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
but have mercy upon me that soon for I am come to great misery Help me O God of my salvation O deliver me and be merciful unto my sins for thy Names sake Amen Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise and that for thy loving mercy and for thy truths sake Amen O tu unus Deus Pater Fili Sancte Spiritus qui unitam Deitatem nobis declarasti sacrosanctae solius Divinitatis indivisam gloriam revelasti et perfectam Trinitatis tuae sempiternitatem demonstrasti Da mihi obsecro fidem et obedientiam in hac vita gloriam in futura per propter Redemptorem nostrum Jesum Christum Amen O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy poor servant that prayeth O turn me again O God shew the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Tibi gloria tibi gloria Domine Quanta apud te clementiae abyssus quanta patientiae copia En qui nominis tui praetextu ex ignobilibus obscuris clari illustres effecti sunt honore abutuntur contra te qui honorem largitus es audenâ—que non audenda in sacro sancta mysteria tua injurii Probos quantum possunt extrudunt ut homines perditis moribus praediti summa cum quiete licentia conturbent omnia O Domine exurge adjuva Ecclesiam tuam ne sinas animam meam in eorum Consilium descendere per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord I will cry day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine ear unto my calling for my soul is full of trouble and my life draws nigh unto the pit O let not thine indignation lie too hard upon me neither vex me with all thy storms But remember of what mould thou hast made me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine ne sit mihi inutilis pugna verborum sed incunctanâ—is fidei constans professio Conserva oro in me fidei incontaminatam religionem Et usque ad excessum spiritus mei hanc conscientiae meae vocem dona mihi ut quod in regenerationis meae symbolo baptizatus in Patre Filio Spiritu Sancto professus sim semper obtineam Ut te habeam Patrem ut una tecum Filium tuum adorem Spiritum Sanctum tuum promerear per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord be merciful unto me and I will sing praises unto thy Name yea I will tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning and of thy truth in the night-season O bless me and fulfill all thy works of grace in me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Dona mihi Domine mentem vigilem cogitationem sobriam cor castum somnum placidum ab omni diabolica imaginatione liberum Et deinde excita me Domine hora Orationis ut praeceptis tuis firmiter adhaeream memoriam retineam in violatam judiciorum tuorum Amen LOrd remember thy promise unto thy servant wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust That thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage and that I may remember thy Name in the night season Amen In manus tuas Domine commendo animam corpus meum creasti enim redemisti ea Domine Deus veritatis Commendo autem mecum et mea omnia tu enim mihi gratiose largitus es illa pro beneplacito tuo In pace ergo me simul cubare dormire facias ô Domine qui solus me habitare facis secure per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O omnium Domine effector O Deus tuorum Pater Gubernator O vitae mortis arbiter O Animarum Custos Benefactor O qui omnia facis tempestive atque ut ipse pro sapientiae tuae administrationis altitudine nosti artifice sermone transmutas me opportuno tempore tuo suscipe tamdiu in carne vitam meam moderatus quamdiu conducibile fuerit mihiipsi Ecclesiae Et suscipe quaeso ob metum tuum paratum non turbatum nec in extremo die terga vertentem nec invito animo tanquam abstractum aut avulsum a mundo sed ut prompte alacriter ad beatam illam aeternam vitam proficiscentem quae est in Christo Jesu Domino nostro cui gloria in secula seculorum Amen O Domine Deus meus voca me ut accedam ad te firma me ne recedam a te per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen SATURDAY O Lord I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercy in the morning for thou hast been my defence and my refuge in the day of my trouble Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my defence and my merciful God Amen The glorious Majesty of thee O Lord my God be upon me prosper thou the work of my hands upon me O prosper thou my handy-work Amen O Lord open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy Commandments from me For thy Testimonies are my delight and my counsellors Lord continue that favour to me that so they may ever be Amen O Lord our heavenly Father Almighty and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day I fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance to do alwayes that which is righteous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O My soul wait thou still upon my God for my hope is in him he is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall So Amen Lord Iesu Amen O Lord God be mercifull unto every one that prepares his whole heart to seek thee O Lord God the God of his Fathers though he be not according to the Purification of the Sanctuary Amen O Lord I walk in the midst of trouble I beseech thee refresh me Stretch forth thy hand upon the fury and the cunning of mine enemies that thy right hand may save me O make good thy loving-kindness towards me and despise not I beseech thee the work of thine own hands Amen I deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine oppressors Amen O make me thy poor servant still to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God the fountain of all wisdom who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking I beseech thee to have compassion upon my
me a time in which thou wilt remember me Say unto my soul O say it now I am thy Salvation Command my spirit whenever thou wilt command it to be received up to thee in peace O bid me come unto thee say unto me This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Lord thus and now let thy servant depart in peace that mine eyes may see thy Salvation O Lord thou blessed Trinity three Persons and one God have mercy upon me I commend my self into thy hands as to a faithful Creator Lord receive thine own Creature not made by any strange God but by thee the only living and true God Despise not O Lord the work of thine own hands I am created to thine own Image and likeness O suffer not thine own Image to be defaced but renew it again in righteousness and true holiness I commend my self into thy hands as to a most gracious Redeemer For thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord I am the price of thy Blood of thy most precious Blood O suffer not so great so unvaluable a price to perish O Lord thou camest down from heaven to redeem that which was lost suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed I commend my self into thy hands as to my most blessed Comforter O Lord I am weary and heavy laden and I come to thee to be refreshed by thee Behold O Lord I have been the Temple of thy holy Spirit I have I confess strangely polluted it yet destroy me not but dedicate me anew and sanctifie me to thy self yet once again O Lord I wear thy Name 't is thy Name that is called upon me For thy Names sake therefore be merciful unto me O spare Lord if not me yet thine own Name in me And do not so remember my sin O Lord do not as that in remembring it thou forget thine own Name I have desired to fear thy Name to love and to honour thy Name And I now desire to depart this life in the Invocation and Confession of thy Name Lord I confess it and call upon it O come Lord Iesu. Amen Peccavi O Domine Sed non negavi te O nunquam praevaleat Inimicus ut negem Sed credo O Domine adauge fidem non confundar in aeternum Sed spero et quae spes mea nisi tu solus suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum non confundar ab expectatione mea Sed praeparavi direxi cor meum ad te quaerendum etiamsi non secundum munditiem Sanctuarii tamen linum fumigans quassam arundinem nec extinguas nec frangas O Domine Jesu Sed patienter sustineo castigationem tuam taceo quia tu fecisti Sed remitto debitoribus meis et tu pollicitus es remissionem remittenti Sed projicio me in te ne te subtrahas venientem ad te ne ejicias foras Sed in Nominis tui confessione invocatione opto decedere Quare non propter me O Domine Jesu aut quicquam mei sed propter temetipsum Propter Nomen tuum Propter gloriam Nominis tui veritatem tuam Propter misericordias tuas multas magnas mirificas Propter Christum Mediatorem Spiritum Paracletum suscipe reversum ad se revertentem ad te Amen Et ideo ô Domine Deus meus Inter te me Christum Sacerdotem Agnum Sacrificium Inter Satanam me Christum Regem Leonem Triumphum Inter Peccatum me Christi Innocentiam in vita Inter Poenam peccatorum et me Christi Satisfactionem Passionem Sanguinem Inter defectum Iustitiae et me Christi Iustitiam Obedientiam absolutam Inter defectum ad Praemium me Christi Meritum Inter defectum Doloris pro peccatis me Christi Lachrimas Sudorem Inter defectum fervoris in Orando me Christi Intercessionem Inter accusationem Satanae vel propriae Conscientiae et me Christum Advocatum Inter Concupiscentiam me Christi Charitatem ostendo offero commemoro Acceptum habe Domine propter Christum ipsum Amen Peccavi O Domine Sed non abscondo peccatum Sed non excuso Sed ultro fateor Sed recogito in amaritudine animae Sed meipsum propter peccata in te odi des gratiam ut judicem vindicem ut non sine venia exeam e vita hac mihi miserrima Amen O Lord I have not only sinned but provoked thee with many and grievous sins yet I beseech thee remember that I am bnt flesh even a wind that passeth and cometh not again Et plus potest ad salutem misericordia Servatoris quam ad perniciem nequitia mei peccatoris Amen O Domine Jesu non habebas tu quare morereris mortuus es pro me ego habeo quare des gratiam ne dedigner mori et paratus sim. Amen O Domine Jesu propter illam amaritudinem quam pro me miserrimo sustinuisti in Cruce maxime in illa hora quando nobilissima anima tua egressa est de benedicto corpore tuo deprecor te miserere animae meae in egressu suo perduc eam in vitam aeternam Amen Pro Infirmis DEus sub cujus nutibus vitaenostrae momēta decurrunt suscipe quaeso preces meas pro aegrotantibus famulis tuis pro quibus humillime misericordiae tuae auxilium imploro Ut reddita sibi sanitate gratiarum tibi in Ecclesia tua referant actiones per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Visitatio Infirmi EXistimas ne Nullum morbum aut crucem casu evenire cuiquam vel temere Quin immitti a Deo citra cujus Providentiā neminē morbo laborare Deum autem sapientissimum ut nihil unquam permittat contingere nisi quum expedit Expedire itaque tibi morbum hunc vel crucem quem vel quam tibi nunc immisit Deus Porro Deum Paterno erga nos animo esse Patrem autem sive indulgeat sive castiget aeque Patrem esse nec minore forsan majore hoc quam illud amore facere Bona tibi diu dedisse nunc mala dare sed nec mala haec nisi ut majoris boni causa sint nempe ut redeas ad illum Gratiae esse hoc quod toties a te repulsus tamen nec sic deferat quin visitet te denuo requirat te Si sic subdes hac in re Divinae voluntati voluntatem tuam sacrificium omnium post Christi Deo gratissimum Confiterisne Non tam bene vixisse te quam oportuit imo vixisse te male saepeque graviter peccasse Estne peccatum aliquod praeter vel supra caetera vel suntne peccata aliqua quae gravent Conscientiam tuam ut peculiaris Absolutionis beneficio tibi sit opus Estne scrupulus aliquis circa ea quae sunt Fidei vel Religionis Recogitasne annos elapsos vitae tuae in amaritudine animae
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
not return till we have destroyed them O gird us with strength unto the Battail that we may smite them that they may not be able to stand but fall under our feet And when thou hast thus blessed us make us fall down at thy feet and ever worship thee through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O make the wars to cease in all the world break the Bow and knap the Spear in sunder and burn the Chariot in the fire that men may be still and know that thou art God that thou wilt be exalted among the heaâ—hen and in the earth Amen Lord be not far off put us not to confusion but go out with our Armies and prosper them that we may not turn our backs upon our Enemies while they that hate us spoil our persons our honour and our goods O sell not us thy poor people for nought make us not a rebuke to our insolent neighbours nor a scorn to them that are round about us Our confusion by reason of our sins is daily before us and the shame of our face hath covered us But Lord we humbly beseech thee forgive us our sins and deliver us for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Hast thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God go forth with our Hosts O help us against the Enemy for vain is the help of man O Lord help us Amen O Almighty God King of Kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our Enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all victory through the merits of thy only Son our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Almighty God who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies We give thee praise and thanks for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy great goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them And we humbly beseech thee to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord bless the King all his Commanders under him and all his Souldiers Cover all their heads his especially in the day of Battail Teach all their hands to warre their fingers to fight And bless all the Guides and Conductors of his Armies under him with wisdom and courage and faithfulness watchfulness and diligence and whatsoever else may lead on good success And set a happy end we humbly beseech thee to all these Bloody distractions and restore Peace and preserve Religion in integrity among us even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Paupertas O Lord when thou makest inquisition for blood remember and forget not the complaint of the Poor Arise O Lord God and lift up thy hand forget not the Poor Take his cause into thy hand for he commits himself unto thee and thou art the helper of the friendless O be so still even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O praise the Lord ye that fear him and magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him O bow down thine ear and hear him still O thou holy one of Israel Amen I am poor and needy O God make haste unto me Thou art my helper and my deliverer O Lord make no long tarrying Amen Dolor LOrd turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorrows of my heart are inlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Look upon mine adversity and misery and forgive me all my sins through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Hear my crying O God give ear unto my prayer from the ends of the earth whither soever thou shalt cast me I will call upon thee when my heart is in heaviness O set me upon the Rock that is higher then I to be my hope and a strong tower against my oppressors Amen Save me O God for the waters are entred into my soul. I stick fast in the deep mire where no stay is I am come into deep waters and the streams run over me They that hate me without a cause are more then the hairs of my head and they which would destroy me causless are mighty O let not these water-floods drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me Hear me O Lord for thy loving-kindness is great turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies Hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble but draw near unto my soul and redeem it for Iesus Christ his sake Amen My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according to thy word Amen O Lord trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon meâ— patience good Lord that for all this my delight may be in thy Commandments Amen Infamia O Lord my sins have made me a rebuke to my neighbours and to be laughed to scorn of them that are round about me O suffer me not longer to be a by-word among the people My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me The voice of the slanderer and blasphemer hath overtaken me And though all this be come upon me suffer me not O Lord to forget thee or to behave my self frowardly in thy Covenant through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Destroy their tongues O Lord and divide them for I have seen cruelty and strife in the City But I will call upon thee O Lord and thou wilt save me Amen O Lord send down from heaven and save me from the reproof of them that would swallow me Send out thy mercy and truth for my soul is among Lions I lie among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword O deliver me and I shall magnifie thy Name for ever Amen I am become a Monster to many but thou art my sure trust O be my Anchor for ever Amen O remember Lord the rebuke that thy servant hath and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people O remember me Amen Vis. O Lord the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me yet make me the more thankful and the more careful to consider thy testimonies Amen O Lord they draw nigh that of malice persecute me therefore be thou nigh at hand to
help me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Many O Lord they are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy Testimonies yes Lord I do daily swerve from them Quicken me as thou art wont Amen O take from me shame and rebuke and I will keep thy Testimonies O take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good O Lord do this for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Timor LOrd make me remember that the fear of thee is clean and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may so carry my self and that courage that I may so bear up my self as that I may fear none but thee nothing but that wherein I offend thee even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Fraudes Dolus O Lord watch over thy servant for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me Be thou merciful unto me O Lord and deliver me from them that even in this I may know thou favourest me that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me Amen Exalt thy self O God above the heavens and thy glory upon all the earth For men have laid a net for my steps they have pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me Lord I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me for thy mercy sake Amen Mine enemies lay wait for my soul and take counsel together They pursue me out of an opinion that thou O God hast forsaken me But go not far from me O God my God haste to help me Amen O Lord the proud have digged pits for me They persecute me falsely O be thou my help They had almost made an end of me upon earth yet suffer me not I beseech thee to depart from thy Commandments for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me and from the traps of wicked doers If they will not repent let them fall into their own nets together but let me ever escape them Amen O Lord I pour out my complaints before thee Consider them for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Amen Templi ingressus LOrd I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple O bless me that I may Amen Hear the voice of my humble Petitions O Lord when I crie unto thee in this place when I hold my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy Temple even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings O Lord hear our desires and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee and fear thy Name Amen O my God I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise I will be thankful unto thee and speak good of thy Name For thou Lord art gracious thy mercy is everlasting and thy truth endureth from generation to generation Amen O Lord I love the habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour dwelleth O shut not up my soul with impenitent sinners but give me plenty of thy grace even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Fames BE merciful O Lord and remember us that we be not confounded in these perillous times and that in these daies of dearth we may have enough and a free heart and hand to bestow it upon thy poor ones even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord our sins have prevailed against us yet be thou merciful unto our transgressions O visit the earth and prepare corn for the Inhabitants thereof Crown the year with thy goodness and let no cloud drop other then fatness that the very Hills may rejoyce 〈◊〉 every side that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God heavenly Father who by thy Son Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof all things necessary for their bodily sustenance Behold we beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the scarcity and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our sins may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plenty for the love of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be mâ—â—cifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth so that in due time we may enjoy them and praise thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pluvia O God heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the Earth is fruitful Beasts increase and Fishes do multiply Send us we beseech thee such moderate rain and showres that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Serenitas O Lord God which for the sin of Man didst once drown all the world except eight personsâ— and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again We humbly beseech thee that though weâ— for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt give us such weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Poenitentiales 6. 32. 38. 51. 102. 130. 143. O Lord turn thee again now at the last and be gracious unto thy servant O satisfie me with thy mercy and that soon so shall I rejoyce and be glad all the dayes of my life And when thou hast forgiven my sins O comfort me again after the time that thou hast plagued me and for the years wherein I have suffered adversity O Iesus Christ my Saviour and be merciful Amen O Lord my flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy Judgments yet stablish me according to thy word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant that I may not forget thy Commandments buâ— return to thee Amen O Lord our iniquities testifie against us for our backslidings are many and we have sinned against thee yet O thou hope of Israel thou Saviour thereof in time of trouble shew mercy foâ— thy Names sake and on me especially For why shouldest thou be as a stranger in my soul or as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry but for a night O
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
Lord hast done it Amen Lord Iesu Amen If my delight had not been in thy Law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Pestilentia DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish Take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavy hand And for Iesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen O Lord deliver me from the â—nare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me safe under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day Though thousands fall beside me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come near me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatness both of thy power and mercy preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I my Family which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and to praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest Have pity upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickness and mortality and like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long-continued Visitation and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mercy hast redeemed us from death We offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Morbus O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of it are ready to overtake me When thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee my Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in Sommer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousness have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen O Lord hear my prayer and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my Fathers were O spare me a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen O Domine media vita in morte sumus unde aut a quo quaerimus auxilium nisi a te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris merito infensus es nobis Sancte fortis sancte misericors Salvator amarissimis poenis mortis aeternae ne tradas me Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae quum deficit virtus mea ne derelinquas me Domine ante te omne desiderium meum suspiria mea a te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae Quin parce mihi ô Domine sanctissime ô Omnipotens Deus sanctus Salvator maxime misericors dignissime aeterne Iudex ne sinas me in hora mea novissima proâ— quocunque terrore mortis excidere a te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares ofâ— death compass me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but will call upon thy Name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul. Deliver my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. Amen There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin Yet O Lord be merciful unto me and heal me even for thy Names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing of me back from the bottom of my grave What thou hast further for me to do or to suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it And let me not live longer then to honour thee through Iesus Christ. Amen Bellum O My God though mighty Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the Mighty man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Ionathan shut up this Army in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horsemen Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and