without Jerusalem between two thieves for the Remission of the Sins of the world and the Saving this poor soul I believe I adore this unconceivable Condescension this strange and God like Charity And I now most humbly acknowledge and confess that all my Duty Zeal and Service in respect of this thy Love and Passion is very vileness and ingratitude Wherefore renouncing the works of Satan and the vanities of the world I will for ever obey thee worship thee thank thee O help me by thy Grace Blessed Redeemer and hold up my goings in the paths that my footsteps slip not Amen II. Munday MOst holy and most merciful Father to whom all things in heaven and earth do bowe and obey with utmost Reverence I adore thy divine Majesty thy eternal and infinite Perfection and rendring my humble and early Thanks to thee for restoring to me this morning my Senses and Reason and Vigour I again submit and dedicate both my Soul and Body with all their Powers and Actions to thy holy Will and Pleasure desiring and fully purposing to serve thee faithfully this day and all the days of my life by the Grace of thy holy Spirit and through the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ thy beloved Son and my most blessed Saviour Amen Teach me thy way O God and I will walk in thy Truth Unite my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Psal. 86.11 Or. By thy great Goodness O Lord I here present my self unto thee as a living reasonable and bounden Sacrifice and perpetual Devote Rom. 12.1 Vouchsafe O Lord to keep me and mine this day without Sin and without Peril Amen for Christ his sake I look for the Lord my soul doth wait for him I lift up my heart to the Lord. It is meet and right and our bounden duty it is our greatest honour and glory that we that I above all living should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee and praise and bless and Adore thee heavenly Father Lord God Almighty my Creatour Saviour and Defender Wherefore with thousands and thousands of thousands of glorious and innocent Angels Archangels Thrones and Dominions with Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessours Benefactours and all blessed Souls and with all the Faithful upon earth of every Kindred People and Language I fall down and Worship and laud and magnify thy holy Name evermore praising thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Amen Regard O Eternal the devotion and accent of thy humble Creature made lower and courser then the Angels of a tainted life inhabiting the dust and now trembling by reason of his offences and guilt By thy Word O Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth Thou layest the beams of thy chambers in the waters and makest the clouds thy chariots and walkest upon the wings of the wind Praise him all ye heavens and ye waters which are within the heavens hail and snow clouds and storm thunder and lightning fulfilling his word Psal. 33. and 104. and 19. III. Tuesday O Lord thou art my God early will I seek thee O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust Lift now up O Lord the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and be my support all the day long for the sake of the dearest Jesus Amen There is no true peace but in thy favour through well doing wherefore my awakened soul fleeth first unto thee O Lord O Lord receive me I humbly and constantly beg of thee Almighty and most benign Father a sound mind and body a devout heart an honest humble meek and charitable Disposition an innocent and peaceable Life a good Name an inoffensive Old Age a serene and Christian Dâ—ath and a blessed Immortality resigning my Life wholly to thy holy Will and Pleasure through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen With faithful and blessed men of all ages with the never-ceasing Seraphims and with the Voices of the heavenly multitude as the voice of many waters and as the voice of mighty thundrings I close in now with all ardor and cheerfulness saying Halleluiah Glory and Honour Salvation and Power unto the Lord our God. Let us rejoyce and be glad and with open and elevated hands and hearts give honour unto him For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in Righteousness and Mercy world without end Amen Rev. c. 19. Or Let us watch and be sober as children of the light and of the day always looking to Jesus the Author of our Faith the Rule of our Life and the Pledge of our Glory Amen O Lord be gracious to me and all mine We have waited for thee For thou art our Arm every morning and our Salvation in the time of Trouble Isaiah 33.2 Gracious God I am not worthy of the least of all thy Mercies and the Truth thou hast shewn unto thy servant Gen. 31.10 Let them praise the Lord that go down to the sea in ships and trade in mighty waters Yea let all the earth fear the Lord and stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world who gathered the waters together on an heap and laid up the deep as in a treasure house who made the dry land to appear out of confusion and commanded it to bring forth herbs and trees for the use of man and beast Hallelujah IV. Wednesday O Thou that hearest Prayer to thee shall all flesh come Psal. 65.3 In the morning thou shalt hear my voice in the morning I will stand before thee and will look up and wait for thy favour The glorious Majesty of the Lord be upon me and all mine Prosper thou the works of our hands O direct and prosper thou our handy work Psal. 90.17 The Lord is a light and defence The Lord will give grace and worship and no good thing will he withhold from them that lead a godly life O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Psal. 84.12 13. Lord pardon all my sins confirm me in piety bless me in my lawful calling keep my soul and body from all evil and fit me for Eternity for the immense merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Advocate Amen O Lord our Governour when I consider the Sun and Moon and Stars those vast and glorious Lights which thou hast created and that thou canst create ten thousand worlds more what is Man that mite upon this Globe that thou art mindful of him and visitest him every morning Thou O Jesus art the true and eternal Light the Sun of Righteousness that lighteth every man that cometh into the world Oh quicken and irradiate my heart Amen Or How dear are thy Counsels thy Mercies to me O God how great is the summ of them They are more in number then the sand they are new every minute
likewise if I have done any thing worthy and laudable that it may sink down into their hearts and be followed by them and all the church to the greater honour of Christ whose purchase and pity we are Amen V. ALmighty and most merciful Author and Father I bless thee I glorifie the with all holy angels and happy souls for thy six days Creation for the light shining out of Chaos and darkness and the Chaos made out of nothing for the heavens and waters the earth and plants the sun and moon the fish and fowl for the beasts of the earth but especially for Adam the origine of humanity the archive of reason and piety the admirable and admiring possessour of the recent and impolluted world I praise thee for thy holy Sabbath the image and notice of solemn devotion on earth and also of everlasting rest in heaven to all the workers of righteousness I bless thee for conserving the world for so many thousand years in the same estate and order for delivering and defending thy faithful people in all ages with or without natural means and for overruling the counsels and attempts of potentates unto thy own greater glory I praise thee I adore thee for recovering lapsed Adam and his tainted posterity by the early promise and opportune advent of the alsufficient Saviour Jesus Christ. I bless thee for the Holy Bible the richest treasure upon earth I thank thee for setting me down in the world in this age of great knowledge both humane and divine I praise thee for all the wisdom and invention prudence and vertue magnificence good works and piety of all that ever lived in the world I praise thee for the noble and numberless host of guardian angels wise and powerful prophets and apostles and evangelists valiant martyrs and confessors pious kings and priests and benefactors and for the humble and holy men of all times our â—imitation and comfort and glory O let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his Amen for Christs sake Desire of Absolution and of my Change. CHAP. XIX I. VOuchsafe me O Lord the power and occasion of doing some good after all the evil I have committed and the scandals I have given before I go hence and be no more seen But chiefly grant me a good end of this vain and troublesome life and at length a glorious resurrection through Jesus Christ Amen We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved and I perceive my frame now loosning and falling we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens And this we groan earnestly desiring to be cloathed upon with our house which is from heaven We groan being burdened with disease and sin and sorrow and vanity and flesh to be cloathed upon with a immarcescible vest of purity and glory that mortality may be swallowed up of endless life and we be no longer absent from the Lord. Amen Cor. c. 5.1 4. I am now ready to be offered the time of my departure is at hand I have fougâ—t a good fight O words of gold O happy exite of Christian zeal and fidelity I have finished my course I have kept the faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of rightâ—ousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day and not to me onely but to all them also that love his appearing 2 Tim. c. 4.7 II. COme now O holy Priest servant of the most high God direct and amend my confessions dissolve my doubts especially c. Pray for me pray earnestly for me particularly concerning c. the more grievous lapses and blots of my life Help forward Divine man my repentance compassionate and concur with my tears Then preach to me the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ and open the vail of infinite mercy to my tender and trembling soul. I have Forgiven all the world I have made Restitution to my utmost power of all injuries and scandals done by me and am very sorry that I cannot make greater amends quadruple amends for all wrongs I have renounced and abominated all my evil practices with contrition and shame I have thrown my self entirely upon the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. I have recited the Creed with sincerity resolution and thankfulness I verily believe that God who gave me this mortal life together with numberlesâ— blessings is now as ready to grant me everlasting happiness through the alone merits of Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Come therefore O holy Priest my esteem and reverence Come happy guide of my flitting soul use I humbly beseech thee the authority and office which our blessâ—d Lord hath given thee And pronounce over this lowly cleansed and renewâ—d creature by Godâ— command and in his name and through his power alone the sentence that I ardently long for the words worthy oâ— all acceptation worthy the ministry of an angel The Lord hear the Lord bless the Lord Absolve the Lord Ratifie THE PRIEST OVâ— Lord Iesus Christ who hath lâ—st power to his Church to absoâ—ve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him of his great mâ—rcy â—orgive thee thine offences And by his authority committed to me I absolve thee fâ—om all thy sins In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Amen in heaven Amen Amen Hosanna in the highest I take this Remission with utmost humility I believe it ratifyed by thee most gracious Father the onely Author and source of pardon and peace I give thanks unto thee most affectionate thanks unto thy Eternal Majesty for this inestimable mercy and I long to expire in thanksgiving Henceforth to me to live is Christ to die is gain Phil. 1.21 III. I Humbly thank thee holy Priest for this great reverend and charitable Office. God prosper thee and the whole Clergy and all his faithful people upon earth who are of the same body and interest with the blessed in heaven Amen IV. BLessed blessed indeed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven and whose sin is covered Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth no sin and in whose spirit there is no guile Psal. 32.1 2. Lord now leâ—test thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word I desire no more of earth of sinful earth I loâ—g for thee onely O God My soul pantetâ— after thee my departing soul is a thirst for the living God. O gather it I most humbly beseech thee by the love and deserts of Jesus clean and spotless into rest and glory everlasting Amen Come Lord Jesus come quickly Jesus receive my spirit I am now going to an estate perfectly new new heavens new time new life and new glories The change is unconceivably great amazing and unalâ—erable Nothing is like it here below but Divine contemplations and the ardors of the Eucharist Look O look Gracious God upon the face of thy perishing child and make the separation
of this soul and body as calm and easie as their union was and as it shall be I pass I pass into Eternity O for the sake of Jesus who went through the same shadâ—s while the earth sinks down towards its earth most merciful Father Sanctifie Save and Receive this soul that trusteth in thee and fleeth to thee It is finisht HALLELVIAH PSALM CXXXIX CHAP. XXI O Lord thou searchest me throughout Mark'st every secret and recess My sitting down and rising up And all my thoughts before I guess Th' Eternal eye doth follow me Through every step at every stay And while I speak before they 're form'd Thy Spirit takes the words away Thy presence and I dread the thought Incloseth me on every part Is intimate and piercing far Beyond conceit of humane heart How can I shun thee Ray Divine Or whither shall I from thee slee Heaven is thy throne if I go there And hell I fear as hell doth thee If to the Western main I post The bound of nations and of day There shall the gleam of Providence Surprize and bless me in its way The night shall shrowd me and within The shadow of the earth I 'le lye But shadows clouds this whole globâ— Are glass and brightness to thy eye Thou saw'â—t me in the stove of life Thou saw'â—t me for thou laid'st me there A piece of strange and various art Worthy thy finger and thy care Fram'd and embroider'd in a cell Secret as night and deepest mines A draught too fine for microscope Compleat in all its parts and lines How num'rous is thy grace O God From that small embryo to this man More then the sands more then my faults Or what no artist reckon can Search me O Lord and sound my heart Examine every valve and string Amend the Motion and to bliss Direct it with a lasting spring THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXPOUNDED Litterally in the direct and common sence both of Jews and Christians As also Spiritually and in great part from our SAVIOURS Sermon on the mount Matt. c. 5 c. 6 and c. 7 CHAP. XXII EXOD. CHAP. XX. I. GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods but me I believe I trust in I adore with deepest reverence of body and mind I worship according to what is revealed in the Holy Scriptures and I fear and obey above all things One God Eternal maker and governour of the world and infinitely more excellent then all his creatures Spiritually I desire to behave my self in all places as one that really believes and daily confesses and sincerely worships and fears one Almighty all-knowing Spiritual most excellent most righteous and most merciful God author and rulâ—r and judge of all II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image nor the likeness of any â—hing that is in heâ—ven above or in the earth beneaâ—h or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worâ—hip them For I thâ— Lord thy God aâ— a jealous God and â—isit the sins of thâ— fathers upon thâ— children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments I will not shew any sign or token of religious reverence trust and devotion to any idol or figure molten or graven or painted of the false Gods of the heathens I will not consult them or pray to them or thank and praise them as my protectors and benefactors nor will I build temples or altars to them nor offer sacrifice and oblations to them Nor will I make any idols for others to worship nor any ways confer to and meddle with the sacrifices and superstitions of Idolaters nor will I consult wizzards or use any inchantment Moreover I will not honour any creature angel or man or other as as Gods or as representations and and signs and memorials of the onâ— true God with the solemn worship supplication praises thanksgiving faith and relyance self dedication and obedience which I in duty render to the most blessed incorporeal and invisible Creator of all things but will avoid all occasions of such superstition and profaness Spiritually I put my trust and final hope and confidence in God only not in riches or strength or honour or wisdom nor in any creature in heaven or on earth To God I fly by humble prayers in all my concerns and distresses and upon his gracious providence I wholly rest for the direction and success of all lawful means I also beseech his Eternal wisdom to enlighten my understanding with most reverend and convenient conceptions of his infinitely perfect and glorious Majesty III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord wilâ— not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain I will not dare to invoke and alledge the great and reverend name of God to an untruth or to any light and trivial matter Nor will I dare to blaspheme and speak evil of Gods most holy and dreadful Majesty his eternity perfection providence and government Nor will I swear when lawfully called and urged to it but by the name of the living and omniscient God in certain knowledge and righteousness Spiritually I will always speak and discourse with great leisure care and awe concerning the power and the justice and the mercy of God. I will never mock or jest or play with the word of God or with any verse or phrase of it nor with any holy and solemn thing or person But take all heed that my talk within doors and without be innocent and profitable I will also frequently repeat my Sacramental vows and bend my words and actions thereunto the Lord helping me IV. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son and thy daughter thy manservant and thy maidservant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it I will observe the rules of my religion Spiritually I will take care that I and all belonging to me do sanctifie the Lords day abstaining from woâ—ldly business except for charity and frequenting the publick prayers and sermons and sacraments and visiting the sick and relieving the poor and at home reading and meditating on the holy Scriptures I will also spend part of other holy days in prayers and praises of God in publick and in private Finally in my family I will daily use domestick prayers V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee I will obey I will reverence outwardly by all