she is the daughter of a King and thou takest pleasure in her beauty let her not alwaies be clothed in mourning garments but let her be decked with exteriour Ornaments and secular advantages such as may truly promote the interests of holy Religion Let Kings and Queens be nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers unto her and so let the sound of thy Gospell go into all the Earth that her children may be Princes in all Lands and Ministers of thy Kingdome advancing thy honour and furthering the salvation of all men for whom thou didst give thy precious bloud that all people may worship thee and give thee thanks for ever who together with the Father and the holy Ghost livest and reignest one God world without end Amen PSALME 46. A Prayer for protection and for confidence in God in times of publike distractions and for the peace of Christendome GOD is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the Sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same 4 The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the City of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest 5 God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early 6 The Heathen make much adoe and the Kingdomes are moved but God hath shewed his voyce and the earth shall melt away 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge 8 O come hither and behold the works of the Lord what destruction he hath brought upon the earth 9 He maketh Wars to cease in all the World he breaketh the bow and knappeth the spear in sunder and burneth the Chariots in the fire 10 Be still then and know that I am God I will bee exalted among the Heathen and I will be exalted in the earth 11 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge The Prayer O Most mercifull Saviour Jesu Prince of Peace at whose birth all the Kingdomes of the World were in peace and tranquillity bethou in the midst of us for our refuge and present help in times of trouble and publick calamities when the Kingdome is moved and the hearts of men shake at the tempest of the same Dear God unite all the parts of Christendome with the union of Faith and Charity and the fruits of them a blessed and universall Peace Break the bow of the mighty knappe the spear of the Warriour in sunder and burn the Chariots in the fire that Warres may cease in all the World and we all may feel the promised blessing of the Gospel that our Swords may be converted into plowshares and our Spears into pruning hooks that thy Name and thy Kingdome may be exalted among the heathen and in all the Nations of the earth who livest the reignest over all in the unity of the blessed Trinity God eternall world without end Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 47. A Prayer for the exaltation of Christs Kingdom and that all the Princes of the world may joyntly adore Jesus reigning in the Heavens O Clap your hands together all ye people O sing unto God with the voice of melody 2 For the Lord is high and to bee feared he is the great King upon all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall chuse out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob whom he loved 5 God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump 6 O sing praises sing praises unto our God O sing praises sing praises unto our King 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heaâ—hen God sitteth upon his holy seat 9 The Princes of the people are joyned unto the people of the God of Abraham for God which is very high exalted doth defend the earth as it were with a shield The Prayer O Lord God King of Heaven who raignest a great King in all the Earth thou art high above all creatures and art to be feared in all the Kingdomes of the earth let the seed of thy Gospel be disseminated in all the corners of the habitable World let thy grace break down all the strong holds of sin and Satan subduing all people under thee and the Nations under thy feet that the Princes of the Nations that have not known thy Name may be joyned to thy people the people of the God of Abraham becomming one sheepfold under one Shepheard Iesus Christ our blessed Lord our Saviour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 48. A Prayer for the prosperity of the Church GReat is the Lord and highly to be praised in the City of our God even upon his holy hill 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place and the joy of the whole earth upon the north side lieth the City of the great King God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge 3 For lo the Kings of the earth are gathered and gone by together 4 They marvelled to see such things they were astonied and suddenly cast down 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow as upon a woman in her travell 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the east winde 7 Like as wee have heard so have we seen in the City of the Lord of hosts in the City of our God God upholdeth the same for ever 8 We wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy temple 9 O God according unto thy name so is thy praise unto the worlds end thy right hand is full of righteousnesse 10 Let the mount Sion rejoyce and the daughters of Juda be glad because of thy judgements 11 Walk about Sion and goe round about her and tell the towers thereof 12 Mark well her bulwarks set up her houses that yee may tell them that come after 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever he shall be our guide unto death The Prayer O Great God who art highly to be praised who hast manifested thy power and thy mercy in the constitution propagation and defence of thy Holy Church by the miraculous assistances and effects of thy Holy Spirit insomuch that the Kings of the earth marvelled to see such things and were astonied and suddenly cast down acknowledging the powers of thy Kingdome and submitting to thy laws with faith and obedience be pleased according to thy gracious promise to uphold the same for ever let not the gates of hell prevail against thy Church be thou known in her palaces as a sure refuge make her the joy of the whole earth and let her be glad and rejoyce because of thy judgements so shall we praise thee in the midst of thy Temple waiting for thy
when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good 29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their breath they die and are turned again to their dust 30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth 31 The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his works 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him if he do but touch the hils they shall smoke 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will praise my God while I have my being 34 And so shall my words please him my joy shall be in the Lord. 35 As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the ungodly shall come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soul praise the Lord. The Prayer O Lord God who art exceeding glorious who art clothed with majesty and honor thou hast created all things with admirable wisdome established them with excellent order and hast provided for them with mercy singular providence be pleased to give us grace that we may remember thou hast created us all for thy glory that thou hast planted thine image on us and hast crowned all our years with thy mercies and loving kindnesse let us never disobey thy will forget thy mercies or deface thine image in us but when all thy creatures praise thee in their manner let not us whom thou hast made in dignity next to Angels disturb the blessed order of Creation by our sins and irregular disobedience Open thy hand O Lord and fill us with good things both spirituall and temporall that when thou takest away our breath that we die and turn again to our dust thou mayest not hide thy face away from us but communicate to us the light of thy countenance and the glories of thy Kingdome through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 105. A commemoration of Gods care of his Church and blessings to his people O Give thanks unto the Lord and call upon his Name tell the people what things he hath done 2 O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wondrous works 3 Râ—joyce in his holy Name let the heart of them rejoyce that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength seek his face evermore 5 Remember the marvellous works that hee hath done his wonders and the judgements of his mouth 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant ye children of Jacob his chosen 7 Hee is the Lord our God his judgements are in all the world 8 Hee hath been alway mindfull of his covenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham and the oath that he sware unto Isaac 10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting testament 11 Saying Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance 12 When there were yet but a few of them and they strangers in the land 13 What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people 14 He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproved even Kings for their sakes 15 Touch not mine Anointed and doe my Prophets no harm 16 Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land and destroyed all the provision of bread 17 But he had sent a man before them even Joseph which was sold to be a bond-servant 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks the iron entred into his soul. 19 Vntill the time came that his cause was known the Word of the Lord tried him 20 The King sent and delivered him the Prince of the people let him goe free 21 He made him Lord also of his house and ruler of all his substance 22 That he might inform his Princes after his will and teach his senators wisdome 23 Israel also came into Egypt and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies 25 Whos 's heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt untruly with his servants 26 Then sent he Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen 27 And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darknesse and it was dark and they were not obedient unto his Word 29 He turned their waters into bloud and slew their fish 30 Their land brought forth frogs yea even in their Kings chambers 31 He spake the word and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarter 32 He gave them hailstones for rain and flames of fire in their land 33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts 34 He spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eat up all the grasse in their land and devouted the fruit of their ground 35 He smote all the first-born in their land even the chief of all their strength 36 He brought them forth also with silver and gold there was not one feeble person among their Tribes 37 Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraid of them 38 He spread out a cloud to be a covering and fire to give light in the night season 39 At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heaven 40 He opened the rock of stone and the waters flowed out so that the rivers ran in dry places 41 For why hee remembred his holy promise and Abraham his servant 42 And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with gladnesse 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen and they took the labours of the people in possession 44 That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws The Prayer O Lord God who art alway mindfull of thy covenant and promise to a thousand generations and didst deliver the seed of Abraham the children of Jacob thy chosen from the slavery of Egypt from the waves of the sea from the rage of Pharaoh from the thirst and famine of the wildernesse continue the like mercies to all Christian people deliver us from the bondage of our sins preserve us in the Ark of the Church that we perish not in the waves of this troublesom world save us from the fury of all our temporall and ghostly enemies feed us with food from heaven and give us competency of good things on earth that we may keep thy statutes and observe thy Laws and at last receive the promises of a blessed eternity which in the covenant of thy Gospel thou hast made unto all that beleeve in thee and are obedient to thy Word Grant this O blessed Jesu to whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen â—vening Prayer PSALME 106. 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Prayer PSALME 9. A Prayer of poore and oppressed people against their persecutors I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works 2 I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy name O thou most Highest 3 While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that judgest right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 O thou enemy destructions are come to a perpetuall end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memoriall is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever hee hath also prepared his seat for judgement 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousnesse and minister true judgement unto the people 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast never failed them that seeke thee 11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings 12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore 13 Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion I will rejoyce in thy salvation 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken 16 The Lord is known to execute judgement the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the people that forget God 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever 19 Up Lord and let not man have the upper hand let the heathen be judged in thy sight 20 Put them in fear O Lord that the heathen may know themselves to be but men The Prayer O Lord God who art a defence for the oppressed and a refuge in due time of trouble have mercy upon us thy servants who are violently assaulted by enemies without and weaknesses and temptations within Thou never failest them that seek thee but lovest to hear the poor make their complaint unto thee in their trouble and art known to execute judgement upon them that oppresse them Pity us and look upon the trouble we suffer of them that hate us deliver us from the strivings of our adversaries lift us up from the gates of death that being safe under thy mercies and protection we may give thanks unto thee with our spirits and voices we may embrace thee with a lively faith fear thee with all our hearts serve thee with all our powers faculties both of soul and body all the dayes of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 10. A Prayer to God in times of Persecution and Warre against the Church WHy standest thou so farre off O Lord and hidest thy face in the needfull time of trouble 2 The ungodly for his owne lust doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the crafty wilinesse that they have imagined 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own hearts desire and speaketh good of the covetous whom God abhorreth 4 The ungodly is so proud that he careth not for God neither is God in all his thoughts 5 His wayes are alway grievous thy judgements are far above out of his sight and therefore defieth he all his enemies 6 For he hath said in his heart Tush I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me 7 His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraud under his tongue is ungodlinesse and vanity 8 Hee sitteth lurking in the theevish corners of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent his eyes are set against the poor 9 For he lieth waiting secretly even as a lion lurketh he in his den that he may ravish the poor 10 He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net 11 He falleth down and humbleth himself that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hand of his Captains 12 He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten he hideth away his face and he will never see it 13 Arise O Lord God and lift up thine hand forget not the poor 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while he doth say in his heart Tush thou God carest not for it 15 Surely thou hast seen it for thou beholdest ungodlinesse and wrong 16 That thou maist take the matter into thine hand the poor committeth himself unto thee for thou art the helper of the friendlesse 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious take away his ungodlinesse and thou shalt find none 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever and the heathen are perished out of the land 19 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart and thine eare hearkneth thereto 20 To help the fatherlesse and poor unto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them The Prayer O Lord God who beholdest all the actions of men and seest all the ungodlinesse of sinners and the wrong they doe unto thy servants we flie unto thee for succour and defence in this our needfull time of trouble Behold O Lord how the Enemies of thy Church have set their eyes against her and use all violences and arts that thy poor servants may fall under the hands of their Captains Thou seest their malice and their confidences they fear thee not neither art thou O God in all their thoughts But thou art our King for ever and ever and the helper of the friendlesse We commit our selves wholly to thy mercy and providence take the matter into thine own hand let them perish out of the land that are exalted against thee and against thy Church that we being delivered from feare of our enemies may serve thee with constant and regular devotions all the dayes of our life through Jesus our Lord. Amen PSALME 11. An addresse to God by way of hope and confidence in him and a prayer against our secret enemies IN the Lord put I my trust how say ye then to my soul that she should flee as a bird unto the hill 2 For lo the ungodly bend their bow and make ready their arrows within the quiver that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart 3 For the foundations will bee cast down and what hath the righteous done 4 The Lord is in his holy temple the Lords seat is in heaven 5 His eyes consider the poore and his
cry unto God with my voyce even unto God will I cry with my voyce and he shall hearken unto me 2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord my sore ran and ceased not in the night season my soul refused comfort 3 When I am in heavinesse I will think upon God when my heart is vexed I will complain 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak 5 I have considered the dayes of old and the yeares that are past 6 I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever and will hee be no more intreated 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his loving kindnesse in displeasure 10 And I said It is mine own infirmity but I will remember the yeares of the right hand of the most highest 11 I will remember the works of the Lord and call to minde thy wonders of old time 12 I will think also of all thy works and my talking shall be of thy doings 13 Thy way O God is holy who is so great a God as our God 14 Thou art the God that doth wonders and hast declared thy power among the people 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people even the sons of Jacob and Joseph 16 The waters saw thee O God the waters saw thee and were afraid the depths also were troubled 17 The clouds poured out water the aire thundred and thine arrows went abroad 18 The voyce of thy thunder was heard round about the lightnings shone upon the ground the earth was moved and shook withall 19 Thy way is in the sea and thy paths in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known 20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron The Prayer O God who dost wonders and hast declared thy power amongst all people let the observation of thy mercies and loving kindnesses make such deep impression in our hearts and memories that when we are in heavinesse we may remember the years of thy right hand and call to mind the wonders of old time that although thou somtimes withdrawest the brightnesse of thy countenance from us and shuttest up thy loving kindnesse in a short displeasure yet the experience of thy old mercies which never fail may sustain our infirmities and the expectation of thy loving kindnesses may cure all our impatience till in thy due time the sense of thy favours may actually relieve all our distresses and thy right hand lead us like sheep into the folds of eternall rest and security through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 78. A Commemoration of Gods blessings to his Church of old of his Judgements upon sinners and his mercies to the penitent HEar my law O my people encline your eares unto the words of my mouth 2 I will open my mouth in a parable I will declare hard sentences of old 3 Which we have heard and known and such as our fathers have told us 4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to shew the honour of the Lord his mighty and wonderfull works that hee hath done 5 He made a covenant with Jacob and gave Israel a law which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children 6 That their posterity might know it and the children which were yet unborn 7 To the intent that when they came up they might shew their children the same 8 That they might put their trust in God and not to forget the works of God but to keep his Commandements 9 And not to be as their forefathers a faithlesse and stubborn generation a generation that set not their heart aright and whose spirit cleaved not stedfastly unto God 10 Like as the children of Ephraim which being harnessed and carrying bows turned themselves back in the day of battell 11 They kept not the covenant of God and would not walk in his law 12 But forgat what he had done and the wonderfull works that he had shewed for them 13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefathers in the land of Egypt even in the field of Zoan 14 He divided the sea and let them goe through he made the waters to stand on a heap 15 In the day time also he led them with a cloud and all the night through with a light of fire 16 Hee clave the hard rocks in the wildernesse and gave them drink thereof as it had been out of the great depth 17 He brought waters out of the stony rock so that it gushed out like the rivers 18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him and provoked the most Highest in the wildernesse 19 They tempted God in their hearts and required meat for their lust 20 They spake against God also saying Shall God prepare a table in the wildernesse 21 He smote the stony rock indeed that the water gushed out and the streams flowed withall but can he give bread also or provide flesh for his people 22 When the Lord heard this he was wroth so the fire was kindled in Jacob and there came up heavy displeasure against Israel 23 Because they beleeved not in God and put not their trust in his help 24 So he commanded the clouds above and opened the doores of heaven 25 He rained down Manna also upon them for to eat and gave them food from heaven 26 So man did eat Angels food for he sent them meat enough 27 He caused the east winde to blow under heaven and through his power he brought in the south-west-winde 28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea 29 He let it fall among their tents even round about their habitation 30 So they did eat and were well filled for hee gave them their own desire they were not dissapointed of their lust 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouthes the heavy wrath of God came upon them and slew the wealthiest of them yea and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel 32 But for all this they sinned yet more and beleeved not his wondrous works 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity and their years in trouble 34 When he slew them they sought him and turned them early and enquired after God 35 And they remembred that God was their strength and that the high God was their Redeemer 36 Neverthelesse they did but flatter him with their mouth and dissembled with him in their tongue 37 For their heart was not whole with him neither continued they stedfast in his covenant 38 But he was so mercifull that hee forgave their misdeeds and destroyed them not 39 Yea many a time turned he his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure
of our head yet thou hast not suffered us to fall into the horrible pit of eternall misery and destruction but hast set our feet upon the Rock Christ Jesus and by his graces and holy Laws hast ordered our goings Let it be thy pleasure still to deliver us for we are not able of our selves to look up and our enemies still seek after our souls to destroy us Make no long tarrying O God shew thy self our helper and redeemer so shall we talk of thy truth and of thy salvation in the assemblies of thy servants in this life hoping that we shall hereafter declare thy righteousnesse in the great congregation of Saints and Angels singing eternall praises to God the Father the Son and the holy Ghost Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 41. A Prayer for the grace of charity for pardon of sins and for deliverance from false friends and Traitors BLessed is he that considereth the poor and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble 2 The Lord preserve him and keep him alive that he may be blessed upon earth and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed make thou all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I said Lord be mercifull unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against â—hee 5 Mine enemies speak evill of me when shall he dye and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity and his heart conceiveth falshood within himself and when he commeth forth he telleth it 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me even against me doe they imagine this evill 8 Let the sentence of guiltinesse proceed against him and now that he lieth let him rise up no more 9 Yea even mine own familiar friend whom I trusted which did also eat of my bread hath laid great wait for me 10 But be thou mercifull unto me O Lord raise thou me up again and I shall reward them 11 By this I know thou favourest me that mine enemy doth not triumph against me 12 And when I am in my health thou upholdest me and shalt set me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without end Amen The Prayer O Blessed Jesu Saviour of the world be mercifull unto us and heal our sins for we have sinned against thee and are no more worthy to be called thy children but yet make us thy servants and give us testimony that we are translated from death to life by charity and love to all our brethren O make our bowels yearn with pity and compassion over the necessities of the poor and needy and give us grace and power to help them and relieve thâ—ir miseries that we being mercifull as our Heavenly Father is may receive such blessings and assistances as thou hast provided for the charitable deliverance from our open enemies safety from private treachery and conspiracies comfort in our sicknesses health of body and pardon of our sins through thy mercies and blessed charity O most mercifull Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen PSALME 42. A Prayer for comfort in spirituall desertion and drinesse of affection and that we may long and sigh after God LIke as the hart desireth the water brooks so longeth my soul after thee O God 2 My soul is a thirst for God yea even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God 3 My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God 4 Now when I think thereupon I poure out my heart by my self for I went wit the multitude and brought them forth into the house of God 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving among such as keep holy day 6 Why art thou so full of heavinesse O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 7 Put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance 8 My God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan and the little hill of Hermon 9 One deep calleth another because of the noise of the water-pipes all thy waves and storms are gone over mee 10 The Lord hath granted his loving kindnesse on the day time and in the night season did I sing of him and made my prayer unto the God of my life 11 I will say unto the God of my strength Why hast thou forgotten me why goe I thus heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth 13 Namely while they say dayly unto me Where is now thy God 14 Why art thou so vexed O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 15 O put thy trust in God for I will yet thank him which is the help of my countenance and my God The Prayer O Eternall and living God thou art the help of our countenance and our God thou art the thing that we long for and our hearts are vexed within us and disquieted when we feel not the comforts of thy Spirit and those actuall exultations and that spirituall gust which thou doest often give to thy people as earnests of a glorious immortality O Lord pity our infirmities and give us earnest longings for the fruition of thee our God in the actions of holy Religion Grant unto us vivacity of spirit unweariednesse in devotion delight and complacency in spirituall exercises that when our souls are vexed with temptations and sadnesses we may remember thee concerning the land of promise and be comforted and encouraged in our duties by the expectation of those glories which thou hast laid up for them that love the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen PSALME 43. A Prayer for chearfulnesse of spirit in our devotions GIve sentence with me O God and defend my cause against the ungodly people O deliver me from the deceitfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me from thee and why goe I so heavily while the enemy oppresseth me 3 O send out thy light and thy truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy dwâ—lling 4 And that I may goe unto the altar of God even unto the God of my joy and gladnesse and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee O God my God 5 Why art thou so heavy O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me 6 O put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks which is the help of my countenance and my God The Prayer O God our defender and deliverer thou art the God of our strength and our ghostly confidence let the light of thy countenance produce the beams of spirituall joy in our souls and let thy truth lead us in the way of thy salvation that when
we go unto thy dwelling places where thou manifestest thy presence we may approach unto thee with joy and gladnesse rejoycing in nothing more then in doing thee service and singing praises to thy name for the help of thy countenance which thou givest us in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 44. A Prayer in time of Warre WE have heard with our eares O God our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old 2 How thou hast driven out the Heathen with thy hand and plâ—nted them in how thou hast destroyed the Nations and cast them out 3 For they gat not the Land in possession through their own sword neither was it their own arm that helped them 4 But thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them 5 Thou art my King O God send help unto Jacob 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us 7 For I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall help me 8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies and puttest them to confusion that hate us 9 We make our boast of God all day long and will praise thy name for ever 10 But now thou art far off and puttest us to confuson and goest not forth with our Armies 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enâ—mies so that they which hate us spoil our goods 12 Thou lettest us to be eaten up like sheep and hast scattered us among the Heathen 13 Thou sellâ—st thy people for nouâ—ht and takâ—st no money for them 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us 15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen and that the people shake their heads at us 16 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer for the enemy and avenger 18 And though all this be come upon us yet do we not forget thee nor behave our selves frowardly in thy covenant 19 Our heart is not turned back neither our steps gone out of thy way 20 No not when thou hast smitten us into the place of Dragons and covered us with the shadow of death 21 If we have forgotten the name of our God and holden up our hands to any strange God shall not God search it out for hee knoweth the very secrets of the heart 22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain 23 Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and be not absent from us for ever 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble 25 For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our belly cleaveth unto the ground 26 Arise and help us and deliver us for thy mercie sake The Prayer O Lord God of hosts who for our sins hast suffered the sword to take vengeance upon us and to plead thy cause against us O hide not thy face from us and forget not our misery and trouble We are killed all day long and are accounted as sheep appointed to be slain we are covered with the shadow of death and they which hate us spoile our goods Deal with us in pity and as thou hast done to our Fathers of old time when they called upon thee in their trouble so deal with us thou overthrewest their enemies and didst tread them under that arose up against them Arise and help us and deliver us also for thy mercy sake our own sword cannot help us but let thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance work deliverance and salvation for us Go forth with our Armies O thou God of Hosts do thou fight our Battels that we may not turn our backs upon our enemies but crown us with Victory and Peace that we may make our boast of thee all day long and praise thy Name for ever who art holy and just and mercifull the great God of Battels and recompences From thee let mercy now and ever proceed and to thy Name let honour be for ever ascribed of all the Hosts of Heaven and Earth world without end Amen PSALME 45. A Prayer for the conversion of the Heathen and prosperity of the Church MY heart is enditing of a good matter I speak of the things which I have made unto the King 2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer 3 Thou art fairer then the children of men full of grace are thy lips because God hath blessed thee for ever 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh O thou most mighty according to thy worship and renown 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour ride on because of the word of truth of meeknesse and righteousnesse and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things 6 Thy arrows are very sharp and the people shall be subdued unto thee even in the midst among the Kings enemies 7 Thy seat O God endureth for ever the scepter of thy Kingdome is a right scepter 8 Thou hast loved righteousnesse and hated iniquity wherefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladnesse above thy fellows 9 All thy garments smell of myrrhe aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad 10 Kings daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with divers colouâ—s 11 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty for he is thy Lord God and worship thou him 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee 14 The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work the virgins that be her fellows shall beare her company and shall be brought unto thee 16 With joy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shall enter into the Kings Palace 17 In stead of thy fathers thou shalt have children whom thou mayest make Princâ—s in all Lands 18 I will remember thy name from one generation unto another therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end The Prayer O Blessed Jesu Prince of the Catholike Church thou art fairer then the children of men thy lips are full of grace thine Armies mighty thy head is Crowned with Majesty and clothed with worship and renown have mercy upon thy holy Church blesse her for ever with righteousnesse and let the oyle of gladnesse refresh her amidst the multitude of her sorrows and afflictions And because
damsels playing with the timbrels 26 Give thanks O Israel unto God the Lord in the congregations from the ground of the heart 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler and the Princes of Judah their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the Princes of Nephthali 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in us 29 For thy temples sake at Jerusalem so shall Kings bring presents unto thee 30 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 warre 31 Then shall the Princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God 32 Sing unto God O ye kingdomes of the earth O sing praises unto the Lord. 33 Which sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning lo he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mighty voyce 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel his worship and strength is in the clouds 35 O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places even the God of Israel he will give strength and power unto his people blessed be God The Prayer O Lord God mighty and mercifull thou ridest upon the heavens as it were upon an horse thou art the father of the fatherlesse and defendest the cause of the widow have mercy upon thy holy Church and since her Lord and Spouse is gone up on high even to his holy habitation leave us not comfortlesse but send the holy Ghost in assistances and gifts to dwel amongst us that by his aid we may escape death spirituall and the bitternesse of the temporall Send a gracious rain even the dew of thy divine favours upon thine inheritance to refresh us in our wearinesse and sadnesses Make thy people innocent and chast as the dove and besides the beauty of internall sanctity let thy Church be covered with silver wings and her feathers like gold decked and assisted with exteriour advantages as may best promote thy honour and the services of religion Let all the Princes and lands of the earth stretch their hands out unto thee O God and confesse thy mightinesse and thy honour that thy Gospel going forth into all lands peace and all thy blessings may follow it and thy praise be multiplied from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 69. A prayer in times of persecution for the cause of Religion SAve me O God for the watâ—rs are come in even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire where no ground is I am come into deep waters so that the flouds run over me 3 I am weary of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God 4 They that hate me without a cause are moe then the hairs of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me guiltlesse are mighty 5 I payed them the things that I never took God thou knowest my simplenesse and my faults are not hid from thee 6 Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my cause let not them that seek thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel 7 And why for thy sake have I suffered reproof shame hath covered my face 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren even an aliant unto my mothers children 9 For the zeal of thy house hath even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me 10 I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof 11 I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and the drunkards make songs upon me 13 But Lord I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time 14 Hear me O God in the multitude of thy mercy even in the truth of thy salvation 15 Take me out of the mire that I sink not oh let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters 16 Let not the water-floud drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 17 Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindnesse is comfortable turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble oh haste thee and hear me 19 Draw nigh unto my soul and save it oh deliver me because of mine enemies 20 Thou hast known my reproof my shame and my dishonour mine adversaries are all in thy sight 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart I am full of heavinesse I looked for some to have pity on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me 22 They gave me gall to eat and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withall and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling 24 Let their eyes be blinded that they see not and ever bow down their backs 25 Poure out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathfull displeasure toke hold of them 26 Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded 28 Let them fall from one wickednesse to another and not come into thy righteousnesse 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living and not bee written among the righteous 30 As for me when I am poor and in heavinesse thy help O God shall lift me up 31 I will praise the name of God with a song and magnifie it with thanksgiving 32 This also shall please the Lord better then a bullock that hath horns and hoofs 33 The humble shall consider this and be glad seek ye after God and your soul shall live 34 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners 35 Let heaven and earth praise him the sea and all that moveth therein 36 For God will save Sion and build the Cities of Juda that men may dwell there and have it in possession 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein The Prayer O Blessed Jesu whose loving kindnesse is comfortable who for our sakes didst taste vineger and gall that thou mightest redeem us from the bitternesse of death and sin and establish to thy self a Church in holy Religion and defend it with thy favour and power have mercy upon thy servants who suffer from the hands of their enemies for the testimony of a good conscience and the doctrines of a Cathâ—like faith Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed but let
to arise 40 For he considered that they were but flesh and that they were even a winde that passeth away and cometh not again 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wildernesse and grieved him in the desert 42 They turned back and tempted God and moved the holy One in Israel 43 They thought not of his hand and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy 44 How hee had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan 45 He turned their waters into bloud so that they might not drink of the rivers 46 He sent lice among them and devoured them up and frogs to destroy them 47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpiller and their labour unto the grashopper 48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones and their mulberry trees with the frost 49 He smote their cattell also with hailstones and their flocks with hot thunderbolts 50 He cast upon them the furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure and trouble and sent evil Angels among them 51 He made a way to his indignation and spared not their soul from death but gave their life over to the pestilence 52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt the most principall and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 53 But as for his own people hee led them forth like sheep and carried them in the wildernesse like a flock 54 He brought them out safely that they should not fear and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea 55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuary even to his mountain which he purchased with his right hand 56 He cast out the heathen also before them caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents 57 So they tempted and displeased the most high God and kept not his testimonies 58 But turned their backs and fell away like their forefathers starting aside like a broken bow 59 For they grieved him with their hill altars and provoked him to displeasure with their images 60 When God heard this he was wroth and took fore displeasure at Israel 61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo even the tent that he had pitched among them 62 He delivered their power into captivity and their beauty into the enemies hand 63 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance 64 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage 65 Their Priests were slain with the sword and there were no widows to make lamentation 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a Giant refreshed with wine 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetuall shame 68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 69 But chose the tribe of Juda even the hill of Sion which he loved 70 And there he builded his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually 71 He chose David also his servant and took him away from the sheepfolds 72 As he was following thâ— ewes great with young ones he took him that he might feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance 73 So he fed them with a faithfull and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power The Prayer O Lord God of our Fathers God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob thou that leddest thy people through the Wildernesse with a light and with a cloud and with thy bright Angel for their sakes turning rocks into a springing well and making the Sea and the River become dry land so making demonstration of the greatnesse of thy mercy by the greatnesse of thy miracles and didst still go on to make all thy creatures leave their natures to serve them even then when they tempted and provoked thee ten times in the desert O be pleased to do unto us as thou didst to them lead us through the desert of this World with the light of thy holy Spirit and from the rock which for our sakes thou didst smite with thy heavy rod the rock Christ Jesus let water and bloud stream forth to cleanse and to refresh us Give us of the bread that came down from heaven the flesh of thy dear Son to eat that we being purified by his bloud and nourished by that celestiall Manna our hearts may be set aright and our spirits may cleave stedfastly unto thee O God that we may remember thy works and trust in thy mercies and may keep thy Commandements O never let the fire of thy wrath be kindled towards us nor thy heavy displeasure come up against us let us not consume our days in folly and vanity lest our years be spent in trouble but when through infirmity we fall let thy gentle correction call us home that we may turn us early and seek after thee our God who art our strength and our mercifull Redeemer that we may never feel the furiousnesse of thy eternall wrath nor have our portion amongst the evill Angels but may be conducted by thy mercies and providence to the border of thy sanctuary and to the mountain where thou reignest over all the creatures one God world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 79. A Prayer that God would deliver his Church from the cruelty of all her persecutors O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled and made Jerusalem an heap of stones 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the airâ— and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the â—and 3 Their bloud have they shed like water on every side of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them 4 Wee are become an open shame to our enemies a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us 5 Lord how long wilt thou be angry shall thy jealousie burn like fire for ever 6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the Kingdomes that have not called upon thy name 7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place 8 O remember not our old sinnes but have mercy upon us and that soone for we are come to great misery 9 Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name O deliver us and be mercifull unto our sinnes for thy names sake 10 Wherefore do the heathen say Where is now their God 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants bloud that is shed be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight 12 O let the sorrowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatnâ—sse of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die 13 And for the blasphemy wherewiâ—h our neighbours have blasphemed thee reward thou them O Lord seven fold into their bosome 14 So we that be thy
people and sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation The Prayer O Lord God of thine inheritance who conveyest many blessings to the children of men by the prayers and ministery of thy Church let our prayers obtain of thee mercies and deliverances for her O Lord thou hast planted thy Church in the humility and poverty and death of thy Son thou hast watered it with the bloud of thy Apostles and Martyrs thou hast made it flourish and spread forth its branches by the warmth and heat and graces of thy holy Spirit and hast according to thy promise still preserved it in the midst of all enmities and disadvantages Thy Laws and righteous Commandements have been a scorn and derision to Jews and Gentiles the flesh of thy servants have been meat for the beasts of the Land and still she wears the purple robe of mockery and the crown of thorns which at first she took from the head and side of her dearest Lord At last O Lord be gracious unto thine inheritance help us ô God of our salvation for the glory of thy Name let not thine enemies devour the Church and lay waste her dwelling places be mercifull unto our sins preserve all those that by malice of their enemies are appointed to death or prison or any other misery let us still enjoy the freedom of thy Gospel the food of thy word the sweet refreshings of thy Sacraments publike Communions in thy Church and all the benefits of the society of Saints and let not our sins cause thee to remove the Candlestick from us but make thy people and the sheep of thy pasture secure and glad in thy salvation that we may shew forth thy praise in this world and in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 80. A Prayer for the Church HEar me O thou Shepheard of Israel thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep shew thy self also thou that sittest upon the cherubims 2 Before Ephraim Benjamin and Manasses stirre up thy strength and come and help us 3 Turn us again O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 4 O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of teares and givest them plenteousnesse of tears to drink 6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh us to scorn 7 Turn us again thou God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it 9 Thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land 10 The hils were covered with the shadow of it and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees 11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea and her boughs unto the river 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge that all they that goe by pluck off her grapes 13 The wilde bore out of the wood doth roâ—t it up and the wilde beasts of the field devoure it 14 Turn thee again thou God of hosts look down from heaven behold and visit this vine 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self 16 It is burnt with fire and cut down and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the sonne of man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self 18 And so will not we go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy name 19 Turn us again O Lord God of hosts shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole The Prayer O Thou Shepheard of Israel thou that fittest upon the Cherubims stirre up thy strength and come and help thy people that prayeth unto thee for mercy and protection Thou hast made affliction the portion of thy children in this life thou feedest them with bread of tears and givest them plenteousnesse of teares to drink yet bee pleased to shew the light of thy countenance upon us to lighten our darknesses to relieve ouâ— miseries to heal our sicknesses and let not thy Church become a strife unto her neighbours but reunite her divisions and make her not a prey to them that would devour her and then laugh her to scorn O Lord fiedge her about with thy mercies with the custody of Angels with the patronage of Kings and Princes with the hearts and hands of Nobles and the defence of the whole secular arm lest the wilde beasts of the field pluck off her grapes destroy the vintage and root up the vine it self but let her so flourish under the beams of thy favour and providence that it may take root and spread and fill all lands that the name of the man of thy right hand the God and Man Christ Jesus may be glorified thy Church enlarged and defended and we blessed with thy health and salvation Grant this O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen PSALME 81. A Festivall song and a Prayer for the grace and blessings of obedience to Gods Laws SIng we merrily unto God our strength make a chearfull noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the psalm bring hither the tabret the merry harp with the lute 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon even in the time appointed and upon our solemne feast day 4 For this was made a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he came out of the land of Egypt and had heard a strange language 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden and his hands were delivered from making the pots 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles and I delivered thee and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee 8 I proved thee also at the waters of strife 9 Hear O my people and I will assure thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me 10 There shall no strange god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any other god 11 I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I shall fill it 12 But my people would not hear my voyce and Israel would not obey me 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and let them follow their own imaginations 14 O that my people would have hearkned unto me for if Israel had walked in my waies 15 I should soon have put down their enâ—mies and â—urned my hand against their adversaries 16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liers but their time should have endured for ever 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-floure and with hony
They smite down thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage 6 They murder the widow and the stranger and put the fatherlesse to death 7 And yet they say Tush the Lord shall not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it 8 Take heed ye unwise among the people O ye fools when will ye understanâ— 9 He that planted the eare shall he not heare or hee that made the eye shall he not see 10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen it is he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he punish 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vain 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him in thy law 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity untill the pit be digged up for the ungodly 14 For the Lord will not fail his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 15 Untill righteousnesse turn again unto judgement all such as be true of heart shall follow it 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked or who will take my part against the evill doers 17 If the Lord had not helped me it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence 18 But when I said My foot hath slipped thy mercy O Lord held me up 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart thy comforts have refreshed my soul. 20 Wilt thou have any thing to doe with the stoole of wickednesse which imagineth mischief as a law 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous and condemn the innocent bloud 22 But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence He shall recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their own malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them The Prayer O Lord God Judge of the world to whom vengeance belongeth and the execution of righteous judgements have mercy upon us chasten us with thy gentlenesse and fatherly correction when we sin against thee teach us in thy law be our refuge and our confidence in our troubles and give us patience in times of adversity that in the multitude of sorrows thy comforts may refresh us thy mercies may relieve us thy grace may pardon and confirm us that our feet slip not and our souls be not put to silence Have pitty upon all distressed and miserable people do justice upon all that murder the widow that put the fatherlesse to death that grinde the face of the poor Fail not thy people O Lord and forsake not thine inheritance but destroy the devices of all them that imagine mischief as a law and are confederate against the righteous to condemne the innocent to discountenance Religion to disadvantage thy worship and service that in the day of eternall vengeance when thou shalt reward the proud after their deserving and the pit be digged for the ungodly we may have the lot of thine inheritance and reign in the fellowship of Saints who give honour and praise to thee O Lord God Almighty world without end Amen Morning Prayer PSALME 95. A Hymne invitatory to the worship of God and a prayer for obedience to his will O Come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew our selves glad in him with psalmes 3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hils is his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land 6 O come let us worship and fall down and kneele before the Lord our maker 7 For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hands 8 To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse 9 When your fathers tempted me proved mee and saw my works 10 Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not known my ways 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest The Prayer O Great God the Lord our Maker who art a King above all gods give us the graces of humility and holy religion that we may worthily praise and worship thy glories and perfections infinite We are the people of thy pasture let thy mercies lead us and feed and refresh our souls with the divine nutriment of thy Word and Sacraments we are the sheep of thy hands do thou guide us that we may never goe astray or if we do bring us home into the sheepfold of our great Shepheard that we hearing his voyce may not harden our hearts neither tempting thy mercies nor provoking thy wrath that our hearts being preserved from error and our ways from obliquity and crookednesse we may at last enter into thy eternall rest through the merits and guidance of our great Shepheard Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer Amen PSALME 96. A hymne of adoration and magnifying the glories of God O Sing unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord all the whole earth 2 Sing unto the Lord and praise his name be telling of his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen and his wonders unto all people 4 For the Lord is great and cannot worthily be praised he is more to be feared then all gods 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idols but it is the Lord that made the heavens 6 Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuary 7 Ascribe unto the Lord O ye kindreds of the people ascribe unto the Lord worship and power 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his name bring presents and come into his courts 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holinesse let the whole earth stand in awe of him 10 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King and that it is he which hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved and how that he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce and let the earth be glad let the sea make a noise and all that therein is 12 Let the field be joyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce before the Lord. 13 For he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth and with righteousnesse to judge the world and the people with his truth The Prayer O Lord God in whose sanctuary is power and honour before whose presence is glory and worship fill our lips and souls with great devotion and reverence towards thee our God Make us to love thy goodnesse to adore thy omnipotency to reverence thy justice to
O Praise the Lord laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God 3 O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O sing praises unto his name for it is lovely 4 For why the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth and in the sea and in all deep places 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain bringing the windes out of his treasures 8 He smote the first-born of Egypt both of man and beast 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O thou land of Egypt upon Pharaoh and all his servants 10 Hee smote divers Nations and slew mighty Kings 11 Sehon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdomes of Canaan 12 And gave their land to be an heritage even an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy Name O Lord endureth for ever so doth thy memoriall O Lord from one generation to another 14 For the Lord will avenge his people and be gracious unto his servants 15 As for the images of the heathen they are but silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouthes and speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have eares and yet they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouthes 18 They that make them are like unto them and so are all they that put their trust in them 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israel praise the Lord ye house of Aaron 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Levi ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion which dwelleth at Jerusalem The Prayer O Lord God in whose sight the death of all the Saints is precious and to whom the souls of the Martyrs from under the Altar call to avenge their bloud that is shed like water upon the earth be gracious unto us thy servants avenge all thy people of their enemies that all that hate and persecute thy Church being either brought to repentance or confusion thy Name and thy memoriall may be celebrated to all generations thy Kingdome and thy comming may be hastened that the Saints may receive the consummation of their glories by resurrection of their bodies and receiving the crown of righteousnesse which thou hast prepared for all that put their trust in thee and that we all standing in the house of the Lord even in the courts of the house of our God for ever may praise thy Name which is gracious and lovely even for ever and ever Amen Evening Prayer PSALME 136. A Prayer of thanksgiving to God for his eternall mercies O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O thank the Lord of all lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 Which onely doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 Which by his excellent wisdome made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 Which laid out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 Which hath made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun to rule the day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon and the starres to govern the night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 Which smote Egypt with their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a mighty hand and a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 Which divided the Red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host he overthrew them in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 Which led his people through the wildernesse for his mercy endureth for ever 17 Which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 Yea and slew mighty kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 Sehon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 And Og the king of Basan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 And gave away their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Which remembred us when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Which giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever 27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever The Prayer O God of Heaven and Lord of lords who by thy excellent wisdome hast made the Heavens and onely dost great wonders in Heaven and Earth making all thy creatures to be expresses of thy power and of thy loving mercy let thy mighty hand and stretched out arme lead us through the midst of this world and the throng of all our enemies giving us food for the sustenance of our bodies the light of the sun of righteousness to lead us in our goings and great apprehensions of thy mercy to excite in us devotion and true Religion that we praising thy mercies and being relieved and sustained by thy loving kindnesse may at last come to the land of promise which thou givest for an heritage to thy people and may receive the mercies of thy Kingdome which endure for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PSALME 137. A Prayer for redemption of the Church from captivity and persecution BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembred thee O Sion 2 As for our harps we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein 3 For they that led us away captive required of us then a song and melody in our heavinesse sing us one of the songs of Sion 4 How shall wee sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I doe not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth yea if I preferre not Jerusalem in my mirth 7 Remember the children of Edom O Lord in the day of Jerusalem how they said Down with it down with it even to the ground 8 O daughter of Babylon wasted with misery yea happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them