thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lordâ— purge it from all Atheisme Heresy Schisme Superstition Factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptisme may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant Good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the Merits and by the Grace of the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may Serve thee and thou Bless them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gratious Soveraigne treasure up in Him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to Thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that He may live long and be full of honourable success all his daies in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer Reference the place where I was borne c Every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom Friends Dr c. All those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me Service even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the Afflicted members of the body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted Send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my estate as their's is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their Power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorne of the World Amen O Domine Jesu Da quod jabes jube quod vis Facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quomodo vis O Tu qui Salus es omnium sperantium in Te. Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Iudicium tuum Animam meam nunc semper praecipue in hora mortis meae Quae mors obnixe precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum nunquam ita adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem Spem Charitatem memoriam intellectum Sanum usque ad extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des peccatis meis Misericordiam Veniam Ecclesiae tuae Pacem Concordiam mihi peccatorum primo Gratiam in hac vita Gloriam in futura Ita ita venias O Domine Jesu miserere mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes only give mee I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a Patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this Life and to Glory in the Life to come through Iesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us Give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Iesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light anâ— thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may goe unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almighty and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth Mercifully hear my supplications for my selfe and all thy people grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Iesus came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithfull servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting Life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our Sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may â—peedily deliver us To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory world without end Amen Lord let thine Angels tarry round about
humillime peta verbo exemplo quibus pâ—aesum proficere Ut una cum Grege mihi credito ad vitam perveniam sempiternam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Deus mi Pater clementissime gratia tua ita in me operetur ut sim humilis in recusando omne magnâ—m ministâ—â—ium subditus tamen in suscipiendo â—idelis in servando stâ—enuus in exequendo iâ— regendo populo vigilans in corrigendo vehemens in amando aâ—dens in sustinendo patiens in moderando prudens ut proiis quibus praesum Deo me interponam consulenti opponam iâ—ascenti in fiducia meritis Jesu Christi Salvatoris nostri Amen O Lord as the rain cometh down from heaven and returns not thither but waters the Earth and makes it bud and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth let it not return to me void but accomplish that which thou wilt and prosper in the thing whereto thou hast sent it that the people committed to my charge may go out with joy and be led forth in peace to thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Son of God thou which takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon me in this heavy Charge Amen Rex O Lord grant the King a long life that his years may endure as many ages Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him that they may preserve him so will I alwaies sing praises unto thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear the King in the day of his trouble that thy Name O God of Iacob may defend him Send him help from thy Sanctuary and strength out of Sion Grant him his hearts desire fulfill all his mind Set his heart firm upon thee and upon other things but as they are in and from thee that we his Servants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand And O Lord close not mine eyes till I see thy favour shine ouâ— upon him even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Ecclesia O Lord we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion that they which do lean only upon hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gracious Father I humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholick Church fill it with all truth in all truth with all peace Where it is corrupt purge it where it is in error direct it where it is superstitious rectifie it where any thing is amiss reform it where it is right strengthen and confirm it where it is in want furnish it where it is divided and rent asunder make up the breaches of it O thou holy one of Israel Amen O merciful God since thou hast ordered me to live in these times in which the rents of thy Church are grievous I humbly beseech thee to guide me that the divisions of men may not separate me either from thee or it that I may ever labour the preservation of truth and peace that where for and by our sins the peace of it succeeds not thou wilt yet accept my will for the deed that I may still pray even while thou grantest not because I know thou wilt grant it when thou seest it fit In the mean time bless I beseech thee this Church in which I live that in it I may honour and serve thee all the daies of my life and after this be glorified by thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou hast brought a Vine out of Egypt and planted it thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land O why hast thou broken down her hedge that all which go by pluck off her grapes the wild boar out of the wood rooteth it up and the wild beasts of the field devour it O turn thee again thou God of Hosts look down from heaven behold and visit this Vine and the place of the Vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self Lord hear me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord except thou buildest the house their labour is but lost that build it and except thou O Lord keep the City the Watchman waketh but in vain It is but lost labour to rise early and take late rest and to eat the bread of carefulness if thou bless not the endeavours that seek the peace and the welfare of thy Church Therefore O Lord build thy Church and keep it and take care for it that there may be no lost labour amoâ—g the builders of it Amen O Lord our God the great the mighty and the terrible God O thou which keepest covenant and mercy let not all the trouble seem little before thee that hath come upon us upon our Priests upon the Houses built and dedicated to thy Name upon the Maintenance for them that serve at thy Altar upon our Kings State and People since that day of affliction Thou art just in all that is brought upon us For thou hast done right but we have done wickedly Yet O Lord have mercy and turn to us again for Iesus and his mercy sake Amen Respublica O Lord thou which bringest the counsels of the Heathen to nought and makest the devices of the people to be of none effect and castest out the counsels of Princes when they have offended thee Have mercy upon this Kingdom forgive the sins of this People turn thee unto them and bless them that the world may say Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his Inheritance Lord hear and grant for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord bless this Kingdom that Religion and Virtue may season all sorts of men that there may be Peace within the Gates and Plenty within the Palaces of it In Peace I beseech thee so preserve it that it corrupt not In War so defend it that it suffer not In Plenty so order it that it riot not In Want so pacifie and moderate it that it may patiently and peaceably seek thee the only full supply both of Men and States that so it may continue a Place and a People to do thee service to the end of time through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord according to all thy righteousness I beseech thee let thine anger be turned away from this City and thy People and cause thy face to shine upon
Charles the new-born Princess the Lady Mary and with them in a hopeful healthful and succesful Posterity that the whole Kingdome may have fulness of joy in them and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise so troublesome and fearful And for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off so soon and so happily We know and acknowledge before thee our sins and what grievous punishments they have deserved But Lord we beseech thee still to remember us in mercy and long to bless our Gracious King with life and healâ—h and strength and happiness and above all with the fear of thy holy Name that so he may continue under thee and over us a Father of the State a Patron of the Church a Comfort to his Royal Queen till he see his Childrens Children and peace upon Israel Grant this good Lord even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Most gracious God and loving Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy in blessing the Queen's Majesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her most happy life both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles the rest of their Princely Issue particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York that they all may prove a healthful hopeful and a succesful Posterity that both Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come And this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victory we humbly beseech thee to guard our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles to bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdome and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success Grant blessed Lord that Victory may attend his designes and that his liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle his Subjects in Peace and the true fear of thy Divine Majesty that he may return with joy and honour and proceed long to Govern his Kingdoms in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and Giver of all Victory We humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King CHARLES To bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success especially against those his Traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anointed Soveraign do at this time in Rebellious manner invade this Realm Grant Blessed Lord that Victory may attend his Majesties designs that his Liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Enemies Enable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name he may return with joy and honour continue to Govern his Kingdomes in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen Quotidie O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c. O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the daies of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Changing shall come So Amen Lord Iesu. Amen Absolutio OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truely repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Admissio in Ecclesiam GOd who of his mercy hath given you grace to give your self to his Church Preserve aud keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancy in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ I Readmit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen His Grace's Speech according to the Original written with his own hand and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne now Lord Arch-Bishop of York Good People THis is an uncomfortable time to preach yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture Heb. 12.2 Let us run with patience that race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God I have been long in my Race and how I have looked unto Iesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith he best knows I am now come to the end of my Race and here I find the Cross a death of shame But the shame must be despised or no coming to the right hand of God Iesus despised
infirmities and those things which for my unworthiness I dare not and for my blindness I cannot ask vouchsafe to give me for the worthiness of thy Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I will put my trust in thee alwayes O let thy people do it with me and I will pour out my heart before thee O God my hope Amen O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keep thy Statutes O Lord direct them Amen O Lord teach me the way of thy Statutes and I shall keep it unto the end yea I shall keep it with my whole heart O stablish thy word in thy sevant that I may fear thee and that for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I will call upon thee in my troubles O deliver me and hear me and then especially at what time any storm falls upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy Statuts That my whole heart may seek thee and that I may not go wrong out of thy Commandments That I may take greater delight in the way of thy Testimonies then in all manner of riches Amen O Praise the Lord all ye his servants ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord. With these O Lord I lift up my hands to thy Sanctuary and will praise thy Name O Lord be with me this Evening in all the mercies of Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen Miserae carnis meae infirmitatem tu nosti qui finxisti me Invisibilium hostium meorum vigilantiam tu nosti qui vides eos Protegat me ala bonitatis tuae per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord there is no hiding me from thy presence For if I should say the darkness shall cover me then shall my night be turned to day For the darkness is no darkness with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darkness and the light to thee are both alike Therefore O God I present my self open before thee O cleanse my soul that it may rejoyce to be seen of thee in Iesus Christ. Amen Die jam transacto graâ—ias tibi ago Domine gloriam tibi tribuo quod sine scandalo hymnis effero quod liber ab insidiis diem transegerim per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Thy righteousness O God is very high and great things are they which thou hast done for me O God who is like unto thee Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side Therefore will I praise thee and thy righteousness O God and unto thee will I sing O thou holy One of Israel My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee and so will my soul which thou hast delivered My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long for many are confounded brought to shame that have sought to do me evil O Lord continue thy blessings to me and multiply my thankfulness to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou keeper of Israel which in the watch over thy servants dost neither slumber nor sleep be my keeper and preserve me this night O keep my soul. Amen Lord give me grace to make haste and not prolong the time to keep thy Commandments That I may call my own ways to remembrance and turn my feet to thy Testimonies And then at midnight will I rise and give thee thanks because of thy righteous judgments O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Wo is me that I am constrainâ—d to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar For my soul hath too long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace Too long O Lord but that it is thy good pleasure to continue my dwelling in this vale of misery Amen Quid es ô Deus meus Quid rogo nisi Dominum Deus Quis enim Dominus praeter Dominum aut quis Deus praeter Deum nostrum Summe Optime Potentissime Misericordissime Iustissime Secretissime Presentissime Pulcherrime Fortissime Stabilis Incomprehensibilis Immutabilis mutans omnia Nunquam novus nunquam vetus innovans omnia in vetustatem perducens superbos nesciunt Semper agens semper quietus colligens non egens Portans implens protegens creans nutriens perficiens Quaeris cum nihil desit tibi Amas necaestuas Zelas securus es Poenitet te non doles Irasceris tranquillus es Opera mutas non consilium Recipis quod invenis nunquam amisisti Nunquam inops gaudes lucris Nunquam avarus usuras exigis Supererogatur tibi ut debeas quis habet quicquam non tuum Reddis debita nulli debens Donas debita nihil perdens Et quid dicimus Deus meus vita mea dulcedo mea sancta Aut quid dicit aliquis quum de te dicit Et vae tacentibus de te quoniam loquaces muti sunt Miserere mei Deus ut loquar de te glorificem nomen tuum Amen PROSPERA LOrd this is the time of fear keep thy servant from Presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me That though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the Great offence even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthy of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endeavours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my enemies and wisdom to prevent them A heart to love my friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me love thy Church and the place where thine honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanity and quicken thou me in thy way Amen O Domine misericors quando a te ipse exoratus nec enim unquam ita vivimus ut exorare mereamur pacificos nobis dies proventus uberes divitem bonis omnibus tranquillitatem abundantiam dederis super vota crescentem ne sinas me tanta secundarum rerum prosperitate corrumpi ne tui penitus obliviscar mei sed humilitatem gratitudinem adauge per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Familia Domus VIsita quaeso Domine habitationem meam et omnes insidias Inimici ab ea longe repelle Angeli tui sancti habitent in ea nos in pace sanitate custodiant benedictio tua sit super nos semper per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Linguae fraenum LEt the words of my mouth
tibi Deus Gratias tibi vera una Trinitas una trina Veritas trina una Unitas Gratias tibi Deus Pater qui Filium tuum ostendisti mihi Doctorem dedisti O semper des in misericordiis antiquis Amen My heart is ready O Lord my heart is ready I will sing and give praise yea I will praise thee among the People and I will sing unto thee among the Nations O let thy Mercy which is great unto the heavensâ— and thy Truth which reacheth unto the clouds imbrace me and preserve me to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most highest For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the Throne that judgest right Lord continue to be my defence against the oppressor and my refuge in due time of trouble that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Iesus Christ. Amen My trust is in thee O God and my heart is joyful in thy salvation I will sing unto thee O Lord because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise thy Name O Lord most highest Amen O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee Amen What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Amen I will alwaies give thanks unto thee O Lord thy praise shall ever be in my mouth My soul shall make her boast of thee O my God and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad For I sought thee O Lord and thou heardest me and didst deliver me out of all my fear even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glory every day Amen O Lord who is like unto thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversitiesâ— but thou wilt I hope return and quicken me thou wilt return and take me out of this depth Amen I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for ever For great is thy mercy towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast given me of thy truth for giving me a love to it and thy Church for quieting my soul in the midst of thy Churches distractions for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee whereas no true content is found without thee Lord I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign the place to which thou hast raised me the means which thou hast given me to do good Lord I cannot name all thy blessings how shall I thank thee for them Lord I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them O give a heart to desire all this and grace to perform it that my sins may be forgiven me and that I may be thine through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O praise the Lord for he is gracious O sing unto his Name for it is lovely I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name and that because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things Lord give me grace to obey thy Word and to honour thy Name for ever in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pro Inimicis O Lord I beseech thee forgive mine enemies all their sins against thee and give me that measure of thy grace that for their hatred I may love them for their cursing I may bless them for their injury I may do them good and for their persecution I may pray for them Lord I pray for them forgive them for they know not what they do Amen Deus Pacis Charitatis da omnibus inimicis mihi pacem charitatem omniumque remissionem peccatorum meque ab eorum insidiis potenter eripe per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord consider mine Enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me Lord deliver me from them Amen Almighty God I humbly beâ—seech thee look upon the hearty deâ—ires of thy humble servant and stretch out the right hand of thy Majestie to be my defence against all mine Enemies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Be merciful unto me O God for mine Enemies would swallow me up and many they are which fight against me O thou most highest they gather together and keep themselves close they mark my steps because they lay wait for my soul. But when I was afraid I trusted in thee and when I cry then shall mine Enemies turn back This thou wilt make me know when thou art with me Be with me therefore O Lord and let me see deliverance Amen O Lord let not them that are mine Enemies triumph over me neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me either without a cause or for thy cause Amen O Lord God in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me lest they devour my soul like a Lyon and tear it in pieces while there is none to help Lift up thy self O God because of the indignation of mine Enemies arise up for me in the Judgment which thou hast commanded that my help may still be from thee O God who preservest them that are true of heart Amen Have mercy upon me O God consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death Amen Hear my voice O God in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the Enemy hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked and from the rage of the workers of iniquity They have whet their tongues like a sword and shoot out their arrows even bitter words Lord deliver me from them Amen Episcopatus DEâ—s omnium fidelium Pastor Rector me Famulum tuum quem Pastorem Ecclesiae Cantuar. praeesse voluisti propitius respice Da mihi
whatsoever is desolate therein for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Pro Afflictis O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Regnum Angliae BEnedic Domine Deus omnipotens Regnum hoc ut sit in eo sanitas castitas victoria virtus omnis gratiarum actio Deo Patri Filio Spiritui Sancto et haec Benedictio maneat super hoc Regnum super habitantes in eo per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Iejunium O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my prayer unto thee I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen Quadragesima O Lord which for our sake didst fast fourty days fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen Rogationes STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Iejunia quatuor Temporum ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church Give thy grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Consecrationes Ordinationes O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercy cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Exilium LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans cruelty may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Country where I learnd to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the daies of my life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Martyrium LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Eucharistia Quaecunque ab Infantia usque ad momentum hoc sciens vel ignorans intus vel extra dormiens vel vigilans verbis factis vel cogitationibus per jacula Inimici ignita per desideria cordis immunda peccavi tibi miserere mei dimitte mihi per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God and most merciful Father give me I beseech thee that grace that I may duely examine the inmost of my heart and my most secret thoughts how I stand before thee Lord I confess all my sins and my unworthiness to present my self at thine Altar But thou canst forgive sin and give repentance do both Gracious Father and then behold I am clean to come unto thee Lord make me a worthy receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercy sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me grace to receive the blessed Body and Blood of thy Son my most blessed Saviour that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin that being made clean it may nourish me in faith hope charity and obedience with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee that in all the future course of my life I may shew my self such an ingrafted member into the Body of thy Son that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may dishonour his Name Grant this O Lord I beseech thee even for his merit and mercy sake Amen O Lord God hear my prayers I come to thee in a stedfast faith yet for the clearness of my faith Lord enlighten it for the strength of my faith Lord encrease it And behold I quarrel not the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed Institution I know his words are no gross unnatural conceit but they are spirit and life and supernatural While the world disputes I believe He hath promised me if I come worthily that I shall receive his most precious Body and Blood with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthy I know I can no more die eternally then that Body and Blood can die and be shed again My Saviour is willing in this tender of them both unto me Lord so wash and cleanse my soul that I may now and at all times else come prepared by hearty prayers devotion and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing the Pledge and Earnest of eternal life in the merits of the same Iesus Christ who gave his Body and Blood for me Amen Almighty God unto
own heads and perhaps upon the Cities also And this hath been lately practised against my self the Magistrates standing still and suffering them openly to proceed from Parish to Parish without check God forgive the setters of this withall my heart I beg it but many well-meaning people are caught by it In S. Stephens case when nothing else would serve they stirred up the people against him Act. 6. 12. And Herod went the same way when he had killed S. Iames yet he would not venture upon S. Peter till he found how the other pleased the people Acts 12. 3. But take heed of having your hands full of blood Esai 1. 15. For there is a time best known to himself when God above other sins makes Inquisition for blood And when that Inquisition is on foot the Psalmist tells us Psal. 9. 12. that God remembers but that 's not all he remembers and forgets not the complaint of the poor i. e. whose blood is shed by Oppression ver 9. Take heed of this 'T is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 12. but then especially when he is making Inquisition for blood And with my prayers to avert it I do heartily desire this City to remember the Prophecy that is expressed Ierem. 26. 15. 3. The third particular is the poor Church of England It hath flourished and been a shelter to other neighbouring Churches when storms have driven upon them But alas now it is in a storm it self and God only knows whether or how it shall get out And which is worse then a storm from without it is become like an Oak cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own body And at every cleft profaneness and irreligion is entring in While as Prosper speaks men that introduce profaneness are cloaked over with the name Religionis Imaginariae of Imaginary Religion for we have lost the Substance and dwell too much in Opinion And that Church which all the Jesuits machinations could not ruine is fallen into danger by her own 4. The last particular for I I am not willing to be too long is my self I was born and baptized in the bosome of the Church of England established by Law In that Profession I have ever since lived and in that I come now to die What clamours and slanders I have endured for labouring to keep an Uniformity in the external Service of God according to the Doctrine and Discipline of this Church all men know and I have abundantly felt Now at last I am accused of High-treason in Parliament a crime which my soul ever abhorred This Treason was charged to consist of two parts An endeavour to subvert the Laws of the Land and a like endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion established by Law Besides my answers to the several Charges I Protested mine innocency in both Houses It was said Prisoners Protestations at the Barre must not be taken I must therefore come now to it upon my death being instantly to give God an account for the truth of it I do therefore here in the presence of God and his holy Angels take it upon my death that I never endeavoured the Subversion either of Law or Religion And I desire you all to remember this Protest of mine for my innocency in this and from all Treasons whatsoever I have been accused likewise as an Enemy to Parliaments No I understand them and the benefit that comes by them too well to be so But I did dislike the misgovernments of some Parliaments many wayes and I had good reason for it for Corruptio optimi est pessima And that being the highest Court over which no other hath jurisdiction when 't is misinformed or misgoverned the Subject is left without all remedy But I have done I forgive all the world all and every of those bitter Enemies which have persecuted me and humbly desire to be forgiven of God first and then of every man And so I heartily desire you to joyn in prayer with me O Eternal God and merciful Father look down upon me in mercy in the riches and fulness of all thy mercies Look upon me but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the blood of Christ not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ that so the punishment due unto my sins may pass over me And since thou art pleased to trie me to the uttermost I most humbly beseech thee give me now in this great Instant full patience proportionable comfort and a heart ready to die for thine honour the Kings happiness and this Churches preservation And my zeal to these far from arrogancy be it spoken is all the sin humane frailty excepted and all incidents thereto which is yet known to me in this particular for which I come now to suffer I say in this particular of Treason But otherwise my sins are many and great Lord pardon them all and those especially what ever they are which have drawn down this present judgment upon me And when thou hast given me strength to bear it do with me as seems best in thine own eyes Amen And that there may be a stop of this issue of blood in this more then miserable Kingdom O Lord I beseech thee give grace of repentance to all Blood-thirsty people But if they will not repent O Lord confound all their devices defeat and frustrate all their designes and endeavours upon them which are or shall be contrary to the glory of thy great Name the truth and sincerity of Religion the establishment of the King and his posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges the honour and conservation of Parliaments in their just power the preservation of this poor Church in her Truth Peace and Patrimony and the settlement of this distracted and distressed People under their Ancient Laws and in their native Liberties And when thou hast done all this in meer mercy for them O Lord fill their hearts with thankfulness and with Religious dutiful obedience to thee and thy Commandments all their dayes So Amen Lord Iesu Amen And receive my soul into thy bosom Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. The Lord Archbishop's Prayer as he kneeled by the Block LOrd I am coming as fast as I can I know I must pass through the shadow of death before I can come to see thee But it is but Umbra mortis a meer shadow of death a little darkness upon nature but thou by thy Merits and Passion hast broke through the jaws of death So Lord receive my soul and have mercy upon me and bless this Kingdome with peace and plenty and with brotherly love and charity that there may not be this effusion of Christian bloud amongst them for Iesus Christ his sake if it be thy will Then he layd his head upon the Block and after he had prayed to himself said aloud Lord receive my Soul