our souls more especially but even from our bodies also through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the author and giver of all good things graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercie keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord I give and offer up unto thee my self and all that is mine my actions and words my repose and silence onely do thou preserve and guide me and direct my hand mind tongue to things that are honest and acceptable to thee and withdraw me from any thing from which it were better to abstain by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen * O Sun of Righteousness Father and Original cause of all things when we are influenc'd from above by thee we receive new life when we are cherisht by thy blessed beams we grow up in Grace when we are inflamed by thy love we are made perfect when we are forsaken of thee we perish O thrice-happie are they upon whom thou arisest with the dew of mercie O Lord Jesus bless me with thy light and scatter the clouds of my ignorance and the thick darkness of my sins that I may not go astray from the way of thy Commandments but follow thee unto Light eternal through thee thy self my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy ways O God and teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercie think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almightie God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my bodie and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversitie which may happen to my bodie and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercie upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen At evening morning and at noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercie upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen ALmightie God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrarie to our Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord my Saviour in whose power it is to remit sins I beseech thee say unto me Loose thee from thy chains come out of the bonds of thy sins and when thou sayest it loose those cords of my errours wherewith I am entangled and bound for though I am the most wicked of all men and to be abhorred by reason of my continuance in sins yet when thou commandest I shall be free from them
the Unitie of the Deitie and hast revealed the undivided glorie of the onely ever-blessed Divinitie and demonstrated the perfect eternitie of thy Trinitie grant me I beseech thee Faith and Obedience in this life and Glorie in the life to come by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Redeemer Amen O Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angrie with thy poor servant that prayeth O turn me again O God shew the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen * Glorie be to thee glorie be to thee O Lord How great is the depth of thy mercie how great the abundance of thy patience Behold how some that have been raised from a mean and obscure degree to honour and renown under pretence of thy Name how they abuse their honour and use it against thee the Donor they are unjust and assume to themselves what they should not dare against thy most holy Mysteries they use their utmost to thrust out men of approv'd integrity that profligat men may with the greatest fecuritie and licentiousness put all things into confusion Arise O Lord and help thy Church and suffer not my soul to come into their counsels through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I will crie day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine ear unto my calling for my soul is full of trouble and my life draws nigh unto the pit O let not thine indignation lie too hard upon me neither vex me with all thy storms but remember of what mould thou hast made me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord let me have no idle contention about words but let me constantly profess the Faith without delays Preserve in me I beseech thee an unblemished reverence to thy Faith and grant me this restimonie of my Conscience whilst I have my being that I may alwaies retain that Profession which I made at the Sacrament of my new Birth when I was baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost That I may acknowledge thee the Father and together with thee may adore thy Son and may merit thy holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be merciful unto me and I will sing praises unto thy Name yea I will tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning and of thy truth in the night-season O bless me and fulfil all thy works of grace in me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * Grant me O Lord a watchful mind and sober thoughts a pure heart and pleasant sleep and free from all diabolical phancies And raise me again O Lord at the hour of prayer that I may adhere firmly to thy precepts and keep an entire remembrance of thy Judgements Amen LOrd remember thy promise unto thy servant wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust That thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage and that I may remember thy Name in the night-season Amen * Into thy hands O Lord I commend my soul and bodie for thou hast created and redeemed them O Lord thou God of truth And together with my self I commend unto thee all that is mine for thou Lord hast graciously bestow'd them on me according to thy good pleasure Cause me therefore O Lord both to lie down and sleep in peace for it is thou onely makest me to dwell in safetie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord and maker of all things O God the Father and Governour of thine O thou disposer of Life and Death O thou preserver and benefactor of Souls O thou that makest all things and changest them by the creating Word which framed them both seasonably and wisely according to the depth of thy Wisdom and Providence govern thou my life in the flesh as long as shall be most expedient for me and thy Church And in thy good time receive me I beseech thee as one prepared not surprized so as I may not flie thee at the last day nor come with an unwilling mind like one forcibly broke off and snatcht away from this world but that I may go readily and chearfully to that most blessed and eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord to whom be glorie for ever and ever Amen * O Lord my God call me that I may come to thee fix me that I may not leave thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen SATURDAY O Lord I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast been my defence and my refuge in the day of my trouble Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my defence and my merciful God Amen The glorious Majestie of thee O Lord my God be upon me prosper thou the work of my hands upon me O prosper thou my handie-work Amen O Lord open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy Commandments from me for thy Testimonies are my delight and my counsellors Lord continue that favour to me that so they may ever be Amen O Lord our heavenly Father Almightie and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mightie power and grant that this day I fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O My soul wait thou still upon my God for my hope is in him he is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall So Amen Lord Jesu Amen O Lord God be merciful unto every one that prepares his whole heart to seek thee O Lord God the God of his Fathers though he be not according to the Purification of the Sancturie Amen O Lord I walk in the midst of trouble I beseech thee refresh me Stretch forth thy hand upon the furie and the cunning of mine Enemies that thy right hand may save me O make good thy loving kindness towards me and despise not I beseech thee the work of thine own hands Amen I deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine Oppressors Amen O make me thy poor servant still to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie God the Fountain of all Wisdom who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking I beseech thee to have compassion upon my 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 Jesus Christ
my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salvation All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in miserie from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen * Thanks be to thee O God thanks be to thee O true and undivided Trinitie O Veritie one and three O Unitie three and one Thanks be to thee O God the Father who hast both manifested thy Son unto me and given him to be my Teacher O grant likewise that he may be so for ever according to thy mercies of old time Amen My heart is readie O Lord my heart is readie 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 Mercie which is great unto the Heavens and thy Truth which reacheth unto the Clouds embrace me and preserve me to thee through Jesus 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 Jesus 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 Jacob. 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 bloud 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 mercie 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 Jesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glorie every day Amen O Lord who is like unto to thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversities 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 mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and heartie 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 Jesus 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 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Prosperity 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 Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthie 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 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way Amen * O merciful Lord when thou hast prevailed with thy self for alas we never live so as to be worthie to prevail with thee to give us seasonable weather plentiful crops and peaceful times that enrich us with all good things and abundance of increase even above our wishes O suffer me not to be corrupted through so great prosperitie of happie events lest I should altogether forget thee and my self too but increase also my humilitie and my thankfulness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of