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New prayers and meditations with pious exhortations for fast-days pursuant to Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary's injunctions to suppress irreligion and prophaneness / by Tho. Watts, Vicar of Orpington and St. Mary Crey in Kent.
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Watts, Thomas, 1665-1739.
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depraved Will lay thy self prostrate before the Throne of Grace cry mightily to God for Pardon and Mercy and begin now to wash off thy filthiness in the Tears of Penitence fly to the laver of Regeneration and pray for divine help in the due knowledge and performance hereof and for this end consider my Soul what is this Repentance is it not a Sorrow for sin A due sense and acknowledgment with an utter abhorrence of all Impiety 2. The descrip and division and an entire Reformation of Life Is it not a Mourning in a more doleful manner than was heretofore signifyed by the external signs of Sackcloth and Ashes And is it not a weeping an inward roaring disquietness and grief with stronger crying and Tears then can be express'd by rending the Hair and Garments and besmearing the Face For this is a rending of the Heart afflicting the Mind and Soul creating such a troubled Spirit such a broken and contrite Heart as God may not despise and thus true and sincere Repentance consists of these three Parts Confession Contrition and firm Resolution of Amendment with actual Deeds of a new and throughly Reformed Life O set about this then betimes and view thy necessary Obligations and Incouragements hereto do not the Commands of thy Creator and Redeemer at all move thee 3. The Causes Does not Love Justice and Gratitude compell thee to this Duty Will not the experienc'd Abomination and Odiousness the ridiculous Folly and Vanity the sordid irksome drudgery the manifest Evils Mischiefs and dangers and even the self-punishment of sin force thee to Repent Or may not the most benigh and bountiful Offers of heavenly Grace and assistance the assured hopes of Gods favour here and glory hereafter or the inevitable privation of these in insuportable Misery and an Eternity of Torments drive thee to work out thy own Salvation with fear and Trembling Oh will neither the greatest benefits the most earnest invitations and charming Inducements on the one hand nor the dreaded displeasures certain Vengeance and Terrours of the Lord on the other perswade thee Or dost thou not remember thy Baptismal Vows and repeated Promises and Resolutions with thy manifold breaches thereof adding the worse of Perjury Rebellion and Treachery to the black and dismal Catalogue of thine innumerable transgressions But further do not Nature and Conscience check and inform thee Do not the invisible Motions and secret whisperings of the Blessed Spirit instruct and reprove thee And do not the sacred Ordinances of God and his Church whereof thou art a sworn Member or the ordinary visible means of Grace and Salvation in the solemn Administration of God's holy Word Rites and Sacraments remind thee of all And do not thus thy lawful Pastors and Teachers those Stewards of the unfathomable Mysteries and Embassadors of Heaven cry aloud lift up their Voices like Trumpets and call frequently upon thee to turn from thy Evil Ways and live Enough enough I groan under the intolerable weight of sin my bones are broken my heart is contrite my Spirit Heavy my flesh 4. The Effects my wounds stink and are corrupt I am abominable and loathsome I abhor my self in dust and ashes in great bitterness and anguish I cry unto the Lord I call upon my blessed Physician for ease comfort and freedom for help and Pardon I loath the mire which I have been long wallowing in I run with horrour and amazement from the fatal Precipice which I was tumbling down I have laid hold upon the Horns of the Altar and fled to the Sanctuary and now methinks I am almost rap'd up into the third Heaven I am risen from death I am flying in Ahrahams Bosom I admire and love the Life of the Saints and I long to be triumphant with them above Since now my God thou hast mercifully cleansed and heal'd me thou hast purg'd me with Hyssop thou hast wash'd me and made me whiter than Snow yea thou hast made me hear of joy and gladness in turning thy Face from my misdeeds blotting out my Transgressions with thy Blood nailing them to thy Cross and renewing in me a clean Heart and a right Spirit therefore will I rejoice in thy Salvation I will love thy gracious Precepts and in love will I ever obey thy holy good and just Laws O stablish me with thy free Spirit that I may teach thy Ways unto the Wicked and Sinners shall be converted unto thee O satisfie me with the Pleasures of thy House let me dwell in thy Temple and wait at thine Altar yea thus let me live that I may never be disappointed of my hope O come Lord Jesus come quickly and let thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven But Lord what is Man that thou shouldest be thus mindful of him 5. The Subjects and Adjuncts or the Son of Man that thou shouldest so regard him Man whom thou didst make after thine own Image didst indow with Innocence seat in paradise and gavest him Dominion over all the works of thy hands yet Man who so soon fell and was so wretchedly tempted to a fatal sin by the miserable Serpent Man who thus brought the Devil sin Death and Hell with all Temporal and Eternal Curses and Plagues upon himself Yet Man whom thou hast prodigiously thro' meer Compassion and infinite loving kindness redeem'd O Father by the Incarnation and Blood of thine own eternal and only begotten Son and Man of whom thou requirest no more than Faith and Repentance and a godly righteous sober living according to thy most reasonable and upright Laws which alone can render him happy both here and hereafter For is not Godliness O my Soul profitable unto all things having the promise of the Life that now is and of that which is to come and yet O Man why dost thou sin why dost thou remain still disobedient and prove the only Rebel of the whole Creation Dost thou not know that God is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity Dost thou not see the Devil prevailing upon the weakness of thy Flesh alluring thee with Worldly Vanities enslaving and fettering thee only to secure thy Soul and Body for his eternal Torments dost thou not perceive thy barbarous Ingratitude in making thy dear Saviour bleed afresh by thy blasphemy prophaneness irreligion by thy Covetousness uncharitableness oppression cruelty prodigality worldly-mindedness by thy Luciferian pride arrogance presumption hypocrise Schism Heresie Ambition Lust Rage Intemperance with all the Brutal Vices Diabolical Villanies and innumerable wilful Transgressions daily and impenitently perpetrated in the World Why dost thou not cast off this old Man Why dost thou not seek to be renewed O seek to the Lord to heal thee of these Ulcers and to expell these torturing Feavers hast thou not the means before thee canst thou not fast and pray without which this kind goeth not forth canst thou not abstain and mortify and bring thy Body in Subjection to thy Soul canst thou not deny
that we be not overcome by them but may when thou shalt call us to it resist even unto Blood striving against sin that we being faithful unto death thou mayest give us the Crown of Life O remember not Lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our Fore-fathers neither take thou vengeance of our Sins but spare us good Lord spare thy People whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious Blood Spare us good Lord and deliver us from all Evil and Mischief from Sin from the crafts and assaults of the Devil from thy Wrath and from everlasting Damnation from all blindness of Heart from Pride Vain-Glory and Hypocrisie from Envy Hatred and Malice and all Uncharitableness from Fornication and all other deadly Sin and from the deceits of the World the Flesh and the Devil from Lightning and Tempest from Plague Pestilence and Famine from Battel and Murder and from sudden Death from all Sedition Privy Conspiracy and Rebellion from all false Doctrine Heresie and Schism from hardness of Heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment good Lord deliver us O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and Everlasting God who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day defend us we pray thee in the same with thy mighty Power and grant that this day we fall into no sin neither run into any kind of danger but that all our doings may be order'd by thy governance to do always that which is righteous in thy sight And vouchsafe O Lord we beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both our Hearts and Bodies in the ways of thy Laws and in the Works of thy Commandments that through thy most mighty protection both here and ever we may be preserved in Body and Soul through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and everlasting God who by thy holy Apostles hast taught us to make Prayers and Supplications and to give thanks for all Men we humbly besseech thee most mercifully to receive these our Prayers which we offer to thy Divine Majesty beseeching thee to inspire continually the Universal Church with the Spirit of Truth Unity and Concord And grant that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word and live in Unity and godly Love We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours and especially thy Servants William and Mary our King and Queen that under them we may be godly and quietly govern'd And grant unto their whole Council and to all that are put in Authority under them that they may truly and indifferently minister Justice to the punishment of Wickedness and Vice and to the maintainance of God's true Religion and Vertue Give grace O heavenly Father to all Bishops and Curates more particularly to those under whose care thou hast placed us that they may both by their Life and Doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments And to all thy People give thy heavenly grace and especially to us and ours all sorts of Relations Friends Benefactors and even to our Enemies that with meek hearts and due reverence we may ever hear and receive thy holy Word and Ordinances truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our Life And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness O Lord to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory Life are in trouble sorrow need sickness or any other Adversity especially our afflicted Friends c. And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy Servants departed this Life in thy faith and fear beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good Examples that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly Kingdom Grant this O Father for Jesus Christ's sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen Hear us and graciously answer our Petitions for thou art the good King over all the Earth whose Power is infinite and art able to do for us above all that we can ask or think and to whom belongeth the Glory of that good thou workest in us or for us Therefore Blessing Honour Glory and Power be unto him that sitteth upon the Throne to our God for ever an ever Amen All this O God and whatsoever thou knowest best for us in respect both to this life and that which is to come we do earnestly and penitently beg through the satisfactory Merits and Intercession and in the sacred Name and Words of our glorious Redeemer as himself hath taught and commanded us when we pray to say Our Father which art in Heaven c. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Holy Vows and Meditations GOOD Prayers never came weeping home I am sure I shall receive either what I ask or what I should ask It is the basest Love of all others that is for a Benefit for herein we love not another so much as our selves Tho' there were no Heaven O Lord I would love thee now there is one I will esteem it I will desire it Yet still I will love thee for thy goodness-sake thy self is reward sufficient As it is a happy necessity that enforceth to good so is that next happy which hinders from Evil. Not only commission makes a Sin a Man is guilty of all the Sins he hateth not If I cannot avoid all I will yet hate all Sin and abstain from all Appearance of Evil. I will loath every Evil for it's own sake I will do good but not trust to it If it be well-accepted it is well if not my thanks is with God I will not be more afraid of doing good things amiss than of being proud when I have well performed them The Godly sow in Tears and reap in Joy the Seed-time is commonly waterish and lowring I will be content with a wet Spring so I may be sure of a clear and joyful Harvest Nothing shall more joy me than my inward Quietness Whatever become of my Body Reputation or Estate here I will ever labour to find somewhat added to the Stature of my Soul In having I will account that my good which doth me good I account it the only valour to remit a wrong and will applaud it to my self as Right Noble and Christian that I might hurt and will not If it be ill with me on Earth it is well my Torment is so short and so easie I will not be so covetous to hope for two Heavens Henceforth I will envy none but a good Man and I will pity nothing so much as the prosperity of the Wicked An Evening Prayer for Family or Closet c. Lord we call upon thee haste thee unto us and consider our voice when we cry unto thee Let our Prayers be set forth in thy sight as the Incense and let the lifting up of our hands be an Evening Sacrifice Psal 141.1 2. O Holy Blessed and