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
whatsoever is desolate therein for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Pro Afflictis O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Regnum Angliae BEnedic Domine Deus omnipotens Regnum hoc ut sit in eo sanitas castitas victoria virtus omnis gratiarum actio Deo Patri Filio Spiritui Sancto et haec Benedictio maneat super hoc Regnum super habitantes in eo per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Iejunium O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my prayer unto thee I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen Quadragesima O Lord which for our sake didst fast fourty days fourty nights Give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glory who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen Rogationes STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Iejunia quatuor Temporum ALmighty God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church Give thy grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glory of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Consecrationes Ordinationes O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercy cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Exilium LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans cruelty may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Country where I learnd to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the daies of my life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Martyrium LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Eucharistia Quaecunque ab Infantia usque ad momentum hoc sciens vel ignorans intus vel extra dormiens vel vigilans verbis factis vel cogitationibus per jacula Inimici ignita per desideria cordis immunda peccavi tibi miserere mei dimitte mihi per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Almighty God and most merciful Father give me I beseech thee that grace that I may duely examine the inmost of my heart and my most secret thoughts how I stand before thee Lord I confess all my sins and my unworthiness to present my self at thine Altar But thou canst forgive sin and give repentance do both Gracious Father and then behold I am clean to come unto thee Lord make me a worthy receiver of that for which I come Christ and remission of sin in Christ And that for his own mercy sake and thine Amen O Lord into a clean charitable and thankful heart give me grace to receive the blessed Body and Blood of thy Son my most blessed Saviour that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin that being made clean it may nourish me in faith hope charity and obedience with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee that in all the future course of my life I may shew my self such an ingrafted member into the Body of thy Son that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may dishonour his Name Grant this O Lord I beseech thee even for his merit and mercy sake Amen O Lord God hear my prayers I come to thee in a stedfast faith yet for the clearness of my faith Lord enlighten it for the strength of my faith Lord encrease it And behold I quarrel not the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed Institution I know his words are no gross unnatural conceit but they are spirit and life and supernatural While the world disputes I believe He hath promised me if I come worthily that I shall receive his most precious Body and Blood with all the benefits of his Passion If I can receive it and retain it Lord make me able make me worthy I know I can no more die eternally then that Body and Blood can die and be shed again My Saviour is willing in this tender of them both unto me Lord so wash and cleanse my soul that I may now and at all times else come prepared by hearty prayers devotion and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing the Pledge and Earnest of eternal life in the merits of the same Iesus Christ who gave his Body and Blood for me Amen Almighty God unto
thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lordâ— purge it from all Atheisme Heresy Schisme Superstition Factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptisme may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant Good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the dayes of my life and through the hour of my death through the Merits and by the Grace of the same Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may Serve thee and thou Bless them through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gratious Soveraigne treasure up in Him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to Thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that He may live long and be full of honourable success all his daies in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any nearer Reference the place where I was borne c Every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom Friends Dr c. All those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me Service even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the Afflicted members of the body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted Send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my estate as their's is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their Power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorne of the World Amen O Domine Jesu Da quod jabes jube quod vis Facias animam meam paratam in adventum tuum veni quando vis Des mihi ad minimum sufficientem si placet pacatissimam patientiam veni quomodo vis O Tu qui Salus es omnium sperantium in Te. Et in super interpone obsecro O Domine Jesu Mortem Crucem Passionem Meritum Sanguinem tuum inter Iudicium tuum Animam meam nunc semper praecipue in hora mortis meae Quae mors obnixe precor nunquam sit subitanea nunquam adveniat inveniat me imparatum nunquam ita adveniendo saeviat quin ut retineam Fidem Spem Charitatem memoriam intellectum Sanum usque ad extremum halitum Et esto mihi in Deum Protectorem Des peccatis meis Misericordiam Veniam Ecclesiae tuae Pacem Concordiam mihi peccatorum primo Gratiam in hac vita Gloriam in futura Ita ita venias O Domine Jesu miserere mei Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes only give mee I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a Patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercy I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this Life and to Glory in the Life to come through Iesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us Give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Iesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light anâ— thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may goe unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almighty and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth Mercifully hear my supplications for my selfe and all thy people grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Almighty God I humbly beseech thee give me grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the Armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Iesus came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithfull servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning Grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting Life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our Sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may â—peedily deliver us To whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honor and glory world without end Amen Lord let thine Angels tarry round about
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
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
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
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
alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercy upon me O God after thy greatâ— goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Iesus Christ my Saviour Amen O Domine exaudire dignare preces meas in beneplacito tuo Inâ—micum ab actibus meis cogitationibus virtute tua expelle Multiplica mihi fidem guberna mentem spirituales cogitationes concede super stratum vigilanti ad beatitudinem tuam perducito per Jesum Christum Filium tuum Salvatorem nostrum Amen Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the infections of the Devil and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the only true God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I offer up unto thee my Evening Sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Domine supplex te oro respice me purga mentem meam cogitationes meas ab impuris concupiscentiis ab omni inquinamento carnis spiritus ab omni diabolica operatione per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O Domine ineffabilem misericordiam tuam clementer ostende simul exue me a peccatis quae commisi eripe me a poenis quas merui per Christum Dominum nostrum Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercy may in all things direct and rule my heart through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my Bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to pass through the darkness of this night in the comfort of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen O Lord make mine eyes prevent the night watches that I may be occupied in thy words Amen O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour Grant dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive according to the insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to relieve and maintain nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly conversation through the aid and assistance of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen THURSDAY O Hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not Amen Subveni Domine mi Jesu accingere gladium tuum circa femur Potentissime Omnium Potentissime egredere Occide me in me ut vivam in te desinant inimici persequi me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with thy freshest waters of comfort in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord have mercy upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy Name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stability of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Iesus Christ his sake Amen O Almighty God and merciful Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy only Son our Lord to have ascended into the heavens so I and all thy faithful Servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwel Amen O God the King of glory who hast exalted thine only Son Iesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdom in heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless but send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before who liveth and raigneth with thee one God world without end Amen HEar my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition Take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed Give me strength and comfort in thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodness and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercy upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Assist me mercifully O Lord in these and all other my supplications and prayers and dispose my ways towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deliver me from them whose words are softer then butter when they have war in their heart And from them whose words are smoother then oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayst sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Bless me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy law that thou mayst give me patience in time of adversity till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thine Inheritance in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almighty and merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O AEterne Deus quamdiu hic in terris sum supplex oro in quantum terrena mihi serviunt doceant me esse Dominum suum sed a te constitutum In quantum molesta sunt doceant me servire â—ibi Domino meo cui dum non obtempero illa in justam vindictam molesta esse solent Ut sive illa mihi serviant sive non ego semper serviam tibi in per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened
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