of his house be increased For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shal his pomp follow him But ever make me afraid to offend thee Amen Mine eyes long sore for thy word saying When wilt thou comfort me Lord comfort me for I am become like a bottle in the smoak yet let me not I beseech thee forget thy Law even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord God which seest that I put not my trust in any thing that I do Mercifully grant that I may be defended against all adversity through Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord which hast taught us that all our doings without Charity are nothing worth Send thy holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charity the very bond of Peace and all Vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thy only Son Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord fill me with grace that I may fulfil all the service which I owe thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God spare I beseech thee who shall raise up Iacob for he is small Spare him therefore O Lord spare thy people spare me Say unto my soul thou hast repented of the evil intended and it shall not be Amen Lord when I am asleep let me not be made afraid but let my sleep be sweet that I may be enabled to serve thee Amen Grant I beseech thee most Mercifull Father that I who for my evil deeds am worthily punished may by the comfort of thy grace be mercifully relieved through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen COnsider hear me O Lord my God Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death Amen O Lord thou hast proved and visited my heart in the night season thou hast tried me O blessed Father purge me that thou mayst find no wickedness in me through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear me that seven times a day I may praise thee and be acquainted with that great peace which they have that love thy Law Amen O Lord from whom all good things do come Grant unto me thy humble servant that by thy holy inspiration I may think those things that are good and by thy merciful guiding may also perform the same through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen MUNDAY POnder my words O Lord consider my meditations O hearken unto the voice of my calling my King and my God for unto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou hear betimes O Lord early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up But make me remember that thou art God and hast no pleasure in wickedness neither shall any evil dwell with thee Amen O Lord bless me and I will sing unto thee and praise thy Name and be telling of thy salvation from day to day Amen O Lord let counsell preserve me and understanding keep me Deliver me from the evil way from the man that speaketh froward things and from all such as leave the ways of Righteousness to walk in the ways of Darkness even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I know the way of man is not in himself It is not in man that walketh to direct his own steps Therefore O Lord I beseech thee make me know my way and direct my steps to thy honour and my own salvation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen BE not wroth with me O Lord but spare me and have mercy upon me for thou wilt be merciful unto thy creature O Lord I and my Fathers have all had the same sickness but because of us that are sinners thou shalt be called merciful through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord guide me here with thy Counsell and after that receive me into Glory For whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee O Lord preserve me in those longings after thee Amen O God take from me the way of lying and cause me to make much of thy Law that I may chuse the way of Truth and lay thy Iudgments before me that I may stick unto thy Testimonies and run the way of thy Commandements when thou hast set my heart at liberty Amen O God the strength of all them that trust in thee Mercifully accept my prayers and because the weakness of mans nature can do no good thing without thee grant me the help of thy Grace that inkeeping of thy commandements I may please thee both in will and in deed through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou art just and all thy ways are mercy and truth thou judgest truly for ever remember me and look upon me punish me not according to my sins or my ignorances or my Fathers which have sinned before thee deal not with me according to my sins but as seemeth best unto thee O Lord my strength and my salvation Amen Lord I acknowledge my wickedness and the iniquity of my Fathers we have sinned against thee O Lord be merciful Amen Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare us good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with us for ever Amen Lord I beseech thee mercifully to hear me And as thâ—â— hast given me an hearty desire to pray so grant that by thy mighty aid I may be defended both in soul and in body through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine accipe quaeso quas offero preces dona quod rogo excusa quod timeo quia tu per Christum tuum es unica spes peccatorum per eum spero veniam delictorum Amen O Lord be gratious unto me and give me an heart to worship thee and to do thy Will and open my heart in thy Law and send me peace hear my prayers and be reconciled to me and never forsake me in the time 〈◊〉 trouble for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Remember me O Lord according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation that I may see the felicity of thy chosen and rejoyce in the gladness of thy people and give thanks with thine inheritance Amen O God the Protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy Encrease and multiply upon me thy mercy that thou being my ruler and guide I may so pass through things temporal that I finally lose not the things eternall Grant this O heavenly Father for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Grant O Lord that I may live in thy feare dye in thy favour rest in
Lord be and dwell in the midst of me for thy Name is called upon me Leave me not O God of my salvation but have mercy for Iesus Christ his sake Amen For thy Names sake O Lord. be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen O Lord Almighty I acknowledge and confess I am not worthy to lift up mine eyes to heaven much less to present my self before thee with any confidence that thou shouldest hear my prayâ—ers and grant my requests if I consider my own deserâ—ing For my Conscience accuses me and my sins witness against me and thou art a just and an upright Judge and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions O Lord suffer me not to be swallowed up of death and desperation but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me O Lord for thy goodness sake For though I am a worm and no man yet thou art my Creator and I am the work of thy hands yea thou art my Father and I thy Son Thou my Shepheard I one of thy stragling Flock Thou my Redeemer and I one of thy People whom thou hast dearly bought Thou my God and I thy Creature O correct me not in thine anger O Lord neither punish me according to my deservings but remember my weakness as well as my sin and have mercy upon me for my dearest Saviours sake Iesus Christ. Amen Almighty everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent Create make in me a new and contrite heart that I may worthily lament my sins and acknowledge my wretchedness and obtain of thee the God of all mercie perfect remission and forgiveness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty everliving God which art alwaies more ready to hear then we to pray and usest to give more then either we desire or deserve Pour down upon me most miserable sinner the abundance of thy mercy forgiving me those things whereof my conscience is afraid and giving me that which my prayer dares not presume to ask Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen Grant I beseech thee merciful God to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace that I may be cleansed from all my sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee free me from all my offences and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance frailty or wilfulness I have committed Grant this even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as besorrowful Mercifully assist my prayers that I make before thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress me and graciously hear me that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against me be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness so dispersed that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptation nor hurt by any persecution may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord of thy great goodness I beseech thee give me true repentance and forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit that I may amend my life according to thy holy word through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive receive my humble petitions And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose me and that for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Exaudi quaeso Domine supplicis preces confitentis tibi parce peccatis ut pariter mihi indulgentiam tribuas benignus pacem per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Omnipotens Deus qui aquam de petra produxisti educ de duritia cordis mei compunctionis lachrimas ut peccata mea ita plangere valeam ut remissionem eorum te miserante accipiam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness which I have from time to time most grievously committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majesty provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto me the burden of them is intolerable Have mercy upon me have mercy upon me most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Iesus Christ his sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honour and glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God and my most merciful Father who of thy tender mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee Have mercy upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all goodness and bring me to everlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Piissime Domine misericordissime Deus sufficiat mihi quod hucusque peccavi quod contempsi quod foetoribus carnis meae satisfeci jam nuâ—â— te inspirante voveo me a nequitia mea conversurum Adjuva Domine des ut impleam in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Gratiarum actio Laudes I Will magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me thou hast kept my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salâ—â—â—ion All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen Gratias
me and deliver me that I may tast and see how gracious thou my Lord art and how blessed the man is that trusteth in thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will wait for thy loving-kindness O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuary and there see thy Power and Glory For thy loving-kindness is better then life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name O! satisfie me with that Riches of Mercy which is in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O how amiable are thy Dwellings thou Lord of Hosts My Soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into the Courts of thee O Lord my heart and my flesh rejoyceth in thee O merciful God Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my prayers for my self and for thy people which call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know what things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty everlasting God mercifully look upon all my infirmities and in all dangers and adversities stretch out thy right hand to help and defend me through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen God thou which knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailty we cannot always stand upright Grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health of body and soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well pass and overcome through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord the sun is at height for this day upon me but lift up the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Make all darkness and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my Secret sins Keep me also O Lord from Presumptuous sins least they get the Dominion over me And keep me innocent from the Great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alway praising thee Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways Lord thus bless the heart of thy servant â—or Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Sancta adoranda longanimis Trinitas Longanimis enim es quae eos a quibus scinderis tam diu toleras O Trinitas cujus ego ut cultor ac minime fictus praeco essem jam pridem dignus habitus sum O Trinitas omnibus aliquando vel per Illuminationem vel per Poenam agnoscenda Oro te ut hos quoque qui nunc contumeliis te afficiunt adoratores accipias ne quisquam vel ex minimis pereat Et hoc etiamsi mihi propterea aliqua Gratiae jactura facienda sit Neque enim tantum dicere audeo quantum Apostolus Concede autem hoc per propter merita Jesu Christi Redemptoris nostri Amen ALmighty God who through thine only begotten Son Iesus Christ hast overcome Death and opened to us the gate of Everlasting Life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing me thou dost put into my mind good desires so by thy continuall help I may bring the same to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God who hast given thine only Son to die for our Sins and to rise again for our Justification Give me grace so to put away the leaven of Malice and all Wickedness that I may alwaies serve thee in pâ—reness of living and in truth through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty God who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a Sacrifice for sin and an Example of godly life Give me grace that I may always most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life even for the same thy Son Iesus Christ his sake Amen LOrd give me that grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee That I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doth after evil counsels That I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure least I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen Tribuat hic mihi Dominus ut in me pro me fiat ignis consumens ardeat hoc igne cor meum in lumen aeternum mihi ne eodem ardeat anima mea in poenam perennem per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive-tree in thy house for I trust in thy tender mercy for ever And I will alwais praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy name for ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee make me remember how much more then other men I have need to call upon thee My charge is great and my strength little O give me grace to come often before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give then I to ask through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Have mercy upon mee O Lord Consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen O Lord increase in me Faith Devotion replenish my heart with all goodness and by thy great mercy keep me in the same Give me godly zeal in prayer true humility in prosperity perfect patience in adversity and continuall joy in the holy Ghost even for Iesus Christ his sake my only Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful people by sending to them the Light of thy holy Spirit Grant me by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Iesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen Almighty everlasting God who hast given unto thy servants grace by the confession of true Faith to acknowledge the Glory of the Eternal Trinity and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity I humbly beseech thee bless me also that I may live in the stedfastness of this Faith through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercies sake who livest and reignest one God world without end Amen O My God incline thine eare and hear open thine eyes and see O Lord forgive O Lord consider and doe it for thine own sake O my God and for my Saviour Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glory
thy peace rise in thy power raigne in thy glory for thy only beloved son's sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEar O Lord consider my complaint hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips and prevent me in mercy before the Evening of my daies close up upon me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine Oro te ultra se infirmitas mea non tendat sed loquatur hoc solum in quo animae salus est Neque in id stultitiae simul impietatis unquam erumpam ut omnipotentiae tuae Sacramentorum arbiter esse velim Neque permittas me erigere infirmitatis meae sensum ultra aut infinitatis tuae religiosam opinionem aut significatam mihi aeternitatis tuae fidem Amen Illumina quaeso Domine tenebras nostras totius noctis hujus insidias a me omnibus fidelibus tuis ab animabus praecipue sed a corporibus nostris repelle propitius per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding Pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening Sacrifice even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my Strength and my Shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the Author and giver of all good things Graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercy keep me in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and then umber of my daies that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my daies as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanity For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Domine Mea omnia meipsum tibi dono offero actionem sermonem quietem silentium Tantum me habeas duÌ„cas manum mentem linguam ad ea quae honesta sunt tibi grata moveas ab omnibus a quibus abstinere praestat abducas Per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen O Sol Iustitiae Pater Origo omnium tuo sydere afflari reviviscere â—est tuo foveri lumine proficere est tuis accendi flammis perfici est absâ— te deseri perire est O ter felices quibus mitis roscidus exoreris Bees me O Domine Jesu lumine tuo discute nebulas ignorantiae meae caliginem peccatorum meorum ut non aberrans a via mandatorum tuorum te sequar in lumen aeternum per teipsum unicum Salvatorem Redemptorem meum Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do alwayes such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy waies O God teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercy think thou upon me O Lord of thy goodness and the merits of Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almighty God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves Keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my body and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversity which may happen to my body and from all evil thoughts which my assault and hurt my soul through Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my Salvation Amen At Evening Morning and at Noon day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my Soul in peace from the practises that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercy upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen ALmighty God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the
intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness Grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrary to our profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine Salvator qui habes in potestate peccatum solvere dicas mihi oro Exi de vinculis tuis Exide nexibus peccatorum tuorum dicendo solve funes errorum meorum quibus circumdatus ligatus sum Etsi enim nequissimus sim omnium detestabilis usu peccatorum te tamen jubente liber ero Amen LOrd give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almighty For thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou which declarest thy Almighty power most chiefly by shewing mercy and pity Give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou art my hope and strength a very present help in trouble Confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the sea though the waters thereof rage and swel and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be moved Amen O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy Name Order my steps in thy word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Almighty God give unto me I beseech thee a full increase of faith hope and charity And that I may obtein that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou dost command through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen O Lord correct me but with judgement not in thy anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy correction may amend me and make me thine through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Respice me quoque O Domine Jesu ut propria possim recognoscere peccata fletibus piis culpas solvere Da quaeso lacrymas Petri nolo laetitiam peccatoris Utque hoc fiat Respice tu des ut mihi etiam miserrimo peccatorum aliquis gallus cantet ut liberatus tibi cantem in secula seculorum Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father grand I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen WEDNESDAY O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thine Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak and hear my prayers and deliver me for thine own sake and the merits of my Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confess it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin And though thou didst wash me from that in the laver of Baptisme yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace that thou hast given me Lord increase thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my resistance that I may see and confess and hate and forsake all my sins and find mercy and salvation in the merits of my blessed Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Lord early this morning do I cry unto thee for in thy word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the daies of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen Deliver me O Lord from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee And there let it still continue acceptable in Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord look upon me in mercy In the greater mercy because the calling and place I am in must give a stricter account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the Blood of Christ not till I have hid my self in the Wounds of Christ that so the punishment which should else overtake me may pass over me then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercy in my soul make me feel it through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Domine qui magnos greges perficis parvos per gratiam auges pro amplissima benignitate tua copiose me consolare gregem meum mecum pasce conserva per Jesum Christum summum Pastorem et Salvatorem nostrum Amen O Lord plead thou my cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Even so Amen Give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitfull tongue Amen Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercy And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me such grace as I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art near that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my wayes and the unrighteousness of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercy upon me in Iesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer Amen Teach me thy ways O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Amen Lord I beseech thee grant that thy Grace may
Lord hast done it Amen Lord Iesu Amen If my delight had not been in thy Law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Pestilentia DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish Take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavy hand And for Iesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen O Lord deliver me from the â—nare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me safe under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day Though thousands fall beside me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come near me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatness both of thy power and mercy preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I my Family which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and to praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest Have pity upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickness and mortality and like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long-continued Visitation and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mercy hast redeemed us from death We offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Morbus O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of it are ready to overtake me When thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee my Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in Sommer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousness have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen O Lord hear my prayer and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my Fathers were O spare me a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen O Domine media vita in morte sumus unde aut a quo quaerimus auxilium nisi a te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris merito infensus es nobis Sancte fortis sancte misericors Salvator amarissimis poenis mortis aeternae ne tradas me Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae quum deficit virtus mea ne derelinquas me Domine ante te omne desiderium meum suspiria mea a te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae Quin parce mihi ô Domine sanctissime ô Omnipotens Deus sanctus Salvator maxime misericors dignissime aeterne Iudex ne sinas me in hora mea novissima proâ— quocunque terrore mortis excidere a te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares ofâ— death compass me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but will call upon thy Name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul. Deliver my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. Amen There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin Yet O Lord be merciful unto me and heal me even for thy Names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing of me back from the bottom of my grave What thou hast further for me to do or to suffer thou alone knowest Lord give me patience and courage and all Christian resolution to do thee service and grace to do it And let me not live longer then to honour thee through Iesus Christ. Amen Bellum O My God though mighty Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the Mighty man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Ionathan shut up this Army in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horsemen Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and
not return till we have destroyed them O gird us with strength unto the Battail that we may smite them that they may not be able to stand but fall under our feet And when thou hast thus blessed us make us fall down at thy feet and ever worship thee through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen O make the wars to cease in all the world break the Bow and knap the Spear in sunder and burn the Chariot in the fire that men may be still and know that thou art God that thou wilt be exalted among the heaâ—hen and in the earth Amen Lord be not far off put us not to confusion but go out with our Armies and prosper them that we may not turn our backs upon our Enemies while they that hate us spoil our persons our honour and our goods O sell not us thy poor people for nought make us not a rebuke to our insolent neighbours nor a scorn to them that are round about us Our confusion by reason of our sins is daily before us and the shame of our face hath covered us But Lord we humbly beseech thee forgive us our sins and deliver us for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Hast thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God go forth with our Hosts O help us against the Enemy for vain is the help of man O Lord help us Amen O Almighty God King of Kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to them that truly repent Save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our Enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all victory through the merits of thy only Son our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Almighty God who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies We give thee praise and thanks for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy great goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them And we humbly beseech thee to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord bless the King all his Commanders under him and all his Souldiers Cover all their heads his especially in the day of Battail Teach all their hands to warre their fingers to fight And bless all the Guides and Conductors of his Armies under him with wisdom and courage and faithfulness watchfulness and diligence and whatsoever else may lead on good success And set a happy end we humbly beseech thee to all these Bloody distractions and restore Peace and preserve Religion in integrity among us even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Paupertas O Lord when thou makest inquisition for blood remember and forget not the complaint of the Poor Arise O Lord God and lift up thy hand forget not the Poor Take his cause into thy hand for he commits himself unto thee and thou art the helper of the friendless O be so still even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O praise the Lord ye that fear him and magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him O bow down thine ear and hear him still O thou holy one of Israel Amen I am poor and needy O God make haste unto me Thou art my helper and my deliverer O Lord make no long tarrying Amen Dolor LOrd turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorrows of my heart are inlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Look upon mine adversity and misery and forgive me all my sins through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Hear my crying O God give ear unto my prayer from the ends of the earth whither soever thou shalt cast me I will call upon thee when my heart is in heaviness O set me upon the Rock that is higher then I to be my hope and a strong tower against my oppressors Amen Save me O God for the waters are entred into my soul. I stick fast in the deep mire where no stay is I am come into deep waters and the streams run over me They that hate me without a cause are more then the hairs of my head and they which would destroy me causless are mighty O let not these water-floods drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me Hear me O Lord for thy loving-kindness is great turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies Hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble but draw near unto my soul and redeem it for Iesus Christ his sake Amen My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according to thy word Amen O Lord trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon meâ— patience good Lord that for all this my delight may be in thy Commandments Amen Infamia O Lord my sins have made me a rebuke to my neighbours and to be laughed to scorn of them that are round about me O suffer me not longer to be a by-word among the people My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me The voice of the slanderer and blasphemer hath overtaken me And though all this be come upon me suffer me not O Lord to forget thee or to behave my self frowardly in thy Covenant through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Destroy their tongues O Lord and divide them for I have seen cruelty and strife in the City But I will call upon thee O Lord and thou wilt save me Amen O Lord send down from heaven and save me from the reproof of them that would swallow me Send out thy mercy and truth for my soul is among Lions I lie among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword O deliver me and I shall magnifie thy Name for ever Amen I am become a Monster to many but thou art my sure trust O be my Anchor for ever Amen O remember Lord the rebuke that thy servant hath and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people O remember me Amen Vis. O Lord the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me yet make me the more thankful and the more careful to consider thy testimonies Amen O Lord they draw nigh that of malice persecute me therefore be thou nigh at hand to
help me even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Many O Lord they are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy Testimonies yes Lord I do daily swerve from them Quicken me as thou art wont Amen O take from me shame and rebuke and I will keep thy Testimonies O take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good O Lord do this for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Timor LOrd make me remember that the fear of thee is clean and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may so carry my self and that courage that I may so bear up my self as that I may fear none but thee nothing but that wherein I offend thee even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Fraudes Dolus O Lord watch over thy servant for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me Be thou merciful unto me O Lord and deliver me from them that even in this I may know thou favourest me that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me Amen Exalt thy self O God above the heavens and thy glory upon all the earth For men have laid a net for my steps they have pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me Lord I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me for thy mercy sake Amen Mine enemies lay wait for my soul and take counsel together They pursue me out of an opinion that thou O God hast forsaken me But go not far from me O God my God haste to help me Amen O Lord the proud have digged pits for me They persecute me falsely O be thou my help They had almost made an end of me upon earth yet suffer me not I beseech thee to depart from thy Commandments for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Lord keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me and from the traps of wicked doers If they will not repent let them fall into their own nets together but let me ever escape them Amen O Lord I pour out my complaints before thee Consider them for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Amen Templi ingressus LOrd I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple O bless me that I may Amen Hear the voice of my humble Petitions O Lord when I crie unto thee in this place when I hold my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy Temple even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings O Lord hear our desires and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee and fear thy Name Amen O my God I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise I will be thankful unto thee and speak good of thy Name For thou Lord art gracious thy mercy is everlasting and thy truth endureth from generation to generation Amen O Lord I love the habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour dwelleth O shut not up my soul with impenitent sinners but give me plenty of thy grace even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Fames BE merciful O Lord and remember us that we be not confounded in these perillous times and that in these daies of dearth we may have enough and a free heart and hand to bestow it upon thy poor ones even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord our sins have prevailed against us yet be thou merciful unto our transgressions O visit the earth and prepare corn for the Inhabitants thereof Crown the year with thy goodness and let no cloud drop other then fatness that the very Hills may rejoyce 〈◊〉 every side that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God heavenly Father who by thy Son Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof all things necessary for their bodily sustenance Behold we beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the scarcity and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our sins may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plenty for the love of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be mâ—â—cifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth so that in due time we may enjoy them and praise thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Pluvia O God heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the Earth is fruitful Beasts increase and Fishes do multiply Send us we beseech thee such moderate rain and showres that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Serenitas O Lord God which for the sin of Man didst once drown all the world except eight personsâ— and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again We humbly beseech thee that though weâ— for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt give us such weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Poenitentiales 6. 32. 38. 51. 102. 130. 143. O Lord turn thee again now at the last and be gracious unto thy servant O satisfie me with thy mercy and that soon so shall I rejoyce and be glad all the dayes of my life And when thou hast forgiven my sins O comfort me again after the time that thou hast plagued me and for the years wherein I have suffered adversity O Iesus Christ my Saviour and be merciful Amen O Lord my flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy Judgments yet stablish me according to thy word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant that I may not forget thy Commandments buâ— return to thee Amen O Lord our iniquities testifie against us for our backslidings are many and we have sinned against thee yet O thou hope of Israel thou Saviour thereof in time of trouble shew mercy foâ— thy Names sake and on me especially For why shouldest thou be as a stranger in my soul or as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry but for a night O
counsels for the honour of thy Name the good of thy Church the preservation of the Prince the contentment of the King the satisfaction of the State Preserve him I humbly beseech thee from all envy that attends him and bless him that his eyes may see the Prince safely delivered to the King and State and after it live long in happiness to do them and thee service through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and merciful Father thou art the Lord of Hosts all victory over our Enemies all safety against them is from thee I humbly beseech thee go out with our Armies and bless them Bless my dear Lord the Duke that is gone Admiral with them that wisdom may attend all his Counsels and courage and success all his Enterprises that by his and their means thou wilt be pleased to bring safety to this Kingdom strength and comfort to Religion victory and reputation to our Country And that he may return with our Navy committed to him and with safety honour and love both of Prince and People Grant this for thy dear Sons sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O merciful God thy Judgments are often secret alwayes just At this time they were temporally heavy upon the poor Duke of Buckingham upon me upon all that had the honour to be near him Lord thou hast I doubt not given him rest and light and blessedness in thee Give also I beseech thee comfort to his Lady Bless his Children uphold his Friends forget not his Servants Lay open the bottom of all that irreligious and graceless plot that spilt his blood Bless and preserve the King from danger and from security in these dangerous times And for my self O Lord though the sorrows of my heart are inlarged in that thou gavest this most honourable Friend into my bosom and hast taken him again from me yet blessed be thy Name O Lord that hast given me patience I shall now see him no more till we meet at the Resurrection O make that joyful to us and all thy faithful servants even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Senectus O Lord cast me not off in the time of mine Age forsake me not now my strength begins to fail me Amen Forsake me not O God in mine old age now I am gray-headed until I have declared thy strength unto this Generation and thy power to all them that are to come Amen O Lord though thou hast shortned the dayes of my youth yet cover me not with dishonour Hide not thy self from me for ever but remember how short my time is and make me remember it O Lord. Amen O Lord teach me to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wisdom Amen O Lord hide not thy face from me in the time of trouble for my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up like a fire-brand My dayes are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass Thou O Lord hast brought down my strength in my journey and shortned my daies But O my God take me not away but in the timeliness of my age that I may continue to serve thee and be faithful in thy service till thou remove me hence Amen Tentationes O Lord as thou art faithful so suffer me not I beseech thee to be tempted above that I am able but give an issue with the temptation that I may be able to bear it Amen Omnipotens Deus respice preces meas libera cor meum a malarum cogitationum tentationibus ut te miserante dignum esse possim Spiritus Sancti habitaculum per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Deus qui diligentibus te facis cuncta prodesse da cordi meo inviolabilem charitatis tuae affectum nulla unquam tentatione mutabilem per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Amen Misericors Deus da mihi in Fide tua constantiam in Charitate firmitatem ut nullis tentationibus ab earum integritate possim divelli per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Carcer O Lord have mercy upon me and bring my soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name even in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord blessed is the man that hath thee for his help and whose hope is in thee O Lord help me and all them to right that suffer wrong Thou art the Lord which loosest men out of Prison which helpest them that are fallen O Lord help and deliver me when and as it shall seem best to thee even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thine indignation lies hard upon me and though thou hast not for thy mercy is great vexed me with all thy storms yet thou hast put my acquaintance far from me and I am so fast in Prison that I cannot get forth Lord I call daily upon thee hear and have mercy for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou which bringest the Prisoners out of captivity while thou lettest the Runagates continue in scarceness Have mercy upon me and deliver me out of the Prison and affliction in which I now am and give me grace that being free I may faithfully and freely serve thee all the daies of my life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Confessiones O Domine in multis deliqui improbe egi tristitia affeci spiritum tuum sanctum Exacerbavi viscera clementiae tuae cogitatione sermone opere noctu interdiu palam in occulto consultâ— in consulto O si constituas peccata mea in conspectu meo O si rationem a me exigas peccatorum in se non ignoscibilium quae scienter commisi quid faciam quo fugiam Sed O Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me nec in ira tua corripias me Miserere mei non solum quia infirmus sum sed quia figmentum sum tuum Obsecro tâ— ne intres in judicium cum servo tuo si enim iniquitates observaveris Domine Domine quis in judicio consistet Non ego certe si quis alius Ego enim sum peccati pelagus non sum dignus in coelum suspicere prae multitudine peccatorum meorum quorum non est numerus probra injuriae c. et mille praeterea nefandae passiones sunt a quibus non destiti Quibus enim non corruptus sum peccatis Quibus non sum constrictus malis Inutilis factus sum tibi Deo meo hominibus Quis me in talia prolapsum suscitabit In te Domine confido qui es Deus meus esto mihi Salvator secundum viscera compassionis tuae miserere mei secundum magnam misericordiaÌ„ tuam ne retribuas mihi secundum opera mea sed converte te ad me me ad te Remitte omnia quae in te peccavi serva me propter misericordiam tuam ubi abundavit peccatum superabundet gratâ—â—
viam testimoniorum tuorum curram quum dilatasti cor meum Oro itaque ne differas vel dilatationem cordis vel confirmationem pedum in semitis justificationum tuarum per propter Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Eternal God and my most merciful Father as this day the fury of the enraged multitude was fierce upon me and my house to destroy me and to pillage it it pleased thee in mercy to preserve both and bring some of them to shame and punishment I have sinned many ways against thee O Lord and this was a loud call of thine and a merciful to bring me to repentance which I beseech thee give me grace to hear and obey But what I have done to hurt or offend them that should stir up this rage against me I know not Lord in thy mercy look down upon me fill my heart with thankfulness for this great deliverance and suffer me not to forget it or the Examination which I took of my self upon it And as for them and their like let them not have their desire O Lord let not their mischievous imaginations prosper against me nor their fury lay hold upon me lest they be too proud and lest I end my wearie days in misery Yet forgive them O Lord for they know not why they did it And according to thy wonted mercy preserve me to serve thee and let the same watchful Protection which now defended me guard me through the remainder of my life And this for thine own goodness sake and the merits of my Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee look down upon me in this time of my great and grievous affliction Lord if it be thy blessed will make mine Innocency appear and free both me and my Profession from all scandal thus raised on me And howsoever if thou be pleased to trie me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee give me full patience proportionable comfort contentment with whatsoever thou sendest and an heart ready to die for thy Honour the Kings Happiness and this Churches Preservation And my zeal to these is all the sin humane frailty excepted which is yet known to me in this particular for which I thus suffer Lord look upon me in mercy and for the merits of Iesus Christ pardon all my sins many and great which have drawn down this Judgment upon me and then in all things do with me as seems best in thine own eyes and make me not only patient under but thankful for whatsoever thou dost O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father after long imprisonment I am now at last called to answer I most humbly â—eseech thee to strengthen me through this Tryal to preserve the patience with which thou hast hitherto blessed me through this affliction Suffer no course language or other provocation to make me speak or do any thing that may mis-become my person mine age my calling or my present condition And Lord I beseech thee make me able to clear to the world that Innocency which is in my heart concerning this Charge laid against me Grant this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O merciful Lord I have had a long and a tedious Tryal And I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the wonderful strength that I have received from thee in the bearing up of my weakness Lord continue all thy mercies towards me for the storm gathers and grows black upon me and what it threatens is best known to thee After a long Tryal I am called to answer in the House of Commons and that not to Evidence but to one single man's report of Evidence and that made without Oath What this may produce in present or in future thou knowest also O Lord furnish me with patience and true Christian wisdom and courage to bear up against this drift and send not out thy storms to beat upon me also but look comfortably upon me to my End in and through the merits of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen Prayers added since the restoring of this Book to me which was taken from me in a search by Mr. Prinne May 31. 1643 and with much difficulty restored unto me Nov. 6. 1644. O Domine ad Adventum tuum secundum paratus sim ne talem me non invenias qualem voluisti invenire qui omnia pro me passus es ut invenires talem cui non supplicia inferres sed praemia redderes sempiterna Amen O Domine cum Christi adjutorio sic agere studeam ut te tam pium Dominum non solum hospitem recipere possim sed etiam perpetuum habitatorem habeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O AEterne Deus auxilium tuum imploro ut veram discretionem et perfectam charitatem praestare mihi pro tua pietate digneris cui est gloria imperium cum Patre Spiritu Sancto in secula seculorum Amen O Domine misericors qui tanta mihi beneficia concessisti des insuper mihi cum omni humilitate fidem rectam tenere charitatem integram cum omnibus hominibus conservare mundo corde casto corpore tibi Domino meo servire usque ad finem vitae serio laborem ut post labores desiderabilem illam vocem audire possim Euge serve bone intra in gaudium Domini tui Amen Meditationes praeparantes ad Mortem O Lord quicken and comfort my soul for I have sinned against thee Lord I call to mind all the years of my life past in the bitterness of my soul for my sin My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be thou merciful unto my sin O for thy Names sake be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen Namely and especially O Lord be merciful unto me c. Herein O Lord be merciful unto thy servant O Lord lay not these nor the rest unto my charge O let the depth of my sin call up the depth of thy mercies of thy grace Lord let it come that where my sin hath abounded grace may supeâ—abound Lord I believe help thou my unbelief O Lord though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I fear no evil For I hope verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O let this Cup pass from me nevertheless if it may not pass from me but that I must drink of it thy will be done Thou art the Lord do what seemeth good in thine own eyes For I will take it as the Cup of Salvation and give thanks to thy Name O Lord. O Lord grant that all the dayes of my appointed time upon earth I may wait when my Changing shall come O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave and keep me secret until thy wrath be past and appoint
prospere perveniam demum incolumis ad propria redeam per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Exaudi Domine supplicationes meas viam famuli tui dispone ut inter omnes vitae viae hujus varietates tuo semper protegar auxilio per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine salvum me fac servum tuum sperantem in te Mitte mihi auxilium de Sancto de Sion tuere me Esto mihi turris fortitudinis a facie Inimici Nihil proficiat Inimicus in me filius iniquitatis non opponat nocere mihi O prosperum iter faciat mihi Deus salutarium nostrorum Domine exaudi orationem meam clamor meus ad te veniat per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future duty that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacrity go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercy and goodness put to my hand to lay the first stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happy Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Iesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majesty and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Prayers upon sundry Publick Occasions MOst gracious God we humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in general so especially for the High Court of Parliament under our most Religious and Gracious King at this time assembled that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations to the preservation of thy Glory the good of thy Church the safety honour and welfare of our Soveraign and his Kingdomes Lord look upon the humility and devotion with which they are come into thy Courts And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ our blessed Saviour that thou wilt not deny them the grace and favour which they beg of thee Therefore O Lord bless them with that wisdom which thou knowest necessary to speed and bring great designes into action and to make the maturity of his Majesties and their Counsels the happiness and the blessing of this Common-wealth These and all other necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and our most gracious Father thou art the Lord of Hosts and the strength of all Nations is from thee If thou keepest not the City the Watchman waketh but in vain And no Victory can wait upon the justest Designs upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies if thou teach not their hands to warre and their fingers to fight Thou art the steady hope of all the ends of the earth and of them which go and remain in the broad sea Lord at this time we need thy more special Assistance both by Land and Sea and â—or the mercy of Christ deny us neither Be with our Armies and the Armies of our Allies and Associates by Land be with our Navy at Sea Be not from the one nor from the other in power and in great mercy until thou hast brought them back with honour and a setled Peace Lord turn our Enemies sword into their own bosome For we sought Peace and ensued it and while we did so they did more then make themselves ready to battel We are thy servants truly and heartily sorry for our sins Lord forgive them and then we will trust upon thee that thou wilt pour down all thy blessings upon this all other designes and actions of this State undertaken for thy glory the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES and the peace and welfare of this Church and Common-wealth Grant this we humbly beseech thee for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate Amen Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee pardon and forgive all our many great and grievous transgressions We may not hope thou wilt take off thy punishments until thou hast forgiven our sins We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness We have been too slow to come and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercy in Justice to force us to thee Lord we believe but do thou increase our Faith our Devotion our Repentance and all Christian Vertues in us At this time the viols of thy heavy displeasure drop down upon us and while we smart under one Judgment thou threatnest the rest The Pestilence spreads in our Streets and so as if it sought whom to devour No strength is able to stand against it and it threatens to make Families nay Cities desolate While the Pestilence eats up thy People we hear the sound of War and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour In the mean time the heavens are black over us and the clouds drop leaneness and it will be Famine to swallow what the Pestilence and the Sword shall leave alive unless thou send more seasonable weather to give the fruits of the earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can deny it We have no whither to go but to mercy We have no way to that but by the Alsufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants Command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plenty with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O Eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our
Enemies threaten But there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared O Lord shew us this mercy and give us grace so to fear thee as that we may never be brought to fear or feel them And whensoever thou wilt correct us for our sins let us fall into thy hands and not into the hands of men Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and most gracious Father we have deserved whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our Contempt of thy Divine Worship is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Give us light in our understanding readiness and obedience in our will discretion in our words and actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and prosperity of Ierusalem the unity and glory of this Church and State that so we may love it and prosper in it and be full of grace in this life and filled with glory in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most merciful God we give thee praise and thanks for the wonderful ceasing of the late raging Pestilence in the chief City of this Kingdom and other places Lord shew us yet faâ—ther mercy and look upon all parts of this Land with tender compassion Keep back the destroying Angel that he enter not into places that are yet free nor make farther waste in those which are already visited Comfort them that are sick preserve them that are sound receive them that die to mercy that living and dying they and we may continue thy faithful servants through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we have felt thy manifold mercies no Nation more and we have committed sins against thee few Nations greater Enter not into judgment with us O Lord but for Christ and his mercy sake pacifie thine anger and save us from the malice and cruelty of our Enemies They are our crying sins that have called them upon us Let it be an addition to thy wonted mercy to restrain their fury To this end Lord pâ—t thy bridle into their mouths and thy bit between their teeth Frustrate their designesâ— and let them find no way in our Seas nor any path in our Floods but scatter them with thy tempest follow them with all thy storms that we being delivered by thy hand may bless and honour thy Name devoutly serving thee all our daies through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou gracious Governour of all the Kingdoms of the Earth Look down we beseech thee in mercy upon this Realm upon all other Reformed Churches Save and deliver us and them from the hands of all such as threaten our destruction Protect the person of our Gracious Soveraign direct his Counsels go forth with his Armies be unto him and to us a wall of brass and a strong tower of defence against his and our Enemies that so we being safe through thy mercy may live to serve thee in thy Church and ever give thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father all peace and strength of Kingdoms is from thee and lineal Succession is thy great blessing both upon Princes and States the great means to preserve unity and confirm strength We therefore give thee humble and hearâ—y thanks as for all thy blessings so especially at this time for thy great mercy and loving-kindness to our dread Soveraign his Royal Queen and this whole State in giving her Majesty hope of her long desired Issue thereby filling their and our hearts with gladness Lord go along with thine own blessings to perfect them Be with her in soul and in body preserve her from all dangers Keep her safe to and in the hour of Travel that there may be strength to bring forth her Joy and our Hope And make her a joyful Mother of many Children to the glory of thy great Name the happiness of his Majesty the security of this State and the flourishing of the Church and true Religion amongst us Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father since lineal Succession is under thee the great security of Kingdoms and the very life of Peace We therefore give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great blessing which thou hast again begun to work for our Gracious King CHARLES and this whole State in giving the Queens Majesty further hopes of a desired and happy Issue And as we give thee humble and hearty thanks for this so we pray thee to perfect this great blessing thus begun to preserve her from all dangers and to be with her by special assistance in the hour of Travel Lord make her a happy Mother of succesful Children to the increase of thy glory the comfort of his Majesty the joy of her own heart the safety of the State and the preservation of the Church and true Religion among us Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O most merciful God gracious Father thou hast given us the joy of our hearts the contentment of our souls for this life in blessing our dear and dread Soveraign and his vertuous Royal Queen with a hopeful Son us with a Prince in thy just time and his to rule over us We give thy glorious Name most humble and hearty thanks for this Lord make us so thankful so obedient to thee for this great mercy that thy goodness may delight to encrease it to us Encrease it good Lord to more Children the prop one of another against single hope Encrease it to more Sons the great strength of his Majesty and his Throne Encrease it in the Joy of his Royal Parents and all true-hearted Subjects Encrease it by his Christian and happy Education both in Faith and Goodness that this Kingdom and People may be happy in the long life and prosperity of our most Gracious Soveraign and his Royal Consort And when fulness of daies must gather time Lord double his Graces and make them apparent in this his Heir and his Heirs after him for all Generations to come even for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we give thee as we are bound most humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy extended to us and this whole State in blessing the Queens Majesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and perils of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue and encrease this Blessing to give her strength that she may happily overcome this and all dangers else that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her happy life that she may have joy in his Majesties prosperity that both of them may have comfort in the Royal Prince
A SUMMARIE OF DEVOTIONS Compiled and Used by Dr WILLIAM LAUD Sometime L d Arch-Bishop of CANTERBVRY Now Published according to the Copy written with his own hand and reserved in the Archives of Baptist's Colledge Library in OXON OXFORD Printed by William Hall Anno Dom. 1667. Imprimatur GILBERTUS CANT Dat. Lambethae Dec. 12. 1666. Imprimatur IOHAN FELL Vicecan Oxon. Dec. 28. 1666. Et Conversus vivificasti me Psal 70. 20. O Come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my Soul Psal. 66. 16. Pater noster Laesus est sed Pater Qui es in Coelis Eminenter non Inclusive Sanctificetur In me per me super me Nomen tuum Patris in nobis ut simus filii Patris nostri Adveniat Regnum tuum Ut destruatur Regnum Peccati per quod regnant Mors Diabolus Fiat voluntas tua sicut in Caelo in Terra In me qui sum Terra sicut a sanctis Angelis Panem Super Caelestem Corporeum Nostrum Proprium licite acquisitum Quotidianum da nobis hodie Pro quotidiana necessitate Et remitte nobis debita sicut c. Talenta dimitte nobis Minuta remittentibus Et ne nos inducas in tentationē Nec sinas intrare ductos pronosque Sed libera nos a Mal◠Ab authore mali extra nos Diabolo Mundo Intra nos Nobisipsis Et a malo Culpae per Gratiam Poenae per Misericordiam Omni per Pacē Quia tuum est Regnum Potentia Absolutum in se Independens ab aliis Gloria Circumfulgens omnia in omnibus Tuum Et a Te per Te ad Te in gloria salute servorum tuorum AMEN OUr Father which art in Heaven 1. Hallowed be thy Name 2. Thy Kingdome come 3. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven 4. Give us this day our daily bread 5. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us 6. And lead us not into temptation 7. But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdome the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Symbolum Apostolicum divisum in Articulos 1 I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholicke Church The Communion of Saints 10. The Forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life Everlasting AMEN Officium Quotidianum In nomine Patris Filii Spiritus Sancti AMEN O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee Prevent me I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious◠Favour and further me with thy continual Help that in all my Works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy Holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain Everlasting Life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God and most Merciful Father all Merciful Mercy it selfe I have erred wittingly and strayed willingly nay Runne from thy wayes more like an untamed Heifer then a lost or wandring Sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy Lawes I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankfull for so great Grace Spare me and them all O God which confess their faults Restore me and all them that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more For this is according to thy Promises most pretious most gratious most sweet Promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord. Grant therefore O most merciful Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Author and Finisher of our Faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all Penitents may hereafter live a Godly Righteous and Sober life to the Glory of thy Holy Name and the Salvation of our own Souls Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father Pardon I beseech thee all the Sins Omissions and Commissions Thoughts Words and Deeds by which I have provoked thee unto anger from the time of my Birth to this present moment That no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or lowder in thine ears for vengeance then the Cry of my Prayers may ascend up unto thee for mercy and for forgiveness and obtain that they sue for Particularly I humbly beseech thee forgive unto me my Great and my Clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against Heaven and against Thee have I sinned and committed foule Transgressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the Book of Remembrances which thou hast written through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen GIve unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a couragious Heart Chast and temperate reynes and thoughts A soul full of devotion to do thee service strength against all temptations especially the temptations of c. Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulness I beseech thee for all benefits and blessings both Spiritual and Temporal which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast liberally powred down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnify Thee and thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unseigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my birth to this present moment for c. For bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the days of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in Soul and in Body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the honour and glory of thy Name the good of thy Church the discharge of my Duty the salvation of my Soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee Bless
the shame for me and God forbid that I should not despise the shame for Him I am going apace as you see towards the Red sea and my feet are upon the very brink of it An argument I hope that God is bringing me into the Land of Promise for that was the way through which he led his people But before they came to it he instituted a Passeover for them A Lamb it was but it must be eaten with sowre herbs Exod. 12. 8. I shall obey and labour to digest the sowr herbs as well as the Lamb. And I shall remember it is the Lords Passeover I shall not think of the herbs nor be angry with the hands that gathered them but look up only to him who instituted that and governs these For men can have no more power over me then what is given them from above S. Iohn 19. 11. I am not in love with this Passage through the Red-sea for I have the weakness and infirmity of flesh and blood plentifully in me And I have prayed with my Saviour Ut transiret calix iste that this cup of red wine might pass from me S. Luke 22. 42. But if not Gods will not mine be done And I shall most willingly drink of this cup as deep as he pleases and enter into this Sea yea and pass through it in the way that he shall lead me But I would have it remembred Good people that when Gods servants were in this boisterous Sea and Aaron among them the Egyptians which persecuted them and did in a manner drive them into that Sea were drowned in the same waters while they were in pursuit of them I know my God whom I serve is as able to deliver me from this Sea of blood as he was to deliver the three Children from the Furnace Dan. 3. And I most humbly thank my Saviour for it my resolution is as theirs was They would not worship the Image which the King had set up nor will I the Imaginations which the People are setting up Nor will I forsake the Temple and the Truth of God to follow the bleating of Ieroboams Calves in Dan and in Bethel And as for this People they are at this day miserably misled God of his mercy open their eyes that they may see the right way For at this day the blind lead the blind and if they go on both will certainly into the ditch S. Luke 6. 39. For my self I am and I acknowledge it in all humility a most grievous sinner many ways by thought word and deed And yet I cannot doubt but that God hath mercy in store for me a poor penitent as well as for other sinners I have now upon this sad occasion ransacked every corner of my heart and yet I thank God I have not found among the many any one sin which deserves death by any known Law of this Kingdom And yet hereby I charge nothing upon my Judges For if they proceed upon proof by valuable witnesses I or any other Innocent may be justly condemned And I thank God though the weight of the Sentence lie heavy upon me I am as quiet within as ever I was in my life And though I am not only the first Archbishop but the first man that ever died by an Ordinance in Parliament yet some of my Predecessors have gone this way though not by this means For Elphegus was hurried away and lost his head by the Danes Simon Sudbury in the Fury of Wat Tyler and his fellows Before these S. Iohn Baptist had his head danced off by a lewd Woman And S. Cyprian Archbishop of Carthage submitted his head to a persecuting sword Many examples great and good and they teach me patience For I hope my Cause in heaven will look of another die then the colour that is put upon it here And some comfort it is to me not only that I go the way of these great men in their several Generations but also that my Charge as foul as it is made looks like that of the Jews against S. Paul Acts 25. 8. For he was accused for the Law and the Temple i. e. Religion And like that of S. Stephen Acts 6. 14. for breaking the Ordinances which Moses gave i. e. Law and Religion the Holy Place and the Law ver 13. But you will say Do I then compare my self with the integrity of S. Paul and S. Stephen No far be that from me I only raise a comfort to my self that these great Saints and Servants of God were laid at in their times as I am now And it is memorable that S. Paul who helped on this accusation against S. Stephen did after fall under the very same himself Yea but here 's a great clamour that I would have brought in Popery I shall answer that more fully by and by In the mean time you know what the Pharisees laid against Christ himself S. Iohn 11. 48. If we let him alone all men will believe on him Et venient Romani and the Romans will come and take away both our Place and the Nation Here was a causeless cry against Christ that the Romans would come And see how just the judgment of God was They crucified Christ for fear lest the Romans should come and his death was it which brought in the Romans upon them God punishing them with that which they most feared And I pray God this clamour of Venient Romani of which I have given no cause help not to bring them in For the Pope never had such a Harvest in England since the Reformation as he hath now upon the Sects aud Divisions that are amongst us In the mean time by honour and dishonour by good report and evil report as a deceiver and yet true am I passing through this world 2 Cor. 6. 8. Some particulars also I think it not amiss to speak of 1. And first this I shall be bold to speak of the King our gracious Soveraign He hath been much traduced also for bringing in of Popery But on my Conscience of which I shall give God a present account I know him to be as free from this Charge as any man living And I hold him to be as sound a Protestant according to the Religion by Law established as any man in his Kingdom and that he will venture his life as far and as freely for it And I think I do or should know both his affection to Religion and his grounds for it as fully as any man in England 2. The second particular is concerning this great and populous City which God bless Here hath been of late a fashion taken up to gather hands and then go to the great Court of the Kingdom the Parliament and clamour for Justice as if that great and wise Court before whom the Causes come which are unknown to the Many could not or would not do Justice but at their appointment a way which may endanger many an innocent man and pluck his blood upon their