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.
me an evening there is as of the day so of our life that Evening is old age age hath now surprized me Lord prosper thou that likewise unto me Tarry with me ô Lord for the evening growes upon me Luck 24. 29 And my day is much declined cast me not off now in min age forsake me not now when my strength faileth me Psal. 71. 8 9. But rather let thy strength bee made more perfect in this my weaknes 2 Cor. 12. 9. O Lord the day is vanished and gon so doth this life The night doth now approach so doth death also death without death the end both of our day and of our life is neere at hand Remember this therefore wee beseech thee ô Lord make the end of all our lives Christian-like and acceptable to thee peaceable and if it like thee painlesse translating us among thine elect unto thy heavenly kingdome O Lord thou hearest prayer to thee shall all flesh come In the morning at Noone and in the evening I will call I will cry out and thou shalt heare my voyce In the night will I lift up my hands to thy Sanctuary and will blesse thee ô Lord Psal. 133. 4. The Lord hath shewed his mercy in the day therfore at night I will sing of him and pray unto the God of my life psal. 42. 9 10. Thus will I praise thee all my life long and in thy Name will I lift up my hands Psal. 63 4 5. O let my prayers be directed as the incense and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice Psal. 141. 2. Blessed art thou ô Lord my God the God of my Fathers Psal. 144. 20. VVhich hast created the Changes of night and of day v. 22. VVhich givest rest to the weary and refreshest the weake Esa. 40. 29. VVhich givest Songs in the night Job 35. 10. And makest the out-going of the Morning and Evening to praise thee Psalme 65. 9. VVhich hast delivered us from the malice of this day Matt. 6. ult. And cuttest not off our lives like a VVeaver neither from Morning to Evening makest an end of us Esay 38. 12. As we add dayes to our dayes so we add sinnes to our sins Eccles. 5. 8. The just man falls seven times a day Frov. 24. 16. But wee wretched sinners seventy times 7 times Mat. 18. 22. But wee returne to our hearts Esa. 46. 8. And with our hearts we returne to thee Deut. 30. 2. To thee ô Lord wee returne and all that is within us saith Ps. 103. O Lord wee have sinned against thee 2. Sam. 12. 13. But we repent alas wee repent spare us good Lord Luke 17. 4. Be mercifull and spare us Be propitious to us Haue pitty upon us and spare us ô Lord Forgive us the guilt Rom. 13. 19. Take out the staines Psal. 51. 3. 9. Cure the faintnesse in us by reason of our sins psal. 146. 3. and heale our soules O God for wee have sinned against thee psal. 41. 4. Deliver mee from my unavoydable sins psal. 27. 17. Cleanse me from my secret offences psalm 19. 13. And for my Communion with the transgression of others pardon thy servant ô Lord All our good deeds thou hast wrought in us Esay 26. 12. If wee have done any thing well mercifully regard it ô Lord Our sin and our distraction is from our owne selves Hosea 13. 9. Whatsoever wee have done amisse graciously pardon it Thou which givest thy beloved secure rest grant that I may passe this night without feare Psal. 3. 6. Enlighten my eyes that I sleep not in death p. 13. 4. Deliver mee from the mighty feare from the businesse that walketh in the darke psalm 91. 5. Thou which neither sleepest at any time nor slumbrest keepe mee this night ô Lord from al evill chiefly ô Lord keepe and preserve my soule Psalme 121. 4. 7 Visite mee ô God with the visitations of thy Saints open mine eares in the visions of the night Job 33. 15 16. At least let my sleepe be a cessation from sins from labour and let me dream of nought that may offend thee or defile my selfe Prov. 4. 6. Let not my loynes be filled with illusions but let my reynes chasten mee in the night psalme 38. 8. and 16. 7. Let mee remember thee upon my bed and let mee meditate with my heart and search out my spirit Psalme 63. 6. and 77. 6. And when it shall bee time for mee to rise let mee wake with the light to thee ô Lord to thy praise and thy service Rom. 13. 11. Psal. 63. 1. O Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit my soule and my body Thou hast created thou hast redeemed them ô Lord thou God of truth Psalm 31. 5. And with my selfe I commend to thy mercifull protection all those that belong to mee and all that is mine Thou ô Lord of thy goodnesse hast bestowed them upon me Gen. 33. 5. O keep us all from evil chiefely good Lord keepe and preserve our soules Keepe them ô God keep them all spotlesse and without guilt present them in that day Psa. 121. 7. I will lay me down and sleepe in peace For thou only makest me dwell in safety Psal. 3. 5. and 4. 8. After divine service O Lord thou which hast suffered me this holy day and houre to raise my soule and give praise unto thee and offer up the glory due to thee accept then from my soul this sacrifice sprituall and send into me the grace of thy most sacred spirit ô visit me in thy great goodnesse forgive me all my sins both wilfully and unwillfully committed deliver me from the reward of them that is from everlasting punishment yea and from all distresses in this world change my thoughts into Piety Sanctifie my spirit My soule and my body Oh give me grace to adore and please thee in godlines and holines of life to the utmost end of al my dayes Amen Before thy Approaching the Holy Communion say O Lord I am not worthy nor prepared for thee to come under my sordid roofe for it is wholy desolate and ready to dropp downe quite neither canst thou with me have any fitting place for thy Reposall Mar. 8. 8. But as thou denyest to rest in the Stable and manger of bruit beasts Luk. 2. 7. As thou didst not Disdaine Simon the Kepers house and entertainement Mat. 26. 6. As thou didst not forbid the adulterous Sinner to come and touch thee Luk. 7. 19. Nor did'st abhor her impure and prophane mouth Nor yet the Theeves confession of thee upon the Crosse Luk. 7. 23. Vouchsafe O Lord to receive me likewise an over-worne and most unworthy sinner Amen In approaching the Holy Sacrament O Lord with all thanks wee commemorate the saving passions of thy Christ our Saviour This life-restoring Crosse His precious death His 3. dayes Sepulture His resurrection His ascention to heaven And his sitting on thy right hand His glorious and most Dreadfull returne thence to the