A SUMMARIE OF DEVOTIONS Compiled and Used by Dr WILLIAM LAUD Sometime L d Arch-Bishop of CANTERBVRY Now Published according to the Copy written with his own hand and reserved in the Archives of Baptist's Colledge Library in OXON OXFORD Printed by William Hall Anno Dom. 1667. Imprimatur GILBERTUS CANT Dat. Lambethae Dec. 12. 1666. Imprimatur IOHAN FELL Vicecan Oxon. Dec. 28. 1666. Et Conversus vivificasti me Psal 70. 20. O Come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my Soul Psal. 66. 16. Pater noster Laesus est sed Pater Qui es in Coelis Eminenter non Inclusive Sanctificetur In me per me super me Nomen tuum Patris in nobis ut simus filii Patris nostri Adveniat Regnum tuum Ut destruatur Regnum Peccati per quod regnant Mors Diabolus Fiat voluntas tua sicut in Caelo in Terra In me qui sum Terra sicut a sanctis Angelis Panem Super Caelestem Corporeum Nostrum Proprium licite acquisitum Quotidianum da nobis hodie Pro quotidiana necessitate Et remitte nobis debita sicut c. Talenta dimitte nobis Minuta remittentibus Et ne nos inducas in tentationē Nec sinas intrare ductos pronosque Sed libera nos a Mal◠Ab authore mali extra nos Diabolo Mundo Intra nos Nobisipsis Et a malo Culpae per Gratiam Poenae per Misericordiam Omni per Pacē Quia tuum est Regnum Potentia Absolutum in se Independens ab aliis Gloria Circumfulgens omnia in omnibus Tuum Et a Te per Te ad Te in gloria salute servorum tuorum AMEN OUr Father which art in Heaven 1. Hallowed be thy Name 2. Thy Kingdome come 3. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven 4. Give us this day our daily bread 5. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us 6. And lead us not into temptation 7. But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdome the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Symbolum Apostolicum divisum in Articulos 1 I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholicke Church The Communion of Saints 10. The Forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life Everlasting AMEN Officium Quotidianum In nomine Patris Filii Spiritus Sancti AMEN O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee Prevent me I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious◠Favour and further me with thy continual Help that in all my Works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy Holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain Everlasting Life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God and most Merciful Father all Merciful Mercy it selfe I have erred wittingly and strayed willingly nay Runne from thy wayes more like an untamed Heifer then a lost or wandring Sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy Lawes I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankfull for so great Grace Spare me and them all O God which confess their faults Restore me and all them that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more For this is according to thy Promises most pretious most gratious most sweet Promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord. Grant therefore O most merciful Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Author and Finisher of our Faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all Penitents may hereafter live a Godly Righteous and Sober life to the Glory of thy Holy Name and the Salvation of our own Souls Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father Pardon I beseech thee all the Sins Omissions and Commissions Thoughts Words and Deeds by which I have provoked thee unto anger from the time of my Birth to this present moment That no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or lowder in thine ears for vengeance then the Cry of my Prayers may ascend up unto thee for mercy and for forgiveness and obtain that they sue for Particularly I humbly beseech thee forgive unto me my Great and my Clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against Heaven and against Thee have I sinned and committed foule Transgressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the Book of Remembrances which thou hast written through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen GIve unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a couragious Heart Chast and temperate reynes and thoughts A soul full of devotion to do thee service strength against all temptations especially the temptations of c. Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulness I beseech thee for all benefits and blessings both Spiritual and Temporal which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast liberally powred down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnify Thee and thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unseigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my birth to this present moment for c. For bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the days of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in Soul and in Body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the honour and glory of thy Name the good of thy Church the discharge of my Duty the salvation of my Soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee Bless
thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lordâ— purge it from all Atheisme Heresy Schisme Superstition Factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptisme may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant Good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the Merits and by the Grace of the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may Serve thee and thou Bless them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gratious Soveraigne treasure up in Him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to Thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that He may live long and be full of honourable success all his daies in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer Reference the place where I was borne c Every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom Friends Dr c. All those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me Service even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the Afflicted members of the body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted Send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my estate as their's is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their Power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorne of the World Amen O Domine Jesu Da quod jabes jube quod vis Facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quomodo vis O Tu qui Salus es omnium sperantium in Te. Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Iudicium tuum Animam meam nunc semper praecipue in hora mortis meae Quae mors obnixe precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum nunquam ita adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem Spem Charitatem memoriam intellectum Sanum usque ad extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des peccatis meis Misericordiam Veniam Ecclesiae tuae Pacem Concordiam mihi peccatorum primo Gratiam in hac vita Gloriam in futura Ita ita venias O Domine Jesu miserere mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes only give mee I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a Patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this Life and to Glory in the Life to come through Iesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us Give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Iesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light anâ— thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may goe unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almighty and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth Mercifully hear my supplications for my selfe and all thy people grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Iesus came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithfull servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting Life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our Sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may â—peedily deliver us To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory world without end Amen Lord let thine Angels tarry round about
upon me And they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedome defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen DIc ô Domine mi Jesu doce discā a te quod doceam de te Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto me and all thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercy upon me O God have mercy upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercy and truth upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine misericors qui ad cor altum non accedis humilia animam meam O tu qui non videris nisi a mundis cordibus veram cordis munditiem dato mibi Sitio O Domine da arrham haereditatis futurae saltem da guttam coelestis pluviae qua refrigerare possim sitim meam quia amore ardeo Nec hoc peto Domine propter merita mea indignissimus enim sum qui gustem sed pro misericordia tua meritis Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi Amen Almighty God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and body in the wayes of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mighty protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in body and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Lord I cry unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Da mihi Domine dormitum abeunti requiem corporis animae Custodi me a caliginoso peccati somno ab omni tenebrosa nocturna mollitie Ignita maligni tela dolose in me vibrata extinguito Rebelliones carnis meae reprimito Et omnem terrenam mundanam in me cogitationem sopito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glory through our only Mediator and Advocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY DEus magne Deus omnipotens Deus summae bonitatis quem inviolabilem incorruptibilem credi intelligi fas est Trina Unitas quam Catholica Ecclesia colit supplex oro expertus in meipso misericordiam tuam ne homines cum quibus mihi a pueritia in omni victu fuit summa consensio in tuo cultu a me dissentire permittas nec vel me vel illos a veritate salute quae est in Christo Jesu Amen O Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhorre my soul neither hide thy face from me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Iesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility Mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Family for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified Receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen Diu est O Domine ex quo contra Haereses laboravi sum poene fatigatus Veni Domine mi Jesu praeliator fortissime Princeps exercitus Domini qui Diabolum vicisti seculum Apprehende arma scutum exurge in adjutorium mihi Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins
infirmities and those things which for my unworthiness I dare not and for my blindness I cannot ask vouchsafe to give me for the worthiness of thy Son Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I will put my trust in thee alwayes O let thy people do it with me and I will pour out my heart before thee O God my hope Amen O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keep thy Statutes O Lord direct them Amen O Lord teach me the way of thy Statutes and I shall keep it unto the end yea I shall keep it with my whole heart O stablish thy word in thy sevant that I may fear thee and that for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I will call upon thee in my troubles O deliver me and hear me and then especially at what time any storm falls upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy Statuts That my whole heart may seek thee and that I may not go wrong out of thy Commandments That I may take greater delight in the way of thy Testimonies then in all manner of riches Amen O Praise the Lord all ye his servants ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord. With these O Lord I lift up my hands to thy Sanctuary and will praise thy Name O Lord be with me this Evening in all the mercies of Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen Miserae carnis meae infirmitatem tu nosti qui finxisti me Invisibilium hostium meorum vigilantiam tu nosti qui vides eos Protegat me ala bonitatis tuae per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord there is no hiding me from thy presence For if I should say the darkness shall cover me then shall my night be turned to day For the darkness is no darkness with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darkness and the light to thee are both alike Therefore O God I present my self open before thee O cleanse my soul that it may rejoyce to be seen of thee in Iesus Christ. Amen Die jam transacto graâ—ias tibi ago Domine gloriam tibi tribuo quod sine scandalo hymnis effero quod liber ab insidiis diem transegerim per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Thy righteousness O God is very high and great things are they which thou hast done for me O God who is like unto thee Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side Therefore will I praise thee and thy righteousness O God and unto thee will I sing O thou holy One of Israel My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee and so will my soul which thou hast delivered My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long for many are confounded brought to shame that have sought to do me evil O Lord continue thy blessings to me and multiply my thankfulness to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou keeper of Israel which in the watch over thy servants dost neither slumber nor sleep be my keeper and preserve me this night O keep my soul. Amen Lord give me grace to make haste and not prolong the time to keep thy Commandments That I may call my own ways to remembrance and turn my feet to thy Testimonies And then at midnight will I rise and give thee thanks because of thy righteous judgments O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Wo is me that I am constrainâ—d to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar For my soul hath too long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace Too long O Lord but that it is thy good pleasure to continue my dwelling in this vale of misery Amen Quid es ô Deus meus Quid rogo nisi Dominum Deus Quis enim Dominus praeter Dominum aut quis Deus praeter Deum nostrum Summe Optime Potentissime Misericordissime Iustissime Secretissime Presentissime Pulcherrime Fortissime Stabilis Incomprehensibilis Immutabilis mutans omnia Nunquam novus nunquam vetus innovans omnia in vetustatem perducens superbos nesciunt Semper agens semper quietus colligens non egens Portans implens protegens creans nutriens perficiens Quaeris cum nihil desit tibi Amas necaestuas Zelas securus es Poenitet te non doles Irasceris tranquillus es Opera mutas non consilium Recipis quod invenis nunquam amisisti Nunquam inops gaudes lucris Nunquam avarus usuras exigis Supererogatur tibi ut debeas quis habet quicquam non tuum Reddis debita nulli debens Donas debita nihil perdens Et quid dicimus Deus meus vita mea dulcedo mea sancta Aut quid dicit aliquis quum de te dicit Et vae tacentibus de te quoniam loquaces muti sunt Miserere mei Deus ut loquar de te glorificem nomen tuum Amen PROSPERA LOrd this is the time of fear keep thy servant from Presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me That though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the Great offence even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthy of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endeavours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my enemies and wisdom to prevent them A heart to love my friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me love thy Church and the place where thine honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanity and quicken thou me in thy way Amen O Domine misericors quando a te ipse exoratus nec enim unquam ita vivimus ut exorare mereamur pacificos nobis dies proventus uberes divitem bonis omnibus tranquillitatem abundantiam dederis super vota crescentem ne sinas me tanta secundarum rerum prosperitate corrumpi ne tui penitus obliviscar mei sed humilitatem gratitudinem adauge per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Familia Domus VIsita quaeso Domine habitationem meam et omnes insidias Inimici ab ea longe repelle Angeli tui sancti habitent in ea nos in pace sanitate custodiant benedictio tua sit super nos semper per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Linguae fraenum LEt the words of my mouth
tibi Deus Gratias tibi vera una Trinitas una trina Veritas trina una Unitas Gratias tibi Deus Pater qui Filium tuum ostendisti mihi Doctorem dedisti O semper des in misericordiis antiquis Amen My heart is ready O Lord my heart is ready I will sing and give praise yea I will praise thee among the People and I will sing unto thee among the Nations O let thy Mercy which is great unto the heavensâ— and thy Truth which reacheth unto the clouds imbrace me and preserve me to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most highest For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the Throne that judgest right Lord continue to be my defence against the oppressor and my refuge in due time of trouble that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Iesus Christ. Amen My trust is in thee O God and my heart is joyful in thy salvation I will sing unto thee O Lord because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise thy Name O Lord most highest Amen O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee Amen What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Amen I will alwaies give thanks unto thee O Lord thy praise shall ever be in my mouth My soul shall make her boast of thee O my God and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad For I sought thee O Lord and thou heardest me and didst deliver me out of all my fear even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glory every day Amen O Lord who is like unto thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversitiesâ— but thou wilt I hope return and quicken me thou wilt return and take me out of this depth Amen I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for ever For great is thy mercy towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast given me of thy truth for giving me a love to it and thy Church for quieting my soul in the midst of thy Churches distractions for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee whereas no true content is found without thee Lord I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign the place to which thou hast raised me the means which thou hast given me to do good Lord I cannot name all thy blessings how shall I thank thee for them Lord I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them O give a heart to desire all this and grace to perform it that my sins may be forgiven me and that I may be thine through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O praise the Lord for he is gracious O sing unto his Name for it is lovely I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name and that because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things Lord give me grace to obey thy Word and to honour thy Name for ever in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pro Inimicis O Lord I beseech thee forgive mine enemies all their sins against thee and give me that measure of thy grace that for their hatred I may love them for their cursing I may bless them for their injury 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 Deus Pacis Charitatis da omnibus inimicis mihi pacem charitatem omniumque remissionem peccatorum meque ab eorum insidiis potenter eripe per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord consider mine Enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me Lord deliver me from them Amen Almighty God I humbly beâ—seech thee look upon the hearty deâ—ires of thy humble servant and stretch out the right hand of thy Majestie to be my defence against all mine Enemies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Be merciful unto me O God for mine Enemies would swallow me up and many they are which fight against me O thou most highest they gather together and keep themselves close they mark my steps because they lay wait for my soul. But when I was afraid I trusted in thee and when I cry then shall mine Enemies turn back This thou wilt make me know when thou art with me Be with me therefore O Lord and let me see deliverance Amen O Lord let not them that are mine Enemies triumph over me neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me either without a cause or for thy cause Amen O Lord God in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me lest they devour my soul like a Lyon and tear it in pieces while there is none to help Lift up thy self O God because of the indignation of mine Enemies arise up for me in the Judgment which thou hast commanded that my help may still be from thee O God who preservest them that are true of heart Amen Have mercy upon me O God consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death Amen Hear my voice O God in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the Enemy hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked and from the rage of the workers of iniquity They have whet their tongues like a sword and shoot out their arrows even bitter words Lord deliver me from them Amen Episcopatus DEâ—s omnium fidelium Pastor Rector me Famulum tuum quem Pastorem Ecclesiae Cantuar. praeesse voluisti propitius respice Da mihi
humillime peta verbo exemplo quibus pâ—aesum proficere Ut una cum Grege mihi credito ad vitam perveniam sempiternam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Deus mi Pater clementissime gratia tua ita in me operetur ut sim humilis in recusando omne magnâ—m ministâ—â—ium subditus tamen in suscipiendo â—idelis in servando stâ—enuus in exequendo iâ— regendo populo vigilans in corrigendo vehemens in amando aâ—dens in sustinendo patiens in moderando prudens ut proiis quibus praesum Deo me interponam consulenti opponam iâ—ascenti in fiducia meritis Jesu Christi Salvatoris nostri Amen O Lord as the rain cometh down from heaven and returns not thither but waters the Earth and makes it bud and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth let it not return to me void but accomplish that which thou wilt and prosper in the thing whereto thou hast sent it that the people committed to my charge may go out with joy and be led forth in peace to thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Son of God thou which takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon me in this heavy Charge Amen Rex O Lord grant the King a long life that his years may endure as many ages Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him that they may preserve him so will I alwaies sing praises unto thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear the King in the day of his trouble that thy Name O God of Iacob may defend him Send him help from thy Sanctuary and strength out of Sion Grant him his hearts desire fulfill all his mind Set his heart firm upon thee and upon other things but as they are in and from thee that we his Servants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand And O Lord close not mine eyes till I see thy favour shine ouâ— upon him even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Ecclesia O Lord we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion that they which do lean only upon hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gracious Father I humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholick Church fill it with all truth in all truth with all peace Where it is corrupt purge it where it is in error direct it where it is superstitious rectifie it where any thing is amiss reform it where it is right strengthen and confirm it where it is in want furnish it where it is divided and rent asunder make up the breaches of it O thou holy one of Israel Amen O merciful God since thou hast ordered me to live in these times in which the rents of thy Church are grievous I humbly beseech thee to guide me that the divisions of men may not separate me either from thee or it that I may ever labour the preservation of truth and peace that where for and by our sins the peace of it succeeds not thou wilt yet accept my will for the deed that I may still pray even while thou grantest not because I know thou wilt grant it when thou seest it fit In the mean time bless I beseech thee this Church in which I live that in it I may honour and serve thee all the daies of my life and after this be glorified by thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou hast brought a Vine out of Egypt and planted it thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land O why hast thou broken down her hedge that all which go by pluck off her grapes the wild boar out of the wood rooteth it up and the wild beasts of the field devour it O turn thee again thou God of Hosts look down from heaven behold and visit this Vine and the place of the Vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self Lord hear me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord except thou buildest the house their labour is but lost that build it and except thou O Lord keep the City the Watchman waketh but in vain It is but lost labour to rise early and take late rest and to eat the bread of carefulness if thou bless not the endeavours that seek the peace and the welfare of thy Church Therefore O Lord build thy Church and keep it and take care for it that there may be no lost labour amoâ—g the builders of it Amen O Lord our God the great the mighty and the terrible God O thou which keepest covenant and mercy let not all the trouble seem little before thee that hath come upon us upon our Priests upon the Houses built and dedicated to thy Name upon the Maintenance for them that serve at thy Altar upon our Kings State and People since that day of affliction Thou art just in all that is brought upon us For thou hast done right but we have done wickedly Yet O Lord have mercy and turn to us again for Iesus and his mercy sake Amen Respublica O Lord thou which bringest the counsels of the Heathen to nought and makest the devices of the people to be of none effect and castest out the counsels of Princes when they have offended thee Have mercy upon this Kingdom forgive the sins of this People turn thee unto them and bless them that the world may say Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehovah and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his Inheritance Lord hear and grant for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord bless this Kingdom that Religion and Virtue may season all sorts of men that there may be Peace within the Gates and Plenty within the Palaces of it In Peace I beseech thee so preserve it that it corrupt not In War so defend it that it suffer not In Plenty so order it that it riot not In Want so pacifie and moderate it that it may patiently and peaceably seek thee the only full supply both of Men and States that so it may continue a Place and a People to do thee service to the end of time through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord according to all thy righteousness I beseech thee let thine anger be turned away from this City and thy People and cause thy face to shine upon
prospere perveniam demum incolumis ad propria redeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Exaudi Domine supplicationes meas viam famuli tui dispone ut inter omnes vitae viae hujus varietates tuo semper protegar auxilio per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine salvum me fac servum tuum sperantem in te Mitte mihi auxilium de Sancto de Sion tuere me Esto mihi turris fortitudinis a facie Inimici Nihil proficiat Inimicus in me filius iniquitatis non opponat nocere mihi O prosperum iter faciat mihi Deus salutarium nostrorum Domine exaudi orationem meam clamor meus ad te veniat per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future duty that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacrity go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercy and goodness put to my hand to lay the first stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happy Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Iesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majesty and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Prayers upon sundry Publick Occasions MOst gracious God we humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in general so especially for the High Court of Parliament under our most Religious and Gracious King at this time assembled that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations to the preservation of thy Glory the good of thy Church the safety honour and welfare of our Soveraign and his Kingdomes Lord look upon the humility and devotion with which they are come into thy Courts And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ our blessed Saviour that thou wilt not deny them the grace and favour which they beg of thee Therefore O Lord bless them with that wisdom which thou knowest necessary to speed and bring great designes into action and to make the maturity of his Majesties and their Counsels the happiness and the blessing of this Common-wealth These and all other necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and our most gracious Father thou art the Lord of Hosts and the strength of all Nations is from thee If thou keepest not the City the Watchman waketh but in vain And no Victory can wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies if thou teach not their hands to warre and their fingers to fight Thou art the steady hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which go and remain in the broad sea Lord at this time we need thy more special Assistance both by Land and Sea and â—or the mercy of Christ deny us neither Be with our Armies and the Armies of our Allies and Associates by Land be with our Navy at Sea Be not from the one nor from the other in power and in great mercy until thou hast brought them back with honour and a setled Peace Lord turn our Enemies sword into their own bosome For we sought Peace and ensued it and while we did so they did more then make themselves ready to battel We are thy servants truly and heartily sorry for our sins Lord forgive them and then we will trust upon thee that thou wilt pour down all thy blessings upon this all other designes and actions of this State undertaken for thy glory the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES and the peace and welfare of this Church and Common-wealth Grant this we humbly beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee pardon and forgive all our many great and grievous transgressions We may not hope thou wilt take off thy punishments until thou hast forgiven our sins We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness We have been too slow to come and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercy in Justice to force us to thee Lord we believe but do thou increase our Faith our Devotion our Repentance and all Christian Vertues in us At this time the viols of thy heavy displeasure drop down upon us and while we smart under one Judgment thou threatnest the rest The Pestilence spreads in our Streets and so as if it sought whom to devour No strength is able to stand against it and it threatens to make Families nay Cities desolate While the Pestilence eats up thy People we hear the sound of War and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour In the mean time the heavens are black over us and the clouds drop leaneness and it will be Famine to swallow what the Pestilence and the Sword shall leave alive unless thou send more seasonable weather to give the fruits of the earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can deny it We have no whither to go but to mercy We have no way to that but by the Alsufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants Command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plenty with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our
Enemies threaten But there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared O Lord shew us this mercy and give us grace so to fear thee as that we may never be brought to fear or feel them And whensoever thou wilt correct us for our sins let us fall into thy hands and not into the hands of men Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and most gracious Father we have deserved whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our Contempt of thy Divine Worship is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Give us light in our understanding readiness and obedience in our will discretion in our words and actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and prosperity of Ierusalem the unity and glory of this Church and State that so we may love it and prosper in it and be full of grace in this life and filled with glory in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most merciful God we give thee praise and thanks for the wonderful ceasing of the late raging Pestilence in the chief City of this Kingdom and other places Lord shew us yet faâ—ther mercy and look upon all parts of this Land with tender compassion Keep back the destroying Angel that he enter not into places that are yet free nor make farther waste in those which are already visited Comfort them that are sick preserve them that are sound receive them that die to mercy that living and dying they and we may continue thy faithful servants through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we have felt thy manifold mercies no Nation more and we have committed sins against thee few Nations greater Enter not into judgment with us O Lord but for Christ and his mercy sake pacifie thine anger and save us from the malice and cruelty of our Enemies They are our crying sins that have called them upon us Let it be an addition to thy wonted mercy to restrain their fury To this end Lord pâ—t thy bridle into their mouths and thy bit between their teeth Frustrate their designesâ— and let them find no way in our Seas nor any path in our Floods but scatter them with thy tempest follow them with all thy storms that we being delivered by thy hand may bless and honour thy Name devoutly serving thee all our daies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou gracious Governour of all the Kingdoms of the Earth Look down we beseech thee in mercy upon this Realm upon all other Reformed Churches Save and deliver us and them from the hands of all such as threaten our destruction Protect the person of our Gracious Soveraign direct his Counsels go forth with his Armies be unto him and to us a wall of brass and a strong tower of defence against his and our Enemies that so we being safe through thy mercy may live to serve thee in thy Church and ever give thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father all peace and strength of Kingdoms is from thee and lineal Succession is thy great blessing both upon Princes and States the great means to preserve unity and confirm strength We therefore give thee humble and hearâ—y thanks as for all thy blessings so especially at this time for thy great mercy and loving-kindness to our dread Soveraign his Royal Queen and this whole State in giving her Majesty hope of her long desired Issue thereby filling their and our hearts with gladness Lord go along with thine own blessings to perfect them Be with her in soul and in body preserve her from all dangers Keep her safe to and in the hour of Travel that there may be strength to bring forth her Joy and our Hope And make her a joyful Mother of many Children to the glory of thy great Name the happiness of his Majesty the security of this State and the flourishing of the Church and true Religion amongst us Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father since lineal Succession is under thee the great security of Kingdoms and the very life of Peace We therefore give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great blessing which thou hast again begun to work for our Gracious King CHARLES and this whole State in giving the Queens Majesty further hopes of a desired and happy Issue And as we give thee humble and hearty thanks for this so we pray thee to perfect this great blessing thus begun to preserve her from all dangers and to be with her by special assistance in the hour of Travel Lord make her a happy Mother of succesful Children to the increase of thy glory the comfort of his Majesty the joy of her own heart the safety of the State and the preservation of the Church and true Religion among us Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O most merciful God gracious Father thou hast given us the joy of our hearts the contentment of our souls for this life in blessing our dear and dread Soveraign and his vertuous Royal Queen with a hopeful Son us with a Prince in thy just time and his to rule over us We give thy glorious Name most humble and hearty thanks for this Lord make us so thankful so obedient to thee for this great mercy that thy goodness may delight to encrease it to us Encrease it good Lord to more Children the prop one of another against single hope Encrease it to more Sons the great strength of his Majesty and his Throne Encrease it in the Joy of his Royal Parents and all true-hearted Subjects Encrease it by his Christian and happy Education both in Faith and Goodness that this Kingdom and People may be happy in the long life and prosperity of our most Gracious Soveraign and his Royal Consort And when fulness of daies must gather time Lord double his Graces and make them apparent in this his Heir and his Heirs after him for all Generations to come even for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we give thee as we are bound most humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy extended to us and this whole State in blessing the Queens Majesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and perils of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue and encrease this Blessing to give her strength that she may happily overcome this and all dangers else that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her happy life that she may have joy in his Majesties prosperity that both of them may have comfort in the Royal Prince
Charles the new-born Princess the Lady Mary and with them in a hopeful healthful and succesful Posterity that the whole Kingdome may have fulness of joy in them and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise so troublesome and fearful And for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off so soon and so happily We know and acknowledge before thee our sins and what grievous punishments they have deserved But Lord we beseech thee still to remember us in mercy and long to bless our Gracious King with life and healâ—h and strength and happiness and above all with the fear of thy holy Name that so he may continue under thee and over us a Father of the State a Patron of the Church a Comfort to his Royal Queen till he see his Childrens Children and peace upon Israel Grant this good Lord even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Most gracious God and loving Father we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy in blessing the Queen's Majesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her most happy life both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles the rest of their Princely Issue particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York that they all may prove a healthful hopeful and a succesful Posterity that both Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come And this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victory we humbly beseech thee to guard our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles to bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdome and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success Grant blessed Lord that Victory may attend his designes and that his liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle his Subjects in Peace and the true fear of thy Divine Majesty that he may return with joy and honour and proceed long to Govern his Kingdoms in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and Giver of all Victory We humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King CHARLES To bless him in his Person with health and safety in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success especially against those his Traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anointed Soveraign do at this time in Rebellious manner invade this Realm Grant Blessed Lord that Victory may attend his Majesties designs that his Liege People may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Enemies Enable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name he may return with joy and honour continue to Govern his Kingdomes in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen Quotidie O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c. O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the daies of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Changing shall come So Amen Lord Iesu. Amen Absolutio OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truely repent and believe in him of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences And by his Authority committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Admissio in Ecclesiam GOd who of his mercy hath given you grace to give your self to his Church Preserve aud keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancy in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ I Readmit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen His Grace's Speech according to the Original written with his own hand and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne now Lord Arch-Bishop of York Good People THis is an uncomfortable time to preach yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture Heb. 12.2 Let us run with patience that race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God I have been long in my Race and how I have looked unto Iesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith he best knows I am now come to the end of my Race and here I find the Cross a death of shame But the shame must be despised or no coming to the right hand of God Iesus despised
alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercy upon me O God after thy greatâ— 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 Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine exaudire dignare preces meas in beneplacito tuo Inâ—micum ab actibus meis cogitationibus virtute tua expelle Multiplica mihi fidem guberna mentem spirituales cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti ad beatitudinem tuam perducito per Jesum Christum Filium tuum Salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the infections of the Devil and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the only true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I offer up unto thee my Evening Sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine supplex te oro respice me purga mentem meam cogitationes meas ab impuris concupiscentiis ab omni inquinamento carnis spiritus ab omni diabolica operatione per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine ineffabilem misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue me a peccatis quae commisi eripe me a poenis quas merui per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my Bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to pass through the darkness of this night in the comfort of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord make mine eyes prevent the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive according to the insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to relieve and maintain nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly conversation through the aid and assistance of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen THURSDAY O Hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not Amen Subveni Domine mi Jesu accingere gladium tuum circa femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide me in me ut vivam in te desinant inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy Name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Almighty God and merciful Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithful Servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwel Amen O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Iesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdom in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless but send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee one God world without end Amen HEar my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition Take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodness and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Assist me mercifully O Lord in these and all other my supplications and prayers and dispose my ways towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their heart And from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayst sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Bless me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy law that thou mayst give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thine Inheritance in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O AEterne Deus quamdiu hic in terris sum supplex oro in quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed a te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire â—ibi Domino meo cui dum non obtempero illa in justam vindictam molesta esse solent Ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non ego semper serviam tibi in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened
Lord be and dwell in the midst of me for thy Name is called upon me Leave me not O God of my salvation but have mercy for Iesus Christ his sake Amen For thy Names sake O Lord. be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen O Lord Almighty I acknowledge and confess I am not worthy to lift up mine eyes to heaven much less to present my self before thee with any confidence that thou shouldest hear my prayâ—ers and grant my requests if I consider my own deserâ—ing For my Conscience accuses me and my sins witness against me and thou art a just and an upright Judge and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions O Lord suffer me not to be swallowed up of death and desperation but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me O Lord for thy goodness sake For though I am a worm and no man yet thou art my Creator and I am the work of thy hands yea thou art my Father and I thy Son Thou my Shepheard I one of thy stragling Flock Thou my Redeemer and I one of thy People whom thou hast dearly bought Thou my God and I thy Creature O correct me not in thine anger O Lord neither punish me according to my deservings but remember my weakness as well as my sin and have mercy upon me for my dearest Saviours sake Iesus Christ. Amen Almighty everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in me a new and contrite heart that I may worthily lament my sins and acknowledge my wretchedness and obtain of thee the God of all mercie perfect remission and forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty everliving God which art alwaies more ready to hear then we to pray and usest to give more then either we desire or deserve Pour down upon me most miserable sinner the abundance of thy mercy forgiving me those things whereof my conscience is afraid and giving me that which my prayer dares not presume to ask Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen Grant I beseech thee merciful God to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace that I may be cleansed from all my sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee free me from all my offences and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance frailty or wilfulness I have committed Grant this even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as besorrowful Mercifully assist my prayers that I make before thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress me and graciously hear me that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against me be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness so dispersed that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptation nor hurt by any persecution may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord of thy great goodness I beseech thee give me true repentance and forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit that I may amend my life according to thy holy word through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive receive my humble petitions And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose me and that for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Exaudi quaeso Domine supplicis preces confitentis tibi parce peccatis ut pariter mihi indulgentiam tribuas benignus pacem per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Omnipotens Deus qui aquam de petra produxisti educ de duritia cordis mei compunctionis lachrimas ut peccata mea ita plangere valeam ut remissionem eorum te miserante accipiam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness which I have from time to time most grievously committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto me the burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon me have mercy upon me most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Iesus Christ his sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God and my most merciful Father who of thy tender mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee Have mercy upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all goodness and bring me to everlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Piissime Domine misericordissime Deus sufficiat mihi quod hucusque peccavi quod contempsi quod foetoribus carnis meae satisfeci jam nuâ—â— te inspirante voveo me a nequitia mea conversurum Adjuva Domine des ut impleam in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Gratiarum actio Laudes I Will magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me thou hast kept my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salâ—â—â—ion All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen Gratias
whatsoever is desolate therein for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Pro Afflictis O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Regnum Angliae BEnedic Domine Deus omnipotens Regnum hoc ut sit in eo sanitas castitas victoria virtus omnis gratiarum actio Deo Patri Filio Spiritui Sancto et haec Benedictio maneat super hoc Regnum super habitantes in eo per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Iejunium O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my prayer unto thee I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen Quadragesima O Lord which for our sake didst fast fourty days fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen Rogationes STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Iejunia quatuor Temporum ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church Give thy grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Consecrationes Ordinationes O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercy cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Exilium LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans cruelty may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Country where I learnd to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the daies of my life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Martyrium LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Eucharistia Quaecunque ab Infantia usque ad momentum hoc sciens vel ignorans intus vel extra dormiens vel vigilans verbis factis vel cogitationibus per jacula Inimici ignita per desideria cordis immunda peccavi tibi miserere mei dimitte mihi per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty 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 worthy receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercy sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me grace to receive the blessed Body and Blood 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 charity 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 Body 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 mercy 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 encrease 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 Body and Blood with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthy I know I can no more die eternally then that Body and Blood 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 hearty prayers devotion and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing the Pledge and Earnest of eternal life in the merits of the same Iesus Christ who gave his Body and Blood for me Amen Almighty God unto
viam testimoniorum tuorum curram quum dilatasti cor meum Oro itaque ne differas vel dilatationem cordis vel confirmationem pedum in semitis justificationum tuarum per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Eternal God and my most merciful Father as this day the fury of the enraged multitude was fierce upon me and my house to destroy me and to pillage it it pleased thee in mercy to preserve both and bring some of them to shame and punishment I have sinned many ways against thee O Lord and this was a loud call of thine and a merciful to bring me to repentance which I beseech thee give me grace to hear and obey But what I have done to hurt or offend them that should stir up this rage against me I know not Lord in thy mercy look down upon me fill my heart with thankfulness for this great deliverance and suffer me not to forget it or the Examination which I took of my self upon it And as for them and their like let them not have their desire O Lord let not their mischievous imaginations prosper against me nor their fury lay hold upon me lest they be too proud and lest I end my wearie days in misery Yet forgive them O Lord for they know not why they did it And according to thy wonted mercy preserve me to serve thee and let the same watchful Protection which now defended me guard me through the remainder of my life And this for thine own goodness sake and the merits of my Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee look down upon me in this time of my great and grievous affliction Lord if it be thy blessed will make mine Innocency appear and free both me and my Profession from all scandal thus raised on me And howsoever if thou be pleased to trie me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee give me full patience proportionable comfort contentment with whatsoever thou sendest and an heart ready to die for thy Honour the Kings Happiness and this Churches Preservation And my zeal to these is all the sin humane frailty excepted which is yet known to me in this particular for which I thus suffer Lord look upon me in mercy and for the merits of Iesus Christ pardon all my sins many and great which have drawn down this Judgment upon me and then in all things do with me as seems best in thine own eyes and make me not only patient under but thankful for whatsoever thou dost O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father after long imprisonment I am now at last called to answer I most humbly â—eseech thee to strengthen me through this Tryal to preserve the patience with which thou hast hitherto blessed me through this affliction Suffer no course language or other provocation to make me speak or do any thing that may mis-become my person mine age my calling or my present condition And Lord I beseech thee make me able to clear to the world that Innocency which is in my heart concerning this Charge laid against me Grant this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O merciful Lord I have had a long and a tedious Tryal And I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the wonderful strength that I have received from thee in the bearing up of my weakness Lord continue all thy mercies towards me for the storm gathers and grows black upon me and what it threatens is best known to thee After a long Tryal I am called to answer in the House of Commons and that not to Evidence but to one single man's report of Evidence and that made without Oath What this may produce in present or in future thou knowest also O Lord furnish me with patience and true Christian wisdom and courage to bear up against this drift and send not out thy storms to beat upon me also but look comfortably upon me to my End in and through the merits of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Prayers added since the restoring of this Book to me which was taken from me in a search by Mr. Prinne May 31. 1643 and with much difficulty restored unto me Nov. 6. 1644. O Domine ad Adventum tuum secundum paratus sim ne talem me non invenias qualem voluisti invenire qui omnia pro me passus es ut invenires talem cui non supplicia inferres sed praemia redderes sempiterna Amen O Domine cum Christi adjutorio sic agere studeam ut te tam pium Dominum non solum hospitem recipere possim sed etiam perpetuum habitatorem habeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O AEterne Deus auxilium tuum imploro ut veram discretionem et perfectam charitatem praestare mihi pro tua pietate digneris cui est gloria imperium cum Patre Spiritu Sancto in secula seculorum Amen O Domine misericors qui tanta mihi beneficia concessisti des insuper mihi cum omni humilitate fidem rectam tenere charitatem integram cum omnibus hominibus conservare mundo corde casto corpore tibi Domino meo servire usque ad finem vitae serio laborem ut post labores desiderabilem illam vocem audire possim Euge serve bone intra in gaudium Domini tui Amen Meditationes praeparantes ad Mortem O Lord quicken and comfort my soul for I have sinned against thee Lord I call to mind all the years of my life past in the bitterness of my soul for my sin My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be thou merciful unto my sin O for thy Names sake be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen Namely and especially O Lord be merciful unto me c. Herein O Lord be merciful unto thy servant O Lord lay not these nor the rest unto my charge O let the depth of my sin call up the depth of thy mercies of thy grace Lord let it come that where my sin hath abounded grace may supeâ—abound Lord I believe help thou my unbelief O Lord though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I fear no evil For I hope verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O let this Cup pass from me nevertheless if it may not pass from me but that I must drink of it thy will be done Thou art the Lord do what seemeth good in thine own eyes For I will take it as the Cup of Salvation and give thanks to thy Name O Lord. O Lord grant that all the dayes of my appointed time upon earth I may wait when my Changing shall come O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave and keep me secret until thy wrath be past and appoint
whom all hearts be open all desires known 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 Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pater de coelis Deus qui unigenitum tuum pro nobis ad mortem tradidisti Fili Redemptor mundi Deus qui sanguine tuo pretioso nos a peccatis abluisti Spiritus Sancte Paraclete Deus qui corda sanctorum tua gratia visitas confirmas Sacra summa sempiterna beata benedicta Trinitas Pater bone Fili pie Spiritus benigne cujus opus vita amor gratia contemplatio gloria cujus majestas ineffabilis potestas incomparabilis bonitas inaestimabilis Qui vivorum Dominus es simul mortuorum Te adoro te invoco toto cordis affectu nunc in seculum benedico Amen O Domine Jesu da vivis misericordiam gratiam da tuis regimen lucem perpetuam da Ecclesiae tuae veritatem pacem da mihi miserrimo peccatorum poenitentiam veniam Amen O Domine errantes oro corrige incredulos converte Ecclesiae fidem auge Haereses destrue Hostes versutos detege violentos impoenitentes contere per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Misericors Pater pro beneficiis quae mihi largiti sunt in terris Benefactores mei praemia aeterna consequantur in coelis Oro etiam ut cum his pro quibus oravi aut pro quibus orare teneor cum omni populo Dei introduci mihi detur in Regnum tuum ibi apparere in justitia satiari gloria per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord consider my complaint for I am brought very low O Lord how long wilt thou be angry with thy servant that prayeth O Lord give me grace and repentance and thou canst not be angry 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 mis-reckonings 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 duty 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 hungry absence from thee yet now Lord upon my humble return to thee give me I beseech thee the bread of life the Body and Blood of my Saviour into my soul that I may be satisfied in thee and never more run away from thee even for Iesus Christ his sake that gave himself for me Amen Misericors Deus Creator omnium hominum qui nihil odisti eorum quae condidisti nec vis mortem peccatoris sed magis ut convertatur vivat Miserere omnium Iudaeorum Turcarum Infidelium Haereticorum Aufer ab iis ignorantiam duritiem cordis contemptum verbi tui reduc eos misericors Domine ad Gregem tuum ut serventur inter reliquias veri Israelis ut fiat unum Ovile unus Pastor Jesus Christus Dominus noster qui vivit regnat c. Amen Tanquam pro Tribunali tuo tremendo ubi nullus erit personarum respectus reum memet peragens ita hodie antequam praeveniat me dies judicii mei coram sancto tuo Altari prostratus coram te stupendis Angelis tuis a propria conscientia dejectus profero improbas nefarias cogitationes actiones meas Respice oro Domine humilitatem meam remitte omnia peccata mea quae multiplicata sunt super capillos capitis mei Quodnam enim est malum quod non designavi in anima mea quin multa nefanda opere perpetravi Reus enim sum ô Domine invidiae gulae c. Omnes sensus meos omnia membra mea pollui Sed incomparabilis est multitudo viscerum tuorum ineffabilis misericordia bonitatis tuae qua peccata mea toleras Quare ô Rex omni admiratione major O Domine longanimis misericordias tuas mirificato in me peccatore potentiam benignitatis tuae manifestato clementissimae propensionis tuae virtutem exerito me Prodigum revertentem suscipito per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord God how I receive the Body and Blood of my most blessed Saviour Iesus 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 tenderd to me and my faith Lord make me a worthy receiver and be it unto me as he hath said Amen Lord I have received this Sacrament of the Body and Blood of my dear Saviour His mercy hath given it and my faith received it into my soul. I humbly beseech thee speak mercy and peace unto my Conscience and enrich me with all those graces which come from that precious Body and Blood even till I be possessed of Eternal life in Christ. Amen O qui sursum Patri assides hic nobiscum invisibiliter versaris venito sanctificato praesentia haec dona eos item pro quibus eos per quos ea propter quae offeruntur Amen Pro Duce Buckinghamiae GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual and temporal blessings but especially spiritual Make and continue him faithful to his Prince serviceable to his Country devout in thy Truth and Church a most happy Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his posterity after him Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes Make my heart religious dutiful to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou mayest bless him through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure I humbly beseech thee make a clear way before him Give thine Angels charge over him be with him thy self in mercy power and protection in every step of his journey in every moment of his time in every consultation and address for action till thou bring him back with safety honour and contentment to do thee service in this place Bless his most trusty and faithful Servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham that he may be diligent in service provident in business wise and happy in
own heads and perhaps upon the Cities also And this hath been lately practised against my self the Magistrates standing still and suffering them openly to proceed from Parish to Parish without check God forgive the setters of this withall my heart I beg it but many well-meaning people are caught by it In S. Stephens case when nothing else would serve they stirred up the people against him Act. 6. 12. And Herod went the same way when he had killed S. Iames yet he would not venture upon S. Peter till he found how the other pleased the people Acts 12. 3. But take heed of having your hands full of blood Esai 1. 15. For there is a time best known to himself when God above other sins makes Inquisition for blood And when that Inquisition is on foot the Psalmist tells us Psal. 9. 12. that God remembers but that 's not all he remembers and forgets not the complaint of the poor i. e. whose blood is shed by Oppression ver 9. Take heed of this 'T is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 12. but then especially when he is making Inquisition for blood And with my prayers to avert it I do heartily desire this City to remember the Prophecy that is expressed Ierem. 26. 15. 3. The third particular is the poor Church of England It hath flourished and been a shelter to other neighbouring Churches when storms have driven upon them But alas now it is in a storm it self and God only knows whether or how it shall get out And which is worse then a storm from without it is become like an Oak cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own body And at every cleft profaneness and irreligion is entring in While as Prosper speaks men that introduce profaneness are cloaked over with the name Religionis Imaginariae of Imaginary Religion for we have lost the Substance and dwell too much in Opinion And that Church which all the Jesuits machinations could not ruine is fallen into danger by her own 4. The last particular for I I am not willing to be too long is my self I was born and baptized in the bosome of the Church of England established by Law In that Profession I have ever since lived and in that I come now to die What clamours and slanders I have endured for labouring to keep an Uniformity in the external Service of God according to the Doctrine and Discipline of this Church all men know and I have abundantly felt Now at last I am accused of High-treason in Parliament a crime which my soul ever abhorred This Treason was charged to consist of two parts An endeavour to subvert the Laws of the Land and a like endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion established by Law Besides my answers to the several Charges I Protested mine innocency in both Houses It was said Prisoners Protestations at the Barre must not be taken I must therefore come now to it upon my death being instantly to give God an account for the truth of it I do therefore here in the presence of God and his holy Angels take it upon my death that I never endeavoured the Subversion either of Law or Religion And I desire you all to remember this Protest of mine for my innocency in this and from all Treasons whatsoever I have been accused likewise as an Enemy to Parliaments No I understand them and the benefit that comes by them too well to be so But I did dislike the misgovernments of some Parliaments many wayes and I had good reason for it for Corruptio optimi est pessima And that being the highest Court over which no other hath jurisdiction when 't is misinformed or misgoverned the Subject is left without all remedy But I have done I forgive all the world all and every of those bitter Enemies which have persecuted me and humbly desire to be forgiven of God first and then of every man And so I heartily desire you to joyn in prayer with me O Eternal God and merciful Father look down upon me in mercy in the riches and fulness of all thy mercies Look upon me but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the blood of Christ not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ that so the punishment due unto my sins may pass over me And since thou art pleased to trie me to the uttermost I most humbly beseech thee give me now in this great Instant full patience proportionable comfort and a heart ready to die for thine honour the Kings happiness and this Churches preservation And my zeal to these far from arrogancy be it spoken is all the sin humane frailty excepted and all incidents thereto which is yet known to me in this particular for which I come now to suffer I say in this particular of Treason But otherwise my sins are many and great Lord pardon them all and those especially what ever they are which have drawn down this present judgment upon me And when thou hast given me strength to bear it do with me as seems best in thine own eyes Amen And that there may be a stop of this issue of blood in this more then miserable Kingdom O Lord I beseech thee give grace of repentance to all Blood-thirsty people But if they will not repent O Lord confound all their devices defeat and frustrate all their designes and endeavours upon them which are or shall be contrary to the glory of thy great Name the truth and sincerity of Religion the establishment of the King and his posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges the honour and conservation of Parliaments in their just power the preservation of this poor Church in her Truth Peace and Patrimony and the settlement of this distracted and distressed People under their Ancient Laws and in their native Liberties And when thou hast done all this in meer mercy for them O Lord fill their hearts with thankfulness and with Religious dutiful obedience to thee and thy Commandments all their dayes So Amen Lord Iesu Amen And receive my soul into thy bosom Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. The Lord Archbishop's Prayer as he kneeled by the Block LOrd I am coming as fast as I can I know I must pass through the shadow of death before I can come to see thee But it is but Umbra mortis a meer shadow of death a little darkness upon nature but thou by thy Merits and Passion hast broke through the jaws of death So Lord receive my soul and have mercy upon me and bless this Kingdome with peace and plenty and with brotherly love and charity that there may not be this effusion of Christian bloud amongst them for Iesus Christ his sake if it be thy will Then he layd his head upon the Block and after he had prayed to himself said aloud Lord receive my Soul