Christ our Lord Amen Psal 34. I will wait for thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Psal. 48. 9. Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuary and there see thy power and glory for thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name Oh! satisfie me with the riches of thy mercy which is in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Psal. 63. 2. O how amiable are thy dwellings O 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 rejoyce in thee O merciful GOD Amen Psalm 84. 1. Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my prayers for my self and for the people that call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know all things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty and 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 Jesus 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 alwaies stand upright grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health both of body and soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well passe and overcome through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the Sun is at the height for this day lift up the light of thy countenance upon me and I shall be whole Make all darknesse and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Who can tell how ofthe offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret sins Keep me also O Lord from presumptuous sins lest they get the Dominion over me and keep me innocent from the great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Psal. 19. 12 13. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwayes praising thee blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Lord thus blesse the heart of thy servant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 84. 4. O Sancta Adoranda Longanimis Trinitas Longanimis n. es quae eos à quibus scinderis tam diu toleras O Trinitas Cujus Ego ut Cultor minimè fictus Praeco essem jampridem dignus habitus sum O Trinitas omnibus aliquando vel per Illuminationem vel per poenam agnoscenda Oro te ut hos qui nunc Contumeliis te afficiunt adoratores accipias ne quisquam vel ex Minimis pereat Et hoc etiamsi mihi proptereà aliqua Gratiae Jactura facienda Sit. Neque n. tantum dicere audio Quantum Apostolus Concede autem hoc per propter Merita Jesu Christi Redemptoris Nostri Amen Almighty God who through thy onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death and opened unto 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 continual help I may bring the same to good effect through Jesus 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 wickednesse that I may alwayes serve thee in purenesse of living and in truth through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God who hast given thine onely Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of good life give me grace that I may alwayes most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to sollow the blessed steps of his most holy life Even for the same thy Son Jesus 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 doeth after evil counsels that I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen Tribuat hîc Mihi Dominus ut in Me pro me fiat Ignis Consumens Et ardeat hoc Igne Cor Meum in Lumen AEternum Mihi Ne codem 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 alwayes praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy name for ever Amen Psal. 52. 8. O Lord I besech thee make me remember how much more then other men I have need to call upon thee My Charge is great and my strength is little O give me grace to come alwayes before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give then I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Have mercy upon me 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 Psal. 9. 8. O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all Goodnesse 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 continual Joy in the Holy Ghost Even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely 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 Judgement in all things and evermore to rejoyce in his holy Comfort through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit One God world without end Amen Almighty and everlasting God which hast given unto thy servants grace by the confession of the true Faith to acknowledge the Glory of the AEternal Trinity and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity I humbly beseech thee blesse me also that I may live in the stedfastnesse of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercy sake who livest and raignest one God world without end Amen O my God incline thine Ear and hear open thine Eyes and see Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Dan. 9. 19. Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glory of his house be increased
also and be safe in the merits and mercies of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plenty of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and my enemies laugh me to scorn but turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Psal. 80. 5. Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercy and the world shall know that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Amen Lord Jesu Amen Psal. 109. 25. If my delight had not been in thy law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen Psal. 119. 92. 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 are even consumed by means of thy heavy hand and for Jesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen Psal. 39. 9 11. O Lord deliver me from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me sase under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terrour by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor for the sicknesse that destroyeth at noon-day though thousands fall before me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come neer me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psalm 91. 3. 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 thy Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Psa. 91. 10. O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatnesse of both thy power and thy mercy preserve them that are appointed to die Even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 79. 12. O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I and my Family that are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodnesse from this and all other Infection both of soul and body that so we may live both to serve and praise thee to the glory of thy great Name through Jesus 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 sicknesse and mortality and like as thou didst then command thy Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sicknesse through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord 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 thy judgement 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 Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of death are ready to overtake me when thou wilt dissolve my tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee O Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Psal. 18. 3 4 5. Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth Amen Psal. 31. 6. O Lord thy hand is heavy upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in summer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousnesse have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen Psal. 34. 4. O Lord hear my prayer and with thy 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 a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen Psal. 39. 13. O Domine mediâ vità in morte sumus unde aut à quo quaerimus auxilium nisi à te Domine qui tamen pro peccatis nostris meritò infensus est 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 omnia desideria mea suspiria mea à te non sunt abscondita Nosti Domine Tu Domine Nosti intima Cordis mei ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae quin parce mihi O Domine Sanctissime O Omnipotens Deus Sancte salvator maximè misericors Dignissime AEterne Judex ne sinas me in horâ meâ novissima pro quocunque terrore mortis excidere à te Amen O Domine Salvator Jesu O Lord the snares of death compasse me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but I will call upon thy name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul deliver my soul from death my eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Psal. 116. 2 3. Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousnesse that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord Amen Psal. 118. 18. There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sins yet O Lord be mercisul to me and heal me for thy names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing mee back from the bottome of my Grave what thou hast farther for me to do or 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 Jesus Christ Amen INDEX A AMici folio 11. Afflicti f. 12 Auxilium fol. 58 59 75 104. Tempore adverso 56 Afflictiones f. 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132. Adoratio glorificatio dei mei 114. Adventus Dom. 1. f. 18 Dom. 2. 19 Dom. 4. 19. Dies Ascensionis fol.
The most Reverend Father Father iâ— God Dr. William Laud latâ— Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Metropolitan of aâ—â— England Officium Quotidianum OR A MANUAL OF PRIVATE DEVOTIONS BY The Most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Laud late Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bâ—s rom 1. 594. The Second Edition LONDON Printed for Robert Crofts at the Crown in Chancery lane 1663. Et Conversus vivificasti Me Psal. 71. 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. 14. Pater noster LAEsus est sed tamen Pater qui es in coelis Eminenter noninclusivè 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 c. In me qui sum terra sicut in Sanctis Angelis Panem Et super Coelestem Corporeum nostrum Proprium licitè acquisitum quotidianum c. Pro quotidiana necessitate Et remitte nobis Debita sicut c. Talenta dimitte nobis minuta remittentibus Et ne nos inducas in tentationem Nec facias intrare ductos promosque Sed Libera Nos Ab Authorà Malo Extra Nos Diabolo Mundo Intra à Malo Nos Nobis ipsis a Malo Culpa per gratiam poenae per misericordiam Quia tuum est Omniper Pacem Regnum Absolutum in Se. Potentia Independens ab aliis Gloria Circumfulgens Omnia in Omnibus Tuum Amen Et à Te per Te ad Te in Gloria Salute servorum tuorum Amen Oratio Dominica OUr Father which art in Heaven 1 Hallowed by thy Name 2 Thy Kingdom 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 trespasse 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 Amen Symbolum Apostolicum divisum in Articulos 1. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus 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 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I Believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholike 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 F. Sp. Sti. Amen O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee prevent mee 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 Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Almighty God and most merciful father Al-merciful Mercy it self I have erred willingly and strayed willingly nay even from thy wayes more like an untamed heifer then a lost and 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 unthankful for so great grace Spare me and them all O God which confesse their faults Restore me and them all O God 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 gracious most sweet promises declared unto Mankinde in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant therefore O most mercifull Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Authour and Finnisher 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 most merciful Father pardon I beseech thee all the sins Omissions and Commissions thoughts words and deeds by which I have provoked thee to anger from the time of my birth unto this present moment that no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or louder in thy ears for vengeance then the cry of my prayers may ascend up unto thee for mercy and forgiveness and obtain that they sue for particularly I humble beseech thee forgive unto me my great and clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against heaven and against thee have I sined and committed foul transgressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the book of remembrances which thou hast written through Jesus 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 courageous 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 Jesus Christ our Lord Amen O Lord I give the humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulnesse I beseech thee for all benefits and blessings both Spiritual and temporal which in the riches of thy great mercy thou hast liberally poured down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnifie thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unfeigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my birth unto this present moment for c. for bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the dayes 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 glory and honour of thy Name the good of the Church and the discharge of my duty the salvation of my soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Jesus Christ our Saviour and redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee blesse thy whole Catholike Church wheresoever