Mouths may shew forth thy praise Inspire them with holiness and diligence to preach and declare thâ— will by a Good Life and wise Discourses thâ— they may minister to the good of Souls and finâ— a glorious reward in the Day of the Lord Jesus Amen O Mercifull God Be mercifull in Succouring all that are in affliction Deliver the out-cast and poor Help them to right that Suffer wrong let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee and according to the Greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to dye Be mercifull unto all who are just now breathing out their last Grant ease to those that are in pain Supply to those that Suffer want and To all wicked persons give thy Grace that they may Speedily repent and Live well and be saved through the merits of Jesus Christ Amen HAve mercy and pour down thy Blessings O God upon my Father Mother and all other my Relations Friends Benefactors Grant unto them whatsoever they want or wisely and holily desire Keep them forever in thy fear and favour and let their portion be in the Blessing and in the Service in the love and in the Kingdom of God for ever and ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee forgive my Enemies all their sins against thee and me and â—ive me that measure of thy Grace that for their hatred I may love them for their Cursing I may bless them for their injurys 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 Finally O Lord I pray thee for all those who shall this day be my Companions at the Altar and for all others who do now Communicate in any part of Christendom that through this blood of the Cross we may all be cleansed from our sins and be presented pure and unblameable unreproveable in thy sight for the sake of Jesus Christ whom I adore whom I love and desire I may still more and more love and love for ever Amen Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. But deliver us from Evil. Amen The Lord bless and preserve me in my going out and my coming in from this time forth for evermore Amen Having thus finished your Closet-Devotions you go forth to the Church or Chappel Fasting that so a Portion from Gods Table may be the first Morsel and remember to take something out of your Store to present at the Offertory When you enter into the Church kneel and pray Our Father which art in Heaven c. For thine is the Kingdom c. Lord I have loved the Habitation of thy House and the place where thine honour dwelleth I will wash my bands in Innocency O Lord and so will I go to thine Altar Having seated your self turn to the Psalms and Lessons Epistle and Gospel for the day that you may more freely attend the Priest in reading them Sermon ended you go up to the Altar and prostrate before it say Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy wills sake they are and were created Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honour and power be unto our God and unto the Lamb for evermore Amen Then whilst Others are coming up and the Priest preparing to read the Sentences pray ALmighty Lord who hast of thine infinite mercies vouchsas'd to ordain this Sacrament for a perpetual memory of that blessed Sacrifice which once thou madest for us upon the Cross grant me with such diligent remembrance and such due reverence to participate of this so holy and wonderful a mystery that I â—…y be made worthy by thy grace to obtain the â—…tue and fruits of the same with all the beneâ—…s of thy precious death and passion even the Remission of all my sins and the fulness of all thy graces which I beg for thy only merits who art my only Saviour God from everlasting and world without end Amen O Lord our Heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God regard we beseech thee the devotions of thy humble Servants who do now celebrate the Memorial which thy Son our Saviour hath commanded to be made in remembrance of his most blessed Passion and Sacrifice that by the merits and power there of now represented before thy divine Majesty we and all thy whole Church may be made partakers of all other the benefits of his most precious Death and Passion together with his mighty Resurrection from the earth and glorious Ascention into Heaven who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit ever one God world without end Amen BE pleased O God to accept this our bounden duty service and command that the prayers and supplications together with the Remembrance of Christs Passion which we do now offer up unto thee may by the ministery of thy holy Angels be brought up into thy Heavenly Tabernacle and that thou not weighing our merits but looking upon the blessed Sacrifice of our Saviour which was once fully and perfectly made for us all may'st pardon our offences and replenish us with thy grace and heavenly benediction through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Whilst upon your Knees you cast in your Offering stop and say Blessed Jesu who did'st accept the poor Widdows two Mites be pleased graciciously to accept this from thy unworthy Servant Amen The Prayers beginning again you must joyn with the Congregation and heeding every passage let your heart goe along with it keep your mind attentive not only to the words and substance of the prayers and exhortations but also to every passage and particular Ceremony in the Consecration for as much as all of them have their meaning and reason Observe the Priest then breaking the Bread and remember how Christs B. Body was tor'n with nails upon the Cross Observe him pouring out the Wine and remember how his precious Blood was spilt likewise and then consider they were your sins which caused both which should work in you a great sorrow for them and then a great hatred and a firm resolution against them and withal ingage you to thankâ—…lness and love resolving to express it by an â—…niversal obedience in your Conversation Again Observe the People too taking and eating the Bread Taking and Drinking the Wine for it signifies their particular laying hold on Christ by Trust and Faith their flying to and apprehending him as the means of their Salvation and the pardon of their sins tender'd to them in this B. Sacrament When you have thus meditated If you have time while the Priest and others are Communicating use these or the like heavenly Aspirations I am now before the Altar of God even the God of my joy and gladness I will offer Thanksgiving unto my God and pay my Vows unto the most Highest O lamb of God that takest away the sins of the World Grant me thy Peace O Lamb of God that
takest away the sins of the World Have mercy upon me Grant me Gracious Lord so to eat the Flesh of thy Son and to drink his Blood that my sinful Body may be made clean by his Body and my Soul washed through his most precious Blood Amen O Lord I am not worthy not fit that thou should'st come under the filthy Roofe of the house of my Soul because it is wholly desolate and ruinous neither hast thou with me a fit place where to lay thy head But as thou did'st vouchsafe to be laid in a Stable and Manger of unreasonable Beasts as thou did'st not disdain to be entertain'd even in the house of SIMON the Leper As thou did'st not reject the Harlot a sinner like unto me coming unto thee and touching thee As thou did'st not abhor her foul and prophane mouth Nor yet the Thief on the Cross confessing thee Even so vouchsafe to admit me also an overwor'n miserable and out of measure sinful Creature to the Receiving and Communicating of the most pure quick'ning and saving mysteries of thy most holy Body and precious Blood Amen O Lord God how I received the Body and Blood of my most blessed Saviour Jesus Christ the price of my Redemption is the very wonder of my Soul yet my most firm and constant belief upon the words of my Saviour At this time they are graciously rend'red to me and my Faith Lord make me a worthy Receiver and a Partaker of all the benefits of this B. Sacrament Amen Thou hast said that he that eateth thy Flesh and drinketh thy Blood hath Eternal Life Behold the Servant of the Lord be it unto me according to thy Word Whilst you eat it say By thy Crucified Body deliver me from this Body of Death After Receiving By thine Agony and Bloody sweat by thy Cross and Passion Good Lord deliver me I have sworn and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy Righteous Judgments O hold thou up my goings in thy Paths that my footsteps slip not At the Receiving of the Cup say What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. After you have Received it say O my God thou art true and holy O my Soul thou art blessed and happy Oh the depth of the Wisdom and Knowledg of God! how incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out Praise the Lord O my Soul and all that is within me praise his Holy Name who saveth thy Life from Destruction and feedeth thee with the Bread of Heaven Glory be to God on high and on Earth Peace good Will towards Men. I worshiâ— thee O Lord and I magnifie thy Name 〈◊〉 ever who hast vouchsafed to fill my Soul wiâ—… gladness and to seed me with the Heavenly Mysteries of Christ's sacred Body and Bloud humbly beseeching thee that from henceforth I may walk in good Works and serve thee in Holiness and Pureness of Living to the Honour of thy Name Amen MOst Blessed Redeemer I do truly believe that thy Body was crucified and thy Bloud was shed out of thy Body as verily as I have received this Bread and this Wine set apart from the Bread and that for the Remission of my sins as well as any others And I do also believe that with this Bread and Wine I have really and spiritually received thy precious Body and Bloud whereby my sins are fully washed away and my Soul purified and refresh'd This O Lord I believe help thou my Vnbelief Amen Whilst others are Communicating Meditate and Say HAppy are those Servants whom when their Lord cometh he shall find thus doing Know yee not that ye are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you If any one defile the Temple of God him will God destroy Behold thou art made whole sin no more lest a worse thing happen unto thee The hour cometh and now it is that the true Worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth Be we followers of God as dear Children and walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself an Offering and a Sacrifice of a sweet savour unto God for us At the end of the Communion say To the King Eternal the Immortal Invisible and only Wife God the ever blessed Trinity be all honour and glory now and for evermore Amen Arising and making your Reverence towards the Altar you depart with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance preserve good thoughts in your mind yet be not sullen or morose but salute any of your Christian Brethren you meet with As soon as you come home retire into your Closet and bless God with these Collects of Thanksgiving ALmighty God the Fountain of all goodness from whom every good and perfect gift proceedeth and to whom all glory and honour should be returned I do desire most heartily to thank thee for that thou hast vouchsafed to feed me who have received these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ and do'st assure me thereby of thy favour and goodness towards me and that I am a very member incorporate in the mystical Body of thy Son which is the blessed Company of all Faithful people and am also an Heir through hope of thine everlasting Kingdom by the merits of the most precious Death and Passion of thy dear Son Oh the height and depth of that unspeakable mercy of thine who art pleased to admit me a sinful wretch to have any part in those inestimable benefits which I have so often despis'd and trampled under foot I am not worthy O Lord of that daily Bread whiâ—h sustains the body but thou hast made me partaket of that living Bread which came down from Heaven which nourisheth the Soul and of which whosoever eateth shall live for ever O grant that my Soul may rellish this divine food with spiritual ravishments and love great as the flame of Cherubims and grant that what thou hast given me for the Remission of my sins may not by any fault become the increase of them that this holy Communion prove not unto me unto Judgment and Condemnation but may support and preserve me in every temptation rejoyce and quiet me in every trouble in lighten and strengthen me in every good word and work comfort and defend me in the hour of my death against all oppositions of the Spirits of darkness and further me in the attainment of everlasting Salvation through Jesus Christ Amen MOst holy God who art of purer eyes then to behold iniquity grant I pray thee that no unclean thing may be in me who have now Received Thee into my heart and soul but let this Blood of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to thee purge my Conscience from dead works to serve thee the living God give me grace that from
and great glory I may be made like him in his Eternal and glorious Kingdom where with thee O Father and thee O Holy Ghost he liveth and reigneth ever one God World without end Amen For the Love of God O God who hast prepared for them that Love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such Love towards thee that I Loving thee above all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen For Charlty O Lord who hast taught me that all our doings Without Charity are nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charity the very bond of peace and of all virtues without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake Amen For Chastity O Holy Jesus who wert conceived in the womb of a Virgin I beseech thee grant thy servant grace to withstand all temptations of the flesh and with a pure and clean heart to follow thee the only God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Contrition ALmighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and do'st forgive the sins of all them that are penitent Create and make in me a new and Contrite Heart that I worthily Lamenting my sins and acknowledging my Wretchedness may obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect Remission and Forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Anen For Devotion MOst great God who hast not only Permitted but invited us needy and miserable Creatures to present our petitions to thee O let me set a true value on this most invaluable Privilidge I come unto thee O Lord as a Worm to my Soveraign Maker I come as an Hanious Offender to a just and Severe Judg let I pray thee mine addresses to thine house be with a Reverence some way answerable to thine Awfull Majesty give me an hearty desire to pray and such a Pure Intention and Fixedness of Mind upon thee that I may no more incurre the guilt of drawing near to thee with my Lips when my Heart is far from thee but may so aske that I may recieve seek that I may find knock that it may be opened unto me that so from praying to thee here I may be translated to the praising thee eternally in thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Fear of God MOst great God who only art high and to be fear'd O put thy fear into my heart that I may not sin against thee let me never so misplace my Fear as to be affraid of man whose breath is in his Nosthrills but fill me O Lord with the Spirit of thy holy Fear which is the beginning of Wisdom and let it preserve me in a perpetuall conformity to thy will in all things through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Contentedness O God Heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness theteof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance keep me I beseech thee under the protection of thy good providence and learn me in whatsoever state I am therewith to be Content grant me grace to forsake all Covetous desires and Inordinate love of Riches and so to pass through things Temporal that I finally loose not the things eternall but that among all the sundry and manfold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be sound through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Diligence O Lord who in thy holy Gospel didst sentence the Slothfull and unprofitable Servant to be cast into outer darkness grant that I may not stand here all the day idle but may give all Diligence to make my calling and Election sure make me in some measure usefull to my self and others both as to This and a better life O let me never lay mine eyes to sleep nor mine eye-lids to slumber but learn and labour to get my own living and to do my duty in that State of life whereto it hath pleased thee to call me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Humility ALmighty God who resistest the Proud and givest grace to the Humble mercifully grant that I may follow the example of the great Humility of thy Blessed Son who did humble himself to take upon him our flesh and to Suffer death upon the Cross Convince me that I am less then the least of all thy mercy's that as I am vile in my self so let me be vile in mine own eyes and may therefore esteem every man better then my Self Grant this O Father for thy Son Jesus Christ's sake A-Amen For Justice O Thou King of Righteousness who lovest righteousness and art mighty to save give me grace to obtain this love of thine by cleansing my heart hands from all fraud and injustice O grant that I may most strictly observe that sacred Rule of Doing unto all men as I would they should doe unto me that I hurt no body in word or deed but be true and just in all my dealings that so keeping innocency and taking heed unto the thing that is right I may have peace at the last even peace with Thee Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Meekness ALmighty God who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a Sacrifice for sin and also an ensample of Godly life give me grace to learn of him who was meek and lowly of heart to put on bowels of mercy meekness and long-suffering to be so far from offering the least injury that I may never return the greatest And grant I beseech thee that the course of this World may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that I may joyfully serve thee in all Godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Sincerity O Holy Lord who searchest the heart and tryest the reins try me I beseech thee and seek the ground of my heart purge it from all hypocrisie and suffer not any a cursed thing to lurk within me give me truth in the inward part to be pure in heart that I may be qualified to see thee in thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Temperance GRacious Lord who refreshest us with thy good Creatures and art the Authour of all the good things which we do enjoy give me grace I pray thee to use them with thankfulness and moderation let me never be overcharged with Surfeiting and Drunkenness nor my Table be ever made a snare unto me but may so eat and drink that my flesh may be subdued to the Spirit and I may ever obey thy godly motions in Righteousness and true Holiness to thy honour and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Thankfulness GRacious God who hast taught me that it is a joyful and pleasant thing to be thankful suffer me not I beseech thee to loose my part in that divine pleasure but make me truly and unfeignedly thankful unto thee for all thy mercies let thy mercies lead me to Repentance and give me grace to improve them all to the advancement of thy glory and the furtherance of my Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Trust in God O God who never failest to help and govern them whom thou do'st bring up in thy stedfast fear and love Grant I pray thee that I may lean only upon the Hope of thy Heavenly grace and in all my troubles put my whole trust and confidence in thy mercy casting all my care upon thee and being careful for nothing but to keep thy testimony 's and think upon thy Commandments to do them Grant this O Father for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For Perseverance O Lord raise up I pray thee thy power and come among us and with great might succour me that whereas through my sins and wickedness I am sore let and hindred in running the Race that is set before me thy bountiful grace and mercy may help and strengthen me to hold out unto the end that so I may be saved to be faithful unto death that I may receive a Crown of life nourish me I pray thee with all goodness and of thy great mercy keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FINIS