in the Visitation of the sick And CHAP. XV. of this book VI. Petitions for pardon and peace of Conscience Psalms 103.32.43.63 VII Petitions for grace with vows of holy living Psalms 25.26.50 VIII Faith and entire hope in God. Psalms 23.27.16.31.62 Habak v. 17.18.19 Heb. 11. and 12. IX Happiness of the pious and misery of the ungodly Psalms 1 11.37.52.112.24.34 73. X. Praiâ—es of God for his creation and providence Psalms 103.104.135.145 146.136.147.107.113.8.5.19.65.66.67.74.33.36 XI Praises of God for his salvation and wonderful works Psalms 105.106 Acts 7. Deut. 32. Exod. 15. XII Church Psalms 46.47.48 XIII King. Psalms 20.21.61.72 XIV Publick peace plenty and health Psal. 144. XV. Wars and tumults Psalms 25.64.59.3 XVI Victory Psalms 144.124 Exod. 15. GOING TO OR FROM THE CHURCH CHAP. VII I. Going into Church Sunday LOrd I love the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth Psal. 26.8 One day in thy courts is better then a thousand Psal. 84.10 Lord most merciful hear me in the house of prayer Munday I now enter the Church as I would heaven it self with all reverence of the Majesty Eternal which fills heaven and earth with utmost affection and intention to my bounden duty and most honourable service with faith and hope in the Almighty and most Gracious Creatour and Preserver of all things with full purpose of holy living and also with great joy for the fellowship of all blessed men and of all blessed Angels in my devotion Tuesday How amiable are thy dwellings O Lord God of hosts my soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into thy courts Psal. 84.1 2. My heart and my flesh rejoyceth in thee O merciful God. Amen Lord let me by faith behold thee in thy sanctuary and there see thy power and glory and there find thy favour and remission Amen Wednesday Send out thy light and thy truth that they may leade me unto the altar of God even unto the God of my joy and gladness Psal. 84.4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be always praising thee Amen Psal. 84.4 In the multitude of his mercies we will go into his tabernacle and fall low on our knees before his footstool For the Lord our God is holy Psal. 99.9 Thursday I will take heed to my feet and to the motions of my heart now I go into the house of God and not dare to carry wrath or lust or dishonesty or intemperance in thither We wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple O Let us magnify the Lord our God together Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his name and worship him in the beauty of holiness Yea let the whole world stand in awe of him Amen Friday I will wash my hands in innocency and so will I go to thine altar that I may shew the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works For ever blessed be God who hath made me a Priest in his Church and perpetually engaged me to his house and to his sacraments and to the study and example of piety Saturday I was glad when they said unto me We will go into the house of the Lord to give thanks to the name of our God. O pray for the peace of the Church they shall prosper that love thee Amen Psal. 122.1 4 6. Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go in unto them and praise the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it Psal. 118.10 20. II. Going out of the Church Sunday BLessed be God for his Grace Munday Be it unto us all most gracious Saviour according to our faith Tuesday We have thought of thy loving kindness in the midst of thy temple This God is our God for ever and ever and he will be our guide unto death Amen for Jesus his sake Wednesday Look down O God of mercies upon me and these my brethren who have kneeled unto thee Accept our zeal and devotion and ever prosper us from thy holy place Christ being our Mediatour Amen Thursday Thy word is the truth O Blessed Jesus Ask and ye shall receive seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you Hallelujah Friday O when shall I come again and appear before the presence of the living God either in thy temple amongst thy faithful people or else O blessed hour at thy holy seat in heaven Saturday O Lord God Almighty who knowest the hearts of all the children of men whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain have respect unto the sincere and humble and united supplications of thy servants when they pray unto thee in the church and when thou hearest forgive and maintaine our right and peace and teache us the good way wherein we should walk that we may fear thee all the days of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 1 Kings c. 8. OCCASIONAL REFLECTIONS· CHAP. VIII I. Reading O Wisdom and Love Eternal instruct and bless me Amen II. Doubts and Cases of Conscience If I forgo my Profit and my Pleasure if I take up thy Cross as well as thy Name O holy Jesus I shall easily resolve my Scruples of Conscience III. Distraction and dulness at Prayer The Lord is here the Lord is here yea I have invoked him I dare not tempt the Almighty Will God regard my Prayer when I regard it not my self IV. Vain Objects Turn away mine eyes O Lord that they behold not Vanity and convert my heart to thy Commandments for Christ his sake Amen V. Temptation to sin How can I do this wickedness and sin against my God VI. Great danger For Jesus his sake save thy servant O Lord who putteth his trust in thee Amen VII Losses The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the Name of the Lord now and for ever Amen VIII Suffering for Righteousness sake The light Afflictions of this life work for us an Eternal Weight of Glory while we look not on the things that are Seen and Temporal but after the Invisible and Eternal IX Dressing I desire I delight to put on as the Elect of God and Baptised into Christ the Armour of Light Love Righteousness Meekness Mercy and the rest of the Vertues of the Lord Jesus X. Washing Wash me throughly O Lord from mine Iniquity and cleanse me from my sin as once thou didst at my Baptism I am ready for the meanest offices of Charity and Humanity since the Lord of Glory washt his Disciples Feet I will lift up pure and innocent hands to God most Holy that dwelleth in the heavens Amen XI Candletinding Bring us all O God to the Light Everlasting for Christ his sake Amen XII Vndressing I have put off the old man with all his evil deeds I am ready also to be unclothed of this mortal flesh when and where and how thou pleasest O Almighty Creatour O most
without Jerusalem between two thieves for the Remission of the Sins of the world and the Saving this poor soul I believe I adore this unconceivable Condescension this strange and God like Charity And I now most humbly acknowledge and confess that all my Duty Zeal and Service in respect of this thy Love and Passion is very vileness and ingratitude Wherefore renouncing the works of Satan and the vanities of the world I will for ever obey thee worship thee thank thee O help me by thy Grace Blessed Redeemer and hold up my goings in the paths that my footsteps slip not Amen II. Munday MOst holy and most merciful Father to whom all things in heaven and earth do bowe and obey with utmost Reverence I adore thy divine Majesty thy eternal and infinite Perfection and rendring my humble and early Thanks to thee for restoring to me this morning my Senses and Reason and Vigour I again submit and dedicate both my Soul and Body with all their Powers and Actions to thy holy Will and Pleasure desiring and fully purposing to serve thee faithfully this day and all the days of my life by the Grace of thy holy Spirit and through the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ thy beloved Son and my most blessed Saviour Amen Teach me thy way O God and I will walk in thy Truth Unite my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Psal. 86.11 Or. By thy great Goodness O Lord I here present my self unto thee as a living reasonable and bounden Sacrifice and perpetual Devote Rom. 12.1 Vouchsafe O Lord to keep me and mine this day without Sin and without Peril Amen for Christ his sake I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him I lift up my heart to the Lord. It is meet and right and our bounden duty it is our greatest honour and glory that we that I above all living should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee and praise and bless and Adore thee heavenly Father Lord God Almighty my Creatour Saviour and Defender Wherefore with thousands and thousands of thousands of glorious and innocent Angels Archangels Thrones and Dominions with Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessours Benefactours and all blessed Souls and with all the Faithful upon earth of every Kindred People and Language I fall down and Worship and laud and magnify thy holy Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Amen Regard O Eternal the devotion and accent of thy humble Creature made lower and courser then the Angels of a tainted life inhabiting the dust and now trembling by reason of his offences and guilt By thy Word O Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth Thou layest the beams of thy chambers in the waters and makest the clouds thy chariots and walkest upon the wings of the wind Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters which are within the heavens hail and snow clouds and storm thunder and lightning fulfilling his word Psal. 33. and 104. and 19. III. Tuesday O Lord thou art my God early will I seek thee O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust Lift now up O Lord the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and be my support all the day long for the sake of the dearest Jesus Amen There is no true peace but in thy favour through well doing wherefore my awakened soul fleeth first unto thee O Lord O Lord receive me I humbly and constantly beg of thee Almighty and most benign Father a sound mind and body a devout heart an honest humble meek and charitable Disposition an innocent and peaceable Life a good Name an inoffensive Old Age a serene and Christian Dâ—ath and a blessed Immortality resigning my Life wholly to thy holy Will and Pleasure through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen With faithful and blessed men of all ages with the never-ceasing Seraphims and with the Voices of the heavenly multitude as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thundrings I close in now with all ardor and cheerfulness saying Halleluiah Glory and Honour Salvation and Power unto the Lord our God. Let us rejoyce and be glad and with open and elevated hands and hearts give honour unto him For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in Righteousness and Mercy world without end Amen Rev. c. 19. Or Let us watch and be sober as children of the light and of the day always looking to Jesus the Author of our Faith the Rule of our Life and the Pledge of our Glory Amen O Lord be gracious to me and all mine We have waited for thee For thou art our Arm every morning and our Salvation in the time of Trouble Isaiah 33.2 Gracious God I am not worthy of the least of all thy Mercies and the Truth thou hast shewn unto thy servant Gen. 31.10 Let them praise the Lord that go down to the sea in ships and trade in mighty waters Yea let all the earth fear the Lord and stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world who gathered the waters together on an heap and laid up the deep as in a treasure house who made the dry land to appear out of confusion and commanded it to bring forth herbs and trees for the use of man and beast Hallelujah IV. Wednesday O Thou that hearest Prayer to thee shall all flesh come Psal. 65.3 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice in the morning I will stand before thee and will look up and wait for thy favour The glorious Majesty of the Lord be upon me and all mine Prosper thou the works of our hands O direct and prosper thou our handy work Psal. 90.17 The Lord is a light and defence The Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing will he withhold from them that lead a godly life O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Psal. 84.12 13. Lord pardon all my sins confirm me in piety bless me in my lawful calling keep my soul and body from all evil and fit me for Eternity for the immense merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Advocate Amen O Lord our Governour when I consider the Sun and Moon and Stars those vast and glorious Lights which thou hast created and that thou canst create ten thousand worlds more what is Man that mite upon this Globe that thou art mindful of him and visitest him every morning Thou O Jesus art the true and eternal Light the Sun of Righteousness that lighteth every man that cometh into the world Oh quicken and irradiate my heart Amen Or How dear are thy Counsels thy Mercies to me O God how great is the summ of them They are more in number then the sand they are new every minute
will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord and offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving through Jesus Christ. Amen Psal. 116.11 12 15. AT RECEIVING THE CUP· CHAP. XIII I. AMen Jesus Master have mercy on us Luke 17.13 Let this Blood purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the Almighty and most gracious Father to honour thee the Everliving Saviour and for ever to obey and fear thee most holy and quickning Spirit Amen Lord I will serve thee better I will obey thee Succour my weakness pity my infirmity Dear Lord. Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Iohn 21.17 What honour hath Almighty God done me that I should be the vessel of this divine mystery and bear within my breast the Lord Jesus I adore I give thanks II. Thou art made whole go and sin no more no more by anger lust excess fraud slandering c. Ioh. 8.11 Our God is a consuming fire to the perverse and impenitent Our God is a merciful Father to the humble and relenting Orator As is his Majesty so is his mercy Ecclus. 2.18 Both infinite and incomprehensible both to be acknowledged admired and adored O Majesty everlasting I fear thee I worship thee I trust in thee through Jesus Christ. Amen Let me not O let me not again pollute this body and soul with my habitual and grievous sins as c. after I have received thy body and blood O Lord who hast created me and redeemed me Grant me thy grace O God that I may fulfil the places and offices thou callest me to in this life Amen III. Lord bless these and the rest of my brethren and let us live eternally together ever praising and Adoring thee For by this great and attractive sacrament we all become one bread one bloud one soul and consent have all one faith one hope one heaven one Lord the blessed Lord Jesus the knot and center of this most immense and pious fraternity and eminently one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in us all to whom be glory and obedience everlasting Amen in heaven Amen on earth From thy one precious body O wonderful Saviour thou feedest and revivest five thousand and five thousand thousand millions of thy disciples and followers Aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae Prudent Say O Lord and thy word is omnipotent This day salvation is come unto this house Luk. 19.9 IV. The bread of God is he that came down from heaven and giveth light to the world Lord evermore give us of this bread Ioh. 6.33 34. Thus thus will we shew sorth thy death O Jesus till thou comest again and blessed are those servants whom at the end of the world the Lord shall find so doing yea verily blessed is he that eateth meat in the kingdom of God. Luk. 12. 43. c. 14.15 He that solemnly and faithfully and seriously contemplates my Passion and Philanthropy and amends his life for that consideration He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day Amen Holy Jesus who art the Resurection and the life Ioh. 6.54 56. Master it is good for us to be here Mark. 9.2 Do not our hearts burn within us while the Lord opens to us the scriptures opens to us his precious side Full is the satisfaction inexpressible the joy of those that love thee O Jesus Angels and men consent heaven and earth joyn together to praise thee serve and worship thee and with these my poor soul the meanest of all thy creation Good Lord accept us I will give thanks unto thee among thy people and sing praises unto thee among the faithful My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed For thy â—ercy is greater then the heavens and thy truth reaâ—heth above the clouds Set up thy self O Lord above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth Thou hast wrought redemption in the midst of the earth O Jesus and vanquisht all the enemies of guilty mankind and art seated at the right hand of Father the Lord and worship of angels Hosanna in the highest The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass The word was made flesh the beloved Son of God died for us Let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever V. I â—ill read Ioh. c. 18. and c. 17. the security and consolation of the Church and also Rom. c. 8. and the hymn Come holy Ghost our souls inspire c. In the ordering of Priests Almighty God who hast given thy onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an example of Godly life Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour our selves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Most holy spirit the efficacy and life of this mystery bless me with these thy gifts and fruits meekness modesty sobriety prudence diligence honesty fidelity constancy chariâ—y kindness and devotion from the time of this holy Sacrament For I have now dedicated and given up entirely my soul senses and affections my will wit and reason to the glory and service of Jesus Christ who dyed for me I must I will obey him in all things Lord forgive Lord help me My soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee Psal. 21.21 I am altogether confounded and swallowed up with the immense grace of God I am throughly possest glorious Lord with thy love and boundless favour to me I long I here endeavour yet cannot tell how to express my thankfullness and obedience My thoughts and contrivance and my words and lauds my action and zeal cannot do it to any fitness or content Lord still excite and still direct my gratitude I would be as thankful to thee as humble as obedient as any creature in heaven or earth Father Almighty make me so Amen Now Lord Jesus who wast expanded on the cross for me command me what thou wilt Use me in the hazards and difficulties of thy Church thy purchase and thy glory Bid me walk upon the sea I will obey thee and thy right hand shall hold me up And I will not deny thee in the Court or in the Garden I am ready to lay down my estate my liberty and also my life would to God it were a clean and entire sacrifice for Christs religion and to be obedient unto the death Assist and strengthen my mind O blessed Saviour by thy grace thy intercession thy example Amen All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth faith the ascending Jesus Go ye therefore