heart have mercie upon me and grant me pardon through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie 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 worthie Receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercie sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me Grace to receive the blessed Bodie and Bloud 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 Charitie 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 Bodie 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 mercie 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 increase 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 Bodie and Bloud with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthie I know I can no more die eternally than that Bodie and Bloud 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 heartie Prayers and Devotion and be made worthie by thy Grace of this infinite Blessing the Pledge and Earnest of Eternal Life in the merits of the same Jesus Christ who gave his Bodie and Bloud for me Amen Almightie God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that I may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O God the Father of Heaven who hast delivered thy onely begotten Son to death for us O God the Son Redeemer of the World who by thy precious Bloud hast cleansed us from our sins O God the Holy Ghost the Comforter who by thy Grace dost visit and establish the hearts of thy Saints O most holy high eternal happie ever blessed Trinitie O good Father holy Son loving Spirit by whose operation we receive our Being by whose love we obtain Grace and in contemplation of whom we hope for Glorie whose Majestie is unspeakable whose Power is incomparable whose Goodness is inestimable O thou that art the Lord both of Quick and Dead I adore thee I call upon thee and with the utmost affection of my heart I bless thee now and for evermore Amen * O Lord Jesu grant us while we live Mercie and Grace guide us thy Servants by thy perpetual Light grant to thy Church Truth and Peace grant me a most wretched sinner Repentance and Forgiveness Amen * O Lord I pray thee correct those that are in errour convert the unbeliever increase the Faith of thy Church root out of it all Heresies discover and confound her secret designing Enemies and break in pieces those that are openly fierce violent and impenitent through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O merciful Father let my Benefactors obtain eternal Rewards in Heaven for the benefits which they have bestowed upon me on Earth I pray thee also that thou wouldest vouchsafe to bring me together with those whom I have prayed for or whom I am bound to pray for and together with all the People of God into thy Kingdom that there we may appear in Righteousness and be fully satisfied with thy Glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord consider my Complaint for I am brought very low O Lord how long wilt thou be angrie with thy servant that prayeth O Lord give me Grace and Repentance and thou canst not be angrie with my Prayer O Lord I am thine save me and deliver me not into the will of mine enemies especially my ghostly Enemies O Lord I am thy servant thy unprofitable wastful servant yet thy servant O Lord set my accounts right before thee and pardon all my mis-spendings and misreckonings O Lord I am thy son thy most unkind prodigal run-away son yet thy son O Lord though I have not retained the love and dutie of a son yet do not thou cast off I humbly beg it the kindness and compassion of a Father O Lord in thy Grace I return to thee and though I have eaten draugh with all the unclean Swine in the World in my hungrie absence from thee yet now Lord upon my humble return to thee give me I beseech thee the Bread of Life the Bodie and Bloud of my Saviour into my soul that I may be satisfied in thee and never more run away from thee even for Jesus Christ his sake that gave himself for me Amen * O merciful God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be converted and live have mercie upon all Jews Turks Infidels and Hereticks and take from them all ignorance hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flock that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one Fold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God World without end Amen * As I must one day appear and answer at thy dreadful Tribunal where there shall be no respect of persons so at this time ere the day of Judgment overtakes me I prostrate my self before thy holy Altar and being burdened by my own Conscience I lay open my evil thoughts and ungodly deeds before thee and thy glorious Angels I beseech thee O Lord regard my lowliness and forgive me all my sins which are more in number than the hairs of my head For what evil have I not design'd in my heart but many and most abominable things have I committed in very deed For I am guiltie O Lord of Envie Gluttonie c. All my Senses and all my Members have I polluted But
godly life give me Grace that I may always most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen LOrd give me that Grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee That I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doth after evil counsels That I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen * The Lord grant that here in me and for me he may be a consuming fire And O that my heart may be kindled with this fire that it may be an eternal light to me lest my soul burn in it unto everlasting punishment through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive-tree in thy House for I trust in thy tender mercie for ever And I will always praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy Name for ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee make me remember how much more than other men I have need to call upon thee My charge is great and my strength little O give me Grace to come often before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give than I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord Consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all goodness and by thy great mercie keep me in the same Give me godly zeal in Prayer true humilitie in Prosperitie perfect patience in Adversitie and continual joy in the Holy Ghost even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful People by sending to them the Light of thy holy Spirit grant me by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyes in his holy comfort through the ments of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unitie of the same Spirit one God World without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God who hast given unto thy servants Grace by the confession of true faith to acknowledge theGlorie of the eternal Trinitie and in the power of the Divine Majestie to worship the Unitie I humbly beseech thee bless me also that I may live in the stedfastness of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercies sake who 〈◊〉 and reignest one God world without end Amen O My God incline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and see O Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O my God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glorie of his house be increased For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shall his pomp follow him But ever make me afraid to offend thee Amen Mine eyes long sore for thy Word saying When wilt thou comfort me Lord comfort me for I am become like a bottle in the smoak yet let me not I beseech thee forget thy Law even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord God which seest that I put not my trust in any thing that I do mercifully grant that I may be defended against all Adversitie through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord which hast taught us that all our doings without Charitie are nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charitie the very bond of Peace and all Vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thy onely Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord fill me with Grace that I may fulfil all the service which I owe thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God spare I beseech thee who shall raise up Jacob for he is small Spare him therefore O Lord spare thy People spare me Say unto my soul thou hast repented of the evil intended and it shall not be Amen Lord when I am asleep let me not be made afraid but let my sleep be sweet that I may be enabled to serve thee Amen Grant I beseech thee most merciful Father that I who for my evil deeds am worthily punished may by the comfort of thy Grace be mercifully relieved through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen COnsider and hear me O Lord my God Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death Amen O Lord thou hast proved and visited my heart in the night-season thou hast tried me O blessed Father purge me that thou mayest find no wickedness in me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear me that seven times a day I may praise thee and be acquainted with that great peace which they have that love thy Law Amen O Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto me thy humble servant that by thy holy inspiration I may think those things that are good and by thy merciful guiding may also perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Entrance into the Church LOrd I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple O bless me that I may Amen Hear the voice of my humble Petitions O Lord when I crie unto thee in this place when I hold my hands towards the mercies sent of thy holy Temple even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings O Lord hear our desires and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee and fear thy Name Amen O my God I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise I will be thankful unto thee and speak good of thy Name For thou Lord art gracious thy mercie is everlasting and thy truth endureth from Generation to Generation Amen O Lord I love the habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour dwelleth O shut not up my soul with impenitent sinners but give me plentie of thy Grace even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In the Holy Sacrament * FOrgive me O Lord whatsoever I have transgrest against thee from the time of my infancie even to this very moment whether against knowledge or through ignorance at home or abroad sleeping or waking in thoughts words or deeds whether occasion'd through the fierie darts of our ghostly Enemie or by the unclean desires of my own
Amen Lord give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almightie for thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou which declarest thy Almightie power most chiefly by shewing mercie and pitie give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou art my hope and strength a very present help in trouble confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the sea though the waters thereof rage and swell and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be moved Amen O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy Name Order my steps in thy Word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Almightie God give unto me I beseech thee a full increase of Faith Hope and charitie And that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy correction may amend me and make me thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Look on me also O Lord Jesus that I may call to mind my own sins and wash away my offences with tears grant me I beseech thee the tears of St. Peter I would not have the joy of a sinner That I may obtain this turn thee O Lord and look upon me and grant the same Cock may waken even me a most miserable sinner that being delivered I may sing unto thee for ever and ever Amen O eternal God and merciful Father grant I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that amongst the sundrie and manifold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen WEDNESDAY O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thine Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak and hear my prayers and deliver me for thine own sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confess it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin And though thou didst wash me from that in the laver of Baptism yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace that thou hast given me Lord increase thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my resistance that I may see and confess and hate and forsake all my sins and find mercie and salvation in the merits of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord early this morning do I crie unto thee for in thy Word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the days of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen DEliver me O Lord from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee and there let it still continue acceptable in Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord look upon me in mercie in the greater mercie because the Calling and Place I am in must give a stricter account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the Bloud of Christ not till I have hid my self in the Wounds of Christ that so the punishment which should else overtake me may pass over me then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercie in my soul make me feel it through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen * O Lord who bringest the great Flocks to perfection and increasest the little ones by thy Grace comfort me abundantly according to the exceeding greatness of thy bountie and feed and preserve my Flock together with my self through Jesus Christ the chief Shepherd and our onely Saviour Amen O Lord plead thou my cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Even so Amen Give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue Amen Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercie And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me such Grace as I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art near that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my ways and the unrighteousness of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercie upon me in Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen Teach me thy ways O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Amen Lord I beseech thee grant that thy Grace may alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercie upon me O God after thy great goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen * Vouchsafe O Lord to hear my Prayers According to thy good pleasure drive out the Enemie
suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it And let me not live longer than to honour thee through Jesus Christ. Amen For the Sick * O God by whose appointment the moments of our life run out I bessech thee receive my prayers for thy sick servants in whose behalf I most humbly beg the assistance of thy mercie that their health being restored to them they may return thanks to thee in thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen At the Visitation of the Sick * ARe you perswaded 1. That no sickness or cross comes to any one by chance or at all adventures 2. But that they come from God without whose providence no bodie is afflicted with diseases 3. And that God being most wise never will suffer any thing to befal us but when it is expedient to be so 4. And that this sickness or cross which God has now sent upon you is therefore expedient for you 5. And moreover that God has the assection of a Father towards us And that a Father whether he be indulgent to his Children or whether he correct them is a Father alike in both and that he does the latter with no less kindness nay perhaps with greater than he does the former 6. That for a long time he has bestowed good things upon you and though now he gives you evil things yet he would not have brought the evil upon you but onely to be the occasion of greater good that is that you may return to him 7. That 't is an effect of his gracious favour that notwithstanding you have so often rejected him yet he does not leave you so but does visit you at last and seek after you again Now if this be the Case submit your own Will in this matter to the Divine Will a Sacrifice which is of all others next to that of Christ himself the most acceptable unto God * Do you confess 1. That you have not lived so well as you ought nay that you lived ill and that you have often and grievously sinned 2. Is there any particular sin besides or above the rest or are there any sins that lie heavie upon your Conscience so that you need the benefit of a peculiar Absolution 3. Have you any scruple about those things which appertain to Faith or Religion 4. Do you call to mind the past years of your life in the bitterness of your soul 5. Would you wish to feel greater bitterness for them than you are now sensible of and would you be glad if you felt more and are you grieved that you feel no more 6. Do you desire to have your minde enlightned concerning those things which you are ignorant of or which you have forgotten that you may repent of them and does it also repent you that either you do not know them or have forgotten them 7. Do you purpose if you live to judge your self and to take vengeance upon your self for your offences 8. Do you purpose if you live to amend your life and to avoid both the means and the appearances of those sins which you have lived in 9. Do you solemnly promise thus much 10. And do you desire to be freely admonisht of this your promise Do you believe 1. Those matters that are contained in the Articles of the Christian Faith once delivered to the Saints 2. And that you cannot be sav'd unless you do believe them 3. Do you rejoyce and give heartie thanks to God for that you were born in this Faith that you have liv'd in it and that now you shall die in it 4. Do you your self desire and would you have us in your name humbly to beg of God that this Faith in him may not decay in you and especially that it may not fail when you are just at the point of death 5. Do you desire also that the fruit this of your Faith and chiefly of yourFaith in the death of Jesus Christ may not be lost at your death how much soever it may have been lost in your life-time 6. If your sense should fail or if your pain or weakness should bring you to that pass that any expressions should fall from you that are contrarie to Religion or its precepts would you have them be accounted as not spoken by you and do you renounce them as none of yours Do you forgive 1. Those that any manner of way have offended you as freely as you your self would be forgiven 2. And do you desire of God that he also would forgive them 3. And do you forgive them the satisfaction they are bound to make you upon account of those things wherein they have offended you whether in word or deed 4. Will you have thus much signified in your name to those that have offended you that you for your part have forgiven them all their injuries 5. Would you be readie to forgive them if they had done you more and greater mischiefs 6. Would you be glad if you had more enemies to forgive that so God might bestow on you a more plentiful remission of your own sins * 1. IF you your self have offended any others do you beg pardon of them likewise and desire that they may forgive you 2. Whom do you chiefly remember that you have offended and would you have thus much made known to them in your name 3. Forasmuch as no forgiveness is to be hop'd for of sins against the eighth or ninth Commandment of God's Law unless restitution be made are you readie to restore Goods to those whom you have wronged in their Estates and repair the credit of those whom you have injured in their good Name and that without fraud or delay 4. And now at last can you call to mind who these are The Apostles Creed paraphras'd * OLord I believe help thou my unbelief I believe that thou the Father Son and Holy Ghost art one God I believe That of thy unlimited goodness and power thou didst create the Heavens and the Earth That of thy unbounded love thou hast gathered together in one all things in Christ Who was made Flesh and was conceived Was born suffered was crucified Dead buried descended Rose again ascended sitteth Shall return shall reward I believe That by the power and operation of thy holy Spirit thou hast called thy Church out of all the world unto Holiness That in it we are made partakers of all good things and of forgiveness of sins That in it we expect the Resurrection of the Flesh and life everlasting * LOrd I believe O supply thou my want of Faith I believe The affectionate kindness of the Father The saving power of the Almightie The wisdom of the Creator in the preservation government and consummation of the world The great mysterie of Godliness that for us men and for our salvation God was manifested in the flesh even the Lord Jesus the Son of the Father the