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A66950 The Protestant's crums of comfort containing I. Prayers and meditations, with ejaculations for every day in the week, and other occasions. II. Thanksgivings for deliverances from Popery, tyranny, and arbitrary power. III. The rebellion in Ireland, and massacre of Paris. IV. The learned Bishop Usher's prophecy, concerning Ireland, and the downfall of Rome. V. Advice to the late besieged in London-Derry, under that reverend divine and valiant commander, Coll. George Walker. Illustrated with pictures suitable to each particular occasion. Walker, George, of Londonderry. 1690 (1690) Wing W342; ESTC R219333 41,249 189

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When you go about worldly Affairs O let not my heart be inclined to any evil thing Let me not be occupied in ungodly Works with the Men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them Psalm 141. 4. Deliver me O Lord from every evil Work and establish me in every good word and work 2. Tim. 4. 18. God shall bring every Work into Judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Before Eating Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psalm 145. ●6 After Eating The Lord is to be praised who satisfieth thy Mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an Eagle Psal. 103. 4. In prosperity If I do not remember thee let my Tongue cleave to the Roof of my Mouth if I prefer not thee above my chie● Joy Psal. 137. 6. Adversity The Lord killeth and maketh alive 1. Sam. 2. 6. Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we no● receive evil Job 2. 10. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his Glory Luk● 24. 26. Troubles Surely Man walketh in ● vain Shew surely they are disquieted in vain Psalm 39. 6. Calumnies If I pleased men I should not be the Servant of Christ Gal. 1. 10. Praises Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give Glory Psal. 115. 1. Against vain Hope As a Dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt de●pise their Image Psal. 73. ●0 Pride Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased Luke 14. 11. Covetousness It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 35. Luxury Know ye not that your Bodies are the Members of Christ 1 Cor. 6. 15. Envy He that loveth not his Brother abideth in Sin 1 John ● 14. Gluttony The Kingdom of God is n● Meat and Drink Rom. 14. 1● Anger Learn of me for I am me● and lowly in Heart Mat. 1● 29. Sloth Cursed be he that doth t● work of the Lord negligentl● Jer. 48. 10. Rules of Faith Remove not the anci● Bounds which thy Fath● have set Prov. 22. 28. Acts of Faith Lord I believe help th● my Unbelief Mark 9. 24. I know that my Redeem● liveth c. Job 19. 25. Hope Though I walk through t● valley of the shadow of Death I will fear no Evil for thou art with me Psal. 24. 4. I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him Psal. 90. 15. Charity Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire in comparison of thee My Flesh and my Heart faileth but God is the Strength of my Heart and my Portion for ever Psal. 73. 25 26. Against Worshipping of Idols To whom will you liken God or what likeness will ye compare unto him Isa. 40. 18. Woe unto him that saith to the Wood Awake to the dumb Stone Arise it shall teach behold it is laid over with Gold and Silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it Hab. 2. 19. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your Hearts then put away the strange Gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your Hearts unto the Lord and serve him only Then the Children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth and served the Lord only 1 Sam. 7. 3 4. Against Popish Tradition For as much as this people draw near me with their Mouth and with their Lip● do honour me but have removed their Heart far from me Isa. 29. 13. In vain they do worship me teaching for Doctrines th● Commandments of Men Ma● 7. 7. Take heed and beware o● the Leaven of the Pharisees an● of the Sadduces Against Praying to Saints Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 13. When you pray say Our Father which art in Heaven c. Luke 11. 2. Against Antichrist Little Children it is the last time and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know it is the last time I John 2. 18. Let no Man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come ● falling away first and that Man of Sin be revealed the Son of Perdition Who opposeth and exal●eth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God ●itteth in the Temple of God ●he wing himself that he is God And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a Lie that they all might be damned who believed not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2. Thes. 2 3 4 11 12. Divine Breathings of the Soul towards the Evening AS the Hart panteth after the VVater-brooks so longeth my Soul after thee O God My Soul is athirst for God even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God ●salm 42. 1. 2. Thy loving kindness is better than life it self therefore my Lips shall praise thee Psal 63. 4. A Prayer for a Family that may serve for Morning or Evening O Eternal Lord God we thy poor and unworthy Servants prostrate our selves before thee in all Humility to ask pardon for all our Sins and Offences Thou art a God of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity yet so infinitely Gracious that none ever trusted in thee and was confounded Thou hadst an Eye upon us in the Womb and notwithstanding our unworthiness thou still relievest us giving us our daily Food and hourly Breath II. What can we render unto thee O Lord for all thy Mercies which thou continually bestowest upon us O let the Ocean of this thy Mercy be a partition betwixt us and our Sins and betwixt thee and thy Judgments Remove from us whatsoever displeaseth thee and we beseech thee be not extream in marking our Imperfections thou hast gone along with us and hast kept us and preserved us this Night past from Fire Water Robbery sudden Death and Desolation Day past from wilful Snining Frights and Fears Maiming Drowning and Fire from bad Company and false Witnesses which might lay to our Charge things that we know not and from all other sad Accidents which might have be●aln us III. Bless our gracious Deliverers and Sovereign Lord and Lady K William and Q. Mary defend their Persons uphold their Crown and maintain their State give them continual Peace length of Days and much happiness Bless Catherine the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Let thy Blessing be upon this Family guide us in our ways and lead us in thy Truth Bless all our Relations and Friends guide and govern us by thy good Spirit of Grace and whatsoever thou knowest to be needful and convenient for us we beseech thee grant it IV. Lastly We come unto thee for a blessing for all that are distressed either in
Wednesday Morning DEliver me O Lord from the Evil Man and preserve me from the Wicked Man Which imagine mischief i● their Hearts and stir up stris● all the day long They have sharpened their Tongues like a Serpent Adders Poyson is under their Lips II. Keep me O Lord from the Hands of the Ungodly preserve me from the wicked Men which are purposed to overthrow my going The Proud have laid a s●are for me and spread a Net abroad with Cords yea and set Traps in my way III. I said unto the Lord thou art my God hear the Voice of my Prayers O Lord. O Lord God thou strength of my Health thou hast covered my Head in the day of Battle IV. Let not the Ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous Imagination prosper lest they be too Proud Let the mischief of their own Lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about A man full of Words shall not prosper upon the Earth Evil shall hunt the wicked Person to overthrow him The Prayer O Lord God the Strength of all those that depend upon thee deliver us from evil and wicked Men that neither their Examples may corrupt us nor their Counsels misguide us or their Mischief disturb our Safety II. But do thou O Lord cover our Heads in the day of Battle and Strife against all our Bodily and Ghostly Enemies that though they pursue us to overthrow us yet we may be safe on Earth under thy Favour and Almighty Protection and at the last being removed from all Fears and Dangers we may appear in thy sight amongst the Righteous for evermore Meditations for Wednesday Noon HEar my Prayer O Lord and consider my Desire Hearken unto me for thy Truth and Righteousness sake And enter not into Judgment with thy Servant for in thy sight shall no one living be justified II. For the Enemy hath persecuted my Soul he hath smitten my Life down to the ground he hath laid me in the Darkness as the men that have been long dead Therefore is my Spirit vexed within me and my Heart within me is desolate III. Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works Yea I exercise my self in the works of thy Hands I stretch forth my Hands unto thee my Soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty Land The Prayer MOst Righteous Judge and dear Redeemer hear us for thy Truth and Mercies sake free us from the hainous Guilt of all our Sins and renounce those Punishments due to us for the same II. Enter not at any time into Judgment with us for in thy sight no Flesh can be justified by its own worthiness Fortifie our Souls with the Holiness of a lively Faith which worketh by Charity that at last we enter into thy Holy of Holies even Life Everlasting Amen Meditations for Wednesday Night HEar me O Lord and that soon for my Spirit waxeth faint Hide not thy Face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the Pit O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the Morning for in thee is my Trust Shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my Soul unto thee II. Deliver me O Lord from mine Enemies for I flie unto thee to hide me Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God Let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the Land of Righteousness III. Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy Righteousness sake bring my Soul out of trouble And of thy goodness slay mine Enemies and destroy all them that vex my Soul for I am thy Servant The Prayer BOW down thine Ear O Lord and hear my Complaint support my weak Spirit with thy Heavenly Grace which is sufficient for me Hide not the light of thy Countenance from me but replenish me with the Beams of thy Mercy and Goodness II. Direct me in the way that I should walk in instruct me to do whatsoever pleaseth thee quicken my Soul in thy Paths which lead to Life Eternal and so continue the Conduct of thy Blessed Spirit to me that it may never depart from me till I am brought out of this temporal World and am safely arrived at thy Spiritual Kingdom Amen Meditations for Thursday Morning PRaise the Lord O my Soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any Being will I sing praises unto my God O put not your trust in Princes nor in any Child of Man ●or there is no help in them For when the Breath of Man goeth out he shall turn again to his Earth and then all his Thoughts perish II. Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for ever Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which feedeth the Hungry III. The Lord looseth Men out of Prison the Lord giveth Sight to the Blind The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the Righteous The Lord careth for the Strangers he defendeth the Fatherless and Widow as for the way of the Ungodly he turneth it upside down The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations The Prayer GReat God who art King for everlasting world without end vouchsafe us thy Grace and assist us with thy ready help that we may fix all our hopes in thee for thou alone art able to grant Deliverance II. Lord feed our Souls and satisfie us with thy Salvation when we hunger and thirst after thee revenge our Cause when we suffer wrong and heal our back-slidings Enlighten our Darkness that we walk not in the shadow of Death and let thy hand of Providence take care of us in all our necessities that when our life is expired and we return to that Earth from whence we were taken we may reign with thee for evermore Meditations for Thursday Noon I Cryed unto the Lord with my Voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my supplication I poured out my Complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my Spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me II. I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no Man that would know me I had no place to flie unto and no man cared for my Soul I cried unto thee O Lord and said thou art my Hope and my Portion in the Land of the Living III. Consider my Complaint for I am brought very low O deliver me from my Persecutors for they are too strong for me Bring my Soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the Righteous resort unto my Company The Prayer THou art our Place O Lord to flee unto and the only Sanctuary wherein is
arose to Judgment and to help all the meek upon Earth The fierceness of Man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that be round about him bring Presents unto him that ought to be feared He shall refrain the spirit of Princes and is wonderful among the Kings of the Earth The Prayer GReat is thy Name O Lord and thy dwelling in the highest Heavens give a deep impression of a dread and reverence of thee and thy power in our Hearts Let thy threatnings and judgments which descend from Heaven and are executed upon stubborn and disobedient People make us loath Sin or the thoughts of it and shun all the occasions and alluring baits of it II. O let thy continued mercies and loving kindnesses be ever in our remembrance and make our Hearts still full of smoothness and tranquillity that we may not fear the rigour of man or the cruel wrath of those whose spirits thou canst refrain lest we be hindred in our duty towards thee but let us so fear to offend thee that we may press forwards from fear to love from apprehensions of thy wrath to the sense and comfort of thy mercies Meditations for Saturday Morning UNto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto thee do we give thanks Thy Name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare When I receive the Congregation I shall judge according unto right The Earth is weak and all the Inhabitants thereof I bear up the Pillars of it II. I said unto the Fools Deal not so madly and to the Ungodly set not up your Horn. Set not up your Horn on high and speak not with a stiff Neck For promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why God is the Judge he putteth down one and setteth up another III. For in the hand of the Lord there is a Cup and the Wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the Earth shall drink them and suck them out But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever All the Horns of the ungodly also will I break and the Horns of the Righteous shall be exalted The Prayer GReat Judge of the whole Universe from whom proceeds all promotion and punishment extend thy Mercy now upon us at the hour of Death and in the day of Judgment when thou shalt judge all the Society of Men and Angels according to Right II. O Give us thy powerful Grace that we may expect thy coming in Humility and perfect Charity and not be puft up and exalted in our Fancies and Imaginations but may submit to thy Will with Meekness and Holy Obedience that when thou shalt pour forth thy Wrath upon the Ungodly we may not be numbered amongst them but partake of those Mercies thou hast provided for those that love and fear thee Amen Meditations for Saturday Noon HAst thee O God to deliver me make hast to help me O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my Soul Let them be turned back-ward and put to confusion that wish me Evil. Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me There There II. But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy Salvation say always The Lord be praised As for me I am poor and in misery Hast thee unto me O God Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying The Prayer THou O God art our Deliverer Helper and Redeemer have mercy upon us and all those which serve thee in Sincerity and Truth help us O God against those that seek to destroy our Souls Let our delight be to wait for thy Salvation and to trust in thy never-failing Mercies that our Feet being guided by thy direction we may remain safe under thy Providence II. Suffer us not O thou who art a God of Power and great Glory to be a Prey to our Enemies but dissipate and scatter them as offensive Clouds to the light of thy Gospel Strengthen our Weakness by thy Power pardon our Sins by thy Mercies and justifie our Souls by thy free Grace that we may now and evermore with the humble Addresses of Devotion give thee Praise not only with our Lips but in our Lives through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Meditations for Saturday Night GOD be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his Countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon Earth thy saving Health among all Nations Let the People praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee II. O let the Nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the Folk righteously and govern the Nations upon Earth Let the People praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the Earth bring forth her Encrease and God even our own God shall give us his Blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the World shall fear him The Prayer O God thou great Governour of all Mankind and judge of the whole Earth have mercy upon us and bless us Thou makest the resplendent Beams of thy unwearied Sun to shine and cast his Lustre upon all corners of the habitable World bestowing his Light both on the Good and Bad. II. Let the blessed Light of thy bright Countenance spread it self to all Nations and to all People Lighten all our Darknesses with the radiant Beams of thy Divine Favour teach thy ways to all People and give thy saving Health to all Nations that all may joyn with one consent to fear thee and praise thy Name for evermore Amen EJACULATIONS UPON Several Occasions Out of the Holy Scriptures In the Morning MY Voice shalt thou hear betimes O Lord Early in the Morning will I direct my Prayer unto thee and will look up Psal. 5. 3. My days are like the days of an Hireling Untill the day break and the shadows flie away Job 7. 1. Cant. 4. 6. At going forth The Lord preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth and for evermore Psal. 121. 8. O hold thou up my goings in thy Paths that my Footsteps slip not Psal. 17. 5. Beginning a good Work In the volume of the Book it is written of me I delight to do thy Will O my God yea thy Law is within my Heart Psal. 40. 7 8. In good Inspirations The Lord God hath opened my Ear and I was not rebellious against him Isa. 50. 5. At Church O how amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of Hosts Psal. 84. 1. Before Reading Speak Lord for thy Servant heareth 1 Sam. 3. 9. Speaking My Heart is inditing a good Matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the King Psalm 45. 1.