that fils us with delight Take then away your flatterys false world and leave me free for better thoughts Turn thou thy face to me dear JESU and keep mine eys stil turn'd towards Thee That I may look continually on thy glorious beautys and be ravisht for ever with the charms of thy sweetnes 'T is Thee chast Spouse of souls 't is thee alone I chuse and dedicate my self entirely to thy service Thou art my sole and absolute Lord be thou my part and inheritance for ever But O my dearest Lord do thou chuse me and guide my uninstructed soul to chuse Thee O make me chuse to love thee till I come to see thee then I 'am sure I cannot chuse but love thee Here we alas move slowly in the dark led on by the Argument of things not seen But did we clearly see what we say we believe we soon should chang the cours of our life Did we but see the Damned in their flames or hear them cry in the midst of their torments How should we fear to follow them in their sins which we know have plung'd them into all those miserys How should we strive against the next tentation and cast about to avoid the danger Did we but see the glorys of the Saints or hear the sweet hymns they continually sing How should we study to imitate their lives which we know have rais'd them to all their happines How should we seek all occasions of improvement and make it our business to work out our salvation Nay did our faith but firmly believe * the truths we every day recite in our Creed What would we do to attain those joys what would we not do to escape those sorrows Would half an hour be too long to pray or once a week too often to fast Would the pardon of an injury be too hard a law or the making restitution too dear a price Durst we return to our sins again or spend our time in idlenes and folly Yet is all this as sure as if we saw it and would move as much if we seriously consider'd it If we consider'd what I 'm sure we believe we should never live as I 'm sure we do Which of us doubts but ere long we shall all be dust yet which of us lives as if we thought to dy Pity O gracious Lord the frailtys of thy servants and suffer not our blindnes to lead us into ruine Supply our want of sight by a lively faith and strengthen our faith by thy powerful grace Make us remember 't is no childrens sport * to gain or lose the Kingdom of heav'n Make us chuse wisely and pursue our choyse and use as well the means as like the end O set thou right the byass of our harts that in all our motions we may draw off from the world That we may still incline towards Thee and rest at last in thy holy presence Thou art our Lord and we will serve thee in fear Thou art our God and we will love thee in hope Glory be c. Antiph What will it profit us to gain the whole world and lose our own souls or what shall we give in exchange for our souls Our Father c. First Lesson THe fear of our Lord is the begining of wisdom If sinners intice thee consent not to them if they say come with us walk not with them for their feet run to evil and make hast to shed blood nay themselvs ly in wait even against their own blood and practise deceits against their own souls They have hated discipline and not receiv'd the fear of our Lord therefore shall they eat the fruits of their way and be fill'd with their own counsels The blessing of our Lord is on the head of the just but iniquity covers the mouth of the impious The memory of the just is with praises but the name of the wicked shall rot He that walks sincerely walks confidently but he that goes crooked ways shall be made manifest He that digs a pit shall fall into it and he that lays a snare for another shall perish in it He that gives wicked counsel it shall be turn'd upon himself and he not know whence it comes He that will be reveng'd shall find vengeance of our Lord and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance The hope of the just is joy but the expectation of the impious shall perish That which the wicked fears shall come upon him and to the just their desire shall be given them R. O sweet and admirable Providence Thou hast commanded and so it is that the inordinate affection of every one shall be his punishment * For as we sow so shall we reap and as the tree falls so shall it ly Thy grace O Lord is the seed of glory and sin the root of misery he that sows in the flesh shall reap corruption and he that sows in the spirit life everlasting * For as Second Lesson FOllow not in thy strength the concupiscence of thy hart nor say how mighty am I who can controul me in what I have done for God is a sure revenger Say not I have sin'd and what harm has happen'd unto me for the Highest is a patient punisher Be not without fear of thy sin though forgiven nor add one sin to another Say not the mercy of our Lord is great he will have pity on my many offences for mercy and wrath come speedily from Him and his indignation keeps an ey upon sinners Defer not to be converted to our Lord nor put it off from day to day for his wrath shall come suddenly and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee Though hand joyn in hand the ungodly shall not be unpunisht but the seed of the just shall be sav'd The congregation of the wicked is as tow wrapt together and their end a flame of fire Every corruptible work shall fail at last and the Doer thereof shall go with it but every excellent deed shall be justified and he that does it be honour'd therein R. My soul how many thousands have been surpriz'd in the midst of their sins and hurried away to everlasting sorrows and we alas how many times have we been guilty and yet our God has spar'd us * O my indulgent Saviour no other reason can I give why I 'm not miserable but that Thou art merciful Blessed be thy patience that indures so long and blessed be thy grace that delivers at last * O my Third Lesson LEnd to thy neighbor when he is in necessity and pay thou thy neighbor again in his time keep thy word and deal faithfully with him and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee Do good to the just and thou shalt have great reward if not from him assuredly from our Lord. Lose thy mony for thy brother and thy friend and hide it not under a stone to be lost Be not asham'd to say the truth for there is a shame that brings
now and argue with me saith our Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow and though they be red as vermillion they shall be white as wool R. Who will give water to my head and a fountain of tears to my eys that day and night I may continually weep and mourn and lament for my own sins and for my Saviours sufferings * O my ador'd Redeemer make us hartily sorry to have offended Thee make us speedily mend least we ruine our selvs Thou hast given us these holy rules to guide our lives and enforc't them on us by thine own example fasting and praying and weeping and humbling thy self to death even the death of the Cross * O my Third Lesson BEhold in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact of all your debtors you fast to debates and contentions and strike with the first impiously Is this such a fast as I have chosen a man to afflict his soul for a day is this it to wind his head about like a circle and spread sackcloath and ashes Is not this rather the fast I have chosen dissolve the bands of impiety unlose the heavy burthens break in pieces every yoak and let the opprest go free deal thy bread to the hungry and bring the poor and harbourles into thy house when thou seest the naked cover him and despise not thine own flesh Then shal thy light break forth as the morning and thy helth speedily arise and thy justice go before thy face and the glory of our Lord compass thee round about Then shalt thou call and our Lord will answer thou shalt cry and he will say behold I am here I am he who blot out thy iniquitys for my own sake and thy sins I will remember no more I am the Lord thy God who teach thee profitable things and govern thee in the way where thou walkest I am the Lord thy God who take thee by the hand and say to thee fear not I will help thee fear not for I am with thee shrink not aside for I am thy God R. My God never let me so rely on any outward performances that I neglect the improvement of my mind lest my fasting becom an unprofitable trouble and my prayer a vain lip labor * The soul and the body make a man and the spirit and discipline make a Christian Never let me so pretend to inward perfection that I slight the outward observances of Religion lest my thoughts grow proud and phantastick and all my arguments be but a cover for licenciousnes * The Soul Glory be c. * The Soul Pause as Pag. 17. Friday Lauds O God incline as Pag. 18. Antiph Come let us glory in the Cross of our Lord JESVS Christ in whom is our life and helth and resurrection Psal LXX SHal we rejoyce my soul to day Shal we not mourn at the Funeral of our dear Redeemer Such O my Lord was the excess of thy goodnes to derive joys for us from thine own sorrows Thou forbadst thy followers to weep for Thee and reserved'st to thy self alone the shame and grief Thou invitest all the world to glory in thy Cross and command'st us to delight in the memory of thy passion Sing then all you dear-bought Nations of the Earth sing hymns of glory to the holy JESUS Sing every one who pretends to felicity sing immortal praises to the God of our Salvation To Him who for us indur'd so much scorn and patiently receiv'd so many injurys To Him who for us swet drops of blood and drank off the dregs of his Fathers wrath To the eternal Lord of heav'n and earth who for us was slain by the hands of the wicked Who for us was led away as a Sheep to the slaughter and as a meek Lamb open'd not his mouth Whither O my God did thy compassion carry thee how did thy charity too far prevail with Thee Was it not enough to becom man for us but thou must expose thy self to all our miserys Was it not enough to labor all thy life but thou must suffer for us even the pains of death No gracious Lord thy mercy stil observ'd * some wants in our nature as yet unsupplyd Thou saw'st our too much fondnes of life * needed thy parting with it to reconcile us to death Thou saw'st our fear of sufferings could no way be abated but by freely undergoing them in thine own person O blessed JESU whose grace alone * begins and perfects all our hopes How are we bound to praise thy love how infinitely oblig'd to adore thy goodnes At any rate thou would'st stil go on to heal our weak and wounded nature Even at the price of thine own dear blood thou would'st finish for us the purchase of heav'n Glory be c. Psal LXXI AWake my soul and speedily prepare * thy richest sacrifice of humble praise Awake and summon all thy thoughts * to make hast and adore our great Redeemer For now 't is time we should reverently go and offer our harts at the foot of his Cross Thither let us fly from the troubles of the world there let us dwel among the mercys of heav'n Under the shade of that happy tree let us kneel and often look up to our dearest Lord Let us remember every passage of his love and be sure that none escape our thanks Let us compassionate every stroak of his death and one by one salute his sacred wounds Blest be the hands that wrought so many miracles and were bor'd with cruel nails Blest be the feet that so often travail'd for us and at last were unmercifully fastned to the Cross Blest be the head which was crown'd with thorns the head that so industriously studied our happines Blest be the hart which was pierced with a spear the hart that so passionately lov'd our peace Blest be the entire person of our Crucifyd Lord and may all our powers joyn in his praise In thy eternal praise O gracious JESU and the ravishing thoughts of thy incomparable sweetnes O what excess of kindnes was this what strange extremity of love and pity The Lord is sold that the slave may be free the Innocent condemn'd that the guilty may be sav'd The Phisician is sick that the Patient may be cur'd and God himself dys that man may live Tell me my Soul when first thou hast well consider'd * and lookt about among all we know Tell me who ever wisht us so much good who ever lov'd us with so much tendernes What have our nearest friends done for us or even our Parents in comparison of this Charity No less then the Son of God came down to redeem us no less then his own dear life was the price he paid for us What can the favour of the whole world promise us compar'd to this miraculous bounty No less then the joys of Angels are become our hope no less then the Kingdom of heav'n is made our inheritance Glory be
made the light his Garment and commanded the Clouds to be the chariot of his triumph The gates of heaven obey'd their Lord and the everlasting doors opened to the King of glory Enter bright King attended with thy beauteous Angels and the glad train of thy new deliver'd Captives Enter and repossess thy antient Throne and reign eternally at the right hand of thy Father May every knee bow low to thy exalted Name and every tongue confess thy glory May all created nature adore thy Power and the Church of thy Redeem'd exult in thy goodnes Whom have we in heav'n O Lord but Thee who expresly wentst thither to make way for thy followers What have we on earth but our hope by following Thee * to arrive at last where Thou art gon before us O glorious JESU our strength our Joy and the immortal life of all our Souls Be Thou the principal subject of our studyes and dayly entertainment of our most serious thoughts Draw us O dearest Lord from the World and our selvs that we be not entangled with any earthly desires Draw us after Thee and the odours of thy sweetnes that we may run with delight the ways of thy Commands Draw us up to Thee on thy Throne of blyss that we may see thy face and rejoyce with Thee for ever in thy Kingdom Glory be c. Psal VII WHy should our harts stil dwel upon earth since the treasure of our harts is return'd to heav'n Since our glorify'd Jesus is ascended above to prepare us a place in his own Kingdom A place of rest and secure peace where we shal see and praise and adore Him for ever A place of joy and everlasting fruition where we shal love and possess and delight in Him for ever O happy we and our poor souls if once admited to that blisful Vision If once those heav'nly portals unfold their gates and let us in to the joys of our Lord How wil our spirits be ravisht within themselvs to reflect on the fulness of their own beatitude How shal we all rejoyce in one anothers felicity but infinitely more in the infinitely greater felicity of God! O heav'n towards thee we lift up our languishing heads and with stretcht-out hands reach at thy gloryes When O Thou Finisher of all our hopes when shal we once behold that incomparable light That light which illuminates the eys of Angels and renews the youth of Saints That light which is thy very self O Lord our God! whom we shal there see face to face Whom we shal there know as we are known we shal know thee in thine own clear light O light shine thou perpetually in our eys that thy brightnes may darken the false lustre of this world O Light shed thou thy flames in our harts that thy heat may consume all other desires That we may burn continually with the chast love of thee til thine own bright day appear Til we be cal'd from this vale of darknes into the glorious presence of the living God To see Him that made the heav'ns and the earth and disposes all creatures in so beauteous order To see him that first gave us our being then govern'd us in our way * and brought us at length to so blest an end Meanwhile O gracious Lord the Crown of all thy Saints and only expectation of thy faithful servants Make us entertain our life with the comfort of this hope and our hope with the assurance of thy promises Make us still every day more perfectly understand * our own great duty thy infinite love Make us continually meditate the advancement of Thy glory and invite all the World to sing thy praises Praise our Lord O you holy Angels Praise him O you happy Saints Praise him O you Faithful departed in his grace Praise him O you Living who subsist by his mercy Praise him in the vast immensity of his power Praise him in the admirable wisdom of his Providence Praise him in the blest effects of his goodnes Praise him in the infinitenes of all his Attributes Praise thy Eternal Self O glorious God! and to all the felicities Thou essentially possessest may every creature say Amen Glory be Antiph O how adorable are thy Counsels O Lord how strangely endearing the ways of thy love Alleluia Capit. 1 Pet. 1. Blessed be God and the Father of our Lord JESUS Christ who according to his great mercy has regenerated us to a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and pure and which cannot fade conserv'd for you in the heav'ns Hymn II. VVAke my Soul rise from this Bed Of dull and slugish earth Quickly rise lift up thy head And see thy Lords new birth Once He cam O blessed He Born of a Virgin-Womb Now He comes both times for thee Sprung from a Virgin tomb Lo he rises fresh and bright Incircled round with Stars Which from Him take all their light And from his glorious Scars Stil as He his progress makes Up to his heav'n again Each blest Saint his musick takes And follows in his train Thus together They ascend Til at heav'n gates they come Where the Angels all attend To bid them welcome home Soon they know again their King Soon they his Call obey All the Quires come forth to sing And crown with mirth the Day Come my soul let us rejoyce Let us our Concert bring Up to heav'n le ts lift our voice And with the Angels sing Glory honor pow'r and praise To the mysterious Three As at first begining was May now and ever be Antiph Why seek you the Living among the the Dead He is risen He is not here He is gloriously ascended and the heav'ns have receiv'd Him Alleluia Alleluia Benedictus BLessed be our Lord the God of Israel for he has visited and redeem'd his People And rais'd up a Kingdom of Salvation to us in the house of David his Servant As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets who have been since the world began Salvation from our Enemies and from the hands of all that hate us To shew mercy to our Fathers and to remember his holy Testament The Oath which he sware to Abraham our Father that he would give us Himself That being deliver'd from the hand of our enemys we may serve him without fear In holines and Justice before him * all the days of our life And Thou Child shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of our Lord to prepare his ways To give Knowledg of salvation to his people for remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God wherby the Day-spring from on High has visited us To give light to them that sit in darknes and in the shadow of death to direct our feet into the way of Peace Glory be c. Antiph Why seek you the Living among the dead He is risen He is not here He is gloriously ascended and
the Heavens have received Him Alleluja Alleluja O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to thee Let us Pray O God who hast glorify'd our Victorious Saviour with a visibly triumphant Resurrection from the dead and Ascension into Heaven where he sits at thy right hand the Worlds supream Governour and final Judg Grant we humbly beseech thee his Triumphs and Glorys may ever shine in our eyes to make us more clearly and couragiously look thorow his sufferings and assure by his Example our hopes on his promises that if by thy grace we endeavour to live and dye like Him purely for the advance of thy love in our selvs and others Thou wilt raise again our bodies too and conforming them to his glorious body call us up above the clouds and give us possession of thy everlasting Kingdom Through the same our Lord JESUS CHRIST thy Son who with thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen COMMEMORATIONS For the B. Virgin Antiph And the King sate on his Throne and a Throne was plac'd for the Kings Mother and She sate on his right hand And the King said to her ask on my Mother for I will not deny thee V. Ask thou all Blessings for us O Blessed among Women R. Of thy wombs Blessed Fruit our Lord JESUS O God who hast endow'd the ever Blessed Virgin MARY with all the graces on earth and all the gloryes in heaven worthy the Mother of thy son the Worlds great Redeemer Grant we beseech thee that as we praise and magnifie thy Name for so highly exalting the lowliness of thy Handmaid we may be encourag'd by the confidence of her intercession to hope still more in thy mercy both for pardon of our sins and conduct of our lives and joyful reception into thy everlasting Kingdom through the same our Lord JESUS CHRIST thy Son who with thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen For the Saints Antiph They seem in the eys of the foolish dead to themselves and all the world but they rest with God in immortal peace and exercise towards us a far greater charity V. Hear thou O Lord their Prayers for us in Heaven R. Who on Earth have taught us to pray O Eternal Father whose holy Spirit by thy blessed Apostles has planted in the world the saving Doctrine of thy Son and water'd it with so much sweat blood of Them and their Followers that it has o'respread the earth and born much fruit to heav'n Most thankfully we praise Thee for the gracious Lives and Deaths of all thy Saints here and the glorious Crowns with which they are rewarded in thy Kingdom where we humbly beseech Thee accept their intercession for us siners applying so home to our harts their Memorys and Merits that we too by thy grace may in some measure live and dy like Them and be crown'd at length with the same blisful rewards through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen For the Church Antiph Let us in all things grow in Him who is our head Christ from whom the whole body being compact and knit together by every joynt of subministration increases to the edifying it self in charity V. We all are Members of the same Body R. Let us serve and love and pray for one another O God who gatherest thy Flock out of all Nations into the saving Fold of one Catholik Church where thy Providence has ordain'd Bishops and Pastors immediately to feed thy Sheep and Lambs and one Supreme Governour to secure Unity among the rest Bless we beseech thee thy Servant N. who at present sits in the known Chair of St. Peter with all the graces necessary to that highest Office on earth Bless all Bishops and their Clergy with courage and skil and fatherly care to edify and guard their several Charges Bless all the Faithful with a filial love and due obedience to their Superiours that the clearnes of truth and beauty of holines dayly increasing in thy Church through every ones devout pursuance of their dutys all Heresies and Schisms may at length vanish among Christians and all Pagans and Jews be happily won into her sacred bosom the sole Ark of Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end Amen For the King Antiph Be subject to all in Autority to the King as most excellent and to the Rulers as sent by Him for punishment of the Bad and reward of the Good Be subject for so is the Will of God that by doing well you may stop the mouths of the ignorant and malicious V. Be subject not only for fear R. But for Conscience sake O God by whom alone Kings reign and all kinds and degrees of lawful Magistracy are substituted to provide for the publik Peace among such infinite varieties of humours and interests and by restraining private injurys to remove the impediments of true Charity that so the whole State and each Member may be built up together to their greatest fitness for thy heav'nly Kingdom Preserve we humbly beseech thee and govern by thy grace our Soveraign Lord King Charles endow his royal Person with Wisdom and Courage and all qualities befitting his weighty Office Bless him with fidedelity and diligence in his Ministers and with reverence and obedience in all his Subject that the sword of Justice in his Hand may establish us in peace and plenty to our freer improvement under the Discipline of true vertue and the higher exalting his own Crown in the Kingdom of Eternity through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end Amen O Lord hear our Prayers And let our Supplications come to Thee Bless we our Lord. Thanks be to God May the Souls of the Faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace Amen Pause and meditate a while according to your devotion Then say The Blessing of God Almighty Father Son and holy Ghost descend upon us and dwell in our harts for ever Amen Pause a while then rise And so ends the Morning Office These four Conmemorations are said every day at the end of Lauds Sunday Vespers IN the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Amen Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever Amen Our Father Hail Mary O God incline unto our aid O Lord make hast to help us Glory be to As it was Alleluja Antiph Glorious things are said of Thee thou 〈◊〉 City of the King of Heav'n Alleluja Psal VIII LEt them O Lord seek other delights who expect no felicity from thee Let them fill up their time with other imployments who think thy rewards not worth their labour As for thy servants our chief content shall be to meditate
others There we shall rest for ever in the protection of our God in the arms and bosom of our dearest Lord. O Heav'n the eternal source of all these joys and infinitely more and infinitely greater As the Hart pants after the water-brooks so let my soul thirst after thee After Thee let me dayly sigh and mourn and with a fixt and longing ey look up and say When O my God shall I sit at that fountain head and drink my fill of those living streams When shall I be inâ—â—briated with that torrent of pleasâ—â—res which springs for ever from thy glorious Throne O that the days of my banishment were fully finish't How is the time of my pilgrimage prolong'd Why am I still detain'd in this vally of tears stil wandring up and down in this wilderness of dangers Come Thou sweet JESU my only Hope and sure Deliverer out of all my sorrows Come Thou and here begin to dwell in my hart and fit me for the life I shall lead hereafter Come O my dearest Lord and prepare my soul for Thee and then when thou pleasest take it to Thy self Glory be c. Antiph Never can we say too much of this glorious subject never can we think enough of the felicities of heaven Alleluja Capit. Rom. 12. Let love be without dissimulation Hate that which is evil Cleave to that which is good Love brotherly charity one towards another with honor preventing one another In business not slothful In spirit fervent Serving our Lord. Rejoycing in hope Patient in tribulation Instant in prayer Communicating to the necessities of the Saints Practising hospitality Bless them that persecute you Bless and curse not Rejoyce with them that rejoyce Weep with them that weep being mutually of the same mind not affecting high things but condescending to mean things Be not wise in your own conceits Render to none evil for evil Be solicitous to do well not only before God but in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as is in you live peaceably with every one Revenge not your selvs most dearly Beloved but give place to wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will repay saith our Lord. But if thy enemy hunger give him meat if he thirst give him drink for doing this thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Hymn III. WHy do we seek felicity Where 't is not to be found And not dear Lord look up to Thee Where all delights abound Why do we seek for treasure here On this false barren sand Where nought but empty shels appear And marks of Shipwrack stand O world how litle do thy joys Concern a soul that knows It self not made for such low toys As thy poor hand bestows How cross art thou to that design For which we had our birth Us who were made in heav'n to shine Thou bow'st down to thy earth Nay to thy hell for thither sink All that to thee submit Thou strew'st some flowers on the brink To drown us in the pit World take away thy tinsel wares That dazle here our eys Let us go up above the Stars Where all our treasure lys The way we know our dearest Lord Himself is gone before And has ingag'd his faithful word To open us the door But O my God! reach down thy hand And take us up to Thee That we about thy Throne may stand And all thy glories see All glory to the sacred Three One everliving Lord As at the first still may He be Belov'd obey'd ador'd Antiph O glorious God! thy infinite perfections cause us to admire Thee and thy bounteous promises ingage us to hope in Thee Thy incomparable beauty ravishes our harts and the joys thou hast prepared for us transcend all our wishes Alleluja Magnificat My soul magnifys our Lord And my spirit has rejoyced in God my Saviour Because he has regarded the low degree of his handmaid For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me Blessed For he that is mighty has done great things to me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation He has shew'd strength in his arm he has scatter'd the proud in the imagination of their harts He has depos'd the pow'rful from their seat and exalted them of low degree He has fill'd the hungry with good things and the rich sent empty away He has receiv'd Israel his child being mindful of his mercy As he spake to our Fathers to Abraham and his seed for ever Glory be c. Antiph O glorious God! thy infinite perfections cause us to admire Thee and thy bounteous promises ingage us to hope in thee thy incomparable beauty ravishes our harts and the joys thou hast prepar'd for us transcend all our wishes Alleluja O Lord hear our Pray'rs And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O God who graciously woo'st us to our eternal Inheritance by describing its inexpressible glorys all possibly-taking ways to our low conceits that they may fitly insinuate themselvs and become by degrees absolute Master of our harts Bring them we beseech Thee stil seasonably into our memorys and so strongly settle them in our affections that our souls being wholly ravish't with these great hopes all the temptations and vanities of this world may fly unconcerningly by us and never be able to distract our intire and steddy and dayly strengthning desires of entring once for ever into possession of thy Kingdom through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without End Amen O Lord hear our pray'rs And let our supplications come to Thee Bless we our Lord. Thanks be to God May the souls of the Faithful Departed through the mercy of God rest in peace Amen Pause a while to reflect on what you have said and to renew your attention Then begin Complin Sunday Complin V. OUr help is in the Name of our Lord R. Who made heav'n and earth V. Convert us O God our Saviour R. And turn away thy anger from us V. O God incline unto our ayd R. O Lord make hast to help us V. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost R. As it was in the begining both now and ever world without end Amen Alleluia Antiph All is unquiet here til we come to Thee and repose at last in the Kingdom of Peace Psal XI VVHo wil give me the wings of a Dove that I may fly away and be at rest That I may fly away from the troubles of this life and be at rest Dear Lord with Thee Here we alas are forc't to sigh and bear with grief the burthen of our miserys Often we encounter chances that endanger us and divert our progres in the way to Blys Often we are assaulted with temptations that overcome us and set us back in the accounts of eternity How
Creation to its end Vouchsafing so to order all thy creatures about us by thy grace that they may attain their perfection in duly serving us and we Ours in eternally injoying Thee through our Lord JESUS Christ thy Son who with Thee and the holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen Commemorations c. as pag. 29. Monday Vespers IN the Name of the Father c. as pag. 33. Antiph To know Thee O Lord is the highest learning and to be known of Thee the greatest happines Psal XXI LEt us now consider O Lord our God! let us thankfully remember what Thou art to us Thou art the great Begining of our nature and glorious end of all our actions Thou art the overflowing Source from whence we spring and the immense Ocean into which we tend Thou art the free Bestower of all we possess and faithful Promiser of all we hope Thou art the strong Sustainer of our lives and ready Deliverer from all our enemys Thou art the merciful Scourger of our sins and bounteous Rewarder of our obedience Thou art the safe Conducter of our pilgrimage and the eternal Rest of our wearied souls Such words alas our narrownes is constrain'd to use * when we endeavour to speak thy bountys Wider a litle can our thoughts extend yet infinitely less than the least of thy mercys Tell us thy self one word of thine expresses more * then all the eloquence of men and Angels Tell us Thy self O Thou mild instructer of the ignorant what thou art to us Say to our souls Thou art our salvation but say it so that we may hear Thee Gladly will we run after the sound of that voice and hope by following it to find out Thee When we have found Thee once O Thou joy of our harts never let us lose thy sight again Never let us turn our eys from Thee but steddily fix them on thy glorious face Suffer us not to go till thou hast given us thy blessing and then may thy blessing bind us faster to Thee Glory be c. Antiph To know Thee O Lord is the highest learning and to be known of Thee the greatest happines Antiph To know our selvs is the truest wisdom and to see our own poverty the safest riches Psal XXII LEt us now consider O Lord our God! let us humbly remember what we are to Thee We who alas are nothing in our selvs what can we be to thy Immensity Thou who art all things in thine own rich self what canst thou receive from our poverty This only we are to Thee O great Creator the unthankful object of all thy bountys This only we are to Thee O dear Redeemer the unworthy cause of all thy sufferings Guilty we committed the crime and thou with thine innocency undertookst the punishment We went astray from the path of life and thy mercy came down from heav'n to seek us To seek us in the wilderness where we had lost our selvs and bring us home to the discipline of thy love Lord what are we that thou shouldst thus regard * such poor and vile and inconsiderable wretches What can our good will avail thy Blyss that with so many charms thou woo'st us to love Thee What can our malice prejudice thy content that thou threatnest so violently if we love thee not Is there O my God not felicity enough * in the sweetness alone of loving Thee Is there perhaps not misery enough * in living depriv'd of thy blysful love Yes Yes dear Lord and that thou knew'st and that 's the only cause * which mov'd thy goodnes to court our affections Thou knew'st we else would cast away our selvs * by doating on the follys of this deceitful world Thou knew'st the danger of our wilful nature and therefore striv'st by greatest fears and greatest hopes And all the wisest arts of love and bounty * to draw us to thy self and endow us with thy kingdom Unhappy we whose frowardness requir'd so strange proceeding * to force upon us our own salvation Happy we whose wants have met so kind a hand that needed but our emptines to engage him to fill us Happy yet more that our Lord who thus favours us now * will at last even give us Himself Glory be c. Antiph To know our selvs is the truest wisdom and to see our own Poverty the safest riches Antiph Vanity of vanitys all is vanity but the love of God and hope to enioy Him Psal XXIII LOrd without Thee what 's all the world to us * but a flying dream of busie vanitys It promises indeed a Paradise of blyss but all it performs is an empty cloud Thine are the joys that shine fixt as the stars and make the only solid heav'n Lord without Thee what are we to our selvs but the wretched causes of our own ruin We till thou gav'st us Being were purely nothing more remov'd from happines then the miserablest of thy creatures Now thou hast made us we wholly depend on Thee and perish immediately if thou forsake us Thou without us art the same all-glorious Essence brim-ful of thy own eternal felicity Without us thy royal Throne stands firm for ever and all the Powers of heav'n obey thy pleasure Pity O gracious Lord our imperfect nature whose every circumstance is so contrary to Thine Thou dwel'st above in the Mansions of glory and we below in houses of clay Thou art immortal and thy day out-lives all time we every moment go downwards to our grave Thou art immense and thy presence fills the heav'ns but the Greatest of us alas how litle are we Two yards of air contain us while we live and a few spans of earth suffice us at our death When O my God shall these distances meet together when will these extremitys embrace each other We know they once were miraculously joyn'd * in the sacred Person of thy eternal Son When the King of heav'n stoopt down to earth and grafted into his own Person the nature of man We hope they once again shall be happily united * in the blysful vision of thy glorious Self When the children of the earth shall be exalted to heav'n and made partakers of thy divine nature But are there no means for us here below O Thou infinitely high and glorious God! Is there no way to approach towards Thee and diminish at least this uncomfortable distance None but the way of holy love which none can attain but by thy free gift Nor must we sinners dare to ask thy love being infinitely unworthy to be cal'd thy servants Rather let us humbly beg the grace to love Thee who art so many ways worthy of more than our harts And yet O dearest Lord unless thou first love us and sweetly draw us by thy gentle hand Never shal we be so happy as to love Thee nor ever happy unless we love Thee O bounteous God! to all thy favours add this one * of making us esteem Thee above them
tender care hast contriv'd such means * that nothing can undo us but our own perversnes How easie hast thou made the way to heav'n how light is the burthen thou lay'st on thy followers 'T is but to love Thee our greatest Benefactor and we perfectly fulfil every branch of thy Law 'T is but desiring to see Thee our supream Beatitude and we are sure to possess an eternity of joy Blessed O my God be the wisdom of thy Providence that alone knows the way to draw good out of evil That not only restores us to our first degree but makes even our fall rebound us to a greater hight Lord as thy goodnes turns all things to the advantage of thy Elect O may the Elect praise thy goodnes in all things Glory be c. Psal XXXII ADmirable wert thou O Lord in thy merciful promise but infinitely more in thy wonderful performance Thou deputedst not an Angel to supply thy place nor entrustedst so tender a work to the manage of a Seraphin But Thy self bow'dst the heav'ns and cam'st down and with thy own blest hands wroughtst our redemption Thy self took'st upon thee our frail nature and vouchsaf'dst to be born of an humble Virgin Thou condescendedst to the weaknesses of a child a child whose parents were poor and unesteem'd in the world Thou declinedst not the mean entertainment of a stable O how unfit for the birth of the King of Heav'n Thou contentedst thy self with the cradle of a manger and the uneasy lodging on a bed of straw Thou refusedst the soft accomodations of the rich to undergo the inconveniencies of a poor stranger Only the faithful Ioseph stood waiting on Thee and provided as he was able for his helples family Only thy pious Mother dearly embrac't Thee and wrapt thy tender limbs in litle clouts Wonder O heavens and be amaz'd O earth and every creature humbly bow your heads Bow and adore this incomprehensible mystery The VVORD was made flesh dwelt among us But most of all we who are most concern'd the banisht children of unfortunate Adam Let us bow down our faces to the dust and prostrate adore so unspeakable a mercy Behold thus low my Saviour stoopt for me * to check the pride of my corrupted nature Behold thus low He stoopt to take me from the ground and raise me to the felicitys of his own Kingdom Lift up thy voice with joy O my soul and sing Hosanna to the new born JESUS Call all the blessed Angels to celebrate his birth and repeat afresh that heav'nly Antheme Glory be to God on high * in earth peace towards men of good will Lift up thy voice aloud O my soul and to the Quires of heav'n ioyn the musick of the Church Glory be c. Psal XXXIII REjoyce all you faithful Nations of the earth * when you hear the sweet Name of our dear Redeemer Rejoyce and with your bended knees and harts * adore the blessed JESUS He is the Son of the everliving God equally participating the glorys of his Father He is that great Messias whom the Prophets foretold * and all the ancient Saints so long expected At length in the fulnes of time he came to visit in person our miserable world He came with his hands full of miracles and every miracle full of mercy He made the crooked become straight and the lame to walk and leap for joy He open'd the ears of the deaf to hear and gave sight to them that were born blind He loosen'd the tongues of the dumb to speak O may he govern ours to sing his praise He clens'd the leprous by the word of his mouth and heal'd their diseases who but toucht his garment To the poor he reveal'd the treasures of his Gospel and taught the simple the mysterys of his Kingdom He cast out Devils by the command of his Will and forc't them to confess and adore his Person He rais'd the dead from the grave to life the dead that were four days buryed and corrupted Nay even Himself being slain for us on the Cross * and his tomb made fast and secur'd with a guard He rais'd again by his own victorious power and carry'd up our nature into the highest heav'ns All these stupendious signs O glorious JESU were done by the hand of Thy Almighty mercy To witness thy truth with the seal of heav'n and endear thy precepts with obliging miracles That thus engag'd we might believe in Thee and obeying thy Law be eternally sav'd O Let not all this love dear Lord be lost be so many Tokens so kindly exprest One miracle more we humbly beg but one as strange and hard as any of the rest Soften our stony harts into a tender sense * of thy great goodnes and their own true duty Raise our dead spirits from this heavy earth to dwell with Thee in the land of the Living That as we here admire thy bounteous Power and daily sing the wonders of thy Grace We may herafter adore thy Blessed Self and sing eternally the wonders of thy Glory Glory be c. Antiph Praise our Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits Capit. Jude v. 24 25. TO Him who is able to preserve you without sin and set you immaculate before the sight of his glory in exultation at the coming of our Lord JESUS Christ to the only God our Saviour by JESUS Christ our Lord be glory and magnificence Empire and Power before all ages and now and to all ages for ever Amen Hymn X. LEt others take their course And sing what Name they please Let wealth or beauty be their Theme Such empty sounds as these For me I 'le ne're admire A lump of burnisht clay Howe're it shines it is but dust And shall to dust decay Sweet JESUS is the Name My song shall still adore Sweet JESUS is the charming word That does my life restore When I am dead in grief Or which is worse in sin I call on JESUS and he hears And I to live begin Wherefore to thee bright Name Behold thus low I bow And thus again yet is all this Far less then what I ow. Down then down both my knees Still lower to the ground While with mine eys and voice lift up Aloud these lines I sound Live glorious King of heav'n By all the heav'n ador'd Live gracious Saviour of the world Our chief and only Lord. Live and for ever may Thy throne establisht be For ever may all harts and tongues Sing hyms of praise to Thee Amen Antiph I saw the bright Sun shew his flaming eys and behold a thousand rays fill'd the ayr and beauteously guilded the earth his glorious face but maskt it self in a cloud and immediately they vanisht away and their place was to be found no more I said such O my God just such is the stability of every creature V. Even the line we now repeat must beg its breath of Thee R. And stop if Thou deny'st it O Lord hear our
blest purpose in us and finish these happy beginings towards us For our hopes are great thou hast chosen us to thy glory since already thou so far art engag'd by thy grace Glory be c. Antiph Dreadful art Thou O Lord in the terrors of thy judgments but infinitely more amiable in the sweetnes of thy mercys Capit. Rom. 13. LEt every soul be subject to the higher Pow'rs for there is no Power but of God and they that be are ordain'd of God who ever therefore resists the Power resists the ordinance of God and they who resist purchase to themselves damnation For Princes are not a terror to good but evil works wilt thou then not be afraid of the Power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of it for he is the minister of God to thee for good but if thou dost evil fear for he bears not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to wrath on him that does evil Wherefore be subject to what is so necessary not only for wrath but also for conscience And for this cause do you also pay tribute for they are the ministers of God serving to this very purpose Render therfore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honor to whom honor Ow no man any thing but to love one another for he who loves has fulfill'd the Law Hymn XI FAin would my thoughts fly up to Thee Thy peace sweet Lord to find But when I offer still the world Lays clogs upon my mind Sometimes I climb a litle way And thence look down below How nothing there do all things seem That here make such a show Then round about I turn my eys To feast my hungry sight I meet with heav'n in every thing In every thing delight I see thy Wisdom ruling all And it with joy admire I see my self among such hopes As set my hart on fire When I have thus triumph't a while And think to build my nest Some cross conceits come fluttering by And interrupt my rest Then to the earth again I fall And from my low dust cry 'T was not in my wing Lord but thine That I got up so high And now my God whether I rise Or still ly down in dust Both I submit to thy blest will In both on Thee I trust Guide thou my way who art thy self My everlasting End That every step or swift or slow Still to thy self may tend To Father Son and holy Ghost One Consubstantial Three All highest praise all humblest thanks Now and for ever be Antiph What hart can resist the great King of Kings terrible and amiable and mightily shewing Both in glorious miracles of vengeance and love V. His right hand holds a golden Scepter R. And his left a flaming sword O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O God who by hopes and fears the main swayers of our nature here hast graciously provided to counterpoise our weight downwards and sustain our faint progress up to Thee in thy Kingdom Grant we humbly beseech Thee that the many notorious Examples of thy dreadful judgments on obstinate and incorrigible sinners may strongly over-aw our vices and impenitence and thy many more eminent instances of indulgence and mercy to the penitent and truly desirous of vertue may incourage our weaknes into effectual endeavours after it by the abundant and surely efficatious means thou hast vouchsaf't in thy Church through our Lord O Lord hear c. As page 45. Tuesday Complin OUr help is in c. as page 46. Antiph Thou art O Lord all goodnes and patience and we alas all sin and disobedience Psal XXXVII GOod God how extreamly ingrateful are we how strangely insensible of our manifest duty Every creature hears thy voice but we every thing lives by rule but we The Sun observs its constant rising and sets exactly at his appointed time The Sun stands still if thou commandest and even goes back to obey thy will And yet the Sun pretends no reward nor looks to be plac'd in a higher heav'n We who expect those glorious promises and aim no lower then the heav'n of heav'ns Shall we forget the law of our God that only instructs us to perfect our selvs We who are bought by the blood of JESUS and freely redeem'd by his sacred Cross Shall we neglect so gracious a Saviour whose only design is to draw us to his love Shall we neglect so generous a love whose only effect is to make us happy O may thy holy will dear Lord be all our rule and thy gracious hand our only guide O may thy infinite goodnes engage us to love Thee and thy blessed love prepare us to enjoy Thee Glory be c. Psal XXXVIII WHat did I say O Lord my God! we guide not our lives by thy strait rules It was too mild and gentle a reproof * for us who quite contradict thy Laws What thou forbidst we eagerly pursue and what thou command'st our frowardnes still resists We boldly converse with temptation and sin which thy charity advises us to fly like death We timorously fear a loss or frown where Thou bidst us proceed with undaunted courage We govern our actions by our own wild fancys and expect thy Providence should comply with our humors We would have Thee relieve us when we list and rain and shine as we think fit Pardon O gracious Lord this rude perversnes and fashion our spirits to submit to Thee Make us exactly observe what Thou prescrib'st how bitter so ever it tasts to our sense We are sure thy wisdom knows our infirmities we are sure thy Goodnes delights in our relief Glory be c. Psal XXXIX T Was not alone to make the day that Thou O Lord did'st make the Sun But to teach us these pious Lessons and write them plain as it 's own beams So should our light shine forth to others and so our charity warm their coldness So when they say we are under a cloud we should like the Sun be really above it And though we appear sometimes Eclipst or even extinguisht in a night of sorrow Still we should shine to our selves and Thee and still go on the ways of light Still like the regular Sun unchangedly expect * the appointed periods of bright and dark Only in this we gladly disagree and blest be our God who made the difference Not like the Sun that every night goes down and must at last be quite put out When we have finisht here our course and seem to set to this dark earth We hope to rise and set no more but shine perpetually in a brighter heav'n Glory be c. Antiph Thou art O Lord all goodnes and patience and we alas all sin and disobedience Hymn XII BLessed O Lord be thy wise grace That governs all our day And to the night assigns its place To rest us in our way If
* and are opprest under the weight of your sins Come to me you that hunger after heav'n * and thirst to drink at the fountain of blyss Come to me and I will refresh you * with the wine of gladnes and the bread of life Come you that are weak that you may grow strong and you that are strong lest you become weak Come you that have leisure and here entertain your time come you that are busy and here learn to sanctify your imployment Come all and gather freely of this celestial Manna and fill your souls with the food of Angels Glory be c. Psal LVIII THus does our gracious Lord invite and shall we go shall sinners dare to sit down at his table Thus He invites and shall we not go shall wretches presume to refuse his Call Rise then my soul and take thy swiftest wings and fly to the presence of this great Mystery Soon as thou com'st bow low thy head and humbly adore our hidden God Our God who is come thus far to meet us and brings along with him a whole heav'n to entertain us Arise and leave the world behind thee and run with gladnes to salute thy Lord Enter the Palace of that admirable Tabernacle the house of his own most glorious Residence There we shall see the Eternal Word * that descended from heav'n to become man for us We shall see him still more wonderfully abridg'd * into a lesser space and lower shape There we shall see the Lord of glory * vested with the familiar forms of bread and wine There we shall see the Prince of Peace * sacrifice himself to reconcile us with his Father There we shall see O stupendious mercy the Son of God stoop even to the mouths of men Can we O dear Redeemer believe these Wonders and not be ravisht with admiration of thy love Can we acknowledg thy supream Veracity and not believe were they possible stil greater wonders What though our eys say ther 's nothing but bread our faith assures us there 's nothing but our Saviour Shall not the almighty Power that made our senses * exceed the operation of his own creatures Shall we refuse to believe our God because his mercys transcend our capacitys No no 't is thy very self we see O Blessed JESU 't is thine own light by which we see Thee None but an infinite Wisdom could ever have invented * so strange and high and prodigious a mystery None but a more then infinite Goodnes would ever have imparted * so dear and tender and rich a blessing Glory be c. Psal LIX LOrd who are we unworthy sinners that thus thou regardest our wretched dust What is all the world compar'd to Thee that thus thou seem'st to disregard thy self 'T is for our sakes and to draw us to thy love that thou personally vouchsafest to dwell among us 'T is for our sakes and to spare the infirmity of our nature that thy brightnes appears not in its proper luster Blessed O JESU are the eys that see thee in this kind disguise and the mouth that reverently receives Thee Blessed yet more is the hart that desires thy coming and longs to see thee in thy beauteous self O Thou eternal Lord of grace and glory * our joy and portion in the land of the Living What hast thou there prepar'd for thy servants who bestowest such pledges of thy bounty here What dost Thou there reserve in thine own Kingdom who giv'st us Thy self in this place of banishment How will thy open vision transport our souls when our dark faith yields such delight Nothing on earth so sweet as to kneel whole hours before thee and one by one consider thy innumerable mercys VVhat must it be in heaven to shine continually before Thee and all in one contemplate thy uâ—â—speakable glorys O my ador'd Redeemer when will that happy day appear that mine eys may behold thee without a veil When will these clouds and shadows pass away that thy beams may shine on me in their full brightnes Object not against me dearest Lord that none can see thy face and live Those fears thy love has chang'd and all my hope * is now to live by seeing thee Say not O thou mild and gracious Majesty if I approach thy presence I must dy Rather instruct me so to dy that I may live for ever in thy presence Glory be c. Antiph How great is the multitude of thy sweetnes O Lord which Thou hast hidden for those that love Thee Capit. 7. Apoc. A Men Benediction and Glory and VVisdom and Thanksgiving Honor and Power and Strength be to our God for ever and ever Amen Hymn XVIII VVIth all the pow'rs my poor soul hath Of humble love and loyal faith Thus low my God I bow to Thee VVhom too much love bow'd low'r for me Down busy sense Discourses dy And all adore Faith's Mystery Faith is my skill Faith can believe As fast as Love new laws can give Faith is my ey Faith strength affords To keep pace with those pow'rful words And words more sure more sweet then they Love could not think Truth could not say O dear Memorial of that death VVhich still survives and gives us breath Live ever bread of Life and be My food my joy my all to me Come glorious Lord my hopes encrease And fill my portion in thy peace Come hidden life and that long day For which I languish come away When this dry soul those eys shal see And drink the unseald source of Thee When glory's Sun faith's shade shal chase And for thy veil give me thy face Antiph He feeds the young Ravens that call on Him and says He esteems us much better then them behold a full proof He feeds them and all things else but to feed us behold yet a fuller O Riddle of Bounty even out of the Feeder himself comes food for us V. The bread of life which came down from heav'n R. Feed us with the bread of science and understanding O Lord hear our pray'rs And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O Bounteous Lord the continual supplier of thy creatures with all convenient sustenance to advance our growth and strength fit to take heav'n by violence and rise at length eternal Injoyers of thy self Fix we beseech Thee our eys and adoration on that open Hand which thus graciously gives us our dayly bread and grant that the miraculous Feast of thy Sons Body and Blood may duly sanctify our tasts to all other thy bountys that they may relish as they are only thy great love to us and feed as they ought purely thy dear love in us through the same our Lord Commemorations as Page 29. Thursday Vespers OUr Father c. as Page 33. Antiph Whether O my God should we wander if left to our selvs where should we fix our harts if not directed by thee Psal LX. UNhappy man at first created just as every work comes fair from
do what ever else we are doing This we can do even while we sit still and only move our thoughts towards Thee Nay then we best perform this best of works when all our powers are quiet in Thee Yet let not this thy facil sweetnes dearest Lord be abus'd by us to a wanton neglect But make us love Thee so much more as Thou more discover'st the excess of thy love Glory be c. Antiph Too often are we troubled about many things when the truly necessary is but One. Hymn XXVIII MY soul what 's all this world to thee This world of sin and wo Where only sense can tast its sweets And those unwholsom too Truth is thy food truth thy delight Which cannot here be free Thy mind was born to know and love What this life ne're can see Malicious world how dost thou lay and cover thy false baits Here those of pleasure there of gain Each for our ruine waits Unhappy we it is our fault 'T is we our life abuse The world presents a furnisht shop And we the tools misuse So have I seen a litle child If Nurse but turn her ey Instead of heft take hold o' th blade And cut it self and cry This litle child alas am I Self-will'd self-wounded too But Lord turn not thy face away Lest I my self undo O make me stil so use this world That I the other gain O make me so the other love That this its end attain It s end to breed up souls for heav'n Then be it self new drest No more corruption no more change But one perpetual rest To Father Son and holy Ghost The undivided Three One equal glory one same praise Now and for ever be Capit. Thessal 5. THe day of our Lord shall come as a thief in the night let us not therefore sleep as others but watch and be sober For God has not appointed us to wrath but to the purchasing salvation by our Lord JESVS Christ who dyed for us that whether we wake or sleep we may live together with Him Antiph We have here no permanent City but are bound in quest of Jerusalem above the eternal mansion of Blyss V. Jesus came down to give us a glimpse of it R. And made his own life the Card to direct us to it O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to thee Let us pray O God whose eternal Providence has imbarkt our souls in the ship of our bodys not to expect any port or anchorage on the Sea of this world but steer directly through it to thy glorious Kingdom grant we beseech Thee that daily reflecting with what care and unwearied diligence the wretched Adventurers for all sorts of vanity pursue round about us their desperate courses we may hartily feel our selvs confounded with just reproach who knowing our ingagement on so important a voyage yet take so litle pains to perform it Preserve us O Lord from those dangerous winds that on all sides assault us and keep the sails of our affections still duly trim'd to receive thy holy inspirations that carried sweetly forward by the gales of thy Spirit we may happily arrive at last in the haven of eternal salvation through our Lord Vouchsafe c. as page 54. to the end The OFFICE of our B. SAVIOVR Matins Introduction as Page 1. Christmas Invitatory To day for us our Lord was born alleluia Come let 's adore Him Newyears-day Invit To day our Lord was Circumciz'd and receiv'd the sweet name of JESVS alleluia Come let 's adore Him Twelfth-day Invit To day the holy Kings brought their presents to our Lordâ—â— alleluia Come let 's adore Him Candlemas-day Invit To day our Bleâ—â—ed Lord was presented in the Temple alleluia Come let 's adore Him Lady-day Invit To day the Eternal WORD was made flesh Come let 's adore Him Passion-Sunday and Palm-Sunday Invit To day if you will hear the voice of our Lord harden not your harts Easter-day All as in the Office for Sunday except as in the Proper for Festivals Invention of the Cross Invit To day the miraculous Cross of our Lord was found alleluia Come let 's adore Him Ascension Invit To day our glorious JESVS ascended into heav'n alleluia Come let 's adore Him If this Office be said on any day that is not a feast of our Saviour let the Invitatory be To day let 's adore our God that redem'd us Psal XCII BRing to our Lord all you his servants bring to our Lord the sacrifice of praise bring to our Lord all you nations of the earth bring hymns of glory to his great Name To day c. He is our God and we his people created by his goodnes to be happy for ever he is our Redeemer and we his purchase restor'd by his death to a better eternity To day c. Let us learn of Him and he will teach us his ways let us follow Him and we shal walk in the light for the Law and its types were given by Moses but grace and truth came by JESVS Christ. To day c. O Come let 's ascend to the house of our Lord and celebrate this day with a holy joy imploring his mercy for all we need and blessing his bounty for all we have To day c. Glory be c. As it was To day c. To day c. Hymn XXIX JESU who from thy Fathers throne To this low vale of tears cam'st down In our poor nature drest O may the charms of that sweet love Draw up our souls to Thee above And fix them there to rest JESU who wert with joy Conceiv'd With joy wert born while no pain griev'd Thy Mothers Virgin-womb O may we breed and bring Thee forth In our glad harts for all is mirth Where Thou art pleas'd to come JESU whose high and humble birth In heav'n the Angels and on earth The faithful Shepherds sing O may our hymns which here run low Shoot up aloft and fruitful grow In that eternal Spring JESU how soon did'st Thou begin To bleed and suffer for our sin The Circumcizing knife O may thy grace by making good Our souls just caufe ' gainst flesh and blood Cut off that dangerous strife JESU who took'st that heav'nly Name Thy blessed Purpose to proclaim Of saving lost mankind O may we bow our hart and knee Bright King of Names to glorious Thee and thy hid sweetnes find JESU who thus began'st our Blyss Thus carry'dst on our happines To Thee all praise be paid O may the Great Mysterious Three For ever live and ever be Ador'd belov'd obey'd Antiph Blessed be the mercy of our God who has left no way untry'd that could possibly recover us Psal XCIII COme now and hear you that fear our Lord and I will tell you what he has done for my soul Hear and I wil tel you what he has done for yours and the wonders of his bounty towards all the world When we lay asleep
the true light of the world they who follow Thee walk not in darknes Psal C. RIse holy Spouse of the Son of God rise and put on thy robes of joy Rise and shine forth for thy glory is come and the splendor of our Lord strikes bright upon Thee The Gentils shal walk in the beams of thy light and Kings in the lustre of thy brightnes Lift up thine eys round about and behold they gather all together and flock to Thee Thy Sons shal come from far and thy Daughters be nurst at thy side Then thou shalt see and flow in abundance thy hart shal wonder and be enlarg'd with gladnes When the multitude of the Sea shal be converted to Thee and the strength of the Gentiles submit to thy Laws The sons of strangers shal build thy walls and Princes obey thy commands The Nation shal perish that will not serve thee and the Kingdom be utterly wasted that refuses thee The sons of thy afflicters shal bow before thee and they that despis'd thee kiss thy footsteps For our Lord shal be thy everlasting light and the days of thy mourning shall end in glory To thee shal be given the Keys of heav'n and thou shalt shut and open those eternal doors Thy foundation shal be laid on a firm rock and the gates of hell not prevail against thee A way shal be made so direct and plain that the Passengers though fools shal not err therin And the Earth shal be filled with the knowledg of our Lord * as the waters cover the sea All this we read all this we firmly beleeve for the mouth of our Lord has spoken it Heav'n and earth shal pass away but not a tittle of his Word be disappointed for ever Already these sacred Prophecys are in part fulfill'd abundantly sufficient to assure us of the rest Already a Virgin has brought forth a Son and given him the gracious Name of JESUS The Kings of the east have been led to him by a star and offer'd him gold and frankincense and myrth His holy Parents have presented him in the Temple and the devout Simeon was overjoy'd to see him In his tender infancy he fled into Egypt and the Idols fell down at the presence of a child He past his private life in peace and meeknes and taught a contradicting people in patience and humility He confirm'd his doctrin with innumerable miracles and defended the truth to the last drop of his blood He rose again victoriously from the grave and ascended in triumph to the right hand of his Father And there O glorious JESU mayst thou sit and reign till all thy enemys becom thy footstool Nor has thy judgment slept O dreadful Lord but with a swift and terrible vengeance crusht them into ruine Jerusalem long since was made a heap of stones and the children of thy Crucifyers run wandring o're the world While thou art thus severe in the predictions of thy justice thou did'st not forget those of thy mercy Thousands of that ingrateful City have acknowledg'd Thee their Lord thousands of that perverse generation have submitted to thy Scepter Whole Nations of the Gentiles have embrac't thy faith and remotest Islands received thy law Blessed for ever be thy Name O Lord and blessed be the sweetnes of thy mercy Who reveal'st thy self to those that knew thee not and art found of those that sought thee not Who often followest those that fly from thee and never refusest any that come to thee Thou stil exactly perform'st thy part but we ingrateful wretches how do we comply with ours Where is the profit thou mayst justly require to answer the care of thy providence over us Thou hast planted us O Lord in thine own Vineyard and fenc'd us about with thy holy discpline Where is the fruit we should always be beaâ—â—ing since good works are never out of season Of our selvs alas we are dry and barren and our nature at best brings forth nothing but leaves O Thou in whom while we remain we live and from whom divided we instantly dy Curse not we humbly beg these fruitless branches lest they wither away and be cast into the fire Pronounce not against us that dreadfull sentence Cut them down why Cumber they the ground But mercifully Cut them off from their wild stock and graft them in Thy self the only true vine water O Lord our weeds with the dew of heav'n and bless our low shrubs with thy powerful influence So grapes shal grow on thorns and figs be gather'd on Thistles Glory be c. Antiph Thou art O Lord the true light of the world they who follow thee walk not in darkness Antiph In Thee O Lord is all our hope have mercy on the works of thine own hands Psal CI. REjoyce in our Lord all you children of Adam rejoyce in the bounty of his free grace No longer now confyn'd to a few choyce Favorites and the narrow compass of a private Family He has thrown down that partition wall and opened the way of life to all mankind That all may beleeve and love him here and all injoy and be happy in him herafter But O my God what do we see * when we look abroad into the wide world We see sad effects but cannot see the cause * why so many Kingdoms ly miserably wast We know O Lord thy ways are in the deep abyss and humbly adore thy secret Counsels Only we cannot think on their lamentable condition without pitying their misery and imploring thy mercy Some have not yet so much as heard of thee others who have heard refuse to entertain thee Some who have once acknowledg'd thee have quite faln away and others reject what they list and obey by halfs Many even of those who rightly beleeve * abuse their holy faith by a wicked life Thus the for greatst part of wretched mankind whom thy goodness created to thine own similitude Whom thou hast redeem'd with thy precious blood and design'd to so great and long a happiness Still fail alas of their true end and dy in their sins and eternally perish Look down O Lord and behold from heav'n behold from the Habitation of thy holines Where is thy Zeal and the bowels of thy mercy where are thy promises to thy beloved Son Hast thou not said all Nations shal adore Him and all the Tribes of the earth be blessed in him Hast thou not said Thy self O glorious JESU If I be exalted I wil draw all men to me Hast thou not given thy Disciples express Commision * to go into all the world and Preach to every Creature Remember O thou God of everlasting truth remember O thou Author and Finisher of our faith Remember these thy dear engagements and graciously acomplish what thou hast mercifully begun Visit O Lord thine own house first and thorowly redress what thou findst amiss Make our lives holy as thou hast made our faith and perfectly unite us in the bonds of love Kindle in the harts
time wherin thou wilt remember me All the days in which I now am in warfare I wait til my change Come Thou shalt cal me and I shal answer thee to the work of thy hands thou wilt reach forth thy right hand thou hast indeed numbred my steps but do thou pardon my sins R. Where shal I hide me O Lord from the face of thy wrath where shal I hide me when thou com'st to judg the living and the dead I tremble at my own unworthines I am asham'd thus impure to appear in thy presence * Wash me yet more O Lord from my iniquitys and purge me thorowly from my sins I know the enemy that obstructs my way my sins exclude me from thy Kingdom where no unclean thing can enter nor any clean be deny'd admittance * Wash me Second Lesson SPare me O Lord for my days are nothing I have sinned what shal I do to thee O thou Preserver of men why hast thou set me contrary to thee and I am become burdenous to my self Why dost thou not take away my sin why dost thou not clear me of my iniquity Behold now I shal sleep in the dust and if thou seek me in the morning I shal not be My soul is weary of my life I will let my speech pass against my self I will speak in the bitternes of my soul I will say to God Condemn me not tell me why dost thou judg me so seems it good to thee to overcharge me and oppress the works of thy hands and help the counsel of the wicked hast thou eys of flesh or as man sees shalt thou also see that thou seekest my iniquity and searchest my sin Thy hands have made me and fram'd me wholly round about and dost thou so suddenly cast me down headlong With skin and flesh thou hast cloathed me with bones and sinews thou hast compacted me life and mercy thou hast given me and thy visitation has kept my spirit R. Wo to me wretched sinner what shal I do I have commited evil in the sight of my God I have offended the eys of his Majesty Whither shal I fly from the Justice of my Judg whither but to the mercy of my Saviour * Have mercy on me O Lord have mercy on me when thou com'st in glory to judg the world by fire My corrupt nature has brought forth sin and sin has brought forth sorrow where shal I seek for pardon where shal I find releef but in thee my God my hope and portion in the land of the living * Have mercy on me Third Lesson DEliver me O Lord and set me beside Thee let any mans hand fight against me My days are past and my thoughts dissipated tormenting my hart they have turn'd night into day and again after darknes I hope for light Have pity on me at least you my friends for the hand of our Lord has toucht me he has hedg'd my path round about and I cannot pass and in my way he has put darknes Who wil grant me that my words may be written Who wil give me that they may be drawn in a book with an iron pen and in a plate of lead or graven with steel on a marble stone For I know my Redeemer lives and in the last day I shal rise out of the earth and be compast again with my skin and in my flesh shal see God whom I my self shal see and my eys shal behold and no other This my hope is laid up in my bosom R. My days are declin'd as a shadow and I am wither'd away as grass and nothing remains but the cold grave O let me cal back that uncomfortable word my days indeed are declin'd but my eternity is safe I am wither'd away as grass but the Spring wil come and revive me into a flower of Paradise * This my hope is laid up in my bosom Let then my body be crumbled into dust and my soul detain'd for a time in sorrow I know my Redeemer lives and in the last day I shal rise out of the earth and be compast again with my Skin and in my flesh shal see God and in that blysful sight be for ever happy * This my hope is laid up in my bosom Give them eternal rest O merciful Lord and may thy glorious light shine upon them for ever * This my hope is laid up in my bosom At Lauds O God incline c. is not said but begin immediately with the Antiphon Return Lauds for the Dead Antiph Return O my soul to thy Rest again for thy Lord deals graciously with all that love him Psal CXXXI WHen we have shed our solemn tears and paid our due sighs to the memory of the Dead Let us wipe our eys with the comfort of hope and change our grief into a charitable joy The friends we mourn are deliver'd from this world and all the miserys we so justly deplore Their bodys tremble no more with the Palsy nor burn with the flames of a scorching feaver They cry out no more for want of sleep nor roul up and down their uneasy beds But quietly rest in the silent grave till they rise again to immortal glory Whâ—â—ch while they there expect in peace their souls are enlarg'd to a spacious liberty No longer confin'd to this prison of the body but gone to dwel in the region of spirits No longer expos'd to these stormy Seas but gladly arriv'd at their safe harbour Where though their passage be stopt a while they are free from all fear of being cast away Though for a time they attend with sorrow they are sure to rejoyce at last for all eternity They are sure at last to behold their Redeemer and live for ever with the Blessed JESVS O were it not for this sweet hope who could indure such Killing delays Who that but knows the beauty of God as they all do and sees himself detayn'd from so great a happines Detain'd for affecting some trifle here if such we may cal what deferrs our heav'n O glorious Lord the free Original Source * and final end of universal nature Since by thy grace Thou hast thus begun and sown in their harts the seeds of glory O may the same all-powerful hand * go on to finish it 's own ble'st work Ripen the fruit Thou reserv'st for thy self and hasten the day of their joyful harvest Send forth thy blessed Angels to reap thy grain and lay it up safe in thy heavenly Magazine There to supply the place of those unhappy tares * which thy justice threw down into everlasting fire There to assist among those holy Quires which thy mercy establisht in everlasting blyss Give them eternal rest ' O merciful Lord And may thy glorious light shine upon them for ever Antiph Return O my soul to thy rest again for thy Lord deals graciously with all that love him Antiph Merciful art Thou O Lord in all thy ways and infinitely wise in all thy counsels Psal CXXXII COme
let us praise the Goodnes of our God who orders every thing to the best for his Servants Whose Providence governs us all our life and takes so particular a care of our death He casts us down on our beds of sicknes and draws the curtain 'twixt the world and us Shutting out all its vain designs and contracting our busines to a litle chamber There in that quiet solitude he speaks to our harts and sets before us all our life There he discovers the falacys of this world and invites us now at last to prepare for the other Thither he sends his Messengers of Peace to treat with our Souls and reconcile them to heav'n Thither he sends even his only Son * to secure our passage and conduct us to Himself O! how quite other wil our thoughts be then * to what they were in our careles helth How shal we freely censure what we once esteem'd and be easily convinct into wiser counsels When our unruly senses shal be checkt with pain and our rash minds made sober with fear When the occasions of sin shal be remov'd away and every thing about us incline us to repent Blessed for ever be thy Name O Lord whose mercy sanctifys even thy punishments into savours Thou bringst us low to perswade us to be humble and prescrib'st us a sicknes to cure our infirmitys Thou command'st the grave to dispense with none but indifferently seize on all alike That all may alike provide for that fatal hour and none be undone with mistaken hopes Thou telst us plainly we all must dy but kindly conceal'st the time and place That every where we may stand on our guard and every moment expect thy Coming Thou teachest us the use of decent Funerals and the holy charity of praying for the Dead That we may often renew the memory of our grave and the wholâ—â—om thoughts of our future state So with one Act of excellent piety * to shorten the pains of others and prevent our own Let not O Lord these gracious acts be lost which thy merciful Wisdom contrives for our sakes But while we thus remember the death of others * make us seriously stil reflect on our own And every time we reflect on our own make us piously stil remember Theirs Give them eternal rest O merciful Lord and may thy glorious light shine upon them for ever Antiph Merciful art Thou O Lord in all thy ways and infinitely wise in all thy Counsels Antiph O all you works of our Lord praise you our Lord bless him and magnify him for ever Psal CXXXIII O Praise our Lord all you Nations of the earth whom his Providence yet sustains alive Whom he so long forbears to strike though our sins have often provok'd his wrath Whom he so graciously cals to repent though our passions have hitherto neglected his voice Making experiments by the death of others to advise his servants into a waryer life To clear this useful truth we too must dy and strictly account for every idle word We must appear before that great Tribural and tremblingly receive our everlasting doâ—â—m O praise our Lord all you faithful departed for his mercy preservs the Just Though you dwel below in the Valley of death and sit afflicted in the shades of darknes Yet wil he bring you up to his eternal mountains and fill your eys with glorious light Though your bones be bruis'd with sorrow and your harts made heavy with faintnes Yet you again shal be cloath'd with beauty and plac'd to sing among the Blessed Saints O praise our Lord all you Blessed Saints whom his bounty already has crown'd with glory You who entirely wean'd from the allurements of this world * found no unwillingnes at your death to leave it You who designing your whole life for heaven * departed with joy to possess your hopes Millions of Angels meeting you in the way and carrying you directly to the presence of their King O praise our Lord all you glorious Angels whose bright felicity began so early Stars that a rose in the morning of the world and stil maintain your unchangeable lustre Shining perpetually near the throne of God as the top and Master-piece of all his works O Praise our Lord all you his Works bless him and magnify him for ever Praise his almighty Power that gave you your Being and stil preservs you from relapsing into nothing Praise his all-seeing Wisdom that here directs your steps and leads you on to your eternal end Praise above all his boundles Goodnes that pours into every thing as much as it can hold And though our short sight now reach not so far but often mistake and repine at his government Yet at the last great day we shal clearly discern * a perfect concord in the harshest note When our ador'd Redeemer shal come in the clouds and summon all nature to appear before him There to receive each one their proper part * exactly fitted to their best capacity There to behold the whole Creation strive * to expres in it self the perfections of its Maker Whose admirable Wisdom shal guide that last universal Scene and finish the whole action in a beauteous cloze Give them eternal rest O merciful Lord and may thy glorious light shine upon them for ever Antiph O all you works of our Lord praise you our Lord bless him and magnifie him for ever Antiph I am the resurrection and the life he that believes in me though he be dead shal live and every one that lives and believes in in me shal not dy for ever Benedictus as page 27. Antiph I am c. Then kneeling say Our Father c. and the Miserere as follows V. Have mercy on me O God according to thy great mercy R. And according to the multitude of thy compassions wipe away my offences V. Wash me yet more from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin R. For I know my iniquity and my sin is always before me V. Against thee only have I sined and done evil in thy sight that thou mayest be justify'd in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art-judg'd R. For behold I was conceiv'd in iniquity and in sins my mother brought me forth V. Behold thou hast loved truth the incertain and hidden things of thy Wisdom thou hast manifested to me R. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop and I shal be clens'd thou shalt wash me and I shal be made whiter then snow V. Thou shalt give to my hearing joy and gladnes and the bones thou hast humbled shal rejoyce R. Turn away thy face from my sins and blot out all my iniquitys V. Create a clean hart in me O God and renew a right spirit in my bowels R. Cast me not away from thy face and take not thy holy Spirit from me V. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation and confirm me with an heroick spirit R. O Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shal declare thy praise V. For wouldst thou
heads V. Thou art always near to relieve the afflicted R. And wilt save the humble of spirit V. Thou raisest those that are faln R. And bindest together the broken harts V. Shew them thy mercy O Lord who call on thy Name R. Make them rejoyce who lift up their souls to thee V. To thee O Lord they lift up their souls R. In thee is their confidence let them not be asham'd V. Let not their enemys triumph over them R. For all that expect thee shal not be confounded V. Though they walk in the midst of the shadow of death R. Let them not fear for thou art with them V. Thou art their God and their Deliverer R. O Lord delay not thy coming V. O Lord hear our prayers R. And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O God who in thy mercy hast prepar'd immediate rewards for the Perfect and in thy justice immediate punishments for the wicked and mingling thy mercy and justice together hast ordain'd a middle state for those who depart in a true but weak degree of divine charity Hear we beseech thee our prayers for these thy afflicted servants who look up to Thee and sigh after the times of refreshment from thy glorious presence forgive them their sins and deliver them from their sorrows and bring them to the possession of all their wishes in rest and peace and everlasting joy thorow our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end A Prayer for any particular Person departed BEhold with pity we beseech thee O Lord the soul of thy servant N. for whom we humbly offer our prayers to thy divine Majesty and grant that the offences which humane frailty has inconsiderately committed being by thy clemency mercifully forgiven and all impediments by a perfect cleansing from the stains of sin thorowly remov'd the happy effect of seeing Thee face to face for ever may immediately follow through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the Holy Ghost lives and reigns One God world without end Amen V. Give them eternal rest O merciful Lord R. And may thy glorious light shine upon them for ever V. May they rest in peace R. Amen Pause a while to reflect on what you have said and renew your attention then begin the Complin of the day Our help c. as page 46. PROPER of FESTIVALS c. Sundays in Advent All as in the Office of our Saviour except Invitatory Behold the day of our Lord draws nigh Come let 's adore him Then recite the Psalm Bring to our Lord. page 318. 1. Antiph Behold our Lord wil appear and not fail to make good his promises if he delay a while expect for he surely wil come and deliver us Alleluja 2. Antiph Come O thou Sun of righteousnes and Fountain of eternal light come and illuminate those that sit in darknes and in the shadow of death and guide our feet into the ways of peace Alleluja 3. Antiph Come O Thou hope of the Gentils and the desir'd of all Nations come and redeem us from the vassallage of sin into the only true liberty of serving Thee Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Prepare now thy ways O my soul before our Lord make thy paths strait before the face of our God for he will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead and blessed all they who are ready to meet him Alleluja Alleluja At Lauds recite Benedictus page 27. and at Vespers Magnificat page 44. Then after each repeat the Antiphon Prepare c. O Lord hear our pray'rs And let our supplications come to thee Let us pray O God by whose providence thy Church has appointed the solemn time or Advent to fore-run the Commemoration of our Saviour's Nativity and prepare its way in our harts Grant us we humbly beseech thee so devoutly to imploy this holy season in meditating on the Prophecys and gracious preparations of the world for the coming of the Messias and on the infinitely greater mercys he brought along with him and has left behind him that our spirits may be rais'd to celebrate the great Feast with due joy and exaltation and thereby better dispos'd to expect his second coming who with Thee and the holy Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end Amen S. Andrew All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph Soon as the holy Apostle S. Andrew saw afar off the Cross prepar'd for his Martyrdom he was transported with joy and triumphingly saluted it as the happy instrument of his approaching glory Alleluja 2. Antiph O blessed Cross dearly by me belov'd and earnestly desir'd and often sought and now at length ready to satisfy my longing soul take me up into thy arms the Disciple of Him who was crucify'd on thee Alleluja 3. Antiph Take me up into thy arms O blessed Cross and bear me to my glorious Master that by thee He may receive me who by thee has redeemed me Alleluja Alleluja 3. Antiph Take me up into thy arms O blessed Cross and bear me to my glorious Master that by thee He may receive me who by thee has redeemed me Alleluja Alleluja Antiphon for Benedictus and Magnificat as in the common Office of Saints O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to thee Let us pray O God whose grace kindled in the B. Apostle S. Andrew so ardent a love of his Master that it flam'd out in vehement desires of his Cross Grant we beseech thee that our devout celebrating the Memory of his Course and Crown may quicken thy Charity in our harts and encourage us with confidence and joy to undergo whatever suffrings thy Providence casts in our way towards the glorifying Thee and advancing thy truth and secure attainment of our own eternal salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with thee and the H. Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end Amen S. Thomas Apostle All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph The merciful and almighty JESUS came in the doors being shut and said to Thomas put in thy finger here and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and be no longer faithles but beleeve 2. Antiph O admirable sweetnes of our Saviour's Spirit Thomas was absent and incredulous and peremptory and our Lord forgives him all and restores him to his favor with the easy penance of a gentle reproof 3. Because thou hast seen me Thomas thou hast believ'd blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believ'd Alleluja O Lord hear our prayers And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O God whose condescendence to convince the incredulity of thy Apostle S. Thomas has turn'd his hardnes to believe into a means of facilitating more the faith of thy Church Grant we beseech Thee that this festival Memory of his glorious Attestation to our
Disciples and wip't them with the towel which having done he took his garments and sate down again and said to them do you know what I have done to you you call me Master and Lord and you say well for so I am if therefore I who am your Lord and Master have wash't your feet you ought also to wash one anothers for I have given you an Example that as I have done to you you also do Say the Canticle Benedictus then repeat the Antiphon then kneel and say Christ was made for us obedient to death Our Father all silently then in a low grave tone say V. Have mercy on me O God according to thy great mercy R. And according to the multitude of thy compassions wipe away my offences V. Wash me yet more from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sins For I know my iniquity and my sin is always before me Against Thee only have I sin'd and done evil in thy sight that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judg'd For behold I was conceiv'd in iniquity and in sins my Mother brought me forth Behold Thou hast loved truth the incertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast manifested to me Thou shalt sprinkle me with Hysop and I shal be cleansed thou shalt wash me and I shal be made whiter then snow Thou shalt give to my hearing joy and gladnes and the bones thou hast humbled shal rejoyce Turn away thy face from my sins and blot-out all my iniquitys Create a clean hart in me O God! and renew a right spirit in my bowels Cast me not away from thy face and take not thy holy spirit from me Restore to me the joy of thy salvation and confirm me with an heroick spirit O Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shal declare thy praise For wouldst thou have had sacrifice I verily had given it with burnt-offerings thou art not delighted A Sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit a contrite and an humbled hart O God thou wilt not despise Deal favourably O Lord in thy good will with Sion that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up Then shalt thou accept sacrifice of justice oblations of holocausts then shal they lay calves upon thine Altar Look down O Lord we beseech Thee on this thy family for which our Lord JESVS Christ vouchsaf't to be betray'd into the hands of the wicked and undergo the torments of the Cross who with Thee and the holy Ghost lives and reigns one God world without end Amen So end the Lauds and Vespers for these three days Antiph for Magnificat Our Lord Jesus the night wherein he was betray'd took bread and giving thanks brake it and said Take and eat This is my Body which shal be given for you do this in commemoration of me Likewise the Cup also after He had sup't saying This Cup is the new Testament in my Blood this do as often as you drink it in commemoration of me for as often as you eat this Bread and drink this Cup you declare our Lords death till he come Christ was made for us obedient to death Our Father c. Have Mercy on me O God Page 523 Look down as Page 525 At Complin begin with the first Psalm without Antiph and instead of Glory be c. say Christ was made c. Our Father Have mercy Look down as Pag. 525 and so for the two following days Good Friday All as in the ordinary Office of Friday omitting all Antiphons and Hymns and Glory be c. instead whereof at the end of every Psalm say Kneeling Christ was made for us obedient to death even the death of the Cross Instead of Lessons read the Passion according to S. Luke which begins Luke 22. 1â—â— and ends Luke 23. 53. When you have done the third Psalm at Lauds and Vespers say this following Antiphon Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Look up my soul on thy crucify'd Lord look up and see the utmost extremity of divine love already he had carry'd on to a fair degree the work of our Redemption in fasting and praying in travailing and preaching in doing Miracles and bearing injurys but now to finish all with one incomparable charity behold He suffers even death it self and death upon the Cross Recite the Canticle Repeat the Antiphon then Kneel and say Christ was made for us obedient to death even the death of the Cross Our Father Have mercy Look down and so end as on Maâ—â—ndy-Thursday Holy Saturday All as in the ordinary Office of Saturday omiting all Antiphons Hymns and Glory be c. Instead whereof at the end of every Psalm say Kneeling Christ was made for us obedient to death even the death of the Cross wherefore also God has exalted Him and given Him a Name above every Name Instead of Lessons read the Passion according to S. John in the 18. and 19 Chapters When you have ended the third Psalm at Lauds and Vespers say this following Antiphon Antiphon for Benedictus and Magnificat Death is swallow'd up in Victory Death where is thy victory Death where is thy sting the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the Law but thanks be to God who has given us victory by our Lord Jesus Christ Let us therefore be stable and immovable abounding always in the work of our Lord knowing our labour is not in vain in our Lord. Recite the Canticle Repeat the Antiphon then Kneel and say Christ was made for us obedient to death even the death of the Cross wherefore also God has exalted Him and given him a Name above every Name Our Father Have mercy Look down and so end as on Maundy Thursday Easter day and during the Octave All as in the Office for Sunday except 1. Antiph Christ is risen from the dead alleluja and become the first fruits of them that slept alleluja 2. Antiph Fear not I know whom you seek He is risen he is not here alleluja Come see the place where our Lord was laid alleluja 3. Antiph He that rais'd up JESUS will also raise up us alleluja and refine our vile flesh into the likeness of his glorious body alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing for ever and ever alleluja alleluja alleluja Prayer O God whose gracious Providence restores to thy Church the face and voice of holy exultation by the triumphant Festival of our Saviours resurrection Grant we humbly beseech Thee that the joy which shines in our looks may flame in our harts and purify them worthy those high and glorious hopes so firmly seal'd to us by this days experience of Rising again at last from our graves and rejoycing thenceforth for ever in state of blysful immortality through our Lord JESUS Christ thy Son who with Thee and the H. Ghost lives and reigns One God
world without end Amen SS Philip and Jacob. All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph Now it suffices thee Philip our Lord has shewn thee the Father and henceforth for ever thou shalt see Him face to face Alleluja 2. Antiph And thou holy Jacob the Brother of our Lord art gloriously happy injoying for ever the same blysful Vision Alleluja 3. Antiph These are Two of those precious stones that found and adorn the walls of the heav'nly Jerusalem Alleluja Prayer O God by whose grace the B. Apostles S. Philip and S. Jacob water'd as this day with their blood the heavenly seed which they had long swet in sowing o're the world Redouble we beseech Thee the devotions of thy servants by celebrating together their happy Memorys and grant that our Faith sopreciously confirm'd may fructify into holy lives deaths worthy such glorious Masters through our Lord JESUS Christ thy Son who Invention of the H. Cross All as in the Office of our Saviour except 1. Antiph Glorious art thou O B. Empress Helen whose devotion so miraculously restor'd to the world the standard of Salvation Alleluja 2. Antiph This holy Sign shal be in the heav'ns Alleluja when our Lord shal come to Judgment Alleluja 3. Antiph Far be it from us to glory in any thing but the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom the world is crucify'd to us and we to the world Alleluja Prayer O God who as this day vouehsafedst to raise again even the Cross of our Saviour from its ignominious grave to become a close and striking memorial of his Passion Grant we beseech Thee that our devout celebrating this thy special providence may still more deeply imprint in our harts its gracious design of making us often reflect on the great benefit of our redemption and the infinite love and mercy of our Redeemer through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who c. Rogation VVeek Monday Tuesday and Wednesday All as in the Weekly Office except 1. Antiph Ask and you shal receive seek and you shal find knock and it shal be open'd to you says our Lord whose word cannot fail Alleluja 2. Antiph Thou know'st we need all these things but more but more by these our needs to be drawn to look up to Thee Alleluja 3. Antiph Seek first the kingdom of heav'n and all things else shal be added to you Alleluja Prayer O God by whose H. Spirit thy Church ordains this a solemn time of supplication for all our necessitys Open we humbly beseech Thee thy gracious ears to the pray'rs thou inspir'st and draw'st from our harts and by granting us those Goods which thy Children with humility and resignation ask of Thee their heav'nly Father so encourage our devotion and obedience and so increase our hope and love that transcending all Particulars as safely to be trusted in the hand of thy Providence our whole souls may thirst after Thee thy self alone who art our All in All for ever through our Lord Ascension and during the Octave All as in the Office of our Saviour except 1. Antiph I have finisht the work which my Father commanded me and now 't is time I return to him that sent me let not your harts be troubled I go to my Father and your Father to my God and your God Alleluja 2. Antiph Let not your harts be troubled I go to prepare a place for you and I wil come again and receive you to my self that where I am there may my servants be Alleluja 3. Antiph Meanwhile I wil not leave you desolate but wil pray to my Father and he shal give you another Comforter the Spirit of truth to dwel with you for ever Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Why stand we looking downwards on the things of this world behold our Lord is ascended into heav'n and sits in glory at the right hand of his Father Alleluja Why stand we idle with our accounts unprepar'd behold the same JESUS shal come again to judg the living and the dead and give to every one according to his works Alleluja Alleluja Prayer O God who hast inspir'd thy Church to celebrate this day the memory of our Saviours Ascension when having finisht on earth the great work of our Redemption He carryed up his glorify'd Humanity above the clouds to its eternal Rest Grant we humbly beseech Thee that taking off our eys from these vanitys here below we may stand continually looking after Him into heav'n and hartily expecting his appearance thence again at the last great day be always ready to obey his call and meet him in the clouds and follow him into those blysful Mansions which he went to prepare for us at thy right hand for ever through the same our Lord c. VVhitsunday and during the Octave All as in the Office of the H. Ghost Trinity-Sunday All as in Sunday Office except 1. Antiph There are Three that bear witnes in heav'n the Father the Word and the H. Ghost and these Three are One Alleluja 2. Antiph The Father is God and the Son is God and the H. Ghost is God yet are they not three Gods but One God Alleluja 3. Antiph In this adorable Trinity none is before or after none greater or less then Another but all the Three Persons are coequal among themselvs and coeternal Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat To thee the eternal Father made by none to thee the increated Son begotten by the Father alone to thee the B. Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son One holy consubstantial and undivided Trinity be ascrib'd all power and wisdom and goodnes now and for ever Alleluja Prayer O Eternal Father who by the visible dedescent of thy Son to redeem the world and of thy H. Spirit to sanctify the Elect has wonderfully made thy Churches own experience facilitate our faith of the incomprehensible Trinity Grant us we beseech Thee in hart and voice to profes this most high and supernatural truth and rejecting all the fallacious suggestions of short reason humbly adore Thee Three every-way-coequal Persons in the same indivisible Deity til we come herafter to thy blysful presence and see the Mystery reveal'd in thine own glorious face through our Lord c. Corpus Christi and during the Octave All as in Thursday Office except 1. Antiph I am the living bread that came down from heav'n if any one eat of this bread he shal live for ever and the bread which I wil give is my flesh for the life of the world Alleluja 2. Antiph Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you shal not have life in you Alleluja 3. Antiph He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I wil raise him up at the last day Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat O sweet and sacred Feast wherein Christ himself is receiv'd and the memory of his Passion renew'd our minds are fill'd
with grace and our future glory secur'd to us with a dear and precious Pledge Alleluja Alleluja Prayer O God whose infinite mercy has wonderfully contriv'd the very Body of our Saviour which glorify'd sits at thy right hand in the heav'ns to become stil the daily visible Object and Solliciter of our adorations on earth Grant us we beseech Thee so devoutly to celebrate this glorious Festival instituted by thy Church in memory of that stupendious providence as may sanctify us every day to feed more strongly with it our faith and hope and charity and raise in us a higher appetite of that clear unveiled Vision to which our hidden God thus miraculously now condescends to invite us through the same our Lord c. S. John Baptist All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph This is the great Precursor of the world's Redeemer the miraculous Son of age and barrennes in his Mothers womb he was sanctify'd and in his nativity many shal rejoyce Alleluja 2. Antiph This is a Prophet and more then a Prophet of whom our Saviour said Never did there rise among the children of women a greater then John the Baptist Alleluja 3. Antiph This is that burning and that shining light who despising the pleasures and conveniences of the world chose his garment of camels hair and a leathern girdle about his loyns and his meat was locusts and wild hony Alleluja Prayer O God whose gracious providence summons us this day to celebrate the Nativity of the great S. John Baptist thy Son 's holy Precurâ—â—or Grant we beseech thee that as we fulfil the Prophecy of thy holy Angel by rejoycing in his Nativity we may improve both our selvs and others by imitating his life while every one of us in our several conditions and capacitys faithfully indeavour to learn of him those excellent lessons of retirednes and mortification of humility and self-denial of zeal for justice and courage in defending the truth and generous and industrious charity in all our actions through our Lord c. SS Peter and Paul All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph This day the Prince of the Apostles was nail'd to the Cross and in reverence to his Master with his head downwards imitating with that humble difference Him in his death whom in his life he so dearly had lov'd Alleluja 2. Antiph This day the Doctor of the Gentils bow'd his head to the sword and receiv'd of our Lord the crown of Martyrdom Alleluja 3. Antiph These are they who taught us thy Law O Lord thou shalt establish them Princes over all the earth and they shall propagate thy Name to the end of the world Alleluja Prayer O God who this day vouchsafest to refresh and excite the devotions of thy Church by the glorious Festival of its principal Founders thy Son 's great Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul Grant us we beseech Thee both humbly to adore thy powerful Providence in rendring frail men so firm a rock of saving truth that the gates of hell neither have nor can prevail against it and duly submit to that eminent Authority of the supreme Bishop of the Christians which thy infinite Wisdom has ordain'd as the fittest means to establish order and preserve unity in thy Church through our Lord c. S. James All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph No sooner was he cal'd by our Lord but immediately he obey'd and left nets and boat and father and all to follow JESUS Alleluja 2. Antiph This was the first Apostle who laid down his life for our Lord and receiv'd at his hand the crown of Martyrdom Alleluja 3. Antiph Now glorious Apostle thou injoy'st thy Mother's desire and for ever shalt injoy it seated at the right hand of JESUS in his Kingdom Alleluja Prayer O God who by the feast of the H Apostle S. James reviv'st in us the memory of thy great mercy to the world in so glorious a seeds-man of thy saving truth Cultivate so our harts we beseech thee by the solemn devotions of this day that the blessed seed may bring forth more abundant fruit in our lives and deaths worthy thy grace vouchsaf't us in such eminent Masters through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who S. Ann. All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph Blessed art thou among women O holy Ann and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Mary Alleluja 2. Antiph Rejoyce O glorious Matron for thy pray'rs are heard and thy barrennes comforted thou hast brought forth the Mother of all our hopes the Mother of JESUS Alleluja 3. Aâ—â—tiph I wil pour out my Spirit on thy seed and my blessing on thy Off-spring saith our Lord Alleluja Prayer O God whose peculiar Providence sanctify'd the womb of the barren and devout S. Ann to bear the blessed among women thy Son's Virgin-Mother Grant us we humbly beseech thee in venerating her memory to adore thy free grace which vouchsaf't her so glorious a priviledg from thee and so high an honor in thy Church through our Lord c. S. Laurence All as in the Office of Saints except 1. Antiph This is the glorious Martyr S. Laurence whose courage remain'd invincible in the midst of his torments they broyl'd him on a gridiron and he confest our Lord they try'd him with fire and he was found true Alleluja 2. Antiph They sought his treasures but his charity had laid them out of their reach the hands of the poor had carry'd them into heav'n Alleluja 3. Antiph While they were burning his flesh he generously said to the Tyrant I worship my God and him alone I serve therefore I fear not thy torments Alleluja Prayer O God by whose grace the glorious Deacon S. Laurence sustain'd the cruel torments of a lingring death on a gridiron rather then betray the Goods of the Church deposited in his hands or deny the truths of Religion conserv'd in his hart Grant us we beseech thee in solemnizing his Feast both to praise thy Name for so great and early an example of Christian courage and be strengthen'd by it against all possible temptations to preserve inviolate our fidelity to thee and our spiritual trusts through our Lord c. Assumption of our Lady and during the Octave All as in the Office of Saints except Invitatory Come let 's adore the King of Saints whose Virgin-Mother was assum'd into heav'n Alleluja 1. Antiph To day the Mother of our Lord was assum'd into heaven Alleluja and seated in glory above the highest Angels Alleluja 2. Antiph Behold from henceforth all generations shal cal thee blessed Alleluja for he that is mighty has done great things for thee and holy is his Name Alleluja 3. Antiph Blessed O holy Virgin art thou among women Alleluja and blessed is the fruit of thy womb JESUS Alleluja Alleluja Antiph for Benedictus and Magnificat Come forth now all you glorious Angels and blessed Saints of heaven come forth and behold your Queen with the crown
my exceeding great fault Here pause a while to examine and repent and make holy purposes Then say Therefore I beseech the B. Virgin Mary the B. Saint Michael the Archangel the B. Saint John Baptist the holy Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul and all the Saints to pray to God for me The great and glorious Lord of heav'n and earth have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life Amen Lord have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us JESU receive our prayers Lord JESU grant our petitions O God the Father Creator of the world have mercy on us O God the Son Redeemer of mankind have O God the Holy Ghost Perfecter of the Elect have O Sacred Trinity three Persons and one God have O God the eternal Fulness of all Perfection O God the overflowing Source of all Being O God the bounteous Author of all our Good O God who hast chosen us in thy Son before the constitution of the world O God who hast created us of nothing to thine own similitude O God who preserv'st us every Moment that we return not again to nothing O God who hast made all the world for the use of us and us for the injoyment of Thy self O God who hast redeem'd us by the death of thy Son and sanctify'd us by the grace of thy holy Spirit O God who hast brought us to the knowledg of thy truth and blest us with so plentiful means of working our salvation O God who hast prepared for us a glorious inheritance if we love thee and keep thy Commandments O God who art thy self that glorious inheritance O God the only end of all our labours O God the only Rest of our wearied souls O God the only joy of our time and eternity O God our God all things have mercy on us Have mercy O Lord and spare us Have mercy O Lord and hear us From all evil deliver us O Lord. From all sin deliver From all occasions of offending thy divine Majesty From the particular temptations to which we are most expos'd From sudden and unprovided death From everlasting death By thy almighty Power deliver By thy unsearchable Wisdom By thy adorable Goodnes By all thy glorious Attributes By all thy gracious Mercys By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation and humble Nativity By the sanctity of thy heav'nly Doctrin and miraculous Life By the merits of thy bitter Passion and all reviving Death By the joys of thy victorious Resurrection and triumphant Ascensionâ—â— By the glory of thy eternal Kingdom and incomprehensible Majesty deliver In the hour of Death and in the day of Judgment deliver us O Lord. We sinners beseech Thee hear us That it would please Thee to give us a true and harty sorrow for all our offences we That it would please Thee to work in us a firm and sincere resolution of amending our lives we That it would please Thee to pardon our sins past and prevent us by thy grace for the time to come we That it would please thee to have pity on the weaknes of our nature and in all our necessitys temptations and dangers to strengthen and relieve us we beseech Thee hear us That seeing every day our many imperfections we may quicken our diligence and humble our selvs and learn to depend on Thee we That acknowledging all we have is deriv'd from thy free bounty we may praise and glorify Thee and above all thy benefits love Thee our Benefactor we That knowing all we hope proceeds from the same free bounty we may faithfully indeavour to serve and please Thee and secure to our selvs thy everlasting rewards we That considering thy Providence does all things for the best we may thankfully accept whatever Thou assign'st us and not murmur at our part but strive to act it well we That we may diligently observe the Rules of our several places and contentedly stoop to the meanest work of our condition sweetning all our labours with this glad hope if we be innocent here we shal be happy hereafter we That we may live in peace and charity with all the world especially among our selvs so particularly ingag'd by our union into one Family patiently forbearing and freely forgiving and readily assisting one another we That often in the midst of our busines we may steal up our thoughts to Heaven to renew and encrease our desire of that glorious eternity we That whether we sleep or wake we may still be safe in Thee and whether live or dy be always thine We beseech Thee hear us Son of God we beseech Thee hear us O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world spare us O Lord. O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world hear us O Lord. O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world have mercy on us V. Lord have marcy on us R. Christ have mercy on us V. Lord have mercy on us Our Father c. V. And lead us not into temtation R. But deliver us from evil Amen V. Bless we beseech thee O Lord thy spouse the Church R. Bless her with the graces of vnity and truth and holines V. Bless thy servant our Soverain Lord King Charls R. Bless him with the spirit of wisdom and courage and piety V. Bless all the Nations subject to his Government R. Bless them with the gifts of peace and truth and unfeigned charity V. Bless our kinred and acquaintance our friends and benefactors R. Bless our enemys and standerers and all that despitefully use us V. Have mercy O Lord on the Nations who never knew Thee R. And Those who knew Thee once but now are faln from the Truth V. Have mercy on the poor and helpless and afflicted R. And comfort them with hope and patience and releef V. Have mercy on the living and govern them by thy grace R. Have mercy on the Dead and bring them to thy glory V. Have mercy on us thy servants here assembled in thy presence R. And Thou who art our Refuge be our Defence V. Into thy hands O Lord we commend our spirits R. Into thy hands O Lord we commend our spirits V. Thou hast redeem'd us O Lord thou God of truth R. Into thy hands O Lord we commend our spirits V. Preserve us O Lord as the apple of thine ey R. Under the shadow of thy wings protect us V. Save us O Lord waking defend us sleeping R. That we may watch with Christ and rest in peace V. Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this night without sin R. Have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us V. Lord let thy mercy be on us R. As our hope is in Thee V. O Lord hear our prayers R. And let our supplications come to Thee Let us pray O God the comfortable Repose of thy servants in Hope and their blysful Rest in thy everlasting Possession obedient to thy Call by the voice of our nature behold we retire to lay down our weary heads and instructed by thy grace confidently resign up all we are and have while we sleep in the hâ—â—â—s of thy everwaking Providence most humbly beseeching Thee that if it please Thee to take us hence this night our souls eys as our bodys may be found absolutely closed to all this worlds Goods and wide open to receive thy ardently-expected Vision or if thou vouchsafest by convenient refreshment to protract still our lives we may rise from our Beds cheerfully disposed by good works in our 〈◊〉 vocations to make our Election sure and advance our glorious Mansion for ever with Thee through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who with Thee and the H. Ghost lives and reigns world without end Amen V. O Lord hear our prayers R. And let our supplications come to Thee V. Bless we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God V. May the souls of the Faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace R. Amen O. B. Virgin Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ pray for us O glorious Angels whom our Lord sends in mission for the good of his Elect pray for us O holy Saints who perfectly secure of your own happines are charitably sollicitous of ours pray for us O all you blest inhabitants of heav'n who continually behold the face of God and readily dispense his benefits to us pray for us God the Father sustain and protect us Jesus Christ illuminate and govern us The H. Spirit sanctify and perfect us to life everlasting Amen Pause a while Then rise FINIS