Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the Praise for thy loving Mercy and for thy Truths sake Wherefore shall the Heathen say Where is now their God As for our God he is in Heaven he hath done whatsoever pleaseth him II. Their Idols are Silver and Gold even the Work of Mens hands They have Mouths and speak not eyes have they and see not They have Ears and hear not Noses have they and smell not They have hands and handle not Feet have they and walk not neither speak they through their Throat They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as put their Trust in them III. But thou House of Israel trust thou in the Lord He is â—â—eir succour and defender Ye House of Aaron put your Trust in the Lord He is â—heir helper and defender The Lord hath been mindâ—ull of us and he shall bless â—…s Even he shall bless the â—ouse of Israel he shall bless â—â—e House of Aaron He shall bless them that â—…ar the Lord both small and â—…reat The Prayer ALmighty God whose Dwelling is in the highest Heavens and â—st whatsoever pleaseth thee both in heaven and on Earth give Grace 〈…〉 beavenly Father that in all our â—…ubles and calamities we may put 〈…〉 who le Trust in thee who art our â—…y succour defender and deliver II. Let us evermore praise thy holy Name and never ascribe to our selves any Honour and Glory or Thankâ— of any good Action or prosper oâ— Success but to thee alone who aâ—â— the Author and Giver of all good things Keep us from Idolatry from worshipping vain Imaginationâ— and any thing which is contrary to tâ—â— Gospel Bless us in all our wayâ— that when we go from hence we 〈…〉 inherit thy Kingdom Amen Meditations for Monday Night I Will lift up mine Eyes unâ— the Hills from when cometh my Help My Help cometh even from the Lord which hath maâ— Heaven and Earth II. He will not suffer thy Foâ— to be moved and he thâ— keepeth thee will not sleep Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor â—â—eep III. The Lord himself is thy Keeper The Lord is thy Defence upon the right hand So that the Sun shall not â—urn thee by day nor the Moon by night IV. The Lord shall preserve thee â—â—om Evil Yea it is even he â—hat shall keep thy Soul The Lord shall preserve thy â—oing out and thy coming in â—â—om this time forth for evermore The Prayer O GOD from whence cometh all our Help and Succour preâ—…ve us by thy Power and Providence â—…at nothing either by day or night â—…ay molest our Peace or disturh our â—afety suffer not the Vanities of â—…e one to allure us nor the Terrours 〈…〉 the other to amaze and affright us II. Let our Feet be immoveable anâ— fixed upon the Rock and Foundation Christ Jesus and so dispose of oâ— going out and coming in that â— may not swerve from thy Commandments but walk according to tâ— Holy Rule in all things who art oâ— Lord and Saviour Meditations for Tuesday Morning THey that put their Trâ—… in the Lord shall be evâ—… as the Mount Sion which mâ—… not be removed but standeâ—… fast for ever The Hills stand about Jerusalem even so standeth tâ—… Lord round about his Peopâ—… from this time forth for evâ—… more II. For the Rod of the Ungoâ—… cometh not into the lot of tâ—… Righteous lest the Righteous out their hands unto Wickedness Do well O Lord unto â—hose that be good and true of Heart As for such as turn back unâ—o their own wickedness the â—ord shall lead them forth with the Evil-doers but â—eace shall be upon Israel The Prayer MErciful God our only Trust and Confidence and whosoever â—usteth in thee shall not be removed â—â—t stand fast for ever let thy Powâ—â— and Glory stand round about us â—nd all thy Holy People like Hills â—…r our Protection and Safety that â—…e may be sheltered from our Enemies II. Permit us not to put our hands to Wickedness neither let us partake 〈◊〉 the Lot of the Ungodly whom thou or dainest for Destruction Bâ—… let us receive that Blessing which oâ—… Lord and Saviour hath left 〈…〉 Church even the Peace of God tâ—… Father Son and Holy Ghost 〈…〉 whom be all Honour and Glory Worâ—… without end Amen Meditations for Tuesday Noon WHen the Lord turned again the Captivity 〈…〉 Sion then were we like untâ—… them that dream Then was our Mouth filâ—…ed with Laughter and oâ—… Tongue with Joy II. Then said they among thâ— Heathen the Lord hath doâ—… great things for them Yea the Lord hath doâ—… great things for us already whereof we rejoyce III. Turn thou our Captivity O Lord as the Rivers in the South They that sow in Tears shall â—eap in Joy He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth â—orth good Seed shall doubtâ—ess come again with Joy and â—ring his Sheaves with him The Prayer GRacious God who hast promised Life and Salvation to thy choâ—en Servants and hast wrought â—ighty things for them already â—hereof they rejoyce Deliver us we â—eseech thee from the Slavery and â—etters of Sin and Misery dissipate â—nd scatter all our Enemies which â—ay close Siege to us seeking to destroy us II. Fill our Hearts with ConÌ„tâ—ition â—or having trespassed against thee teach us that Divine Art of Self denial to moâ—tifie our Affection 〈◊〉 our Lust and extinguish aâ—â—â—â—shly Temptations that when thâ— great Harvest shall come â—e may 〈◊〉 admitted as Fellow Labourers 〈◊〉 work in thy Spiritual Kingdom through Jesus Christ. Amen Meditations for Tuesday Night OUT of the Deep have called unto thee O Lord Lord hear my Voice Oh let thine Ears consideâ— well the Voice of my Complaint II. If thou Lord wilt be extream to mark what is done aâ— miss O Lord who may aâ— bide it For there is Mercy with thee therefore snalt thou bâ— feared I look for the Lord my Soul doth wait for him in his Word is my Trust. III. My Soul flieth unto the Lord before the Morning Watch I say before the Morning Watch. O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is Mercy and with him is plenteous Redemption And he shall redeem Israel from all his Sins The Prayer O Blessed Lord who with thy most precious Blood didst pay â—ur Ransom to purchase for us Freedom and Salvation With thee â—here is Mercy and plenteous Redemption O let the height of that Mercy â—ake us out of the bottomless Pit of â—in and Misery II. Be not extream O Lord in marking out what we have done amiss in our Life time but rather blot out thâ— Hand-writing which is against us And as thy boundless Mercy pardonâ— what is past so let the sweetness of iâ— create thy Fear in our Hearts that we may never more dare to offend sâ— gracious and merciful a Saviour aâ— thou art to us Grant this O Lord I beseech thee for thy alone sake Amen Meditations for
Wednesday Morning DEliver me O Lord from the Evil Man and preserve me from the Wicked Man Which imagine mischief iâ— their Hearts and stir up strisâ— all the day long They have sharpened their Tongues like a Serpent Adders Poyson is under their Lips II. Keep me O Lord from the Hands of the Ungodly preserve me from the wicked Men which are purposed to overthrow my going The Proud have laid a sâ—are for me and spread a Net abroad with Cords yea and set Traps in my way III. I said unto the Lord thou art my God hear the Voice of my Prayers O Lord. O Lord God thou strength of my Health thou hast covered my Head in the day of Battle IV. Let not the Ungodly have his desire O Lord let not his mischievous Imagination prosper lest they be too Proud Let the mischief of their own Lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about A man full of Words shall not prosper upon the Earth Evil shall hunt the wicked Person to overthrow him The Prayer O Lord God the Strength of all those that depend upon thee deliver us from evil and wicked Men that neither their Examples may corrupt us nor their Counsels misguide us or their Mischief disturb our Safety II. But do thou O Lord cover our Heads in the day of Battle and Strife against all our Bodily and Ghostly Enemies that though they pursue us to overthrow us yet we may be safe on Earth under thy Favour and Almighty Protection and at the last being removed from all Fears and Dangers we may appear in thy sight amongst the Righteous for evermore Meditations for Wednesday Noon HEar my Prayer O Lord and consider my Desire Hearken unto me for thy Truth and Righteousness sake And enter not into Judgment with thy Servant for in thy sight shall no one living be justified II. For the Enemy hath persecuted my Soul he hath smitten my Life down to the ground he hath laid me in the Darkness as the men that have been long dead Therefore is my Spirit vexed within me and my Heart within me is desolate III. Yet do I remember the time past I muse upon all thy works Yea I exercise my self in the works of thy Hands I stretch forth my Hands unto thee my Soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty Land The Prayer MOst Righteous Judge and dear Redeemer hear us for thy Truth and Mercies sake free us from the hainous Guilt of all our Sins and renounce those Punishments due to us for the same II. Enter not at any time into Judgment with us for in thy sight no Flesh can be justified by its own worthiness Fortifie our Souls with the Holiness of a lively Faith which worketh by Charity that at last we enter into thy Holy of Holies even Life Everlasting Amen Meditations for Wednesday Night HEar me O Lord and that soon for my Spirit waxeth faint Hide not thy Face from me lest I be like unto them that go down into the Pit O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the Morning for in thee is my Trust Shew thou me the way that I should walk in for I lift up my Soul unto thee II. Deliver me O Lord from mine Enemies for I flie unto thee to hide me Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God Let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the Land of Righteousness III. Quicken me O Lord for thy Names sake and for thy Righteousness sake bring my Soul out of trouble And of thy goodness slay mine Enemies and destroy all them that vex my Soul for I am thy Servant The Prayer BOW down thine Ear O Lord and hear my Complaint support my weak Spirit with thy Heavenly Grace which is sufficient for me Hide not the light of thy Countenance from me but replenish me with the Beams of thy Mercy and Goodness II. Direct me in the way that I should walk in instruct me to do whatsoever pleaseth thee quicken my Soul in thy Paths which lead to Life Eternal and so continue the Conduct of thy Blessed Spirit to me that it may never depart from me till I am brought out of this temporal World and am safely arrived at thy Spiritual Kingdom Amen Meditations for Thursday Morning PRaise the Lord O my Soul while I live will I praise the Lord yea as long as I have any Being will I sing praises unto my God O put not your trust in Princes nor in any Child of Man â—or there is no help in them For when the Breath of Man goeth out he shall turn again to his Earth and then all his Thoughts perish II. Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for ever Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which feedeth the Hungry III. The Lord looseth Men out of Prison the Lord giveth Sight to the Blind The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the Righteous The Lord careth for the Strangers he defendeth the Fatherless and Widow as for the way of the Ungodly he turneth it upside down The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations The Prayer GReat God who art King for everlasting world without end vouchsafe us thy Grace and assist us with thy ready help that we may fix all our hopes in thee for thou alone art able to grant Deliverance II. Lord feed our Souls and satisfie us with thy Salvation when we hunger and thirst after thee revenge our Cause when we suffer wrong and heal our back-slidings Enlighten our Darkness that we walk not in the shadow of Death and let thy hand of Providence take care of us in all our necessities that when our life is expired and we return to that Earth from whence we were taken we may reign with thee for evermore Meditations for Thursday Noon I Cryed unto the Lord with my Voice yea even unto the Lord did I make my supplication I poured out my Complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my Spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me II. I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no Man that would know me I had no place to flie unto and no man cared for my Soul I cried unto thee O Lord and said thou art my Hope and my Portion in the Land of the Living III. Consider my Complaint for I am brought very low O deliver me from my Persecutors for they are too strong for me Bring my Soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name which thing if thou wilt grant me then shall the Righteous resort unto my Company The Prayer THou art our Place O Lord to flee unto and the only Sanctuary wherein is
Merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour In the time of Plague Let thy Anger cease O Lord and be appeased for the inquity of thy People as thou hast sworn by thy self O Holy God Holy and Strong Holy and Immortal have Mercy upon us For a City Compass this City O Lord with thy Protection and let thy Holy Angels guard the Walls thereof O Lord mercifully hear thy People For Grace Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto us thy humble Servants that by thy Holy Inspiration we may think those things that be good and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. For Enemies O God the lover and preserver of Peace and Charity give unto all our Enemies thy true Peace and Love and Remission of Sins and mightily deliver us from their Snares through Jesus Christ our Lord. For the Afflicted O Almighty God the Afflicted Soul the troubled Spirit crieth unto thee Hear O Lord and have Mercy for thou art a merciful God For Travellers Assist us mercifully O Lord in our Supplications and Prayers and dispose the way of thy Servants towards the Attainment of Everlasting Salvation that among all the Changes and Chances of this mortal Life they may ever be defended by thy most Gracious and ready Help through Christ our Lord. For the Fruits of the Earth O God in whom we live move and have our Being open thy Treasure in the due Season and give a Blessing to the works of thy Hands through Jesus Christ our Lord. Against Temptation Almighty God which doth see that we have no Power of our selves to help our selves keep us both outwardly in our Bodies and inwardly in our Souls that we may be defended from all Adversities which may happen to the Body and from all Evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the Soul through Jesus Christ. For Misbelievers and Sinners Almighty and Everlasting God who desirest not the Death of a Sinner mercifully look upon all that are deceived by the subtilty of Satan that all evil Prejudice laid aside they may return to the Unity of thy Truth and Love For Temporal Necessities Replenish those O Lord we beseech thee with Temporal Nourishment whom thou hast refreshed with thy Blessed Sacraments Against Tempests Drive spiritual Wickedness from thy House O Lord and preserve it from the malignity of tempestuous Weather For Women in Travel O Lord of thy abundant Goodness and Mercy help thy Servants who are in great pains and perils of Child-birth that being delivered out of their present Danger they may glorifie thy holy Name who art blessed for evermore For the Sick O God the only refuge of our infirmities by thy mighty power relieve thy sick Servants that they with thy gracious Assistance may be able to give Thanks unto thee in thy Holy Church through Jesus Christ. For Prisoners O God who deliveredst thy Apostle Peter from his Chains and restoredst him to Liberty have pity upon thy Servants in Captivity release their Bonds and grant them Freedom and Safety Accept of the hearty Repentance of those that are appointed to dye and save their Souls for his Merits who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God VVorld without end For the Dying Father of all Flesh and God of all Spirits receive the Souls which thou hast redeemed with thy bloud returning to thee A Prayer before Study O unspeakable Creatour who out of the Treasure of thy VVisdom hast ordained Hierarchies of Angels and hast placed them above the highest Heaven in a wonderfull order and disposed them sweetly for all parts of the VVorld thou the true Fountain and incomprehensible Principle of Light and VVisdom vouchsafe to illuminate the Darkness of my Understanding with a Beam of thy Light remove the Darkness wherein I was born Sin and Ignorance thou who makest the Tongues of Infants Eloquent loosen my Tongue and pour forth the Grace of thy Spirit upon my Lips give me acuteness to apprehend capacity to retain subtilty to interpret aptness to learn readiness to speak direct my beginning farther my progression and perfect my conclusion When the Bell tolls for a Dying Person O gracious God be with this Person in the holy operations of thy Grace and in the yearnings of thy tenderest Mercies in the dreadfull Moment when the Soul shall depart from the Body and conduct this thy dying Creature through the Valley of the Shadow of Death unto the Land of everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen A concluding Prayer Almighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine Ears to us who have now made our Supplications and Prayers unto thee and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy VVill may be effectually obtained to the relief of our Necessities and to the setting forth of thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Peace of God which passeth all understanding keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord and the Blessing of God Almighty the Father Son and Holy Ghost be with us now at the hour of Death and at the Day of Judgment King Edward the Sixth's Prayer against Popery LOrd God deliver me out of this miserable and wretched Life and take me among thy chosen Howbeit not my Will but thy Will be done Lord I commit my Spirit to thee O Lord thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee yet for thy chosen's sake send me Life and Health that I may truly serve thee II. O my Lord God Bless thy People and save thine inheritance O Lord God Save thy chosen People of England O my Lord God defend this Realm from Papistry and maintain thy True Religion that I and my People may praise thy Holy Name Amen For God's Mercies upon Their Majesties Forces under the Command and Conduct of his Grace the Duke of Schomberg O Most powerfull and great God mighty in Battel fearfull in praises doing wonders thou hast done mighty things already for us whereof we rejoice O be pleased still to continue thy undeserved Mercies towards us and accomplish what thou hast already begun for us Go forth we humbly beseech thee with our Armies against those who would make a Prey of thy People II. Protect and guide our great Governour and Commander whose Commission is to fight thy Battel Guide him and Counsel him in all his Undertakings and cover his head in the day of Battel cause those that hate thy Name and People to flee before him and scatter them as the dust before the Wind Crown him with Victory and great Success that at the last he may return home in Peace and Safety to thy Glory their Majesties Comfort his own Satisfaction and all the Nation 's happiness this we beg for the Merits of Jesus Christ Amen For Mercy to the whole Nation
Death of thine only Son hast redeemed us from death to life and hast continually a care of us preserving us as the Apple of thine Eye from the dangerous Assaults of Satan and providest for us all things necessary that more Thanks and Praise is due unto thee than the Tongue of Men or Angels can declare II. Accept these my Praises and Thanksgivings O Lord Ibeseech thee and encrease in me a daily desire to praise thy Goodness acknowledging every good and perfect Gift to come from thee to whom with the Son and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory now and for evermore Amen To God for all his Benefits Most merciful God we yield thee humble thanks for thy continual favour and kindness towards us thy poor and unworthy Creatures for whose Salvation when we were lost thou wert pleased even of thy mere Love to send thine only beloved Son Christ Jesus into the World taking humane Nature upon him and suffering most bitter pangs of Death upon the Cross to redeem us again to thy favour II. Such O Lord was thine unspeakable Love for which we are never able to pay the least recompence but give us O Lord thankfull and obedient hearts that we may yield thee praises not only with our Lips but in our lives not only in giving thy Son for us but in leaving unto us a continual remembrance of the same thine unspeakable Love thy Holy Gospel wherein consists the rule whereby we are directed and though Heaven and Earth pass away yet not one tittle of that shall decay or diminish for without which we should have been in our accustomed Ignorance accept us we beseech thee in thy Son our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen Christian Courage IN AFFLICTION A Prayer before the following Advice to the besieged Souldiers in London-Derry under the Command of that worthy Divine and most Loyal and Valiant Commander Col. Walker O Most Eternal Lord God whose Providence never fails those who trust in thy Name and Word mercifully we beseech thee to cast down thy Eyes of Pity and Compassion upon us miserable Sinners which are here met together we do in all humility prostrate our selves before thy Divine Majesty beseeching thee to pardon all our Sins and help our Infirmities O Lord we are not able of our selves to do any thing but offend thee committing daily and hourly Sins without number but O Lord hear thy Son Christ Jesus for us and nail them to his Cross that they may never rise up in Judgment against us either to shame us in this World or condemn us in the World to come bury them in the bottomless Sea of thy Mercy and Forgetfulness that they may never appear before thee to hinder thy Favours unto us seal the remission of them to our Souls and Consciences that they may not disturb or distract us in our Devotions and Duty pour thy Grace and holy Spirit into us that may enable us to walk before thee in Holiness Righteousness and in Sobriety all the days of our lives Bless we beseech thee our dear and dread Soveraign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Katherine the Queen Dowager the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Bless the Archbishops and Bishops with the rest of the Dispencers of thy holy Sacraments and grant that the light of thy Gospel may never depart from us And Lastly we come unto thee for a Blessing upon our Governours Commanders and fellow Souldiers guide and conduct them in this Calamity fortifie them with Courage and Strength against our Romish Adversaries that thy Name may be glorified our Lives preserved and our Souls Eternally saved in the great day of the Lord Jesus when all flesh shall appear Grant that our Meeting at this time may be for the better and not for the worse to praise and glorifie thy holy Name in whose holy Name and Word we put up these our imperfect Prayers in that most absolute and perfect form of Prayer which Christ himself bath taught us Our Father c. Christian Courage IN AFFLICTION A Discourse by way of Advice to the besieged in London-Derry 2 Chron. 20. Chap. Verse 9. latter part of it Be not afraid nor dismay'd by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not yours but God's THE Context runs thus And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye Inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou King Jehoshaphat Thus saith the Lord unto you Be not afraid nor dismaied by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not yours but God's These are the words of God which he commanded Jahaziel the Prophet to deliver to Jehoshaphat King of Judah When the Moabites and Ammonites came to make War against him to dispossess him of his Kingdom verse the 8th of this Chapter and may be a seasonable Text for this Auditory Our Sins indeed are many which have justly provoked God's heavy Wrath against us and our Enemies are very numerous which surround us therefore now let us cry mightily unto God earnestly beseeching him that he would pardon all our Sins blot out all our Iniquities and receive us graciously let us sincerely repent and be heartily sorry for our manifold Transgressions committed against him so shall we by his Divine Assistance be in a readiness to encounter with Roman Malice these Moabites and Ammonites who are Enemies to our Lives Religion Laws and Liberties and be animated with Courage to go out cheerfully against Rome's Force and Cruelties fighting manfully the Lord's Battel every one of us laying his hand upon his Heart with this comfortable Expression in our Mouths Be not afraid nor dismaied by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not ours but God's Servile Fear is the harbinger of the Guilty and a slavish timorousness belongs not to the Strong and Couragious but a God like Fear attends upon the Vertuous and produces Success in their Undertakings Holy Job that great Proficient in God's School and great Example of Christian Patience tells you Job 28. 28. The fear of the Lord that is Wisdom and to depart from Evil is Understanding This is the only supream Good and Fear which secures us from committing shameful Acts and creates a circumspection in our Lives for as the shadow of the Body is followed by the Sun so doth Glory attend Vertue in our progress to Christ. Let us then put our whole trust in God in this time of danger and take the Royal Prophets resolution Psal. 118. 6. Not to fear what man can do unto us but rather fear the Lord who pitieth those that fear him Psal. 103. 13. It is the Duty of every one of us to be circumspect in our Lives but more especially at this season and time of Affliction when the hand of God is stretched out against us when the Enemy waits even at our doors ready to devour us when they stand gaping ready to swallow us up quick and none of us can prognosticate how soon his
THE PROTESTANT's Crums of Comfort CONTAINING I. Prayers and Meditations with Ejaculations for every day in the Week and other occasions II. Thanksgivings for Deliverances from Popery Tyranny and Arbitrary Power III. The Rebellion in Ireland and Massacre of Paris IV. The Learned Bishop Usher's Prophecy concerning Ireland and the Downfall of Rome V. Advice to the late Besieged in London-Derry under that Reverend Divine and valiant Commander Coll. George Walker Ilustrated with Pictures sutable to each particular Occasion London Printed by W. W. for Nicholas Bodington at the Golden Ball in Duck-lane 1690. Defenders of y e Protestant Religioâ— Q. Elizabeth K. William K. James Q. Mary II. of Sam. XXIII v. 3. He that ruleth ore men must be just ruling in y e fear of God Licensed December 16th 1689. To the Honourable The Lady P. T. Madam WHere true Piety inhabites Charity always â—ims a Priviledge in â—owning Religious Actions â—d like the good Samaritan â—ords the Oil of relief to the â—ounds of the distressed Such tender Compassion alâ—â—ys attends the Great and â—st of whom Madam you â— a perfect Pattern your â—…nty has been unlimited to 〈…〉 distressed and afflicted to 〈…〉 Fatherless and the Widow â—…t even Commiseration it self has been your daily delight and practice Divine Souls like yours can never be free from humblâ— Addressers which creates â— Prâ—sumption in me to lay thâ—… Tract at your Laâ—â—ships Door where I humbly conceive yoâ— will honour it so far as 〈◊〉 take it into your Closet That Heaven may prospâ—… you with length of days here and reward you with a Croâ—… of Glory hereafter is tâ—… hearty Prayer of Madam Your most obedient Servanâ— G. W. THE Protestant's Manual OF PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS When we first awake O God thou art my God early will I seek thee I will sing of thy power â—…d will praise thy Mercy becomes in the Morning for â—…ou hast been and wilt be 〈…〉 defence and refuge in the â—…y of my Trouble A Prayer for the Morning O Eternal God whose Providence has protected mâ— the night past brought me tâ— the beginning of this day defend me O Lord in the same by thy Almighty power anâ— grant that this day I fall into nâ— Sin neither run into any kinâ— of danger but that all mâ— doings may be ordered by thâ— Governance to do alwayâ— that which is righteous in thâ— sight through Jesus Christ. II. I praise thy Name thâ—â— thou hast still continued to 〈◊〉 the opportunity of servinâ— thee and advancing my hopâ— of a blessed Eternity preserâ—â—â—â— me this day from all violence and snares of my Enemies visible and invisible keep me from all pride self-love and vain-glory all obstinacy and disobedience all fraudulency and dissimulation and let the graces of thy holy Spirit take an absolute possession of my Soul and all its faculties that I may finally tread down Satan under my Feet all this I beg for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Prayer for the Evening ALmighty God I praise and magnifie thy holy Name for thy preservation of me this day and all the days of my Life for unless thy Mercy had withheld me I had committed more and more grievous Sins and had been overwhelmed by thy just wrath and severest judgments Pardon O Lord I beseech thee the Sins and Offences of my Youth and the irregularity of all my Actions either in thought word or deed II. Let thy Heavenly Grace be present with me that though my Body sleep yet let my Soul be vigilant lest I sleep in Sin and be forgetfull of my Duty towards thee let thy goodness and loving kindness never slip out of my remembrance but so unite my heart unto thee with fervent Charity that whatever I do may redound to thy glory III. Grant that whether I sleep or wake live or dye I may never lose the light of thy Countenance but evermore live in thy favour that escaping from the Darkness of this World I may at last arrive at the Land of everlasting Peace and happiness to behold thy power and glory Amen Meditations for Sunday Morning LEt God arise and let his Enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him Like as the smoak vanisheth so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the Fire so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God But let the Righteous be glad and rejoyce before God let them also be merry and joyfull II. O Sing unto God and sing Praises unto his Name magnifie him that rideth upon the Heavens as it were upon an Horse praise him in his Name yea and rejoyce before him He is a Father of the Fatherless and defendeth the Cause of the Widows even God in his holy Habitation He is the God that maketh Men to be of one Mind in an House and bringeth the Prisoners out of Captivity but letteth the Runnagates continue in scarceness III. O God when thou wentest forth before the People when thou wentest through the Wilderness The Earth shook and the Heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinaâ— also was moved at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious Rain upon thine in heritance and refreshed'st iâ— when it was weary Thy Congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of thy Goodness prepared for the Poor IV. The Lord gave the Word Great was the Company of the Preachers Kings with their Armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the Household divided the spoil Though ye have liâ—n among the Pots yet shall ye be as the Wings of a Dove that is covered with silver Wings and her Feathers like Gold V. When the Almighty scattered Kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the Hill of Basan so is God's Hill even an high Hill as the Hill of Basan Why hop ye so ye high Hills this is God's Hill in which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for ever VI. The Chariots of God are Twenty thousand even thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy Place of Sinâ—i Thou art gone up on high â—hou hast led Captivity Captive and received Gifts for Men yea even for thine Enemies that the Lord God might dwell among them VII Praised be the Lord daily even the God which helpeth us and poureth his benefits upon us He is our God even the God of whom cometh â—alvation God is the Lord by whom we escape Death God shall wound the head of his Enemies and the hairy Scalp of such a one as goeth on sâ—ill in his wickedness VIII The Lord hath said I will bring my people again as I did from Basan Mine own will I bring again as I did sometime from the deep of the Sea That thy foot may be dipped in the bloud of thine Enemies and that the Tongue of thy Dogs may be red through the
When you go about worldly Affairs O let not my heart be inclined to any evil thing Let me not be occupied in ungodly Works with the Men that work wickedness lest I eat of such things as please them Psalm 141. 4. Deliver me O Lord from every evil Work and establish me in every good word and work 2. Tim. 4. 18. God shall bring every Work into Judgment with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evil Before Eating Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psalm 145. â—6 After Eating The Lord is to be praised who satisfieth thy Mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an Eagle Psal. 103. 4. In prosperity If I do not remember thee let my Tongue cleave to the Roof of my Mouth if I prefer not thee above my chieâ— Joy Psal. 137. 6. Adversity The Lord killeth and maketh alive 1. Sam. 2. 6. Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we noâ— receive evil Job 2. 10. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his Glory Lukâ— 24. 26. Troubles Surely Man walketh in â— vain Shew surely they are disquieted in vain Psalm 39. 6. Calumnies If I pleased men I should not be the Servant of Christ Gal. 1. 10. Praises Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give Glory Psal. 115. 1. Against vain Hope As a Dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt deâ—pise their Image Psal. 73. â—0 Pride Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased Luke 14. 11. Covetousness It is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20. 35. Luxury Know ye not that your Bodies are the Members of Christ 1 Cor. 6. 15. Envy He that loveth not his Brother abideth in Sin 1 John â— 14. Gluttony The Kingdom of God is nâ— Meat and Drink Rom. 14. 1â— Anger Learn of me for I am meâ— and lowly in Heart Mat. 1â— 29. Sloth Cursed be he that doth tâ— work of the Lord negligentlâ— Jer. 48. 10. Rules of Faith Remove not the anciâ— Bounds which thy Fathâ— have set Prov. 22. 28. Acts of Faith Lord I believe help thâ— my Unbelief Mark 9. 24. I know that my Redeemâ— liveth c. Job 19. 25. Hope Though I walk through tâ— valley of the shadow of Death I will fear no Evil for thou art with me Psal. 24. 4. I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him Psal. 90. 15. Charity Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire in comparison of thee My Flesh and my Heart faileth but God is the Strength of my Heart and my Portion for ever Psal. 73. 25 26. Against Worshipping of Idols To whom will you liken God or what likeness will ye compare unto him Isa. 40. 18. Woe unto him that saith to the Wood Awake to the dumb Stone Arise it shall teach behold it is laid over with Gold and Silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it Hab. 2. 19. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your Hearts then put away the strange Gods and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your Hearts unto the Lord and serve him only Then the Children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth and served the Lord only 1 Sam. 7. 3 4. Against Popish Tradition For as much as this people draw near me with their Mouth and with their Lipâ— do honour me but have removed their Heart far from me Isa. 29. 13. In vain they do worship me teaching for Doctrines thâ— Commandments of Men Maâ— 7. 7. Take heed and beware oâ— the Leaven of the Pharisees anâ— of the Sadduces Against Praying to Saints Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved Rom. 10. 13. When you pray say Our Father which art in Heaven c. Luke 11. 2. Against Antichrist Little Children it is the last time and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know it is the last time I John 2. 18. Let no Man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come â— falling away first and that Man of Sin be revealed the Son of Perdition Who opposeth and exalâ—eth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God â—itteth in the Temple of God â—he wing himself that he is God And for this cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a Lie that they all might be damned who believed not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 2. Thes. 2 3 4 11 12. Divine Breathings of the Soul towards the Evening AS the Hart panteth after the VVater-brooks so longeth my Soul after thee O God My Soul is athirst for God even for the living God when shall I come to appear before the presence of God â—salm 42. 1. 2. Thy loving kindness is better than life it self therefore my Lips shall praise thee Psal 63. 4. A Prayer for a Family that may serve for Morning or Evening O Eternal Lord God we thy poor and unworthy Servants prostrate our selves before thee in all Humility to ask pardon for all our Sins and Offences Thou art a God of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity yet so infinitely Gracious that none ever trusted in thee and was confounded Thou hadst an Eye upon us in the Womb and notwithstanding our unworthiness thou still relievest us giving us our daily Food and hourly Breath II. What can we render unto thee O Lord for all thy Mercies which thou continually bestowest upon us O let the Ocean of this thy Mercy be a partition betwixt us and our Sins and betwixt thee and thy Judgments Remove from us whatsoever displeaseth thee and we beseech thee be not extream in marking our Imperfections thou hast gone along with us and hast kept us and preserved us this Night past from Fire Water Robbery sudden Death and Desolation Day past from wilful Snining Frights and Fears Maiming Drowning and Fire from bad Company and false Witnesses which might lay to our Charge things that we know not and from all other sad Accidents which might have beâ—aln us III. Bless our gracious Deliverers and Sovereign Lord and Lady K William and Q. Mary defend their Persons uphold their Crown and maintain their State give them continual Peace length of Days and much happiness Bless Catherine the Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark and the rest of the Royal Family Let thy Blessing be upon this Family guide us in our ways and lead us in thy Truth Bless all our Relations and Friends guide and govern us by thy good Spirit of Grace and whatsoever thou knowest to be needful and convenient for us we beseech thee grant it IV. Lastly We come unto thee for a blessing for all that are distressed either in
Life may be lost or be in danger therefore it behoves us to lay hold on that Advice which St. Paul gave the Ephesians Ephes. 6. 10 11. Be ye strong in the Lord and in the Power of his Might Put on the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand So shall we be fortified with that Courage which is mentioned here in my Text of being not afraid or dismaied by reason of this great multitude for the Battel is not ours but God's Be not afraid or dismaied by reason of this great multitude is the Command of God and therefore in obedience to his Command let us humbly obey his Divine Order and valiantly fight under his Protection A multitude there is and very great what then the Battel is God's and David tells us 1 Chron. 16. 5. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised he is also to be feared above all Gods The multitude here in my Text were Moabites and Ammonites but the multitude which layeth close Siege to us are Jesuits and bloudy Papists whose damnable Principles and hellish Doctrines are to quench the light of the Gospel to root and destroy all Christianity who blasphemously think to gain Heaven by Massacring God ' People and triumph in the effussion of shedding innocent Bloud it is their Glory to lay Kingdoms wast and Countries desolate reduce Cities to Ashes and ruine Families those which will not fall down to worship their Idols false Gods of Wood and Stone are fit objects of their Fury their Cruelty is beyond what Malice can invent or Hell imagine and Solomon gives a true Character of them Prov. 27. 4. Wrath is cruel and Anger is outragious but who is able to stand before Envy But God will pour out his Wrath upon them and shoot at them with his Arrows that they shall be wounded his Vengeance will speedily overtake and drown them like harden'd Pharaob in the red Sea of Perdition let him who hath provoked God to Anger lay his hand on his Heart and now say with Nehemiah Shall such an one as I flie Shall I whom God hath honoured so much dishonour him by Oaths so greatly who am placed in an higher Sphere than others be either a dim or a wandering Star Shall I who am most obliged to God by the Bonds of Wealth and Power exceed the bounds of Truth and Justice whom he hath made a Ruler of the People not rule my self and my own Kingdoms according to his Golden Rule God forbid God will not permit their Romish policy to overthrow our Christian Piety he will not suffer them to break the bruised Reed of the Distressed nor quench the smoaking Flax of their Necessities he will be a Lamp unto our Feet and a Light unto our Path in this Extremity therefore be not afraid or dismaied by reason of this great multitude c. We must every one of us look upon this great Affliction as sent from God for he knows what is better for us than we do for our selves and that which seems most evil at present may turn at last to our greatest benefit None of us ought to despair of God's Mercy for when our weak Apprehensions of God are such as drive us from him we overthrow the main end of Religion which is to bring God and our selves nearer together None ought to exclude themselves from God's Mercy whom he excludes not from it and God excludes none whom he invites to repent with a promise of forgiveness if they do it and the goodness and long suffering and forbearance of us Sinners is on purpose design'd to lead us to Repentance so that after all this to despair and fail in our Courage is only to reject the Mercy which God offers but to question his truth and sincerity to slight his Patience to disparage his Goodness and to look upon him as a most revengeful and implacable Being is to admit and entertain most dishonourable and unworthy Thoughts of the Best the Wisest the most merciful and compassionate Being in the World who hath proclaim'd himself Exod. 34. 6 7. To be a God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in Goodness and Truth keeping Mercy for thousands for giving Iniquity Transgresson and Sin that is to all that truly repent So that when we consider we have no reason to despair of his Mercy to us but readily and willingly to obey his Command and not shrink from those principles which prompt us to his Honour and Glory in whose Service is perfect freedom but to rouse up our selves like Men stand upon our Guard fortifie our selves and be vigilant not being afraid or dismaied by reason of this great multitude for it is God's cause which we fight for and our Lives cannot be better imployed than in his Service from whom we received all we have or can pretend to therefore let us press forwards in obedience to his Command for the Battel is not yours but God's When the Lord's Battel is to be fought we must endeavour to follow his holy Order and Discipline and not our own sinfull Lusts and Appetires like brute Beasts which have no understanding Let us seriously consider I beseech you what it is we fight for it is to defend our Religion and oppose Idolatry to maintain Truth and beat down Falshood to exalt Glory and decry Shame and to enjoy our Freedom and not espouse Slavery Let happy England now be our pattern for Loyalty Magnanimity Courage then shall we arrive at that serene State which holy David expresses Psal. 85. 10. where Mercy and Truth are met together Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other if on the contrary we revolt nothing can be expected but Parisian Slavery to â—â—thrall us and Romish Idolatry to attend us Have we not felt the smarting Rod of Popery for many years yea within a few years when Legality was changed into Arbitrary Government Orthodox Religion grosly invaded and innovated Popish Doctrines publickly preached Crucifixes erected Adoration to Saints and Altars practised and Ten Ave Maria's said for one Pater Nesler The same may be said of Ireland as once a Reverend Divine wittily said of England Though it was but a little Place yet there was a great deal of ROME in it And shall not I visit for these things saith the Lord shall not my Soul be aâ—enged on such a Nation as this Jer. 5. 9. yes surely God will avenge himself and defeat all their Policies he will laugh aâ— their Galamity and meek when the â—â—â—â— cometh when their fear come as desolation and destruction as Whirlwind Prov. 1. 25 26 27. he is able and will deliver us if we trust in him he has promised us who will not break his Word Psal. 50. 15. Call upon me in the time of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me Therefore let us be all of one mind and not halt between Two Opinions but stand fast Fear not nor be dismayed for the Battel is not