thy grace establish our hearts and save us Ps. 136. 25. 147. 9. 71. 5. Acts 14. 17. Heb. 13. 9. Thou which makest the Evening an end to the day that it may put us in mind of the evening of our life Psalm 104. 23. Grant that we may ever consider that as the day so our life vanisheth Eccl. 8. 13. Grant that we may ever remember the dayes of darknesse which are many that the night commeth when wee cannot worke that so wee be not cast out to utter darknesse And save us Mat. 25. 3c O Lord my God WHose Essence is above all Essence and whose Nature is uncreated whose handywork the whole World is I set thee before mine eyes Ps. 16. 9. I lift up my soul unto thee I worship thee falling down upon my knees I draw neer unto thee and humble my selfe under thy mighty hand I stretch sorth my hands unto thee my soule gapes to thee as the thirsty land I smite upon my Breast and say with the Publican O Lord be mercifull to me a siâ—â—er To mee more sinfull then the Publican be mercifull as to the Publican ô Father of Mercies Psal. 16. 9. 25. 1. 95. 6. 134. 2. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Psal. 143. 6. Lake 18. 13. I beseech thy paternall bowels of compassion despise me not though I be an uncleane worm a dead dog a stinking carkasse Psal. 216. 2 Kings 9. Despise me not the work of thine hands Psal. 138. 8. Despise me not the likeness of thine owne Image though I beare the brands of mine iniquity Gen. 1. 26. Col. 3. 10. Lord if thou wilt thou canst make mee cleane Mat. 8. 2. O Lord say but the word and I shall be cleansed ver. 8. And thou ô Saviour Christ ô Christ my Saviour Saviour of sinners of whom I am chiefe despise me not redeemed by the price of thy precious bloud 1 Tim. 1. 15. Luke 22. 23. Despise not ô Lord but look upon me looke upon me with thine eyes such eyes as thou did'st upon Mary Magdalen at the Feast St. Peter in the high Priests Hall and the Thiefe on the Crosse That with the thief I may call upon thee saying Remember mee O Lord when thou art in thy kingdom Luke 7. 44. 22. 55. 23. 43. 23. 42. With Peter I now weepe bitterly ver. 22. 62. And ô who will give my head a fountaine of teares that therewith I may weep both day and night With Mary Magdalen I may hear thee say thy sins are forgiven thee Lu. 9. 48. And with her I may love thee much because my many and manifold misdeeds are remitted ver. 9. 47. And thou all holy and gracious and life-giving Spirit dspise me not But turne thee againe O Lord at the last and repent thee concerning thy servant For those thy paternall bowels the bleeding wounds of thy Sonne for the unutterable grones of thy holy Spirit O Lord heare O Lord forgive O Lord consider and doe it deferr not for thine own sake ô my God Dan. 9. 19. Morning Prayer BLessed art thou O Lord our God the God of our fathers which hast turned the shadow of death into the morning and hast renewed the face of the earth Am. 5. 8. Ps. 104 30. Which hast made sleep to depart from mine eyes and slumber from mine eye-lids Psal 132. 4. Which hast lightned mine eyes that I sleep not in death Ps. 13. 4. Which hast delivered my soule from the night feares from the pestilence which walketh in the dark psal. 91. 4 5 6. Which makes the out goings of the morning evening to praise thee v. 65. 8. For I laid me downe and slept and rose againe for it was thou O Lord which didst sustaine me psal. 4. 5. For I waked and beheld and loe my sleepe was sweet Ier. 31. 26. O Lord doe a way as the Night so my sins scatter my transgressions as the morning cloud Esa. 44. 22. Make me a child of the light and of the day cause me to walke soberly chastly and decently as in the day time 1 Thes. 5. 5. Rom. 13. 13. O Lord uphold us when wee are fallen into sinne and raise us up when wee are fallen Ps. 145. 14. That wee harden not our hearts as in the provocation or with any deceitfulnesse of sinne Heb. 3. 8. 13. Deliver us also from the snare of the hunter evill alurements crosse words the Arrow which flyeth by day Ps. 91. 3. 6. From the evill of the day preserve me O Lord and me from doing evill in it Mat. 6. 34. The Hymne O Let mee heare of thy loving kindnesse betime in the morning for in thee is my trust Psalme 143. 8. Shew me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my soule unto thee Deliver me ô Lord from mine enemies for I flye unto thee for succour vers. 9. Teach me to do thy wil for thou art my God Let thy loving Spirit leade me forth into the Land of righteousnesse v. 10. Quicken me ô Lord for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble v. 11. Chase from my mind althoughts without understanding Wisd. 1. 5. Turne away mine eyes that they behold not vanity Psal. 119. 37. Hedge in mine ears with thornes that they listen not to foolish discourses Eccl. 23. 29. Set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips Psal. 14. 3. Let me doe nothing that may be scandalous or scrupulous to my soule 1 Sam. 25. 31. Let the meditation of mine heart be ever acceptable in thy sight Ps. 19. last Let mine eyes behold and let mine eye-lids direct my way before mee Pro. 4. 25. Awaken mine eares in the morning to heare the word of instruction Esa. 50. 4. 5. Let my speech be seasoned with salt that it may edifie and give grace to the hearers Ephes. 4. 29. Col. 4. 6. O Lord prepare thou some good way for mee to walk in Eph. 2. 16. Into thy hands I coÌ„mend my Spirit my soule body thou hast created thou hast redeemed thou hast regenerated theÌ„ ô Lord thou God of truth Ps. 31. 5. With my self I commend to thee all that have any relation to me And all that is mine thou ô Lord hast graciously lent them me in thy goodnesse Gen. 33. 5. O keep us all from all evil keep our soules good Lord we beseech thee Ps. 121. 7. Keep them all spotlesse and present them guiltlesse in that day Keepe my out-goings and my commings in from this time forth for evermore v. 8. Prosper thou thy servant this day and give him favour in their eyes with whom he meeteth Nehem. 1. 11. O Lord be near at hand to save me ô God make hast to help me Ps. 90. 17. The glorious Majesty of our God be upon us Prosper thou-our worke unto us yea prosper thou our handy worke Let not my dayes be spent in vanity let not my year wast in doing nothing but let one day teach another let
I beleeve in the Father one God Word Spirit In the Father THat by his infinite power all things were created In the Sonne That by his goodnesse and his love Mankinde was redeemed to which purpose the world became flesh And was Conceived and Borne Suffered and was Crucified Dyed and was buried Descended rose againe Ascended and sate at the right hand of God from whence he shall returne reward every one according to his worke In the Holy Ghost That by his illumination and his sacred inspiration his elect people are called out of the whole world to the beleife of the truth and to holinesse of conversation In whom wee are made partakers of the communion of Saints and the remission of sinnes in this present world And in whom we faithfully expect the resurrection of the flesh and life eeverlasting in the world to come This I beleeve Iob. 11. 26 O Lord helpe thou my unbeleife Mar. 9. 24. But above and before all I beleive that thou wert Christ the son of the living God Mat. 16. 16. Prayer for Faith ANd ô Lord grant that I may love thee as a Father for thy indulgence adore thee as Almighty for thy power and by good works commend my Soule unto thee as a faithfull Creatour 1 Pet. 4. Grant also that I may receive From Jesus Salvation Anoynting From Christ From the onely begotten Son Adoption  That I may worship and serve him in faith For his conception For his Nativitie in humilitie For his sufferings in patience For his Crosse in my crucifying all occasions to sin For his death in the mortification of my flesh For his Sepulture in burying my bad purposes by good works For his descent in my meditation upon hell For his resurrection in newnesse of life For his ascention in my contemplation of heavenly things For his Session in my choice of the better part on the right hand For his returne in the feare of his second comming For his future judgement in the judging of my selfe before I come to be judged And grant me further the inspiration of saving grace from thy most holy Scepter that I may participate of vocation Sanctification in the holy Catholique Church And that I may have my Communion in The Mysteries The grounds The watchings The prayers The Teares The Fastings and all the sufferings of the Saints To my firme perswasion of the remission of my sins and to the confident hope of my Resurrection and translation to life eternall Confession of Hope O Thou which art the Hope of all the ends of the Earth and of them which remaine afar off in the Seas Psal. 65. 6. Thou upon whom our Fore-fathers did depend v. 22. 4. And thou deliveredst them upon whom they only relyed and were not confounded v. 5. Thou which art my hope from my youth from the breasts of my Mother and to whom I have beene intrusted from the very wombe v. 9. 10. Bee thou my hope still and still ever and ever and my portion in the land of the Living I hope on thy Nature thy Name thy Word thy Practise O let mee not bee confounded by this hope of mine Tou Lord shalt save both Man and Beast Psal. 36. 7. How excellent is thy mercy ô God therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow dow of thy wings v. 39. 8 And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee My soule fainteth with longing for thy salvation Psal. 119. 81. Yet have I good hope because of thy Word O think upon thy Servant as concerning thy Word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust v. 49. Why art thou so full of heavinesse ô my soule and why are thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet praise him which is the helpe of my countenance and my God Psal. 42. 14 15. Against hope I will believe in hope Rom. 4. 18. And though hee slay mee yet will I trust in him Iob 13. 15. Intercession HEar our prayers good Lord we beseech the for thy creatures For healthfull times seasons fruitfull Peacefull For man-kind for the succour and comfort of all that are in distraction of minde In sickenesse in poverty in perplexity For the sobriety and thankfulnesse of all that are in minde quiet sound in body in estate wealthy and free from all trouble For the conversion of all Turks Jewes Pagans Atheists For all Christians They which continue in truth grace may be established That they which wander in errour and sin may be reduced into the right For al churches throughout the whole world their unity and confirmation For this Church of ours that the defects thereof may be supplyed that al Heresies and scandals both publique and private may be removed that the Clergy may deliver the Word sincerely and walke in it uprightly For the Laity that they be not overweined with their own understanding but rather be perswaded by the instruction and obedience to the authority of their Superiours For all Common-wealths their establishment and tranquility for this Realm of ours for all Incorporations in it for this City that they may be freed and preserv'd from all danger and distresse For our King and his Queene and for their safety and prosperity For the Councell and their prudence For the Judges and their uprightnesse For our forces and their fortitude For the Communalty and their temperance and holy simplicity For our Husbandmen Merchants Artificers Even to the baser Tradesman even to the Beggars For our Posterity now springing up for the good education of the Issue Royall the young Nobility Gentry of all Students and learners in the Universities in the Innes of court in Schooles and Trades that as they grow in years so they may encrease also in wisedome and in favour both with God and men For all such as are recommended to our prayers By nearnesse of Kindred and affinity By beneficense towards us Morall friendship Christian charity Familiar neighbourhood Fellowship in Household Or mutuall promise For those that are in their last extreamity or in any eminent danger For those which have undertaken any great work for the glory of thy Name or the peace of the Church For those which are bountiful towards any holy designes or towards the poo And lastly but most especially for all those whom in word or in deed I have any wayes at any time wronged Deprecation or Prayer against evills O Father of Heaven which hast created us O Sonne of God which hast redeemed us O sacred Spirit which hast regenerated us Remember not our offences nor the transgressions of our Fore-fathers Neither take thou vengeance for their sinnes and â—ine upon me But spare us good Lord spare thy people in thy people thy servant whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with us for ever Be mercifull be merciful O Lord and spare us and be not angry
mercy endureth and that endureth for ever in the world to come through the cisterne and cunduit of all thy mercies Jesus Christ A Prayer for Magistrats Ecclesiastical and civill LORD by whose almighty power all governments doe stand those especially wherein the people are led in the way of his sanctuary as he hath graciously begun to lead us in that way so leave us not till we have finished our course with joy knit the hearts of Moses and Aaron and that they may joyne lovingly Teach their hands and fingers of their hands that they lead skilfully touch the hearts of the people that they may be lead willingly That by meanes of this happie conduct surely without errour and safely without danger wee may lead to be led forward untill wee come to the fruition of his promise the expectation of our biessed hope even the eternall joyes of his celestiall Kingdome through Jesus Christ our Lord Before Sermon BLessed art thou O Lord Teach me thy Statutes open my eyes that I may understand the wonders of thy law O Lord remove thou the vaile from my heart whil'st that I either read or heare thy word The forme of Prayer used by Bishop Andrews after the opening of the Text THat the Word of God may at this time obtaine in us that end to which it was appointed and this our whole action may be advantaged Reverend Fathers and Brethren in CHRIST let us by our prayers invite hither the Divine Majesty acknowledging in the first place from the bottom of our hearts our unworthinesse even to draw neere to him much more to pray to yet much more to obtaine any thing from him But that all our worthinesse depends upon his acceptation and that all our confidence to pray and hope to obtaine depends upon his intercession By him let us deprecate the present punishment most due to our former unthankfulnesse for and carelesnesse in his word Let us pray that the grace of his Spirit may now prevent us and that what my heart hath profitably meditated he would bring into my tongue thence into your Eares thence into your Hâ—â—râ—â— thence into your life study and manners to the salvation of us all and his eternall glory And least we should be unmindfull of the Church of CHRIST in our prayers which is never unmindfull of us in hers let us interceed with our most mercifull Father for his Church militant on earth scattered far and wide through all Nations That God would preserve unto her his truth not long since recovered out of the most thick darknesse of errour that he would restore unto her when it shall seem good unto him her unity now almost lost through the dissentions of the christian World And let us commend unto him not without groanes that part thereof which beside and above the rest stands in speciall need of our prayers that part I say which is afflicted and oppressed either with the outward crosse for the testimony of a good or the inward for the testimony of a bad conscience Let us pray for a happy issue of their calamities and in the meane time while the issue is uncertaine so much patience as shall be necessary for the bearing of their crosses as is meet meekly and couragiously For that part of the Church flourishing with peace and by name for this our Church of England that God would give us to know the day of our visitation and to walke worthy of his so great mercy that we indeed have but before us no Nation no age ever had experience of For the principall members of our Church and State the Queenes most sacred majesty that shee may be enriched and adorned with all virtues fit for so great a place so great a Person that in this her Kingdome the Kingdome of CHRIST may daily more and more be propagated and that she may be as cordiall to us as careful of all things which are Gods as God hath confirmed by many great former later arguments that he is cordiall to and carefull of her For the Honourable Peeres of the Kingdome those especially who are of her Majestyes Privy Councel that God would proceed as he hath done long to suggest to them whatsoever shall be for the peace of this Church and Kingdome that what is good may be effected that what is hurtfull may be removed For the English Clergy to which whiâ—e I desire to pray all happines what other things should I begg of the Lord then that they may once be of one minde and Judgment in all things For our Magistracy that they may discharge their Office purely and entirely neither turning Justice into Worme-wood by corrupt sentence nor into Vineger by long suspension and delay of Causes For the People even the lowest part of the Kingdome so it is but yet precious being bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ that they may heare such as they have and have such as they should heare men fit to teach both now and hereafter That this may be and ever be and that there may daily spring up a great supply of Learned men wch may be able to plead our causes and minister to the health of our bodies and procure the salvation of our soules that God would be good and gracious to all Schooles of good Learning To both the Universities and especially to this of Ours and all the Magistrates thrreof To the Right Honourable the Lord Treasurer of the Kingdome our Chancellour To the Right Worshipfull Master Vice-Chancellour Master Proctors Master Taxors and the rest who have any Office among us Lastly that he would plentifully poure out his blessings upon our Colleges and as my speciall duty calls mee upon the whole Society of Pembrook Hall that wee in gracing our Predecessors who have beene alwayes famous in this Church may follow their iudustry considering the end of their conversation For all these Fathers and Brethern let us humbly offer up to CHRIST our Intercessor his owne Prayer to be presented to his Father in our name that hee would graciously bestow upon us these things and what ever else shall be necessary for us Our Father which art in heaven c. Another Exhortation to Prayer used by Bishop Andrewes after his opening of the Text IN the handling of which Particulars that the Word of God may at this time obtaine in us the end to which it was by him ordained and that this our whole action may be profitable let us by our Prayers hither invite the Holy Spirit Invoaking to that end the Father by the Sonne And least wee should be forgetfull of her in our Prayers which in hers is never unmindefull of us let us make intercession to the most mercifull Father for his Church Catholike not Romane but Universall militant upon Earth scattered over the face of the World That God would preserve unto her his Truth now long since recovered out of the thickest darkenesse of errours that when it shall seeme good unto him her Unity now almost lost through the dissentions of the Christian world may be restored And let us not without groanes commend unto God that part thereof which besides and above the rest stands in speciall neede of our supplications I mean our Brethren for what reason soever oppressed and afflicted with any kinde of crosse Let us pray for an happy end of their tryals and while the issue is uncertain for so much patience as shall be necessary to the meeke and constant sufferance of their troubles For the portion of the Church flourishing in peace namely for the Churches in great Brittaine and Ireland and for that in both the Palatinate And as our speciall duty bindes us for the most peaceable and powerfull Prince James by the Grace of God King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and throughout his Dominions over all conditions and orders both Ecclesiasticall and Civill Supreame Governour Let us pray for his long life c. multitude of yeares and that hee may live long daily more and more to encrease the Kingdome of Christ see it propagated and rejoyce For the incomparable Queene Anne For our springing hope the most noble Prince Charls For the Bridegroome and the Bride the most Illustrious Fredericke Prince Elector of the Roman Empire Count Palatine of the Rhene and the most Excellent Lady the Lady Elizabeth the Kings onely Daughter our only Princesse For the most Noble the Peeres of the Realme those chiefely of his Majesties most Houourable Privy Councell For this our Order for the Clergy and for all the people But in our prayers first and last wee earnestly beg of God that hee would be good and gracions to the late Marriage especially that Sion may be glad therein in whose Joy God alwayes shares that hee may so blesse them out of Sion that they may see the clause in the marriage song their Childrens children and what wee all doe wish for Peace upon Israel For which blessing let us prostrate offer up to Christ our Intercessour his owne prayer in our name to be presented to his Father that hee would most mercifully and bounteously bestow upon us these things and what else hee knowes expedient for any of us Our Father c.
sinnes To weare our colours that wee his he in our red that wee in his white So wee finde Apoc. 7. our robes are not onely washed cleane but dyed a pure white in the blood of the Lambe Yea hee dyed and rose againe both in our colours that we might die and rise too in his he in mount Golgotha like to us that we in mount Tabor might bee like to him His Prayer after the holy Ordinances on Whit-Sunday O LORD wee have heard thy word the outward meanes and received the inward wee began with one sacrament baptisme wee end with the other the Eucharist we began with that where wee heard of him and wee end with the other where wee may and shall I trust receive him and Almighty God grant wee may so receive him at this good time as in his good time wee may bee received by him thither whence he this day came of purpose to bring us even to the holy places made without hands which is his heavenly kingdome which God the Father who prepared it God the Sonne who purchased it To whom three Persons c. Lights from Heaven THere are seaven lights whereof God is the father acknowledging theÌ„ all for his children and to his children will vouchsafe them in their order 1. The light of nature for rebelling against which al that are without Christ suffer condemnation Salomon calles it the candle of the Lord searching the very bowells Pro. 20. 25. which though it be dimme and not perfect yet good it is though lame yet as Mephibosheth it is Regia proles of the blood Royall 2. There is the light of Gods Law Lex Lux saith Salomon totidem verbis Pro. 6. 23. and his father calls it a Lanthorne to his feet nay in the 19. Psalme what he saith at the fourth verse of the sonne at the eight hee saith of the Law of God lights both 3. The light of prophecie as of a candle that shines in a darke place 2 Pet. 1. 19. 4. There is the wonderfull light of the gospell so Saint Peter calls it the proper light of the day 1 Pet. 2. 9. the tongues that descended so many toÌ„gues so many lights for the tongue is a light brings to light what before was hidin the heart 5. And from these other is the light of grace whereby God which commandeth the light to shine out of darknesse hee it is that shineth in our hearts by the inward anoynting which is the oyle of this Lampe 2 Cor. 4. 6. the light of his holy Spirit chasing away the darknes both of our hearts and mindes 6. There is the light of comfort of his holy spirit a light sowen for the righteous here in this life 7. There is the light of glory where the Saints shall reape light where God dwelleth and where wee shall dwell with him even the inheritance of the Saints in light where the righteous shall shine as the Sun in the kingdome of their father the Father of lights Moses Candlestick with seven stalks lights in each of them Gal. 1. 12. Mal. 13. 43. The imprecation against the Enemies of the Church THe Serpents curse be upon them and let their heads be trod to peeces they that are Sions malignant enemies Oh Lord let them be as grasse upon the house top as those that perish at Endor and become dung for the earth let them be as stubble scatterd or wax melted smoak driven no man can tell whither let them perish perish as Sisera and Oreh as Absalon Jaels bammer on their heads Gideons Axe on their necks Joabs Dart in their hearts one nay three one for the enemies of God another for the enemies of mankind a third for the enemies of Sion Psal. 12. 1. Let their sword goe throw their owne hearts and their mischeife light upon their owne heads Amen His Prayer for King James after his Sermon of Gowries Conspiracy EUen so Lord let it be set up thy mercy for ever for ever stablish the truth of this thy Covenant with thy servant our Soveraigne that it may never faile him as not this day so not at any other time let thy hand be still upon him and thine arme about him for ever between him and his harmes violence and hurt never come neere him the sinnes of wickednesse be ever farr from him let them be non proficients all the sort of them that study to practise this wicked lesson never loose thou him nor suffer him to be lost ever finde him good Lord to succour and save him and let thy right hand finde out his enemies to smite and plague them with the same blowes thou didst smite and with the same plagues thou didst power on those of this day the destiny of this day come on them all and for him Let his anoynting still be fresh on him and his Crowne still flourish on his head let him all the day walke in the light of thy countenance and at night rest in the covering of thy wings this day as once it did so let it rise prosperous and happy to him this day and all days that he that wee all may sing thy mercies and set forth thy truth all the dayes of our life heare us ô Lord and grant it for thy Sonnes sake our Saviour Amen His Thankesgiving for the deliverance from the Gunpouder-Treason O God with all the powers thou hast destributed in our Soules the breath of life thou hast breathed into our nostrilles the tongues thou hast put into our mouthes behold all these shall breake forth and confesse and blesse and thanke and praise and magnifie and exalt thee and thy mercy for ever yea every mouth shall acknowledge thee every tongue be the trumpet of thy praise every eye lookeup and every knee bow down to thee and all hearts shall feare thee and all that is within us even our bowells those our bowells that but for thee had flowne wee know not whether even our bones those bones that but for it had been â—â—iâ—er'd bone from bone one from another all shall say who is like unto thee O Lord in mercy who is like unto thee glorious in holiness fearefull in prayses doing wonders wonders of mercy as this day upon us all to bee held by us and our posterity in an everlasting remembrance glory be to thee O Lord glory bee to thee and glory to thy mercy yea super omnia yea most glorious of thy great and high perfection glory bee to thee and glory to it to it in thee and to thee for it and that by all thy workes in all places and at all times and of all thy workes and above them all by us here by the hearts and lungs of us all in this place this day for this day for the mercy of this day for the mercy of it above all mercies and for the worke of this day above al the works of it not this day only but all the dayes of our life even as long as thy