same IX It is well seen O God how thou goest how thou my God and my King goest in the Sanctuary The Singers go before the Minstrels follow after in the midst are the Damsels playing with the Timbrels Give Thanks O Israel unto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the Heart There is little Benjamin their Ruler and the Princes of Judaâ— their Counsel the Princes of Zabulâ—n and the Princes of Napthali X. Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee Stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in us For thy Temples sake at Jerusalem so shall Kings bring Presents unto thee When the Company of the Spear-men and multitude of the Mighty are scattered abroad among the Beasts of the People so that they humbly bring pieces of Silver and when he hath scattered the People that delight in War Then shall the Princes come out of Egypt the Morians Land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God The Prayer MOst gracious God who art â— Father of the Fatherless and pleadest the Cause of the Widoâ— have Mercy upon thy holy Catholick Church and since her Lord is â—scended up on high even to his heavenly Mansions leave us not alone comfortless but send thy holy Spirit into our hearts that by his assistance we may escape spiritual and the bitterness of the temporal II. Send a gracious showre even the Dew of thy divine Favours to refresh our weariness in this Calamity make thy People as Doves innocent and chast and adorn them with the Beauty of inward Sanctity Let all Kings Princes and Rulers of the Earth confess thy Name and thy honour that thy Gospel extending forth into all Lands Peace and all thy Blessings may follow it and thy praise be encreased from Generation to Generation through Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen Sunday Noons Meditations SIng unto God O ye Kingdoms of the Earth O sing Praises unto the Lord Who sitteth in the Heavens over all from the beginning Lo he doth send forth his Voice yea and that a mighty Voice Ascribe ye the Power to God over Israel his Worship and strength is in the Clouds O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy Places even the God of Israel he will give strength unto his People blessed be God II. O clap your hands together all ye People O sing unto God with the voice of melody For the Lord is high and to be feared he is the great King upon all the Earth He shall subdue the People under us and the Nations under our Feet He shall chuse out an Heritage for us even the Worship of Jacob whom he loved III. God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the Trump O sing Praises sing Praises unto our God O sing Praises sing Praises unto our King For God is the King of all the Earth Sing ye Praises with understanding The Prayer O Lord God Celestial King who reignâ—st Potentate in all the World thou art exalted above all Creatures and art to be feared in all the Dominions of the Earth let the Seed of thy glorious Gospel be planted in all parts of the habitable World that thy saving Health may be known unto all Nations II. Let thy Grace pull down all the strong Holds of Sin and Satan that any ways oppose thy Holy Name and Word subdue all thy People unto thee and the Nations under thy Feet so that we that are thy People and Sheep of thy hands may become one Sheepfold under one Shepherd Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour Meditations for Sunday Night I will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his Greatness II. One Generation shall praise thy Works unto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy Worship thy Glory thy praise and wondrous Works So that Men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous Acts and I will also tell of thy greatness The Memorial of thine abundant Kindness shall be shewed and Men shall sing of thy Righteousness III. The Lord is gracious and mercifull long-suffering and of great Goodness The Lord is loving unto every one and his Mercy is over all his Works All thy Works praise thee O Lord and thy Saints give thanks unto thee They shew the glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy power That thy power thy glory and mightiness of thy Kingdom might be known unto Men. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and thy Dominion endureth throughout all Ages The Prayer MOst mighty God marvellous worthy art thou to be praised and of thy greatness there is no end give us sanctified Hearts and Lips that we may express thy Righteousness and magnifie thy glory Worship and wondrous Works II. All the Earth praises thee O Lord and thy Saints give Thanks unto thee Make us religious and sincere before thee and to lay aside all Hypocrisie Protect us O Lord by thy hand of Providence that we fall not and raise us up when we are down III. Give us spiritual and temporal Meat in thy oâ—n due time for our Souls and Bodies that we being filled abundantly with thy Mercies here we may have our hearts desire fulfilled and satisfied hereafter among such as fear thee and praise thy holy Name for evermore Amen Monday Mornings Meditations THE Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that be down For he shall deliver the Poor when he cryeth the Needy also and him that hath no helper He shall be favourable to the Simple and Needy and shall preserve the Souls of the Poor He shall deliver their Souls from wrong and falshood and dear shall their bloud be in his sight II. There shall be a heap of Corn in the Earth high upon the Hills His Fruit shall shake like Liâ—anus and he shall be green in the City like Grass upon the Earth His Name shall endure for ever his Name shall remain under the Sun among the Posterities which shall be blessed through him and all the Heathen shall praise him III. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who only doth wondrous things And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the Earth shall be filled with his Majesty Amen The Prayer O Eternal God thou that defendest the Children and Poor but puâ—ishest the wrong doer have mercy upon thy People under affliction extend thy Mercy and compassion from â—ne Sea to another even unto the Worlds end II. Make thy People who love thy Name flourish and subdue their Enemies under them that neither â—alshood nor wrong may any ways â—pâ—ress them Bless them with Peace â—nd Tranquillity and satisfie them with thy Righteousness and Salvation through thy Mercy O blessed â—esu Amen MoÌ„nday Noon's Meditations NOT unto us O
arose to Judgment and to help all the meek upon Earth The fierceness of Man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it all ye that be round about him bring Presents unto him that ought to be feared He shall refrain the spirit of Princes and is wonderful among the Kings of the Earth The Prayer GReat is thy Name O Lord and thy dwelling in the highest Heavens give a deep impression of a dread and reverence of thee and thy power in our Hearts Let thy threatnings and judgments which descend from Heaven and are executed upon stubborn and disobedient People make us loath Sin or the thoughts of it and shun all the occasions and alluring baits of it II. O let thy continued mercies and loving kindnesses be ever in our remembrance and make our Hearts still full of smoothness and tranquillity that we may not fear the rigour of man or the cruel wrath of those whose spirits thou canst refrain lest we be hindred in our duty towards thee but let us so fear to offend thee that we may press forwards from fear to love from apprehensions of thy wrath to the sense and comfort of thy mercies Meditations for Saturday Morning UNto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto thee do we give thanks Thy Name also is so nigh and that do thy wondrous works declare When I receive the Congregation I shall judge according unto right The Earth is weak and all the Inhabitants thereof I bear up the Pillars of it II. I said unto the Fools Deal not so madly and to the Ungodly set not up your Horn. Set not up your Horn on high and speak not with a stiff Neck For promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why God is the Judge he putteth down one and setteth up another III. For in the hand of the Lord there is a Cup and the Wine is red it is full mixt and he poureth out of the same As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the Earth shall drink them and suck them out But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever All the Horns of the ungodly also will I break and the Horns of the Righteous shall be exalted The Prayer GReat Judge of the whole Universe from whom proceeds all promotion and punishment extend thy Mercy now upon us at the hour of Death and in the day of Judgment when thou shalt judge all the Society of Men and Angels according to Right II. O Give us thy powerful Grace that we may expect thy coming in Humility and perfect Charity and not be puft up and exalted in our Fancies and Imaginations but may submit to thy Will with Meekness and Holy Obedience that when thou shalt pour forth thy Wrath upon the Ungodly we may not be numbered amongst them but partake of those Mercies thou hast provided for those that love and fear thee Amen Meditations for Saturday Noon HAst thee O God to deliver me make hast to help me O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my Soul Let them be turned back-ward and put to confusion that wish me Evil. Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me There There II. But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let all such as delight in thy Salvation say always The Lord be praised As for me I am poor and in misery Hast thee unto me O God Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying The Prayer THou O God art our Deliverer Helper and Redeemer have mercy upon us and all those which serve thee in Sincerity and Truth help us O God against those that seek to destroy our Souls Let our delight be to wait for thy Salvation and to trust in thy never-failing Mercies that our Feet being guided by thy direction we may remain safe under thy Providence II. Suffer us not O thou who art a God of Power and great Glory to be a Prey to our Enemies but dissipate and scatter them as offensive Clouds to the light of thy Gospel Strengthen our Weakness by thy Power pardon our Sins by thy Mercies and justifie our Souls by thy free Grace that we may now and evermore with the humble Addresses of Devotion give thee Praise not only with our Lips but in our Lives through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Meditations for Saturday Night GOD be merciful unto us and bless us and shew us the light of his Countenance and be merciful unto us That thy way may be known upon Earth thy saving Health among all Nations Let the People praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee II. O let the Nations rejoyce and be glad for thou shalt judge the Folk righteously and govern the Nations upon Earth Let the People praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the Earth bring forth her Encrease and God even our own God shall give us his Blessing God shall bless us and all the ends of the World shall fear him The Prayer O God thou great Governour of all Mankind and judge of the whole Earth have mercy upon us and bless us Thou makest the resplendent Beams of thy unwearied Sun to shine and cast his Lustre upon all corners of the habitable World bestowing his Light both on the Good and Bad. II. Let the blessed Light of thy bright Countenance spread it self to all Nations and to all People Lighten all our Darknesses with the radiant Beams of thy Divine Favour teach thy ways to all People and give thy saving Health to all Nations that all may joyn with one consent to fear thee and praise thy Name for evermore Amen EJACULATIONS UPON Several Occasions Out of the Holy Scriptures In the Morning MY Voice shalt thou hear betimes O Lord Early in the Morning will I direct my Prayer unto thee and will look up Psal. 5. 3. My days are like the days of an Hireling Untill the day break and the shadows flie away Job 7. 1. Cant. 4. 6. At going forth The Lord preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth and for evermore Psal. 121. 8. O hold thou up my goings in thy Paths that my Footsteps slip not Psal. 17. 5. Beginning a good Work In the volume of the Book it is written of me I delight to do thy Will O my God yea thy Law is within my Heart Psal. 40. 7 8. In good Inspirations The Lord God hath opened my Ear and I was not rebellious against him Isa. 50. 5. At Church O how amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of Hosts Psal. 84. 1. Before Reading Speak Lord for thy Servant heareth 1 Sam. 3. 9. Speaking My Heart is inditing a good Matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the King Psalm 45. 1.
THE PROTESTANT's Crums of Comfort CONTAINING I. Prayers and Meditations with Ejaculations for every day in the Week and other occasions II. Thanksgivings for Deliverances from Popery Tyranny and Arbitrary Power III. The Rebellion in Ireland and Massacre of Paris IV. The Learned Bishop Usher's Prophecy concerning Ireland and the Downfall of Rome V. Advice to the late Besieged in London-Derry under that Reverend Divine and valiant Commander Coll. George Walker Ilustrated with Pictures sutable to each particular Occasion London Printed by W. W. for Nicholas Bodington at the Golden Ball in Duck-lane 1690. Defenders of y e Protestant Religioâ— Q. Elizabeth K. William K. James Q. Mary II. of Sam. XXIII v. 3. He that ruleth ore men must be just ruling in y e fear of God Licensed December 16th 1689. To the Honourable The Lady P. T. Madam WHere true Piety inhabites Charity always â—ims a Priviledge in â—owning Religious Actions â—d like the good Samaritan â—ords the Oil of relief to the â—ounds of the distressed Such tender Compassion alâ—â—ys attends the Great and â—st of whom Madam you â— a perfect Pattern your â—…nty has been unlimited to 〈…〉 distressed and afflicted to 〈…〉 Fatherless and the Widow â—…t even Commiseration it self has been your daily delight and practice Divine Souls like yours can never be free from humblâ— Addressers which creates â— Prâ—sumption in me to lay thâ—… Tract at your Laâ—â—ships Door where I humbly conceive yoâ— will honour it so far as 〈◊〉 take it into your Closet That Heaven may prospâ—… you with length of days here and reward you with a Croâ—… of Glory hereafter is tâ—… hearty Prayer of Madam Your most obedient Servanâ— G. W. THE Protestant's Manual OF PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS When we first awake O God thou art my God early will I seek thee I will sing of thy power â—…d will praise thy Mercy becomes in the Morning for â—…ou hast been and wilt be 〈…〉 defence and refuge in the â—…y of my Trouble A Prayer for the Morning O Eternal God whose Providence has protected mâ— the night past brought me tâ— the beginning of this day defend me O Lord in the same by thy Almighty power anâ— grant that this day I fall into nâ— Sin neither run into any kinâ— of danger but that all mâ— doings may be ordered by thâ— Governance to do alwayâ— that which is righteous in thâ— sight through Jesus Christ. II. I praise thy Name thâ—â— thou hast still continued to 〈◊〉 the opportunity of servinâ— thee and advancing my hopâ— of a blessed Eternity preserâ—â—â—â— me this day from all violence and snares of my Enemies visible and invisible keep me from all pride self-love and vain-glory all obstinacy and disobedience all fraudulency and dissimulation and let the graces of thy holy Spirit take an absolute possession of my Soul and all its faculties that I may finally tread down Satan under my Feet all this I beg for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Prayer for the Evening ALmighty God I praise and magnifie thy holy Name for thy preservation of me this day and all the days of my Life for unless thy Mercy had withheld me I had committed more and more grievous Sins and had been overwhelmed by thy just wrath and severest judgments Pardon O Lord I beseech thee the Sins and Offences of my Youth and the irregularity of all my Actions either in thought word or deed II. Let thy Heavenly Grace be present with me that though my Body sleep yet let my Soul be vigilant lest I sleep in Sin and be forgetfull of my Duty towards thee let thy goodness and loving kindness never slip out of my remembrance but so unite my heart unto thee with fervent Charity that whatever I do may redound to thy glory III. Grant that whether I sleep or wake live or dye I may never lose the light of thy Countenance but evermore live in thy favour that escaping from the Darkness of this World I may at last arrive at the Land of everlasting Peace and happiness to behold thy power and glory Amen Meditations for Sunday Morning LEt God arise and let his Enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him Like as the smoak vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the Fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God But let the Righteous be glad and rejoyce before God let them also be merry and joyfull II. O Sing unto God and sing Praises unto his Name magnifie him that rideth upon the Heavens as it were upon an Horse praise him in his Name yea and rejoyce before him He is a Father of the Fatherless and defendeth the Cause of the Widows even God in his holy Habitation He is the God that maketh Men to be of one Mind in an House and bringeth the Prisoners out of Captivity but letteth the Runnagates continue in scarceness III. O God when thou wentest forth before the People when thou wentest through the Wilderness The Earth shook and the Heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinaâ— also was moved at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious Rain upon thine in heritance and refreshed'st iâ— when it was weary Thy Congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy Goodness prepared for the Poor IV. The Lord gave the Word Great was the Company of the Preachers Kings with their Armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the Household divided the spoil Though ye have liâ—n among the Pots yet shall ye be as the Wings of a Dove that is covered with silver Wings and her Feathers like Gold V. When the Almighty scattered Kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the Hill of Basan so is God's Hill even an high Hill as the Hill of Basan Why hop ye so ye high Hills this is God's Hill in which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for ever VI. The Chariots of God are Twenty thousand even thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy Place of Sinâ—i Thou art gone up on high â—hou hast led Captivity Captive and received Gifts for Men yea even for thine Enemies that the Lord God might dwell among them VII Praised be the Lord daily even the God which helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us He is our God even the God of whom cometh â—alvation God is the Lord by whom we escape Death God shall wound the head of his Enemies and the hairy Scalp of such a one as goeth on sâ—ill in his wickedness VIII The Lord hath said I will bring my people again as I did from Basan Mine own will I bring again as I did sometime from the deep of the Sea That thy foot may be dipped in the bloud of thine Enemies and that the Tongue of thy Dogs may be red through the
Wednesday Morning DEliver me O Lord from the Evil Man and preserve me from the Wicked Man Which imagine mischief iâ— their Hearts and stir up strisâ— all the day long They have sharpened their Tongues like a Serpent Adders Poyson is under their Lips II. Keep me O Lord from the Hands of the Ungodly preserve me from the wicked Men which are purposed to overthrow my going The Proud have laid a sâ—are for me and spread a Net abroad with Cords yea and set Traps in my way III. I said unto the Lord thou art my God hear the Voice of my Prayers O Lord. O Lord God thou strength of my Health thou hast covered my Head in the day of Battle IV. Let not the Ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous Imagination prosper lest they be too Proud Let the mischief of their own Lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about A man full of Words shall not prosper upon the Earth Evil shall hunt the wicked Person to overthrow him The Prayer O Lord God the Strength of all those that depend upon thee deliver us from evil and wicked Men that neither their Examples may corrupt us nor their Counsels misguide us or their Mischief disturb our Safety II. But do thou O Lord cover our Heads in the day of Battle and Strife against all our Bodily and Ghostly Enemies that though they pursue us to overthrow us yet we may be safe on Earth under thy Favour and Almighty Protection and at the last being removed from all Fears and Dangers we may appear in thy sight amongst the Righteous for evermore Meditations for Wednesday Noon HEar my Prayer O Lord and consider my Desire Hearken unto me for thy Truth and Righteousness sake And enter not into Judgment with thy Servant for in thy sight shall no one living be justified II. For the Enemy hath persecuted my Soul he hath smitten my Life down to the ground he hath laid me in the Darkness as the men that have been long dead Therefore is my Spirit vexed within me and my Heart within me is desolate III. Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works Yea I exercise my self in the works of thy Hands I stretch forth my Hands unto thee my Soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty Land The Prayer MOst Righteous Judge and dear Redeemer hear us for thy Truth and Mercies sake free us from the hainous Guilt of all our Sins and renounce those Punishments due to us for the same II. Enter not at any time into Judgment with us for in thy sight no Flesh can be justified by its own worthiness Fortifie our Souls with the Holiness of a lively Faith which worketh by Charity that at last we enter into thy Holy of Holies even Life Everlasting Amen Meditations for Wednesday Night HEar me O Lord and that soon for my Spirit waxeth faint Hide not thy Face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the Pit O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the Morning for in thee is my Trust Shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my Soul unto thee II. Deliver me O Lord from mine Enemies for I flie unto thee to hide me Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God Let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the Land of Righteousness III. Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy Righteousness sake bring my Soul out of trouble And of thy goodness slay mine Enemies and destroy all them that vex my Soul for I am thy Servant The Prayer BOW down thine Ear O Lord and hear my Complaint support my weak Spirit with thy Heavenly Grace which is sufficient for me Hide not the light of thy Countenance from me but replenish me with the Beams of thy Mercy and Goodness II. Direct me in the way that I should walk in instruct me to do whatsoever pleaseth thee quicken my Soul in thy Paths which lead to Life Eternal and so continue the Conduct of thy Blessed Spirit to me that it may never depart from me till I am brought out of this temporal World and am safely arrived at thy Spiritual Kingdom Amen Meditations for Thursday Morning PRaise the Lord O my Soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any Being will I sing praises unto my God O put not your trust in Princes nor in any Child of Man â—or there is no help in them For when the Breath of Man goeth out he shall turn again to his Earth and then all his Thoughts perish II. Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for ever Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which feedeth the Hungry III. The Lord looseth Men out of Prison the Lord giveth Sight to the Blind The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the Righteous The Lord careth for the Strangers he defendeth the Fatherless and Widow as for the way of the Ungodly he turneth it upside down The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations The Prayer GReat God who art King for everlasting world without end vouchsafe us thy Grace and assist us with thy ready help that we may fix all our hopes in thee for thou alone art able to grant Deliverance II. Lord feed our Souls and satisfie us with thy Salvation when we hunger and thirst after thee revenge our Cause when we suffer wrong and heal our back-slidings Enlighten our Darkness that we walk not in the shadow of Death and let thy hand of Providence take care of us in all our necessities that when our life is expired and we return to that Earth from whence we were taken we may reign with thee for evermore Meditations for Thursday Noon I Cryed unto the Lord with my Voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my supplication I poured out my Complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my Spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me II. I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no Man that would know me I had no place to flie unto and no man cared for my Soul I cried unto thee O Lord and said thou art my Hope and my Portion in the Land of the Living III. Consider my Complaint for I am brought very low O deliver me from my Persecutors for they are too strong for me Bring my Soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the Righteous resort unto my Company The Prayer THou art our Place O Lord to flee unto and the only Sanctuary wherein is
safety O hide us under the Shadow of thy Wings keep us from all those Dangers which increase upon us when our Spirits are in heaviness and our Bodies bowed down with infirmities II. Stand thou evermore at our right hand and aid us so with the power of thy Grace that our Temptations and Enemies may at no time molest and disturb us Grant that our Souls in thy good time may depart out of the Prison of the Body with joy and not with grief and enter into thine eternal Joy to reign with thee for evermore Amen Meditations for Thursday Night O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my Bed and about my path and spiest out all my ways For lo there is not a Word in my Tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me II. Such Knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for me I cannot attain unto it Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit or whither shall I go then from thy presence If I climb up into Heaven thou art there If I go down to Hell thou art there also If I take the Wings of the Morning and remain in the uttermost parts of the Sea III. Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me If I say peradventure the Darkness shall cover me then shall my Night be turned into day Yea the darkness is no darkness with thee but the night is as clear as the day the darkness and light to thee are both alike For my Reins are thine thou hast covered me in my Mothers Womb. The Prayer INfinite art thou O Lord in Wisedom and omnipresent in all places thou fillest Heaven and Earth with Majesty and the effects of thy Glory Hell feels thy Mighty power but thou communicatest to us thy poor Creatures thy boundless Mercy II. And O Lord as thou art present with us so we humbly beseech thee be President amongst us teach us thy Holy Laws and so guide us by thy Golden Rule and Divine Precepts that we wander not in the darkness of our own Errors but in thy Light whom no Clouds can overcast nor Darkness eclipse Preserve us O Lord from falling into utter darkness where there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of Teeth Meditations for Friday Morning I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy Works and that my Soul knoweth right well My Bones are not hid from thee though I am made secretly and fashioned beneath in the Earth Thine Eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy Book were all my Members written Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them II. How dear are thy Counsels unto me O God! O how great is the Summe of them If I tell them they are more â—n number than the Sand When I awake up I am preâ—ent with thee Wilt thou not slay the Wickâ—d O God Depart from me â—e bloud-thirsty Men. For they speak unrighteâ—usly against thee and thine Enemies take thy Name in â—ain III. Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee And am not grieved with those that riâ—â— up against thee Yea I hate them right sorâ— even as though they weâ—â— mine Enemies Try me O God and seâ—â— the ground of my heart Prove me and examine mâ— thoughts Look well if there be aâ— way of Wickedness in mâ— and lead me in the way evâ—â— lasting The Prayer O Lord thy Works are marvellâ— for thou hast done great thiâ— for my Soul it is thou that hast 〈◊〉 med me in the Womb and thy 〈◊〉 der care hath preserved me to 〈◊〉 moment Teach me to hate and hor all iniquity und to love Counsells as my dearest Treasure we may be as fearfull of committing Sins in Secret with that circumspection as in the Eye of the World II. Lead me in thy Truth and guide me in the Paths of a Holy Life that I may examine my self strictly of what Sins I stand guilty off and earnestly repent of those offences Make me to shun all wicked ways and conduct me into the way everlasting through Christ our Lord Amen Friday Noon's Meditations O God my heart is ready my heart is ready I will sing and give praise with the best Member I have Awake thou Lute and Harp I my self will awake right early I will give thanks unto thee O Lord among the People I will sing praises unto thee among the Nations II. For thy Mercy is greater than the Heavens and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds Set up thy self O God above the Heavens and thy glory above all the Earth That thy beloved may be delivered let thy right hand save them and hear thou me III. God hath spoken in his holiness I will rejoyce therefore and divide Sicâ—em and meet out the Valley of Succoth Gilead is mine and Manaâ—seâ— is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Juda is my Law-giver Moab is my Wash-pot over Edom will I â—ast out my Shoe upon the Philistines will I triumph III. Who will lead me into the strong City and who will bring me into Edom Hast not 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 Through God we shall do great Acts and it is he that shall tread down our Enemies The Prayer EArly O my God to thee will I make my Prayer and Supplication for thy Mercy in extent is greater than the Heavens and thy glory above all the Earth for ever be thou exalted in thine own strength and magnifie thy power and thy never-failing Mercy in defending us and all thy holy Church against all our Enemies temporal and spiritual II. Leave us not nor forsake us O God who art our strong Tower and Defence for in vain is Man's help unless thou strengthen us fortifie us and go forth with our Hosts to Battel that we being defended and armed by thee may perform Acts great and good fighting thy Battels and place our Confidence in thy Righteousness only and thy Salvation Amen Meditations for Friday Evening IN Jury is God known his Name is great in Israel at Salem is his Tabernacle and his Dwelling in Sion There he brake the Arrows of the Bow the Shield the Sword and the Battel Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the Robbers II. The proud are robbed they have slept their sleep and all the Men whose hands were mighty have found nothing At thy rebuke O God of Jacob both the Chariot and Horse are fallen Thou even thou art to be â—cared and who may stand â—n thy sight when thou art angry Thou didst cause thy Judgments to be heard from Heaven the Earth trembled and was still III. When God
Helmet of Salvation and cover him with thy Grace as with a Buckler against the Face of his Enemies dissipate and scatter all those which shall oppose him as the Dust before the Wind and as the Clay in the Streets direct him in all his Counsels to the end that being blessed with Success in this great Design he may employ all that great Power which thy Omnipotence shall â—ntrust him with to the Honour of thy Holy Name the establishment and Advancement of the True Religion and to the Peace and Happiness of thine and his People and the perfect Deliverance of our poor Distressed Brethren in Ireland that they may rejoice together with us and triumph in thy Praise III. Grant him in this Enterprize a good Event that he may Return home with Joy and Victory Let his Reign be prosperous and his days many let Peace and Love and Holiness let Justice and Truth and all Christian Vertues flourish in his Time Let his People serve him with Honour and Obedience and let him so duly serve thee here on Earth that he may hereafter everlastingly Reign with thee in Heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen THE CONTENTS WHen we first awake Pag. 1. A Prayer for the Morning 2. A Prayer for the Evening 3 Sunday Mornings Meditations 5 The Prayer 10 Sunday Noons Meditations 12 The Prayer 13 Sunday Nights Meditations 14 The Prayer 16 Monday Mornings Meditations 17 The Prayer 19 Monday Noons Meditations ibid. The Prayer 21 Monday Nights Meditations 22 The Prayer 23 Tuesday Mornings Meditations 24 The Prayer 25 Tuesday Noons Meditations 26 The Prayer 27 Tuesday Nights Meditations 28 The Prayer 29 Wednesday Mornings Meditations 30 The Prayer 32 Wednesday Noons Meditations 33 The Prayer 34 Wednesday Nights Meditations 35 The Prayer 36 Thursday Mornings Meditations 37 The Prayer 38 Thursday Noons Meditations 39 The Prayer 41 Thursday Nights Meditations 42 The Prayer 43 Friday Mornings Meditations 44 The Prayer 46 Friday Noons Meditations 47 The Prayer 49 Friday Nights Meditations 50 The Prayer 52 Saturday Mornings Meditations 53 The Prayer 55 Saturday Noons Meditations 56 The Prayer 57 Saturday Nights Meditations 58 The Prayer 59 Ejaculations upon several Occasions out of the Holy Scriptures IN the Morning 61 At going forth 62 Beginning a good Work ibid. In good Inspirations ibid. At Church ibid. Before Reading ibid. Speaking 63 When you go about worldly Affairs ibid. Before Eating ibid. After Eating 64 In Prosperity ibid. Adversity ibid. Troubles ibid. Galumnies 65 Praises ibid. Against vain hope ibid. Pride ibid. Covetousness ibid. Luxury ibid. Envy 66 Gluttony ibid. Anger ibid. Sloth ibid. Rules of Faith ibid. Acts of Faith ibid. Hope ibid. Charity 67 Against Worshipping of Idols ibid. Popish Tradition 68 Praying to Saints 69 Antichrist ibid. Divine Breathings of the Soul towards the Evening 70 A Prayer for a Family that may serve for Morning or Evening 71 A Prayer before the Communion 74 At Receiving the Bread 75 At Receiving the Cup ibid. A Prayer after the Communion 76 for the Church 77 for the King and Queen 78 for the Royal Family ibid. for the High Court of Parliament ibid. for the Clergy 79 for Friends 80 for a Family ibid. for a Friend 81 for Peace ibid. in time of the Plague 82 for a City ibid. for Grace ibid. for Enemies ibid. for the Afflicted 8â— for Travellers ibid. for the Fruits of the Earth ibid. A Prayer against Temptations 84 For Misbelievers and Sinners ibid. For Temporal Necessities ibid. Against Tempests 85 For Women in Travel ibid. For the Sick ibid. For Prisoners 86 For the Dying ibid. A Prayer before Study ibid. When the Bell Tolls for a dying Person 87 A concluding Prayer 88 King Edward the Sixth's Prayer against Popery 89 A Prayer for God's Mercies upon their Majesties Forces under the Command and Conduct of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg 90 A Prayer for Mercy to the whole Nation 92 A short account of the Massacre in Ireland 93 An abstract of their Popish Tortures and Cruelties 97 Bishop Usher's Prophecy concerning Rome's Downfal 103 Thanksgivings for God's wonderful Deliverances A Thanksgiving for our Deliverances from the Spanish Invasion 121 From the Powder Treason November the 5th 1605. 122 For our Deliverance from Popery Slavery and Arbitrary Power 123 For the relief of London-Derry in Ireland 124 For the Gifts of God 125 To God for all his Benefits 126 A Prayer before the following Discourse 128 Christian Courage in Affliction a Discourse by way of Advice to the Besieged in London-Derry under the Command of that worthy Divine and valiant Commander Col. Walker 131 The Prayer afterwards 150 A Prayer for the preservation of our most gracious Saveraign Lord King William in his Royal Vndertaking to Subdue Ireland and for his safe Return to England 151 FINIS In the Morning In the Evening