world without end Amen SS Philip and Jacob. All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph Now it suffices thee Philip our Lord has shewn thee the Father and henceforth for ever thou shalt see Him face to face Alleluja 2. Antiph And thou holy Jacob the Brother of our Lord art gloriously happy injoying for ever the same blysful Vision Alleluja 3. Antiph These are Two of those precious stones that found and adorn the walls of the heav'nly Jerusalem Alleluja Prayer O God by whose grace the B. Apostles S. Philip and S. Jacob water'd as this day with their blood the heavenly seed which they had long swet in sowing o're the world Redouble we beseech Thee the devotions of thy servants by celebrating together their happy Memorys and grant that our Faith sopreciously confirm'd may fructify into holy lives deaths worthy such glorious Masters through our Lord JESUS Christ thy Son who Invention of the H. Cross All as in the Office of our Saviour except 1. Antiph Glorious art thou O B. Empress Helen whose devotion so miraculously restor'd to the world the standard of Salvation Alleluja 2. Antiph This holy Sign shal be in the heav'ns Alleluja when our Lord shal come to Judgment Alleluja 3. Antiph Far be it from us to glory in any thing but the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom the world is crucify'd to us and we to the world Alleluja Prayer O God who as this day vouehsafedst to raise again even the Cross of our Saviour from its ignominious grave to become a close and striking memorial of his Passion Grant we beseech Thee that our devout celebrating this thy special providence may still more deeply imprint in our harts its gracious design of making us often reflect on the great benefit of our redemption and the infinite love and mercy of our Redeemer through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who c. Rogation VVeek Monday Tuesday and Wednesday All as in the Weekly Office except 1. Antiph Ask and you shal receive seek and you shal find knock and it shal be open'd to you says our Lord whose word cannot fail Alleluja 2. Antiph Thou know'st we need all these things but more but more by these our needs to be drawn to look up to Thee Alleluja 3. Antiph Seek first the kingdom of heav'n and all things else shal be added to you Alleluja Prayer O God by whose H. Spirit thy Church ordains this a solemn time of supplication for all our necessitys Open we humbly beseech Thee thy gracious ears to the pray'rs thou inspir'st and draw'st from our harts and by granting us those Goods which thy Children with humility and resignation ask of Thee their heav'nly Father so encourage our devotion and obedience and so increase our hope and love that transcending all Particulars as safely to be trusted in the hand of thy Providence our whole souls may thirst after Thee thy self alone who art our All in All for ever through our Lord Ascension and during the Octave All as in the Office of our Saviour except 1. Antiph I have finisht the work which my Father commanded me and now 't is time I return to him that sent me let not your harts be troubled I go to my Father and your Father to my God and your God Alleluja 2. Antiph Let not your harts be troubled I go to prepare a place for you and I wil come again and receive you to my self that where I am there may my servants be Alleluja 3. Antiph Meanwhile I wil not leave you desolate but wil pray to my Father and he shal give you another Comforter the Spirit of truth to dwel with you for ever Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Why stand we looking downwards on the things of this world behold our Lord is ascended into heav'n and sits in glory at the right hand of his Father Alleluja Why stand we idle with our accounts unprepar'd behold the same JESUS shal come again to judg the living and the dead and give to every one according to his works Alleluja Alleluja Prayer O God who hast inspir'd thy Church to celebrate this day the memory of our Saviours Ascension when having finisht on earth the great work of our Redemption He carryed up his glorify'd Humanity above the clouds to its eternal Rest Grant we humbly beseech Thee that taking off our eys from these vanitys here below we may stand continually looking after Him into heav'n and hartily expecting his appearance thence again at the last great day be always ready to obey his call and meet him in the clouds and follow him into those blysful Mansions which he went to prepare for us at thy right hand for ever through the same our Lord c. VVhitsunday and during the Octave All as in the Office of the H. Ghost Trinity-Sunday All as in Sunday Office except 1. Antiph There are Three that bear witnes in heav'n the Father the Word and the H. Ghost and these Three are One Alleluja 2. Antiph The Father is God and the Son is God and the H. Ghost is God yet are they not three Gods but One God Alleluja 3. Antiph In this adorable Trinity none is before or after none greater or less then Another but all the Three Persons are coequal among themselvs and coeternal Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat To thee the eternal Father made by none to thee the increated Son begotten by the Father alone to thee the B. Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son One holy consubstantial and undivided Trinity be ascrib'd all power and wisdom and goodnes now and for ever Alleluja Prayer O Eternal Father who by the visible dedescent of thy Son to redeem the world and of thy H. Spirit to sanctify the Elect has wonderfully made thy Churches own experience facilitate our faith of the incomprehensible Trinity Grant us we beseech Thee in hart and voice to profes this most high and supernatural truth and rejecting all the fallacious suggestions of short reason humbly adore Thee Three every-way-coequal Persons in the same indivisible Deity til we come herafter to thy blysful presence and see the Mystery reveal'd in thine own glorious face through our Lord c. Corpus Christi and during the Octave All as in Thursday Office except 1. Antiph I am the living bread that came down from heav'n if any one eat of this bread he shal live for ever and the bread which I wil give is my flesh for the life of the world Alleluja 2. Antiph Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you shal not have life in you Alleluja 3. Antiph He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I wil raise him up at the last day Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat O sweet and sacred Feast wherein Christ himself is receiv'd and the memory of his Passion renew'd our minds are fill'd
that fils us with delight Take then away your flatterys false world and leave me free for better thoughts Turn thou thy face to me dear JESU and keep mine eys stil turn'd towards Thee That I may look continually on thy glorious beautys and be ravisht for ever with the charms of thy sweetnes 'T is Thee chast Spouse of souls 't is thee alone I chuse and dedicate my self entirely to thy service Thou art my sole and absolute Lord be thou my part and inheritance for ever But O my dearest Lord do thou chuse me and guide my uninstructed soul to chuse Thee O make me chuse to love thee till I come to see thee then I 'am sure I cannot chuse but love thee Here we alas move slowly in the dark led on by the Argument of things not seen But did we clearly see what we say we believe we soon should chang the cours of our life Did we but see the Damned in their flames or hear them cry in the midst of their torments How should we fear to follow them in their sins which we know have plung'd them into all those miserys How should we strive against the next tentation and cast about to avoid the danger Did we but see the glorys of the Saints or hear the sweet hymns they continually sing How should we study to imitate their lives which we know have rais'd them to all their happines How should we seek all occasions of improvement and make it our business to work out our salvation Nay did our faith but firmly believe * the truths we every day recite in our Creed What would we do to attain those joys what would we not do to escape those sorrows Would half an hour be too long to pray or once a week too often to fast Would the pardon of an injury be too hard a law or the making restitution too dear a price Durst we return to our sins again or spend our time in idlenes and folly Yet is all this as sure as if we saw it and would move as much if we seriously consider'd it If we consider'd what I 'm sure we believe we should never live as I 'm sure we do Which of us doubts but ere long we shall all be dust yet which of us lives as if we thought to dy Pity O gracious Lord the frailtys of thy servants and suffer not our blindnes to lead us into ruine Supply our want of sight by a lively faith and strengthen our faith by thy powerful grace Make us remember 't is no childrens sport * to gain or lose the Kingdom of heav'n Make us chuse wisely and pursue our choyse and use as well the means as like the end O set thou right the byass of our harts that in all our motions we may draw off from the world That we may still incline towards Thee and rest at last in thy holy presence Thou art our Lord and we will serve thee in fear Thou art our God and we will love thee in hope Glory be c. Antiph What will it profit us to gain the whole world and lose our own souls or what shall we give in exchange for our souls Our Father c. First Lesson THe fear of our Lord is the begining of wisdom If sinners intice thee consent not to them if they say come with us walk not with them for their feet run to evil and make hast to shed blood nay themselvs ly in wait even against their own blood and practise deceits against their own souls They have hated discipline and not receiv'd the fear of our Lord therefore shall they eat the fruits of their way and be fill'd with their own counsels The blessing of our Lord is on the head of the just but iniquity covers the mouth of the impious The memory of the just is with praises but the name of the wicked shall rot He that walks sincerely walks confidently but he that goes crooked ways shall be made manifest He that digs a pit shall fall into it and he that lays a snare for another shall perish in it He that gives wicked counsel it shall be turn'd upon himself and he not know whence it comes He that will be reveng'd shall find vengeance of our Lord and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance The hope of the just is joy but the expectation of the impious shall perish That which the wicked fears shall come upon him and to the just their desire shall be given them R. O sweet and admirable Providence Thou hast commanded and so it is that the inordinate affection of every one shall be his punishment * For as we sow so shall we reap and as the tree falls so shall it ly Thy grace O Lord is the seed of glory and sin the root of misery he that sows in the flesh shall reap corruption and he that sows in the spirit life everlasting * For as Second Lesson FOllow not in thy strength the concupiscence of thy hart nor say how mighty am I who can controul me in what I have done for God is a sure revenger Say not I have sin'd and what harm has happen'd unto me for the Highest is a patient punisher Be not without fear of thy sin though forgiven nor add one sin to another Say not the mercy of our Lord is great he will have pity on my many offences for mercy and wrath come speedily from Him and his indignation keeps an ey upon sinners Defer not to be converted to our Lord nor put it off from day to day for his wrath shall come suddenly and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee Though hand joyn in hand the ungodly shall not be unpunisht but the seed of the just shall be sav'd The congregation of the wicked is as tow wrapt together and their end a flame of fire Every corruptible work shall fail at last and the Doer thereof shall go with it but every excellent deed shall be justified and he that does it be honour'd therein R. My soul how many thousands have been surpriz'd in the midst of their sins and hurried away to everlasting sorrows and we alas how many times have we been guilty and yet our God has spar'd us * O my indulgent Saviour no other reason can I give why I 'm not miserable but that Thou art merciful Blessed be thy patience that indures so long and blessed be thy grace that delivers at last * O my Third Lesson LEnd to thy neighbor when he is in necessity and pay thou thy neighbor again in his time keep thy word and deal faithfully with him and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee Do good to the just and thou shalt have great reward if not from him assuredly from our Lord. Lose thy mony for thy brother and thy friend and hide it not under a stone to be lost Be not asham'd to say the truth for there is a shame that brings
and Doctors for the consummation of the Saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying the body of Christ til we all meet into the unity and knowledge of the Son of God into a perfect man into the measure of the age of the fulnes of Christ That henceforth we be not children wavering and carry'd about with every wind of doctrine by the wickednes of men and their craftines to circumvent into error but following the truth in charity let us in all things grow in him who is our head Christ And I beseech you Brethren by the name of our Lord JESUS Christ that you all say one thing and that there be no schisms among you but that you be perfect in one sense and in one knowledge Mark them that make dissentions and scandals contrary to the Doctrin which you have learn't and avoyd them for such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly and by sweet speeches and benedictions seduce the harts of the simple Beleeve not every spirit but prove the spirits whether they be of God for many false Prophets are gone out into the world Therefore Brethren stand fast hold the traditions which you have learn'd whether by word of mouth or our Epistle Obey your Prelats and be subject to them for they watch as being to render account for your souls R. My God if ravenous Wolvs seek by force to devour me and with threats and penalty's fright me from thy Faith this shal be my shield against all their fiery darts * I beleeve my Creed and in it One holy Catholick and Apostolick Church If subtle foxes seek by fraud to deceive me and with wit and fallacy's seduce me from thy truth this shal be my answer to all their Objections * I beleeve Second Lesson ANd JESUS coming near spake to his Disciples saying All power is given me in heav'n and in earth Go therfore and teach all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and behold I am with you always to the end of the World The Apostles hearing that Samaria had receiv'd the word of God sent to them Peter and John who when they were come pray'd for them that they might receive the holy Ghost for he was not yet come upon any of them but they were only baptiz'd in the name of our Lord JESUS then they impos'd their hands on them and they receiv'd the holy Ghost And JESUS said to his Disciples As my Father sent me I also send you And He breath'd on Them and said Receive you the holy Ghost whose sins you shal forgive they are forgiven and whose you shal retain they are retain'd The Chalice of benediction which we bless is it not the Communication of the Blood of Christ and the Bread which we break is it not the participation of the Body of our Lord When they had ordain'd to them Priests in every Church and had pray'd with fastings they commended them to our Lord in whom they beleev'd For this cause shal a man leave his Father and Mother and cleave to his Wife and they shal be two in one flesh this is a great Sacrament but I speak in Christ and in the Church Is any one sick among you let him bring in the Priests of the Church and let them pray over him anoynting him with Oyl in the name of our Lord and the prayer of faith shal save the sick and our Lord shal raise him up and if he be in sins they shal be remitted him Now to him that is able to do all things more abundantly then we desire or understand according to the power that works in us to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ JESUS to all generations world without end Amen R. Blessed O Lord be thy holy Name who hast provided the Scriptures for comfort of the Faithful and blessed be thy gracious Wisdom who hast left in thy Church a Rule to interpret Them Lest the unlearned and instable should pervert them to their own destruction Renew O merciful Lord a right spirit in the world a spirit of humility and obedience that in reading those sacred Books none may prefer their private fancys before the testimony of the Church but readily submit to Them whom he that hears hears Thee and he that despises despises Thee * Lest Third Lesson 1 Cor. 11. FOr I received of our Lord that which also I have deliver'd to you that our Lord Jesus in the night wherein he was betray'd took bread and giving thanks brake and said Take and eat This is my Body which shal be deliver'd for you this do in Commemoration of me In like manner also the Chalice after he had supt saying This Chalice is the new Testament in my Blood this do as often as you shal drink it in Commemoration of me For as often as you eat this Bread and drink the Chalice you shall shew our Lords death till he come Therefore who ever shall eat this Bread or drink the Chalice of our Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of our Lord but let a man prove himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of the Chalice for he that eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks damnation to himself not discerning our Lords Body R. I am the Bread that came down from heav'n not as your fathers ate Manna and dyed he that eats of this Bread shall live for ever and the Bread which I give is my Flesh for the life of the world * These O my dearest Saviour are thy very words O give us always of this Bread As the living Father sent me and I live by the Father so he that eats me shall live by me and I will raise him up at the last day for my Flesh is meat indeed and my Blood is drink indeed * These Glory be c. * These Pause c. as page 17. Thursday Lauds O God incline c. as page 18. Antiph How great is the multitude of thy sweetnes O Lord which thou hast hidden for those that love Thee Psal LVII WHere O thou boundless Ocean of Charity where will thy overflowing streams stay their course We and our ingratitude strive to oppose thee but nothing can resist thy almighty Goodnes When the impiety of man was at the hight and their treacherous heads ploting to betray thee Then did thy wisdom mercifully consult * to overcome our malice with thy bounty Immediately thou contriv'dst an admirable way * to invite all the world to a feast of miracles A feast where thy sacred Body should be our food * and thy precious Blood our drink A feast where thy whole all-glorious Self * is freely given to the meanest guest A feast of peace and love and incomparable sweetnes to which thine own blest mouth thus kindly cals us Come to me you that labour for holines
* and are opprest under the weight of your sins Come to me you that hunger after heav'n * and thirst to drink at the fountain of blyss Come to me and I will refresh you * with the wine of gladnes and the bread of life Come you that are weak that you may grow strong and you that are strong lest you become weak Come you that have leisure and here entertain your time come you that are busy and here learn to sanctify your imployment Come all and gather freely of this celestial Manna and fill your souls with the food of Angels Glory be c. Psal LVIII THus does our gracious Lord invite and shall we go shall sinners dare to sit down at his table Thus He invites and shall we not go shall wretches presume to refuse his Call Rise then my soul and take thy swiftest wings and fly to the presence of this great Mystery Soon as thou com'st bow low thy head and humbly adore our hidden God Our God who is come thus far to meet us and brings along with him a whole heav'n to entertain us Arise and leave the world behind thee and run with gladnes to salute thy Lord Enter the Palace of that admirable Tabernacle the house of his own most glorious Residence There we shall see the Eternal Word * that descended from heav'n to become man for us We shall see him still more wonderfully abridg'd * into a lesser space and lower shape There we shall see the Lord of glory * vested with the familiar forms of bread and wine There we shall see the Prince of Peace * sacrifice himself to reconcile us with his Father There we shall see O stupendious mercy the Son of God stoop even to the mouths of men Can we O dear Redeemer believe these Wonders and not be ravisht with admiration of thy love Can we acknowledg thy supream Veracity and not believe were they possible stil greater wonders What though our eys say ther 's nothing but bread our faith assures us there 's nothing but our Saviour Shall not the almighty Power that made our senses * exceed the operation of his own creatures Shall we refuse to believe our God because his mercys transcend our capacitys No no 't is thy very self we see O Blessed JESU 't is thine own light by which we see Thee None but an infinite Wisdom could ever have invented * so strange and high and prodigious a mystery None but a more then infinite Goodnes would ever have imparted * so dear and tender and rich a blessing Glory be c. Psal LIX LOrd who are we unworthy sinners that thus thou regardest our wretched dust What is all the world compar'd to Thee that thus thou seem'st to disregard thy self 'T is for our sakes and to draw us to thy love that thou personally vouchsafest to dwell among us 'T is for our sakes and to spare the infirmity of our nature that thy brightnes appears not in its proper luster Blessed O JESU are the eys that see thee in this kind disguise and the mouth that reverently receives Thee Blessed yet more is the hart that desires thy coming and longs to see thee in thy beauteous self O Thou eternal Lord of grace and glory * our joy and portion in the land of the Living What hast thou there prepar'd for thy servants who bestowest such pledges of thy bounty here What dost Thou there reserve in thine own Kingdom who giv'st us Thy self in this place of banishment How will thy open vision transport our souls when our dark faith yields such delight Nothing on earth so sweet as to kneel whole hours before thee and one by one consider thy innumerable mercys VVhat must it be in heaven to shine continually before Thee and all in one contemplate thy uâ—â—speakable glorys O my ador'd Redeemer when will that happy day appear that mine eys may behold thee without a veil When will these clouds and shadows pass away that thy beams may shine on me in their full brightnes Object not against me dearest Lord that none can see thy face and live Those fears thy love has chang'd and all my hope * is now to live by seeing thee Say not O thou mild and gracious Majesty if I approach thy presence I must dy Rather instruct me so to dy that I may live for ever in thy presence Glory be c. Antiph How great is the multitude of thy sweetnes O Lord which Thou hast hidden for those that love Thee Capit. 7. Apoc. A Men Benediction and Glory and VVisdom and Thanksgiving Honor and Power and Strength be to our God for ever and ever Amen Hymn XVIII VVIth all the pow'rs my poor soul hath Of humble love and loyal faith Thus low my God I bow to Thee VVhom too much love bow'd low'r for me Down busy sense Discourses dy And all adore Faith's Mystery Faith is my skill Faith can believe As fast as Love new laws can give Faith is my ey Faith strength affords To keep pace with those pow'rful words And words more sure more sweet then they Love could not think Truth could not say O dear Memorial of that death VVhich still survives and gives us breath Live ever bread of Life and be My food my joy my all to me Come glorious Lord my hopes encrease And fill my portion in thy peace Come hidden life and that long day For which I languish come away When this dry soul those eys shal see And drink the unseald source of Thee When glory's Sun faith's shade shal chase And for thy veil give me thy face Antiph He feeds the young Ravens that call on Him and says He esteems us much better then them behold a full proof He feeds them and all things else but to feed us behold yet a fuller O Riddle of Bounty even out of the Feeder himself comes food for us V. The bread of life which came down from heav'n R. Feed us with the bread of science and understanding O Lord hear our pray'rs And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O Bounteous Lord the continual supplier of thy creatures with all convenient sustenance to advance our growth and strength fit to take heav'n by violence and rise at length eternal Injoyers of thy self Fix we beseech Thee our eys and adoration on that open Hand which thus graciously gives us our dayly bread and grant that the miraculous Feast of thy Sons Body and Blood may duly sanctify our tasts to all other thy bountys that they may relish as they are only thy great love to us and feed as they ought purely thy dear love in us through the same our Lord Commemorations as Page 29. Thursday Vespers OUr Father c. as Page 33. Antiph Whether O my God should we wander if left to our selvs where should we fix our harts if not directed by thee Psal LX. UNhappy man at first created just as every work comes fair from
he shines out clear to the Blessed alone and the beams of his glory strike bright upon their faces Yet have his mercys to us far more of miracle far more of care and tender Providence VVhile he not only is pleas'd to be among us but condescends to become even one with us VVhile he not only is our God to go before us but our very food to enter into us O souls redeem'd by the Blood of JESUS and nourisht with the flesh of his sacred Body Why melt you not away into tears of joy for being so regarded by the King of heav'n Why not at least dissolve into tears of sorrow for so litle regarding him Who will not tremble with an amorous reverence * that stands in the sight of so great a Majesty Who can forbear to be transported with joy that thinks I 'm going to receive my God! Who can contain the overflowings of his hart while his brest can say here I have my God! My great and glorious God who meerly out of love * thus gives me Himself in pledg of my salvation O infinite sweetnes how good is it for us to be here and behold our Lord transfigur'd before us Here let us make a thousand Tabernacles one O my JESU for Thee and one for each of us That in our litle tents we may dwel about thee and sing and bow and rejoyce before thee What should the captive wish but liberty and the weary Pilgrim but to be at rest What should the sick desire but helth and what can I but to be with my God But stay am I drest like a friend of the Bridegroom * that I safely may come to this Marriage Supper Have I consider'd how chast those eys should be * which go to behold the God of purity Have I consider'd how clean that mouth should be * which presumes to eat the Bread of heav'n But most how all-celestial that soul should be * which aspires to an union with the Body of our Lord Look look my hart look well into thy self and strictly search every Corner of thy brest Alas how poor and dull and empty are we how infinitely unworthy so divine a Sacrament Yet are we cal'd by Him that can command by Him that sees and pitys our misery He bids us come he surely will receive us and with his bounteous fulnes supply our defects Go then my soul go to that sacred Table and take thy part of that delicious Banquet Go all inflam'd with love and joy and hope and quench thy holy thirst at that Spring of Blyss When thou hast tasted the sweetnes of thy God and feel'st his heav'nly streams flow gently on thee Open thy happy brest and suck those waters in and let them freely run over all thy powers Let them soak deep to the root of thy hart and turn thy barren heath into a fruitful land Fruitful in holy thoughts and pious words fruitful in good and just and charitable deeds Fruitful to thy self in thine own improvement fruitful to others in thy good example No more ingratitude to so gracious a God no more neglect of so glorious a Majesty Away false pleasures sin and vanity for the God of holines hath touch't my hart He has himself gone in and taken full possession and seal'd it up for his own service Glory be c. Antiph This is the greatest charity that God himself can bestow since God can bestow nothing greater then himself Capit. 1 Cor. 13. IF I speak with the tongues of men and Angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinckling Cymbal and if I should have Prophecy and understand all mysteryes and all knowledg and if I should have all fayth so that I should remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing Charity is patient is benigne Charity envyes not deals not perversly is not puft up is not ambitious seeks not her own is not provok't to anger thinks not evil rejoyces not upon iniquity but rejoyces with the truth suffers all things beleevs all things hopes all things bears all things Charity never fayls but whether Prophesyes they shal be made void or tongues they shall cease or knowledg it shal be destroy'd for we know in part and Prophecy in part but when that which is perfect shal come that which is in part shal be made void When I was a child I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things Now we see darkly through a glass but then face to face now I know in part but then I shal know even as I am known and now there remain faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these is Charity Hymn XIX DO I resolve an easy life Stor'd with plenty free from strife When dear Lord thy days and nights Pass'd in poverty and fights Do I design a gentle death Singing out my aged breath When my Saviour tortures tore Thy dear soul out drown'd in gore O dread dayly Sacrifice Acting in a sweet disguise JESUS Passions o're again Such undue conceits restrain Keep stil lively in my mind How I ought to be resign'd How this Pattern ought destroy All my sensual greif or joy Are suffrings Ills no goodness chose His and our way to blyss through those Are pleasures Goods no wisdom scorn'd Their daliance and us forewarn'd This this make my Ditty be At least whenever Thee I see Thee it's ground so oft repeating To prevent my souls forgetting JESU thus arm'd no terrors shall Make my vertuous courage fall No flatterys here my blest hope drown Since thy Cross led to thy Crown Live for ever glorious Lord Live by heav'n and earth ador'd May both their praises give They who see we who beleeve Amen Antiph Thou art ascended our glorious Redeemer to prepare a place for us yet continuest stil here our gracious Emmanuel to prepare us for it V. 'T is thy delight O Lord to be with the children of men R. O make it ours to be with the God of heav'n O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to Thee Let us Pray O God who seeing the dulnes of our spirits need so often fresh impulses of sense hast wonderfully contriv'd our alone saving Object thy sacrific'd Son continually to solicite our harts by his own dear Presence stil really among us Reclaim we humbly beseech Thee all our wandring affections with this miracle of goodnes and compose them into such a diligent and devout attendance on our graciously veild JESUS that we may dayly feed our adoration and love of Him and dayly grow in our desires of seeing eternally his glorious Face who with Thee and the holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen O Lord hear as Pag. 45. Thursday Complin OUr help c. as Pag. 46. Antiph What could'st thou say dear Lord more sweet then this Thy delight is to be with the Children of
Servants prophecy of Thee thus did their children sing thy praises Blessed be the Lord our God who alone does wonderful things and blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever His dominion shall reach from sea to sea and from the river to the end of the world They who dwell in the wildernes shall kneel before him and his enemys shall lick the dust The Kings of Tharsis and the Isles shall offer him presents the Kings of Arabia and Saba shal bring him gifts All the Kings of the earth shal adore him and all Nations do him service For he shall rescue the weak from the hand of the mighty the weak who had none to help him He shall be favourable to the simple and the needy and preserve the souls of the poor He shall deliver them from usury and oppression and their name shall be honourable in his sight He shal live and to him shal be given of the gold of Arabia they shal adore him perpetually and bless him all day long O thou eternal King of heav'n and earth make good to thy servants these happy predictions So rule us here that we obey thy grace so favour us herafter that we injoy thy glory Glory be c. Antiph Lord thou not only offer'st us salvation but lay'st in means before hand to make us accept it Antiph All 's one to Thee O mighty Love whether joy or sorrow so mankind be sav'd Psal XCV 'T Was not thy joys alone O dearest Lord that thou inspir'dst into thy holy Prophets But thou reveal'dst to them thy sorrows too and commandedst them to publish them with a tender care That they not only should speak thy words but the more to affect us put on thy person O let our eys run down with water and our harts faint away with grief While we remember the suff'rings of our Lord and hear his sad complaints I gave my body to those that beat it and my cheeks to those that buffeted them I turn'd not away from them that reproach't me nor from them that spit on my face My enemys whisper together and spitefully maligne me when wil he dy and his name perish My familiar friend who ate of my bread * has lifted up his heel against me But thou upheldst me O Lord in my integrity and fet'st me before thy face for ever They Compast me about with words of malice and fought against me without a cause They rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my love I am poured forth like water I am taken away as a shadow when it declines My hart within me is as melted wax and all my bones are out of joynt My strength is dry'd up like a potsheard and my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth I'expected some to pity me and there was none I look't for Comforters but I found not one O my god my God how far hast thou forsaken me thou hast brought me into the dust of death Our father 's called to Thee and were deliver'd they trusted in Thee and were not abondoned But I am a worm and no man the reproach of men and the despis'd of the people All that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out the lip and shake their head saying He trusted in God that he would save him let him deliver him if he delight in him Be not far from me O Lord my strength for trouble is nigh and none to help me The Assembly of the wicked have inclosed me about they pierce my hands and my feet I 〈◊〉 tell all my bones they gaze and stare upon me They part my garments among them and on my vesture they cast lots They gave me gall to eat and in my thirst vinegar to drink All these sad things O Lord thy Prophets foretold * to prepare our faith for such exorbitant truths All these indeed they expresly foretold but could there be found such wretches as would act them Yes O my God thine own selected nation conspir'd against Thee and with innumerable affronts most barbarously murther'd Thee This too even this thy cruel death thou plainly foreshewd'st The Inhabitants of Jerusalem shall look on me whom they crucify'd But O you holy Prophets what was the dismal cause * that shed the blood of this spotles Lamb He had they quickly answer done no iniquity nor could any fraud be found in his mouth But he was smiten for the sins of the people and taken away from the land of the living He deliver'd up himself to death and was numbred with the wicked he bore the sins of many and pray'd for his transgressors All we like sheep have gone astray and God laid on Him the iniquity of us all He was wounded for our offences and bruised for our transgressions The chastisements of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we were healed O blessed JESU who took'st upon thee our infirmitys to bestow on us thy own perfections Heal us thou great Physician of our souls and let us sin no more lest a worse thing befal us Heal us by the Mystery of thy holy Incarnation and the meeknes of thy humble Birth Heal us by the precious blood of thy Circumcision and the sweet and ever blessed name of JESUS Heal us by thy gracious manifestation to the Gentiles and the powerful influence of all thy Miracles Heal us by the exemplary obedience of thy Presentation and the Soveraign balsom of thy passion Heal us by the joys of thy victorious Resurrection and the triumph of thy glorious Ascension Heal us by the memory of all thy Blessings heal us by the memory of this days Mercy Heal us thou great Physician of our souls and let us sin no more lest a worse thing befal us Glory be c. Antiph All 's one to Thee O mighty Love whither joy or sorrow so mankind be sav'd Our Father c. First Lesson Isa 11. A Branch shal come forth from the root of Jesse and a flower rise up out of his root and the spirit of our Lord shal rest upon Him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of Counsel and strength the spirit of knowledg and piety and the spirit of the fear of our Lord shal replenish him He shal not judg according to the sight of the eys nor rebuke according to the hearing of the ears but he shal judg the poor in justice and rebuke for the mild of the earth in equity he shal strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips kil the impious Justice shal be the Girdle of his loyns and Faith the binder of his reins The Wolf shal dwel with the Lamb and the Leopard ly down with the Kid the Calf and the Lyon and the Sheep shal abide together and a little child lead them they shal not hurt and they shal not kil in all my holy mountain because the earth is filled with the knowledg of our Lord as the waters cover the Sea In