness with godliness brotherly kindness with brotherly kindness and with brotherly kindness that I be not unfruitful in my calling but may acknowledge thy Son Jesus Christ and in him have peace of conscience that I may be patient in troubles long-suffering in wrongs faithful in expecting hope in distress rejoycing in heart quieted in mind in hope to enjoy at thy hands and in thy good time whatsoever maketh for the true comfort of my soul and the relief of my body that in all true and inward feeling of thine aid my calling may be made perfect and sealed with the seal of thine own Spiritual Probation so shall I thy unworthy servant be directed in the true knowledge of Thee O blessed Lord and loving Father except thou thus direct me I cannot stand but shall fall into many miseries for no Estate no Degree no Calling Office Function or Trade of life can prosper or be rightly performed without thy continual aid direction and providence therefore good Lord guide me by thy Spirit increase my faith give me wisdom and ableness in all things to execute my calling as I ought and to the execution thereof bless all my members make them apt and ready instruments to perform their duties that in no point I fail in a Christain proceeding therein and bridle me in the nature of flesh and blood which unless thou season my affections by thy Spirit will so much the more glory by how much that thou hast exalted me and inabled me to live in this world in higher reputation than other men whereunto flesh and blood is ready to attribute chiefest hearts ease and by that subtil shift Stan many times moveth us to rely upon vain things Wherefore O good Father vouchsafe I beseech thee to ground all my affections upon thy fear that I be not miscarried in my calling from the true obedience of thee without which neither honour profit wealth wisdom or any other blessing of thine can stand relieve or comfort me be pleased therefore dear Father with me and grant that all things that I take in hand may begin in knowledge proceed in fear and end in love that the whole course of my life may be blessed with good effect in all mine enterprises that neither mine enemies rejoyce at my miseries the Godly be offended at my rashness nor my estate hindred by my foolishness grant this good Lord for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ to whom be all honour and glory for even Amen Prayers for Thursday Night O Lord my God and Heavenly Father blessed be thy Name for ever dispose my heart open my lips and give me thy Holy Spirit c. A Psalm GRacious is the LORD and righteous yea our GOD is
of thee joyntly both with trembling and trust settle the love of thee in me and the care of me in thee let my prayer come unto thee and thy mercy unto me let the joy of thy happiness remain with me and the compassion of my miseries with thee let my heart love thee let my flesh fear thee and let my whole substance in this world joy wholly in thee that I may enjoy thee wholly in the world to come by thee O Christ who art my Saviour and Deliverer to whom belongeth all power and glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer in heart to feel spiritual comforts O Lord GOD and most dear Father now I fully know the heart of man is not in his own power for thou hast taught me by thy d●minishing the Spirit of comfort in my heart that it is thou only which makest joyful the heart of man and which diminishest the same joy according to thy good pleasure and will therefore O dear Father I beseech thee to send me thy most blessed comfort and strength of Faith into my heart to fill the same with spiritual joy and that by the working of thy holy Spirit in me the comfortable promises of thy merciful Protection may be sealed in my heart and sink deep into my soul that I may be fully assured that thou art my strong rock and house of defence that thou dost keep me as the apple of thine eye and that thou wilt not lay more upon me than thou wilt give me strength to abide but that thou wilt assuredly at thy appointed time renew my heart and the whole power of my mind that I may fully glorifie thy Name Thy Holy Spirit O Lord in me which is the assurance of my Salvation doth continually send forth unspeakable sighs and longings for thy full and joyful presence I beseech thee therefore O dear Father for thy Son JESUS's sake hearken to my prayers and grant my requests make tender my hard and stony heart by thy holy Spirit that I may from the bottom of my heart acknowledge thee to be my most merciful God and Father and all things in thy holy Word to be most certain and true and reverently embrace the same and in my soul to take comfort and joy of the same that I may even to my lives end walk before thee in sincerity of heart being assured of my salvation through that one alone sacrifice for my sins made by thy dear Son Jesus Christ to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory for ever Amen A fruitful petition to GOD. O LORD GOD of infinite wisdom inspire my heart and direct my voice that I may not think nor utter any thing before thy Maiesty but that which thou knowest to be expedient for me to ask and glorious for thee to give Turn not my prayer Good Lord into perdition nor my suit into sin for thou art the God of my Fathers on whom I wholly depend save me for thy mercies sake O save me as I have always put my trust in thee and when through the perverseness and froward inclination of my nature I fall into any wickedness and sin leave me not good Lord unto them acquit me from the inordinate lust of the body let no desire of uncleanness take hold upon me and give me not over to an unshamefast and obstinate mind Lord here I stand vile wretch before the throne of thy dreadful presence hoping that I shall be heard not in the faintness of my faith but in the power of thy promises O weigh my weakness and grant my desires as thou knowest most meet for me then can I want nothing and my conscience shall be comforted with all spiritual consolation in Jesus Christ to whom with thee O Father and the holy Spirit be ascribed all power and glory for ever Amen A Prayer to be ingrafted into Christ O LORD it is mercy without merit that I am a branch of the Vine Jesus that I am the house and Temple of the Holy Ghost It is of Justice that thou hast appointed thy house to be a place of prayer and of duty therefore that we should pray unto thee For this O Lord I thank thee that thou hast made me thy child to lodge me and I acknowledge that of duty I am bound to serve thee but give me O Lord the grace of thy Spirit to conduct me in the way of thy will cleanse or create a new heart within me that I may be a fit lodging for thee and yield up the savoury sacrifice unto thee which thou requirest of every Christian I mean the sacrifice of prayer the sacrifice of the heart which savoureth sweetly unto thee And at this time in hope of the assistance of thy holy Spirit I desire thee that as thou hast of mercy covered me under thy wings of safety so thou wilt defend and keep me from all the storming rages of Satan who is wont not only by day but also and that especially by night to undermine man when his senses are fettered in bands of rest but I hope O good Lord that as I am then most unable and at all times else to withstand the buffets and assaults of Satan so thou wilt be most ready to succour me and partly because thereby thou shalt unlock the riches of thine infinite mercy and pity and partly because thou lovest every thing which thy hands have made For which and for all other thy blessings I yield thee all honour power and glory which is due only to thy blessed Majesty for ever world without end Amen A Prayer against evil imaginations O Lord cleanse my heart I do beseech thee from all impure and wicked cogitations and thoughts give me a clear conscience shame-fac'd eyes modest hands and a tongue to tell the truth and seeing there is nothing hid that shall not be discovered good Lord I beseech thee to search my thoughts and renew in me thy holy Spirit direct my feet in thy ways that walking after thee in the path of the righteous I may pass through this vail of misery bearing thy banner stoutly in my warfare and in the end obtain everlasting joy the promised hire of such as have born thy Cross and valiantly fought with the armour of faith against temptations and all evil vouchsafe O Lord to grant all these my supplications and petitions for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be ascribed all power and glory for ever Amen An Evening Prayer O Heavenly Father the giver of all good things and the protector of all those that love thee I yield thee most humble and hearty thanks not only for keeping and preserving me this day but all my life that neither my enemies have prevailed against me as they sought nor any other danger which in this world is incident unto mankind hath overcome me but hast like a loving Father and careful purveyor given and
come Amen A Prayer for the increase of Faith O Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ by thy Word we are taught to love thee fear thee and serve thee and in true godliness and sincerity of life is the only way and means to continue thy love and favor towards us without the which we cannot but perish and that belief and confidence in thy Son Jesus Christ is the only means of our redemption and atonement with thee and the only hold of our salvation whereof we cannot be sufficiently assured without thy special gift of faith which is the anchor whereto the cable of our salvation is fastened which being broken the hope of our salvation cannot but decay and be of none effect vouchsafe therefore O most merciful God to plant one spark of true faith in my heart and that it may grow to such perfection that I may know thee perfectly love thee duly fear thee and unseignedly acknowledge Jesus Christ to be sent into this wretched world to save us miserable sinners O Lord grant me to take such hold of his Death and Passion Resurrection and Ascension that by his Death I may have pardon and by his Re surrection rise to righteousness and by his Ascension ascend with him to thy celestial glory and finally attribute the cause and means of my salvation to proceed only of his Passion increase this faith in me good Lord daily more and more that it may grow by the working of thy holy Spirit to full perfection accompanied with good works and godly behaviour without the which I confess that faith cannot be withhold not from me good Lord that singular gift of thine which is the stay of my happiness and the want thereof a most certain token of my perdition no good thing is wanting to him on whom thou vouchsafest to bestow this gift to him all things are light and in him remaineth no darkness at all banish most sweet Lord therefore all misbelief all wavering and doubting out of my heart and plant instead thereof unfeigned faith that applying the same to every affliction both of body and mind I may vanquish and overcome Satan withstand the delights of this world and suppress the corruptible motions of the flesh and enjoy at thy good pleasure health of body and soundness of mind and all things requisite for me A most precious jewel is faith for thou hast said that whosoever heareth the Word and believeth in Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent shall have everlasting life then on the contrary he that believeth not is in danger of everlasting death O Lord increase my faith wherein I may believe in that thy Son and take hold of all his promises who said that whosoever believeth in him shall want no manner of thing that is good Lord I believe help my unbelief and give me faith yea but as a grain of mustard-feed and I shall be able to remove Satan out of his desired habitation and to expel him and his ministers and walk no longer according to the will of the flesh but casting away the works of darkness enjoy the pure light of the Gospel and persevere and abide therein without fainting in any tribulation or vexation of spirit going forward in hope in fear in love and unfeigned zeal towards thee and obtain at thy merciful hands whatsoever is necessary in this life and after this life ended enjoy thy celestial inheritance which grant me for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake to whom be all honour c. A Prayer or Thanksgiving for the Passion of Christ O Lord Jesus Christ God and man we thank thee for that of thy only and free mercy without any works or worthiness at all of ours thou hast redeemed us miserable sinners through thy most innocent and holy Passion O sweet Jesus how bitter and great were thy pains how horrible and cruel thy punishment how grievous and lamentable thine afflictions how bloody thy wounds thy dolours how divers and thy death how shameful which thou suffered for us O how inestimable was thy love that moved thee to endure such and so great torments to reconcile us to thy Father in the Mount of Olives through our infinite sins lighting upon thee thou didst sweat contrary to our nature blood that the drops like blood trickled upon the earth and so after a marvellous manner blood came out of thee being expelled by the resolutions of the Spirits nature being broken and languishing by reason of thine intolerable sorrows and torments and thy Disciples being fled thou wast and also didst most voluntarily commit thy self into the hands of most cruel Jews which brought thee most rigorously bound without compassion fromthe presence of one corrupt Judge unto another more cruel where thou wast most unjustly condemned thy blessed body was so mangled that even an Ethnick pitying the same uttered these words Behold the man Finally for our enormous offences thou wast afflicted with a most odious kind of death and so in the extremity of pain thou didst give up the Ghost commending the same unto thy Father in wonderful patience that so by thy torments having quitted us from all guiltiness as well of fault as of punishment we might be healed to this end thou didst bear the burden of our sins upon the wood of the Cross that thou mightest recover the peace of souls and obtain the true righteousness for as many as believe in thee wherefore O Jesus Christ thou Son of the living God for these torments and all other thy passions I will honour and praise thee for ever beseeching thee most humbly that thy passions may work and take effect in me and that always being mindful of the same I may rejoyce therein and make it a comfort for my self against all the temptations of Satan and the fear of sin and the Law and that thy Cross may be an example unto me that walking in thy steps I render not rebuke but for rebuke may imitate thy long-suffering praying for such as persecute and offend me and finally that I may so think upon and celebrate the cause of thy death that the consideration thereof may utterly extinguish all the flames of unlawful concupiscence and bury the inticements of the flesh and nourish the love of vertue within me that so being wholly dead unto sin I may live unto righteousness and serve thee which barest our sins in thy body upon the Cross which livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost one God for ever Amen A Prayer for mercy for our offences O Lord I am a grievous sinner I have passed and broken the banks of thy Commandments from the womb to this day I have with the Pirate Satan sailed in the ship of iniquity so that I may say with Paul I am chief of all sinners This must I needs confess to thee thou God of Justice and this worm of conscience biteth me what then good Lord shall the worm devour me
the wind and as stubble against a flaming fire Though I have sinned grievously in thy sight preferring my wicked desires before thy holy Commandments esteeming the pleasure of a moment before eternal and everlasting joys yet am I bold O merciful Father to prostrate my self before the Throne of thy Majesty heartily to beseech and humbly to intreat thee that thou wilt not deal with me according to my deserts for I have none in heaven to fly unto but thee nor in the earth of whom I may receive any comfort but at thy fatherly hands which are stretched out day and night to receive all that by earnest repentance turn unto thee and to refresh their distressed consciences wherefore O Lord in the multitude of thy mercies I approach unto thee desiring thee to look down from the height of thy sanctuary upon me poor and wretched sinner and to wipe away mine offences and to blot out my misdeeds especially all those my ungracious unclean and ungodly acts that they may not come up in remembrance with thee nor be imputed to me for ever For thy Sons sake O Lord in whom thou art well pleased and in whom thou wast fully satisfied upon the Cross for my sins grant me free pardon and remission in that I have so foolishly by my exceeding frailty committed against thee but quicken thou me O Lord that art the fountain of life and call thou out of heaven thy dwelling place that my wandring soul may hear the voice of her shepherd and follow thee wheresoever thou leadest O give me thy helping hand and by thy Spirit cast down subdue and mortifie my raging ●usts and affections let me not any longer be occupied in ungodliness lest mine enemies triumph over me pluck up O my good Father these roots of bitterness that no unsavoury fruit may come of the Tree which thou of thine own hand hast planted I desire I look I call I cry for thy assistance that I may conquer and subdue all the sinful and unruly motions of my heart O blessed Saviour that hast granted so many petitions upon earth to them that were careful for the body fulfil 〈◊〉 pray thee this my desire mortifie good Father in me the old body of sin and give unto me a new body purged from these works to serve thee the living God ●enew my spirit daily that I may cast away these works of darkness why should my body made by thy hands and my soul framed according to thy Image be given over as a prey into the hands of Satan Deliver me O Lord from the snare of the hunter and preserve me from the hand of mine enemy who lieth in wait for my spiritual life and laboureth for my everlasting destruction To thee I fly O Lord for succour hide me therefore under the shadow of thy hand that none of the fiery darts of Satan take hold on me And so good Lord to conclude for the love thou bearest unto mankind for thy Sons sake Jesus Christ who hath taken our nature upon him grant that I may not be tempted above my strength but that in all temptations I may fly unto thee as mine only comfort and salvation and that thou wilt of thy mercy and goodness give me grace and desire to withstand all the motions of my sinful flesh and affections which word of thine I beseech thee O Lord to perfect and fully accomplish in me that I may do all things pleasing in thy sight for ever Amen A Prayer for redress of a sinful life O Most merciful God and dear Father grant that with heart I desire thee with desiring seek thee in seeking find thee in finding that I love thee and by loving thee that I turn not again to my former sins which thou hast redeemed give me O Lord a repentant heart and a contrite spirit quench in me O King of glory the lust of my flesh and kindle in me the ●ire of thy love O my Redeemer take from me the spirit of pride and most favourably enrich me with the measure of humility remove from me O my Saviour the fury of anger and graciously arm me with the shield of patience O my Creator root out of me all rancour and endue me with a chearful and meek heart and bestow upon me a perfect faith right hope and constant love preserve me from all vanity inconstancy of mind wavering of heart scoffing of tongue wicked slandering from the vice of hypocrisie the poyson of flattery contempt of the poor oppression of the weak from greedy avarice cankered envy and deadly blasphemy root out of me O my Lord and Maker rash boldness contumacy frowardness negligence idleness blindness of heart obstinacy of mind savage conditions contempt of that good is rigour towards my neighbour O my God and merciful Father I beseech thee in Jesus Christ to bless me with the works of mercy and zeal of godliness to suffer with the afflicted to minister to the needy to counsel them that go astray to comfort the sorrowful to pardon them that trespass against me to love them that hate me to render good for evil to imitate the good to beware of the evil and to embrace vertue to guard the door of my mouth to watch the enemies that compass my lips to despise worldly things and earnestly to thirst after the Heavenly through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour to whom be all honour and glory for ever Amen A Prayer for continual remembrance of our end O God the only giver of life and the maintainer and preserver thereof and the life after death grant me true consideration that this body of mine is builded upon an earthly foundation and framed of the substance of dust and clay which is not durable the glory whereof vanisheth like the flower of the field which is soon cut down and withered the body is the mansion or rather the prison of the soul and the same so frail weak and feeble subiect to so many causes that procure the dissolution of body and soul that death often happeneth when we think least thereon wherefore grant O God of my life that I may have such continual care foresight and diligent respect unto the direction of my doings cogitation and words as I load not my poor Soul so much with the burthen of sensless security sin and iniquity that the body being suddenly intangled with the snares of death be carried where there is no rest nor joy but continual mourning and anguish of mind O my most loving Father lighten mine Eyes that I sleep not in sin nor wander in darkness according to the will of the flesh but make me always willing to come unto thee even with desire when it pleaseth thee to call me let not me as it were draw backward when thou invitest me to the sweet banquet of thy Heavenly Kingdom as by thy Word and Gospel preached and revealed unto us which is an especial calling of us and when I feel my self grieved or
how I shall think of thee teach me with what words I shall call upon thee and the works wherewith I may please thee O most mighty God that art blessed for evermore I commit into thy hands at this time and at all other times else my Soul my Body and all my thoughts affections words and works my memory my faith my belief and continuance in the same that thou maiest defend them with thy most mighty power that thou maist keep them day and night and every moment of time hear me O Holy Trinity and keep me from all evil from all offences from all deceits and despites of the Devil and from all mine Enemies visible and invisible give me O Lord perfect sense and understanding that I may be able to perceive thine exceeding and great mercies teach me what I shall ask and grant that thou wilt hear that which I require give me tears from the bottom of my heart that may unloose the bands of my sins If thou regard me not I perish if thou look upon me I live if thou examine my righteousness I stink and am corrupt being dead but if thou look on me with mercy thou raisest me out of my grave spare my Soul spare my sin visit me that am weak heal me that am diseased give me a heart to fear thee a mind to love thee Ears to hear thee and Eyes that I may always see thee I ask Lord remission of all my sins have mercy on me and hear me O Lord my Salvation I have asked some things which 〈◊〉 need I have remembred those things which I fear wherefore vouchsafe me thy grace O Lord to live in thy true fear to my lives end through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom be all honour and glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer for Faith and ableness to pray O Most gracious God and dear Father I thy unworthy servant ignorant o● all good things unprofitable and unfit to serve thee by reason of my corruption do yield thee all humble thanks that thou dost vouchsafe me access to the throne o● thy mercy in Christ where all wisdom aid consolation and comfort do abound and from whom all good gifts and graces do most frankly flow unto thy Children 〈◊〉 I here a Sinner in regard there is in me no strength to stand nor wisdom to walk nor faith to frame my affections accord ing to thy will do heartily crave supply of the good gifts at thy hands where fore dear Father grant me thy holy Spirit which being inspired into m● by thy divine power may work i● me such effects as are fit for the strengthning of my weak understanding and for the increase of faith and renewing the inner man I may become a fit member of thy Church good Father sanctifie me within and without purifie mine affections and let me be made holy in all my proceedings direct me to call upon thee aright and shape in me a sound course of life and let faith unfeignedly be the ground of all my desires that I may be thereby renewed daily in lively hope of thy gratious deliverance whensoever I am touched with any calamity dear Father banish all unbelief in me and make me thereby faithful that by thy divine working I may be able to conceive aright speak aright and walk aright O learn me and I shall be learned teach me and I shall understand and do thy will then shall neither prosperity puff me up nor calamities cast me down nor any evil make me afraid O happy man that is so far in thy favour that obtaineth this blessing at thy hands therefore I ●●y unto thee my Allsufficient and truly helping God and Father be pitiful to thy perplexed children to thee I fly and will not faint for I believe thy promises Lord help my unbelief thou art the cause and absolute perfection of my soul the Preserver of life the everlasting and only good that I seek from whom as from a lively spring floweth whatsoever is good either for soul or body make perfect therefore in me this good gift O Lord increase it in me more and more daily that I applying the same in humble manner with reverent prayer to thy divine Majesty both for corporal and spiritual relief may be continually heard and so resting herein under the shadow of thy sacred wings may be safe and secure in all my miseries good Lord I here commend mine estate unto thee in all patience humbly beseeching thee that in thy good time I may reap the fruit of a lively confidence in thee namely what in this life is expedient for the preservation and maintenance thereof and after this life the absolute end thereof that is eternal salvation in Jesus Christ to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all glory for ever Amen A Prayer to be defended against our enemies O Lord strengthen my faith and arm me with continual hope in thee whereby I may be able to withstand all the cruelties of mine adversaries in such sort that they may know it to be thy self who fightest for me and defendest my cause against their fury behold O Lord my trust is in thee thy rod and thy staff comfort me and stay me up that I fall not into their hands by trusting unto mine own policy or wisdom which is but a foolishness before thee nor to the help or friendship of man which is but vain but lead thou me O Lord guide me in all my doings cogitations and words lest I erring from thy Commandements incline my heart to vanity and vice mine enemies take just occasion to say ah we saw it with our eyes and bring up an evil report of me and that deservedly O Lord guide me in all truth establish my heart with true desire and ableness to walk uprightly in all thy ways vouchsafe to keep me from the dangerous desires of fleshly lusts and from haunting the place suspected or polluted with uncleanness lest mine enemies taking just occasion by my lewd behaviour speak that indeed which may redound to my shame and deserved infamy Finally O Lord keep me from all evil and though by reason of my corruption I be naturally inclined to wantonness and excess thou wilt give me sobriety lowliness love even to mine enemies chastity wisdom and discreet understanding both of their wills and mine own weakness that so through thy grace leading the whole course of my life in sincerity and godly behaviour I may magnifie thy holy Name who so regardeth the prosperity of thy servant that thou sufferest him not to fall into the hands of all such as should eat him up and let not the adversaries of thy truth O Lord unjustly rejoyce over me I am in thy hand and they are within the compass of thy power stay their fury let them not take effect in their devices against me I refer all things to thy heavenly providence and wholly commit my self into thy hands humbly praying thee
true Religion is not in the wearing of the habit but with a clear mind in very deed to execute the rules of true Religion and the ordinances thereof If thou be lay and unmarried keep thee clean unto the time thou be married and remember the sore and terrible punishment of Noahs flood and of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha done to man for mis rising flesh and if thou intend to marry or to be married and hast a good Wife thank God therefore for she is of his sending and remember that there be three things pleasing to the Spirit of God that is to say concord between brethren love and charity between Neighbours and a man and wife well agreeing together and having in remembrance that the intent of marriage is not in the beastly appetite of the flesh but to eschew the evil thereof or to have children And if thou have children as much as thou maist bring them up in virtue to be the servants of God for it were better for them and thee not to be born than otherwise In thine Authority busie thee rather to be beloved of thine inferiours than to be dreaded Let thy subjects and servants rather serve and obey thee for love than for dread or need With such a Sovereign goodness govern thy Subjects that they may be glad to serve thee both in punishment and in cherishing Keep a measurable mean be not too streight forget not to keep a convenient measure in all thy works go not to meat but as a reasonable man with thanks to GOD for his gifts and then remember that more be sick and die by superfluities of meats and drinks than otherwise Wherefore eat with measure to live in health at thy meat have no other but honest communication and such as is according to thy knowledge backbite no man be merry in honesty for sorrow and care hath killed many and no profit is therein In no wise swear without compulsion of the Law for where 〈◊〉 great swearing from thence is never the ●●ague of GOD. In no wise brawl nor chide for Solomon saith Better is a little with joy than much with brawl and contention And he saith An evil person is ever chiding and therefore the Angel of God shall be set against him Be content at all times to give part of that which God hath sent thee for he that will not hear the cry of the poor shall cry to God and not be heard With good providence and discretion see the time where when how why and wherefore thou speakest dost or biddest any thing to be done when thou deemest or judgest any thing to be done in poor or rich behold and consider the cause and not the person be as meek in other mens cause and offences as in thine own sit never in doom and judgment without pity and mercy for while thou hast pity and mercy on other mens offences thou hast mercy on thine own for in what measure thou measurest to others it shall be measured to thee again yet thou must execute judgment for to do mercy and justice is more pleasant to God than to pray or do sacrifice unto him Judge no man by light suspicion prove first and then judge in doubts refer the Judgment and Sentence to Gods might and what thou knowest not commit it to God might have little or none affection of these earthly and transitory things for blessed i● the Rich man that trusteth not in mony or treasure remember as as man loveth so he is for the lover is in the thing loved more properly than in himself wherefore if a man love earthly things he may be called an earthly man but if he love properly Heavenly things or God he may be called an Heavenly or a Godly man therefore love God and heavenly things for undoubtedly that is the best and most assured love for they be and ever shall be permanent all earthly things be soon vanished and ended and so the love of them is in vain Also it is high wisdom to fear God for that he saith himself Fear not him that can kill the body and cannot hurt the Soul but fear him that can kill the body and also the Soul and commit them to everlasting pain Wherefore every evening before thou go to bed call to thy remembrance as much as thou canst thy thoughts words and deeds said and done that day and if any have been to thine own profit and to the pleasure of God heartily thank him for by his grace it was done and if any have been contrary to his will and plea●●re ask heartily mercy and reconcile thy 〈◊〉 shortly to Him by repentance to eschew the everlasting destruction of thy soul For as S. Augustine saith there is not a greater madness than for a little temporal delectation which is soon done to lose the eternal Joy and to be bound to everlasting pain From the which the Almighty Father by his infinite power and mercy bitter passion and infinite wisdom of Jesus Christ and by the infinite goodness and charity of the Holy Ghost keep us now and for ever Amen Jam. 5. 20. Let him know that he which hath converted a sinner from going astray out of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins What Prayer is PRayer is an humble Request either of the heart or tongue or both unto God proceeding from our belief and acknowledgment of his power as God and of his goodness as our Father in Jesus Christ to supply all our necessities with thanksgiving unto him for any blessing received The parts of a Prayer are usually three 1. Humble Confession 2. Petition or Supplication 3. Hearty Thanksgiving 1. Confession Which is an humble and penitent repetition of our sins and wickedness with an acknowledgment of punishments and miseries thereby deserved and with an earnest desire and prayer for absolution and that for JESUS Christ alone He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy Prov. 28. 13. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Psal 32. 5. If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1. 19. My misdeeds prevail against me O be thou merciful to my sins Psal 67. 3. 2. Petition Petition or Supplication is that part of Prayer in which we beseech God the Author of all good and punisher of all ill for all the Mercies Comforts Graces and Blessings of this Life and the Life to come and for deliverance from all fears ills dangers and punishments of this Life and the Life to come for our selves and others and all for the merits of Christ Jesus alone and his mediation Hearken unto my voice O Lord when I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me Psal 27. 8. Hear me O GOD in the multitude of thy mercies
shalt thou suffer thine holy One to see corruption Thou shalt shew me the paths of life in thy presence is the fulness of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my foot-steps slip not So shall he hear me out of his holy Temple and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter even into his ears He shall send down from the height to fetch me and shall take me out of many waters Thou shalt also light my candle the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light The Lord liveth and blessed be my strong helper and blessed be the God of my Salvation Glory be to the Father c. A Confession to God O Lord my God and everlasting Father I do acknowledge and confess before thy High and Glorious Majesty that I was bred and born in sin and corruption and that since my birth I have not ceased nor do cease daily to transgress thy holy commandments in respect whereof I cannot escape ruine and destruction according to thy rightful justice yet notwithstanding forasmuch as I am sorry that I have offended thee my Lord and God and do condemn both my self and my sin receive me to mercy and as it hath pleased thee to love us even when we were thine enemies and for assurance thereof to give unto us thine only and well-beloved Son to be a Mediator and Advocate between thee and us promising us to obtain whatsoever we shall ask of thee in his Name vouchsafe O most loving God and dear Father to pardon and forgive me in his Name and for his sake and not only to cleanse my heart from all vanity and uncleanness but also to govern and guide me by thy holy Spirit in all my ways that I may live according to thy holy heavenly Will all the days of my life to the glory of thy Name through the same thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be praise and glory for ever Amen A Prayer against the temptations and malice of Satan O Heavenly Father and eternal God unto thee do we cry Protect and strengthen us O Lord against the temptations of Satan which is the sworn and extream enemy to our Salvation a slanderer and our accuser who rageth and rangeth in a deadly hatred against thy Flock and by all means seeketh the destruction of all mankind divers and sundry ways laying snares to intrap us and our Souls preying for any occasion whereby he may allure us unto shameful offending for as many corporal affections as be in man so many occasions doth he take to tempt us and thereby to wound us He layeth snares to take us in wealth in poverty in pleasure and in the inticements of the flesh in anguish of mind in ambition and desire of glory in the wearisomness of our calling and inferiour condition in cares both for the back and the belly and in lust of revenge night and day whether we sleep or wake he is always about to devour us that our senses may be corrupted from the simplicity that we owe unto Christ even as the Serpent deceived Eve by his subtilty Therefore O thou Son of God which art the blessed seed bruising the head of the Serpent bring and bruise this mine enemy Satan under thy feet Thou my chief Champion which of thine own accord enteredst into temptation that so thou mightest as it were hand to hand wrestle with this mine enemy and purchase a triumph for me by thy victory hold him fast bound that he exercise not his cruelty upon me as he desireth but make me partaker of thy victory that even as thou hast in thy body overcome Satan so utterly suppress him in me thy unworthy servant And I beseech thee O Lord to give unto me thy whole Armour that I may like a right good Souldier resist in the evil day and vanquish this my strong enemy gird me with the truth put upon me the breast-plate of Righteousness and let me be shod and prepared for the Gospel of peace and above all things give me the shield of Faith which can extinguish all the fiery darts of wicked spirits bestow upon me the Helmet of salvation with the sword of the Spirit and the Word of God that through thee I may encounter valiantly and gloriously attain the Victory And Holy Spirit Almighty GOD comfort thou and strengthen my mind against so divers conflicts of Satan which beset me by many snares and especially then most of all when I seek deliverance by other means than by thy word revealed and grant that leaving thy Word delivered unto me I look not after new revelations or violent ravishings but may resist the Devil by thy word and power during my whole life O dear Father to whom it is more easie to do all things than for me to think any good thing Do thou but speak a word and thy deadly sick servant my soul shal● be made whole Help O Lord for th● great mercies sake for thy truth sake and for thy dear Son Jesus Christs sake and let thy strength suffice against my weakness and thy holy Spirit against my sinful Flesh and old man Thou art faithful O Father who hast promised that I shall not be tempted further than thou wilt make me a ble to bear Give now therefore thy grac● and strength unto thy servant that I ma● with a strong faith in thine infallible Trut● and promised mercy vanquish and subd●●● whatsoever rebelleth against thy most blessed will preserve and keep holy my soul and body and let them not be defiled and made a dungeon of wicked Spirits through delectation in sin Shall now alas the Devil the World or the Flesh pluck from thee that thing that presently cryeth to thee with assured trust in thy promised help Nay Father but grant that I may by thy mighty Power turn all their crafts deceits and raging assaults unto the increase of my faith and that by experience of thy fatherly assistance in this my present temptation I may with assured hope and trust in thy ready help and comfort overcome my sad enemies hereafter in like assaults and praise thy holy Name for the Victory through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom be all power praise and glory for ever World without end Amen A Prayer for grace to do the will of GOD. O Most bountiful Father extend thy favour towards me and let it be with me and labour with me unto the end and give me thy grace to wish to covet such things as may be grateful to thee and acceptable in thy sight let thy will be mine and let me always follow thine and agree therewith Grant that I may like that which thou dost and never like or mislike any thing but that which thou dost like or mislike Assist me O Lord to crucifie my self to all worldly things set me free from wicked affections of the
thou wilt vouchsafe to grant me my petitions which at this time I have asked at thy hands so shall I serve thee here in the Kingdom of Grace and hereafter in thy Kingdom of Glory where I beseech thee O Lord that I may have a place to dwell with thee eternally which livest with God the Father and the Holy Ghost everlastingly to whom be praise and Glory for ever and ever Amen Prayers for Munday Night O Lord my God and Father blessed be thy Name for ever dispose my heart and open my lips c. A Psalm MY Song shall be of mercy and judgment Unto thee O Lord will I sing O let me have understanding in the way of Godliness When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulness there shall no such cleave unto me Hear my Prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline thine Ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon My days are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass But thou O Lord endurest for ever and thy remembrance throughout all Generations And I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age As for thy years they endure throughout all Generations 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 Which forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmity Which saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness He will not always be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever For look how high the Heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also towards them that fear him Glory be to the Father c. Confession to God the Father O Lord Almighty the God of our Father and Lord of Mercy which hast made Heaven and Earth with all their Ornaments which hast bound the Sea by the word of thy Commandment which hast shut up the deep and seal'd it by thy terrible and Glorious Name whom all do ●ear and tremble before thy Power for the Majesty of thy Glory cannot be born and thy angry threatnings towards sinners is ●mportable but thy merciful promises are unmeasurable and unsearchable for Thou art the Lord God most High above all the Earth long suffering and most merciful and sorry for the malice of men and thou O Lord according to thy great Goodness and of thine infinite Mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners that they might be saved Therefore thou O Lord that art the God of the just hast not appointed repentance to those which stand to justify themselves in thy sight but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner for I have sinned O Lord I have sinned above the number of the sands of the Sea my transgressions O Lord my transgressions are multiplied and are exceeding many so as I am not worthy to behold or lift up mine eyes unto the Heavens for the multitude of my unrighteousness I have provoked thine anger O Lord and done evil before thee in committing abominations and multiplying of offences Now therefore I bow the knees of my heart beseeching thee for Grace I have sinned O Lord I have sinned and I acknowledge my wickedness desiring thee by Prayer to forgive me O Lord forgive me destroy me not with mine iniquities neither do thou always remember mine evils to punish them but save me that am unworthy according to thy great mercies And I most humbly beseech thee O Lord not to suffer my soul to perish which Thou hast bought so dearly with thy most precious Blood make me poor in Spirit and low of Heart submitting me wholly into thy hands so as my desire and my delight may be always to thy will and pleasure which is always good and godly and grant my poor soul rest in thee for thou hast said They shall never be confounded that put their trust in thee which trust good Lord grant me never to forsake for any vain trust temptation or tribulation that may happen to vex my soul but grant me thy holy Spirit to comfort and defend me from all things that should procure thy displeasure Thou that art in Trinity one God and Lord over all give ear to my Prayer and pardon all my sins so shall I praise thee for ever and ever all the days of my life through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom be glory for ever Amen A Prayer to Jesus Christ O Jesus thou Son of God have mercy upon me and forgive the great offences which I have done in the sight of thee this day and give me grace O Lord for the love of thee to despise sin and worldly vanity O Jesus help me to overcome the temptations of sin and the ma●ice of my spiritual enemy and strengthen my soul and body to exercise the works of virtue whereby I may come to thy everlasting joy and felicity Grant me a ●ast purpose O merciful Jesus to amend my life and to remove the sins of my youth far from me Jesus lighten me with Ghostly Wisdom for to know thy goodness and those things which are most acceptable unto thee and give me grace to give good and profitable example that none may be hurt by me make me to proceed from virtue to virtue until I be grown a perfect man in thee Let me not return to those sins which by my confession have accused me and with sorrow have oppressed me The horrible sentence of endless death the terrible judgment of damnation thy wrath ire and indignation merciful Lord let never fall upon me Jesus give me grace to fly evil company and when I come among them I beseech thee to preserve me that no occasion of sin overcome me keep my mouth O Lord from slanderous speaking lying false witness bearing cursing swearing uncharitable chiding dissolute laughing and words of vanity O sweet Jesus make me perseverant in the blessed service of Thee in holy Exercises and vertuous Meditations Lord keep my Soul and Body and make me to slay all sinful delectation and patiently to suffer injuries and rebukes in following thine own most Holy and blessed Example Provide good Lord that life for me which thou knowest most for thine honour and my comfortable stay in thee Jesus grant me specially in the time of Prayer to fix my mind on thee and thou to remember my wretchedness The blood that ran from thy blessed heart wash my soul from all sin and iniquity and purchase to me thy grace faithfaithfully to serve thee O my Lord God my might my life my light lead me and feed me in this mortality and at the hour of death when I shall be accused before thee have mercy upon me break my froward heart and make
adversity I run not headlong into such means as are ungodly neither in prosperity wax the prouder but wait thy good pleasure in them both with thankfulness and evermore live in thee and by thee and in the end raign with thee in Heaven where thou ●ittest as author and giver of all thy Blessings Grant this O most merciful Father to whom with thy Son and the Holy Ghost be all power and glory for ever Amen A Prayer to subdue our affections O Lord Mighty and Merciful who didst create Man in the beginning simple sincere and without spot of sin In which his integrity and innocency he then presented thine own Image which was pure and without spot of sin and yet such was man that he fell from thee by disobedience whereby he corrupted his ways and became ●ar unlike unto thee being defiled with all vanities wherein alas we all of us wallow the most with greediness wherefore most dear Father in JESUS Christ create in me new thoughts new affections shape in me true obedience that I may mortifie and kill all sin and vain inclinations which rise up against Thee let sin no longer bear rule in me O Lord but let thy grace more and more abound that all that I do think speak or do may b● favouring more of the desire of Heaven and Heavenly things than of earthly and carnal desires that so I may be approved not only before men to be as ought but to thee to be as Thou requirest to whom O Lord be all honour and glory for ever Amen A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord Almighty the Governour Preserver and continual Protector of Princes to whose beck and will all Kingdoms of the Earth are subject look in mercy and favour O Lord I beseech thee upon the state of thy servant our dear Soverign Lord King Charles and his Royal issue be thou unto him and them a safe refuge in all time of danger and let thy holy Spirt be unto him a continual guide in all his acts and procedings direct him to comfort defend and support us and either to bring our enemies to a perfect peace in embracing the Truth with us or confound their power and devices for ever An Evening Prayer O Heavenly Father and eternal GOD I honour thee I praise thee I yield thee most hearty thanks for all thy benefits and at this time especially O Lord because thou hast patiently and attentively heard my petitions and hast given me soberness and humbleness of mind to utter the same without any interruption I bless Thee my everlasting GOD and with all my heart give thee thanks for that not only thou hast saved me this day from death from hurts and from all perils from my cradle but hast defended both my soul and body from all Misfortunes and Dangers Therefore my soul magnifieth the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour for he hath looked upon the afflictions of his servants and now among all other thy goodness O Lord hear O Lord forgive hearken O God for thy Name sake for it is called upon by me O GOD of Heaven and earth in the evening do I call upon thee that remitting my sins Thou wouldst receive me into thy Protection keep me this Night that the Devil have no power over me for Thou O Lord art my everlasting Protector for behold whether I sleep or wake whether I live or die I am always thine let thy mercy follow me O Lord all the days of my life that I may dwell in thy house and praise thee and that I may in acknowledging thy greatness confess my sinful and wretched weakness And visit me O Lord and drive from me all the assaults of mine enemies both bodily and ghostly and let thy holy Angel be with me and keep me this night and evermore by thy grace and ever let thy blessing be upon me this night and for evermore Amen Prayers for Wednesday Morning O Lord my God and Father blessed be thy name for ever dispose my heart and open my lips c. A Psalm IN thee O LORD have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy Righteousness Bow down thine Ear unto me make hast to deliver me Into thy hands I commend my Spirt for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth I have hated them that hold superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversity Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance and save me for thy mercies sake 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 Wherefore I will confess my wickedness and be sorry for my sin I will take heed unto my ways that I offend not in my tongue Therefore withdraw not thou thy mercy from me O Lord but let thy loving kindness and thy truth always preserve me For my soul is a-thirst for God yea God yea even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God Yea as the Hart desireth the water-brooks so longeth my soul after thee O God Wherefore send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling Why art thou so heavy O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I will yet give Him thanks who is the help of my countenance and my God Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost c. A Morning Prayer O Most merciful and loving Father I thank thee for the sweet sleep and comfortable rest that thou hast given me this night and forasmuch as thou hast commanded by thy holy Word that no man should be idle but always occupied in godly and virtuous exercises every man according to his calling I most humbly beseech thee O Lord that thine eyes may attend upon me that thy grace may daily defend me in danger succour cherish and comfort me in all my needs and distress and govern all my counsels studies and labours in such wise that I may spend this day according to thy blessed will and the discharge of mine own conscience in thee that warily avoiding all things that may displease thee and setting always before mine eyes thy fear I may thy grace assisting me and thy holy spirit guiding me work that which is acceptable before thy divine Majesty unto thy praise and glory for ever Amen A fruitful Confession to GOD for sins commited O Gracious GOD have mercy upon me have mercy upon me look favourably upon me incline thine ears towards me and hide not thy Face now my soul is troubled O Almighty GOD from whose Sight there is no covert and against whose power there is neither resistance
this frail body of mine must tend it self the Image of that which is to the faithful the end of pain and the begining of pleasure the end of misery and the beginning of bliss but to the secure and careless the end of their pleasures and beginning of eternal pains And vouchsafe good LORD that I may have an earnest desire of serving thee and leading my life according unto thy will that whensoever it shall please thee to call me out of this life I be not through fear stricken with doubt of condemnation but even at the last gasp through unfeigned Faith in Jesus Christ may take and have taste of eternal Salvation that death be not bitter or terrible unto me but rather when it cometh I with joy receive the same in the Name of thy Son JESUS Christ Bless me good Lord from the second death the everlasting destruction both of body and soul and justifie me in the death of thy Son that my Name may be registred in the Book of Life O Lord comfort my guilty conscience with the everlasting light of thy bountiful savour and let me have place among thy Saints in thy Heavenly Kingdom LORD for thy mercies sake after this my bodily death give me the fruition of thy presence in the rich Palace of endless bliss to whose merciful Protection I commend with all humility and reverence my soul and body Lord Jesus preserve me Lord Jesus comfort me Lord Jesus pray for me for only into thy hands that hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth I commend my soul both now and for ever Amen A Prayer for a happy departure out of this life O Most gracious and eternal GOD thy years endure throughout all generations and thy days are without end or beginning but the days of Man are determined which he cannot overpass and the number of his Months are foreknown unto thee wherefore instruct me O LORD that being always mindful of my mortality I never promise unto my self many years nor long life in this pilgrimage of mine so shall I not live securely deferring my conversion to thee from day to day nor yet put confidence in this frail and uncertain life as that rich man spoken of in the Gospel but give me grace that in thy fear I may dayly prepare my self to depart out of this prison for nothing is more certain than death though nothing more uncertain than the hour thereof therefore I beseech thee O Lord to let me have always before mine eyes an image and mediation of my departure the better to know the fleeting and vanity of this srail and cumbersome life that I may live to thee my God being sound in faith and strong in hope looking with cheerfulness for the day of my departure and the joyful appearing of thy Son Jesus Christ my Redeemer and make me I beseech thee O LORD a faithful and wise servant looking for the coming of my Lord for that I know not when he will come lest by a sudden hour of death being overtook I being found unready but contrariwise by prudent watching in true conversion and repentance I may covet to be dissolved and to be with CHRIST my Redeemer and grant also O LORD that at the point of death having escaped all hardness and temptations I may triumph like a Conquereor and behold the power and presence of thy holy Spirit and let my last word be that which thy Son did utter upon the Altar of the Cross saying Father into thy hands I commend my spirit and when my speech is taken from me hear O God the groanings of my heart and the hour of death being come let thy servant depart in peace through JESUS Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom be all praise and glory for ever and ever Amen A Petition to GOD the Father O Omnipotent GOD and Father I have asked here at this time many things of thee and yet not deserved any I confess alas that not only those things which I require be not due unto me but in stead of them most grievous punishments yet O LORD lay not my sins to my charge for if thou shouldest I were not able to abide or stand in thy sight but O LORD I most humbly beseech thee that thou wilt forgive me all that is past and grant that I may never hereafter offend in the same again and vouchsafe I beseech thee of thy goodness O Lord to direct sanctifie and keep my heart and body my senses and doings my talk and communication in thy most holy Laws and Commandments and that thy holy Angel may be with me to direct my feet unto the way of peace truth and health that I may be whole safe and free in thee and by thee both here and in the world to come O Christ hear me and save me which livest and reignest with the Father and the holy Spirit God in perfect unity to whom be praise for ever world without end Amen An Evening Prayer O Heavenly Father I with all humility and reverence of heart and mind beseech thee this night which thou hast ordained for man to rest in that thou wilt guard and protect me with thy good guiding Spirit and albeit my sinful flesh shall slumber and sleep yet grant that my soul may continually keep watch and ward let not the enemy find me slumbering and sleeping as careless in the cradle of sinful security lest that whilst I am unarmed that is naked and destitute of thy help and favour he enter in and break up the house of my sinful body and make such havock and spoil and that my infected leprous soul deformed by means of mine iniquity and wounded with the dangerous darts of transgression be thrown with the body of sin unto the lake of destruction make me still O good Lord to consider that the bed is the plain pattern of the grave make me to understand that when I am laid of my self without thy Heavenly Providence I cannot be able to rise again make me also to acknowledge that sleep is the very Figure of death to whose stroke at thy appointed pleasure I must submit my self endue me with love and charity to all men let my lamp O Lord be garnished with oyl that whensoever thy messenger death shall draw nigh and knock at the gate of my body I may at his summons in the day of the Resurrection of the dead be ready to attend on thee my Bride with my burning lamp that is with a stedfast faith when as by Faith I shall be cloathed with a new for my mortal body shall be then covered with immortality and the corruption of my sinful and rebellious flesh then changed to incorruption and perfect purity thy righteousness shall be mine thy merits shall make me perfect and holy by vertue whereof hell shall lose his victory death shall lose his sting my faith and hope shall have its end and reward and I with thy Saints continually dwell in love and
shorten the dangerous days of iniquity increase the number of thy chosen and peculiar Saints hasten thy coming O Saviour Christ that I with the Fellowship of thy Saints heavenly Angels and the blessed Company of Martyrs may celebrate thy praise and worship thee in thy glorious Kingdom before thy Father my God and the Holy Ghost to whom be all honour praise and glory for ever Amen A Prayer taken out of the first Psalm O Almighty and most gracious God take away from me I beseech thee all evil counsels and then my sins suffer me not to run into an ungodly and wicked life and finally keep my mind far from the contempt of godliness and scorning of virtue and instead of these evils Grant that I may continually be occupied in thy Law and sacred Scriptures and that I be not carried about like the wicked as light dust and fruitless chaff with every blast of affection and doctrine but rather that I be as a Tree planted by the Water-brooks and endued with the life of thy Spirit and Faith I may also by the same Spirit bring forth the fruit of good works and that whatsoever I take in hand it may prosper and tend to the praise and glory of thy Name and furtherance of my salvation and that at the last when the wicked shall fall away in thy judgments I may stand stedfast and be made perfect through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour for ever Amen A Prayer to be unloosed of the bands of Satan O Lord by thy mighty power subdue the works of Satan in me O thou wicked Seducer thy works are destroyed thy bands are broken thou shalt not take or bind me avoid sin thou hast lost thy sting thou wast condemned in the flesh nailed to the Cross and crucified with my Lord Christ avoid Death for thou art dead and Hell for thou art swallowed up in Victory avoid thou Dragon and all thine Angels for Michael hath beaten thee and broken thy head he hath freed us from sin and led away captivity captive even he Satan hath over-mastered thee that cried out unto me Fear not for I have overcome the World even he that hath promised to be with me to the end of my Pilgrimage and crieth out that if he be with me none can be against me fight therefore Satan as long as thou wilt thou shalt at length be put to the foil for the mighty Lyon of the Tribe of Juda telleth me that there is no condemnation to them that be in him that Jesus is the Conquerour of the whole World and vanquisher of thee rage thou never so much therefore I say avoid from me for in Christ Jesus I have passed the Sea of my sins thy cursed Army and if thou follow to pursue me thou shalt be drowned in the red Sea of Christs bloud to whom be all honour power and glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven O Father merciful and Everlasting be merciful unto me and give me a feeling of thy blessed will open unto me the way of true knowledge prepare my steps to walk aright that in all the course of my life I may be guided aright and savour more of Heavenly than of Earthly things and let my whole delight be to meditate righteousness let me imbrace equity and execute justice and abound in love mercy sanctity and true holiness and furnish me largely good Lord with all spiritual graces whereby I may continually seek thy Everlasting Kingdom and practise the righteousness thereof for ever illuminate my understanding by thy Spirit and let thy Word be my whole comfort and the use thereof my continual delight and abandon good Lord all superfluous care of worldly things from my thoughts that I may by a continual holy meditation of thee and things above use the things of this life as if I used them not knowing this and assuring my self by thy promise that if I seek and covet to have my conversation on things spiritual all temporal things shall be assuring my self by thy promise that if I seek and covet to have my conversation on things spiritual all temporal things shall be ministred unto me all which my Petitions grant me O Father for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour to whom be all glory for ever and ever Amen Prayers for Saturday Night O Lord my God and heavenly Father blessed be thy Name for ever Dispose my heart open my lips and give me thy holy Spirit c. A Psalm OUT of the deep have I called unto thee O Lord Lord hear my Voice O let thine Ears consider well the voice of my complaint If thou Lord wilt be extream to mark what is said or done amiss O Lord who may abide it I look for the Lord my Soul doth wait for him in his Word is my trust My Soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according to thy Word O take from me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy Law Make me to go in the paths of thy Commandments for therein is my desire O take not the Word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy Judgments I will never forget thy Commandments for with them thou hast quickned me Wherefore O ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption For when I called upon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my Soul with much strength And though I walk in the midst of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me The Lord shall make good his loving kindness towards me yea thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever despise not then the work of thine own hands Wherefore I will praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O let us sing praises unto his name for it is lovely Thy Name O Lord endureth for ever so doth thy memorial O Lord from Generation to Generation Glory be c. A most fruitful Prayer for a blessed aad godly life O Merciful Father the honour of my salvation and my defender in whom I only put my whole trust I unhappy wretch have many waies stirred thee up I have done evil before thy face I have provoked thy displeasure I have sinned and thou hast suffered me I have offended and yet thou sustainest me Yea and besides all this while I defer from time to time thou tarriest for me O Lord the God of my health I cannot tell what to answer there is no place to fly from thee or to hide me thou shewest me the way to live well and givest me knowledge how to go Wherefore O Father of mercy and God of all consolation strike my heart with thy fear that with fearing I may escape those things which thou threatnest and grant me the comfort of thy salvation that in loving I may obtain those things which thou promisest O Lord which art my strength and deliverer tell me
11. Thou shalt purge me with Hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter than snow 12. Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 13. O remember not the sins and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness 14. For thy Name sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great 15. Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am destitute and in misery 16. Remember not O Lord mine iniquities nor the iniquities of my fore-fathers neither take thou vengeance of my sins but spare me good Lord whom thou hast redeemed with thy pretious blood and be not angry with me for ever 17. Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven and whose sin is covered 18. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin and in whose spirit there is no guile 19. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble Spirit 20. O taste and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that putteth his trust in him 21. O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy word Glory be to c. O Most gracious Lord God I beseech thee help thy servant whom of thy mercy thou hast created repair the ruins of my soul inlarge the frame of my understanding thereof cleanse it from all filthy corruption and garnish it with all heavenly graces that it may be both conveniently fit and furnished to receive thee that thou mayst make thy entry and possess that which is thy own both by creation and redemption and merits of thy passion through Jesus Christ Amen Before the receiving Ex Liturg. GRant O most merciful Father I beseech thee that I receiving these thy Creatures of Bread and Wine according to the holy institution of our Saviour Jesus Christ in remembrance of his death and passion may be partaker of his blessed Body and Blood and that my sinful body may be made clean by his Body and my sinful soul washt through his most precious Blood which was shed for the remission of all my sins through the same Jesus Christ Amen Immediately before the Receiving Matth. 8. 8. Lord I am not worthy thou shouldest come under my roof but speak the word only and my soul shall be healed II. O Lamb of God let me eat thy Flesh and drink thy Blood that I may live everlastingly by thee and cloath me with the wool of thy mercy that no winter or storm of sin do pinch my silly soul III. O blessed Jesus let the Blood that ran from thy blessed Heart wash my soul from all sin and iniquity and purchase me thy heavenly grace and benediction Amen Immediately after Receiving PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy name and forget not all his benefits which saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness Psal 103. I will give thanks unto the Lord for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for ever Psal 106. Alleluja Salvation and Glory and Honour and Power be unto the Lord our God Amen Revel 19. 1. Thanksgiving after the Receiving of the Blessed Sacrament Ex. Liturg. O Almighty and everlasting Lord God I thy most humble servant according to my bounden duty and service do render unto thy Fatherly goodness all possible praise and thanksgiving for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed me with the holy mystery and spiritual food of the precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ thy Son and my Saviour assuring me thereby of thy grace and favour towards me and that I am a member incorporate in thy mystical body the blessed company of faithful people and also heir through hope of thy everlasting Kingdom by the merits of his most precious death and passion and grant me O Lord for the time to come the assistance of thy grace and heavenly benediction that I may continue in all such good works as thou hast prepared for me to walk in to the glory of thy Name and my everlasting comfort through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen A Psalm 1. PRaise the Lord O my Soul and all that is within me praise his holy name which saveth thy self from destruction and feedeth thee with the Bread of Heaven 2. I will always give thanks unto the Lord his praises shall ever be in my mouth 3. Thy merciful kindness is evermore towards us and thy truth O Lord is everlasting 4. Great is the Lord and marvellous to be praised there is no end of his greatness 5. He loveth Righteousness and Judgment the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6. Be glad O ye Righteous and rejoice in the Lord and be joyful all ye that are true of heart 7. I will give thanks unto thee with my whole heart I will speak of thy marvellous works 8. O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his holy name 9. Let my heart be filled with gladness and my mouth with praise that I may sing of thy glory and with the rest of thy Saints give honour to thy Majesty in the eternal fruition of thy presence through Christ 10. My mouth shall speak of the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever Amen Vers Praise the Lord. Resp The Lord's name be praised O Almighty and eternal God what worthy praise can I give unto thee by whose goodness I was created by whose mercy I was redeemed by whose power I am preserved and by whose grace I hope to be glorified and for all other thy blessings and benefits which I enjoy both in soul and body and especially for feeding me this day with the precious body and blood of Jesus Christ I will therefore offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving and always praise thy holy Name beseeching thee to pour upon my heart the sweet streams of thy mercy conform my life confirm my faith and guide me by thy grace that thy servant may with strong assurance of thine infallible truth and promised mercy vanquish and subdue whatsoever rebelleth against thy blessed will keep holy my soul and body and let them not be defiled through delectation of sin but that my full delight and joy may be in thee and walk before thee in sincerity of heart and godly conversation that I may here on earth glorifie thy name and after this life with all thy faithful flock possess that everlasting inheritance which thy Son Christ Jesus hath purchased to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen John 5. 14. Behold thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee 1 John 1. 17. If we walk in the light