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A summarie of devotions compiled and used by Dr William Laud, sometime Ld Arch-bishop of Canterbvry now published according to the copy written with his own hand and reserved in the archives of St. John Baptist's Colledge Library in Oxon.
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Laud, William, 1573-1645.
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the shame for me and God forbid that I should not despise the shame for Him I am going apace as you see towards the Red sea and my feet are upon the very brink of it An argument I hope that God is bringing me into the Land of Promise for that was the way through which he led his people But before they came to it he instituted a Passeover for them A Lamb it was but it must be eaten with sowre herbs Exod. 12. 8. I shall obey and labour to digest the sowr herbs as well as the Lamb. And I shall remember it is the Lords Passeover I shall not think of the herbs nor be angry with the hands that gathered them but look up only to him who instituted that and governs these For men can have no more power over me then what is given them from above S. Iohn 19. 11. I am not in love with this Passage through the Red-sea for I have the weakness and infirmity of flesh and blood plentifully in me And I have prayed with my Saviour Ut transiret calix iste that this cup of red wine might pass from me S. Luke 22. 42. But if not Gods will not mine be done And I shall most willingly drink of this cup as deep as he pleases and enter into this Sea yea and pass through it in the way that he shall lead me But I would have it remembred Good people that when Gods servants were in this boisterous Sea and Aaron among them the Egyptians which persecuted them and did in a manner drive them into that Sea were drowned in the same waters while they were in pursuit of them I know my God whom I serve is as able to deliver me from this Sea of blood as he was to deliver the three Children from the Furnace Dan. 3. And I most humbly thank my Saviour for it my resolution is as theirs was They would not worship the Image which the King had set up nor will I the Imaginations which the People are setting up Nor will I forsake the Temple and the Truth of God to follow the bleating of Ieroboams Calves in Dan and in Bethel And as for this People they are at this day miserably misled God of his mercy open their eyes that they may see the right way For at this day the blind lead the blind and if they go on both will certainly into the ditch S. Luke 6. 39. For my self I am and I acknowledge it in all humility a most grievous sinner many ways by thought word and deed And yet I cannot doubt but that God hath mercy in store for me a poor penitent as well as for other sinners I have now upon this sad occasion ransacked every corner of my heart and yet I thank God I have not found among the many any one sin which deserves death by any known Law of this Kingdom And yet hereby I charge nothing upon my Judges For if they proceed upon proof by valuable witnesses I or any other Innocent may be justly condemned And I thank God though the weight of the Sentence lie heavy upon me I am as quiet within as ever I was in my life And though I am not only the first Archbishop but the first man that ever died by an Ordinance in Parliament yet some of my Predecessors have gone this way though not by this means For Elphegus was hurried away and lost his head by the Danes Simon Sudbury in the Fury of Wat Tyler and his fellows Before these S. Iohn Baptist had his head danced off by a lewd Woman And S. Cyprian Archbishop of Carthage submitted his head to a persecuting sword Many examples great and good and they teach me patience For I hope my Cause in heaven will look of another die then the colour that is put upon it here And some comfort it is to me not only that I go the way of these great men in their several Generations but also that my Charge as foul as it is made looks like that of the Jews against S. Paul Acts 25. 8. For he was accused for the Law and the Temple i. e. Religion And like that of S. Stephen Acts 6. 14. for breaking the Ordinances which Moses gave i. e. Law and Religion the Holy Place and the Law ver 13. But you will say Do I then compare my self with the integrity of S. Paul and S. Stephen No far be that from me I only raise a comfort to my self that these great Saints and Servants of God were laid at in their times as I am now And it is memorable that S. Paul who helped on this accusation against S. Stephen did after fall under the very same himself Yea but here 's a great clamour that I would have brought in Popery I shall answer that more fully by and by In the mean time you know what the Pharisees laid against Christ himself S. Iohn 11. 48. If we let him alone all men will believe on him Et venient Romani and the Romans will come and take away both our Place and the Nation Here was a causeless cry against Christ that the Romans would come And see how just the judgment of God was They crucified Christ for fear lest the Romans should come and his death was it which brought in the Romans upon them God punishing them with that which they most feared And I pray God this clamour of Venient Romani of which I have given no cause help not to bring them in For the Pope never had such a Harvest in England since the Reformation as he hath now upon the Sects aud Divisions that are amongst us In the mean time by honour and dishonour by good report and evil report as a deceiver and yet true am I passing through this world 2 Cor. 6. 8. Some particulars also I think it not amiss to speak of 1. And first this I shall be bold to speak of the King our gracious Soveraign He hath been much traduced also for bringing in of Popery But on my Conscience of which I shall give God a present account I know him to be as free from this Charge as any man living And I hold him to be as sound a Protestant according to the Religion by Law established as any man in his Kingdom and that he will venture his life as far and as freely for it And I think I do or should know both his affection to Religion and his grounds for it as fully as any man in England 2. The second particular is concerning this great and populous City which God bless Here hath been of late a fashion taken up to gather hands and then go to the great Court of the Kingdom the Parliament and clamour for Justice as if that great and wise Court before whom the Causes come which are unknown to the Many could not or would not do Justice but at their appointment a way which may endanger many an innocent man and pluck his blood upon their
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