are not consumed O how dost thou wait to have mercy upon us with thee is plenteous Redemption And thy mercy and thy pardon extendeth not only to small sins and sinners but those that are great Such as Peter who forswore thee Such as Paul who blasphemed thee To the Thief on the Cross To the Adulteress Mary Magdalen To David and to Manasses Thou biddest those that have plaid the Harlot with many Lovers return unto thee And all those are recapitulated and summed up by thy holy Spirit for comfort and assurance of thy mercy to us also in Jesus Christ In whom thou hast given us great and precious promises and in whom all the promises of God are Yea and Amen Therefore Jesus thou Son of David have mercy upon me And by thy name Jesus be a Saviour to me Lord do not so remember my sins as to forget thine own Name But hear me forgive me intercede for me O reconcile thy Father to me say unto my Soul I am thy Salvation Where sin hath abounded let Grace superabound God hath concluded all under sin that he might have mercy upon all O blessed Lord thy Son my Saviour Christ once suffered for sin the just for the unjust he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance He bids all that labour and are heavy laden come unto him and therefore most holy God blessed Jesus receive me have mercy on me Justifie me freely Sanctifie me effectually Cleanse me thorowly Receive me graciously into the arms of thy protection and unspeakable mercy and secure me from all mine Enemies visible and invisible Deprecations out of Bishop Andrews O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath Cast me not off for ever Cast me not away from thy presence Hide not thy face from me Forsake me not put me not to shame O turn away reproach Let not mine enemies triumph over me Deliver me not over to their will preserve my life from them Deliver me O Lord from hardness of heart from impenitence From grossness dulness and deadness of spirit From all impudence or over bold confidence From a sear'd conscience and a dull reprobate mind Form the sin unto death the sin against the Holy Ghost From all superfluity of naughtiness The weight of sin the lusts of the eyes and pride of life From all wicked and vain desires hurtful Vain unprofitable foolish and sinful thoughts From desire of vain glory or enduring it From lying lips and a deceitful heart or tongue From hands stretched out to covetousness From feet swift to do evil from eyes or ears Open to vanity or destruction From errors or blindness of judgment inconstancy of mind sinful words and actions envy hatred rancour malice and revenge Good Lord deliver and preserve me for ever Root out of me all prophaneness and superstition pride and indecency Anger and contention swearing cursing Violent passion inordinate affection And cleanse me from all my corruption deceit fraud lying slandering envy and malice Take from me all gluttony and intemperance Give to me the virtue of Abstinence and Temperance Take from me the spirit of uncleanness Give to me the love of chastity Take from me all love and desire to this vain world Give to me the love and desire of Heaven Take from me all perturbation of mind Give to me a contented mind Take from me the heat and violence of anger Give to me the spirit of meekness and true humility Take from me all immoderate care of this life Give to me the constant care of eternal life Give to me all spiritual joy Take from me all sinful joy Take from me all haughtiness of mind Give to me compunction of heart humility Good Lord deliver me In all my prayers hear me In all my thinkings speaking and writings Inspire instruct and direct me In all my infirmities pity and help me Out of all temptations deliver me From all falls fractures of bones Dislocations noisom and grievous diseases Good Lord deliver me From all dangers of Fire and Water From thy wrath and everlasting damnation Good Lord deliver us And let thy grace mercy and blessing be now and evermore upon us Intercessions for all Mankind I Beseech thee O Lord for the Conversion of Turks Jews and Heathens to the Truth For all Christians That they may be strengthened that stand That they may be converted that are in error For the Churches throughout the world That they may be united in Religion For our Church that whatsoever is amiss in it may be amended For the Kings Majesty and his prosperity For all Christian Kingdoms For ours and each part of it That it may flourish in peace For the Clergy that they may teach and live well For wisdom in the Council Integrity in the Judges Strength in our Armies Discretion in the Magistrates Obedience in the People The prosperity and good success of Merchants Husbandmen Artificers and Tradesmen that they may live carefully and honestly in their Vocations For the prosperous education of Youth in our Universities and Schools and other parts of the Kingdom For our Parents Kindred Friends Benefactors and Neighbours For those of whom we have the charge committed to us either in Church Common wealth or Families For our enemies especially those that hate us without cause that God would convert them For those that commend themselves to our prayers and those whose affairs and troubles will not suffer them to pray as they ought For those who are in affliction of body or mind In danger or want in prison or condemned to death For those that excell in qualities of mind in strength of body in abundance of wealth That they exalt not themselves above their Brethren but do good with their gifts and advantages For those which undertake any notable action which may redound To the Glory of God The Peace of the Church The Honour of the Kingdom A Christians Dedication of himself unto God I That am a wretched sinner here personally appearing and prostrate before the presence of the everlasting God having in remembrance the exceeding mercy of his great goodness towards me whom he hath created of nothing preserved sustained and loved when I was most unworthy of any thing whom he hath of his incomprehensible clemency so often invited to repent and whose conversion and amendment he hath so patiently expected as also having in memory that at the day of my Baptism Christning I was so happily and holily vowed and dedicated unto my God to be his child and to live in his continual service grieve that contrary to the profession then made in my name I have often displeased his Glorious Majesty I have so many and sundry ways so execrably and detestably violated my Vows profaned my sacred promises and employed my soul to the service of the world the flesh and the devil that I have thereby despised the graces and contemned the goodness of Gods Divine Majesty and deserved everlasting perdition but now at length recalling my self
thee Who givest us joy in our reproaches and in all our labours of serving thee peace of Conscience and joy in the Holy Ghost intire love of our enemies and zeal of Souls yet alienated from thee O thou that hast given us such a sense of them hear our prayers for them that they also may see the felicity of thy chosen and rejoyce in thy Salvation That all the Sons of God may shout for joy in the Gates of Jerusalem O thou who hast shewed a miracle of Mercy in converting us who do call upon thee shew the same upon them who do not yet call effectually upon thee O Lord God of Mercy convert all Infidels all dead insensible Souls into a true sense of thee make them and us to yield all obedience to thee And to thy Name be rendered all Honour Praise and Glory for all these and for all other thy abundant mercies shewed unto us from everlasting until now and from this time forth for evermore Amen An Hymn to Jesus wherein the the Soul may expatiate it self with delight in Him JEsus the only thought of thee Fills with delight my memory But when thou dost thy presence shew Heaven into my brest doth flow No Theme for voice so sweet can be Nor to the ear such Melody No Heart can Thought so charming frame As Jesus his most precious Name Our hope when we for sins do grieve Thy mercies all our wants relieve If good to those that seek thy Grace What art thou when they see thy face Jesus in whom we comfort find Life of our Souls light of our Mind Thou dost our Hearts with true joys feed Thy gifts our utmost wish exceed No eloquence of tongue can teach Nor art of Pen this secret reach Only the experienced Soul doth prove What sweets they taste who Jesus love Him then I 'le seek retired apart Shutting the world out of my heart Amidst my business him I 'le strive With fresh pursuits still to retrive Early with Magdalen I 'le come A Pilgrim to my Saviours Tomb Wailing my sins with mournful cries I 'le seek him with my Mind not Eyes My Tears shall on his Grave distill My faithful Sighs the Garden fill Prostrate before him on my face His sacred feet I 'le fast embrace Striving to follow where they lead Jesus in thy blest steps I 'le tread Nor shall my Soul give o're to mourn Till to thy favour it return O Jesus most admired King Who didst triumph ore deaths sharp sting Thy Mystick sweetness first excites Then satisfies all appetites Thy quickening visits life bestow Thy light true good doth clearly shew That they who once have relisht thee Know all the world 's meer vanity Come then dear Lord possess our Hearts Enflame our Love with thy chaste darts All clouds of error drive away And change our night to thy bright day To thee our Hearts and Voices sing To thee our Vows and Prayers we bring That when we end this life 's short race In Heaven with thee we may have place A Prayer upon the third Hour O Blessed Jesus being the third hour was devoted to thee by the ancient Christians in memory of thy Prayer in the Garden thine Agony there suffered before thy Passion and of thy sending the Holy Ghost to thy Disciples accept of me in Communion with them doing honour to thy Name therein Enable me now seriously to consider that in that Garden of sorrow to thee thou didst repair our sin first committed in a Garden Thine Agony there was so great thy Conflict so strong thy Love so forcible thy Fathers wrath so weighty our Sins so hearty that thou didst sweat drops of blood prest out by thine intollerable anguish for our sins I humbly beseech thee to make me in utter abhorrence of all sin to forsake iniquity Give me a deep sense and sorrow for my sins and a thorough conversion to thee from them all Let this suffering of thine make me contented with all sufferings for thy sake And let thine infinite love therein melt my heart into love of thee and fill me with love to all Mankind for thee Great O Lord was this anguish of thine when it urged thee to pray that this Cup might pass from thee But greater was thy Love which did drink it up for me Great was thy dolor in thy prayer but greater was thy obedience Great was thy human suffering but greater was thy divine perfection that therein could make so perfect a Resignation Great was thy love to our Souls that suffered such inexplicable torments in thine own Most deeply fervent were thy prayers when thou didst shed thy very blood for tears O let me ne're refuse to bleed for thee Who shedst this strange prodigious blood for me O thou who didst pray prostrate on the earth and didst repeat the same prayer thrice Grant I beseech thee that by the outward gesture of our bodies we may encrease the inward devotion of our minds and in often repeating the same prayer may still advance to new degrees of pious affections make me in all things resigned unto thee O thou who wert falsly apprehended and betrayed deliver me from the false apprehension and treacheries of Men and grant that neither for reward nor danger I ever withdraw my fidelity from the but learn by thy example to do good with cheerfulness and to suffer evil with patience O blessed Lord thou didst deliver thy self to the violence of thine enemies suffering them to bind scourge deride and abuse thee in most barbarous manner Grant I beseech thee that the sins of our hands may be loosed by the binding of thine that the scourges due for our sins may be acquitted by thine let all our vain affections be confounded by the indecencies cast upon thee Grant that when ever thou callest us thereunto we may not only be bound but be ready to die for the Lord Jesus O by these bindings of thine deliver us from the chains of eternal darkness and bind our Souls and Hearts unto thee in the Chains of a strong obedience and everlasting love and dissolve now all the bonds of my sins O blessed Jesus being bound thus by Annas thou wast sent to Caiphas the high Priest where thou wert yet worse abused buffeted and blindfolded Have mercy upon me and make me to remember that no darkness can hide me from thy sight that so I may ever behave my self as in thy presence and be able to suffer all things rather than offend thee willingly any more Grant also that for thy sake who wert stript mockt spit upon wounded and derided for me I may patiently bear the devesture of all things and the derision of all men for thee hoping that if I be afflicted for thee here I shall by thy mercy and merit be glorified with thee hereafter I furthermore approach thee to commemorate the sending of thine holy Spirit upon thine Apostles humbly beseeching thee not to take it from me but to renew me
mercy upon me By all thine anguish thou didst feel in the suspension of the divine aid have mercy upon me By the immensity of thy love in this thy most copious Redemption have mercy upon me and fill my Soul with the love of thee By all the barbarous outrages which thou didst endure for me deliver me from all mine Enemies visible and invisible My dearest Lord be thou the only supream love of my heart and the life of my Soul Let thy Virtues be in all my Actions and be thy honour the sole end of all my intentions Let me live in thy Wounds and for ever remain in thy love O my dear Lord Jesus thou heavenly Physitian of all humane nature thou great and glorious and eternal King remember I beseech thee all the bitter pains thou didst endure in all thy sacred members when thou wert hoised up on the Cross for me And let not my Soul be lost which cost thee all those inexplicable pains Make me feelingly and thankfully to remember how all thy precious body was rent and torn thy sacred limbs tortur'd and rackt thy head pierced thy bones disjoynted and all thy body broken for me Let me never forget this love of thine or ever offend thee more From the crown of the head to the soal of the foot thou hadst no part left whole in thee Never suffering like thine Never dolor like thine Never love like thy love Yet wert thou unmindful of all thine own Sufferings and didst pray to thy Father for thy cruel enemies O by this mercy of thine give me love and mercy to all that offend me and do thou now have mercy upon me Grant that I may always have such a devout memory and feeling of thy Passion that it may be a most powerful protection of my Soul against all temptation O thou who hanging on the Tree didst there make satisfaction for the sins of the world have mercy upon all Men. Convert the Obdurate Convince Hereticks Reduce Schismaticks Call in the Jews Bring in the fulness of the Gentiles Make all the Profane to tremble at thy Word Enflame all luke-warm Christians with an holy zeal unto thee Take pity on those who do not pity themselves Bring us all into obedience unto thee O holy Father accept of this propitiatory Sacrifice of thine only eternal Son for the full pacification of thy wrath and for the satisfaction and salvation of all returning sinful penitent and believing Souls Bring all that are ignorant of this thy Sons redeeming love to the knowledg of it and thee Since it is life eternal to know thee O holy Father and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent Make all those who are ignorant of the terms of the Gospel to know and embrace the same Bring in all who are out of the Covenant of Grace by sincere faith and unfeigned Repentance into Covenant with thee Convert those in particular whom I am obliged to pray for effectually Keep my Soul for ever from offending thee Let this sweet peace my Saviour hath purchased with his own blood never more be broken between me and thee Let none of my rebellions break it keep me from sin that it never be disturbed O blessed Jesus as there was darkness at the hour of thy Passion over all the Earth untill the Ninth hour deliver me from all the works and from the place of everlasting darkness by thy holy sufferings in this hour Amen O soveraign Lord and blessed Saviour Jesus our only Redeemer Saviour of the World who by the sole motive of thy mercy didst humble thy Soul to the death for our Redemption and ascend to thy Father for the full accomplishment of our peace graciously apply to our Souls the infinite Merits of thy sacred Passion and with thy precious blood cleanse us from all our sins nail them to thy Cross hide them in thy Wounds bury them in thy Grave that they may die in us and we live in thee the life of Grace here and the life of Glory hereafter wherewith the Father and the Holy Ghost thou livest and reignest in the Unity of the Glorious Trinity ever blessed World without end Amen Prayers for the Ninth Hour O Blessed Jesus I come now to commemorate thy holy Death which after all thy pains hanging so tedious a time on the Cross thou didst suffer at the Ninth Hour in full satisfaction for all our sins O by this death of thine have mercy upon me let it kill crucifie and destroy all sin in me let me die unto the World and live henceforth only unto thee At the Ninth Hour was thy Heart pierced with a Spear O transfix my Heart unto thee By that precious Water and Blood shed for me have mercy upon me wash cleanse purifie heal my wounded and defiled Soul Then blessed Jesus did the virtue of the Holy Sacraments flow from thy sacred side the Water by which we are regenerated the Blood by which we are redeemed give me evermore the virtue and benefit thereof Then was thy sacred Soul separated from thy Holy Body O separate me from this evil World and unite me wholly unto thee Then didst thou admit the Thief into Paradise O admit me into thy Heavenly Kingdom For all these stupendious Mercies I praise and magnifie thy Name for ever I beseech thee that the power and effect of all thou hast done for me may be saving to me Make me now to feel the horror of Sin and the sorrow due unto it that hath cost thee thy life and the very last drop of Blood to make atonement for it O that I could comprehend the immense love of my dying Saviour that I might make some grateful return of love unto thee Why should not the sense of thy Weeping make mine eyes to overflow with tears for offending Why should not the Blood which thou didst shed for me make me desirous to shed mine for the love of thee O my dear Lord let thy thirsting brest make mine to thirst and languish after thee inebriate me with the delicious viands of thy grace and love since my Soul can take no satisfaction in any thing but thee O fountain of living Waters to thee I come let me by faith drink up the Water and Blood which flowed from thee As thy Heart was broken for me break mine with sorrow for offending thee proceeding purely from the love I owe unto thee Hide me in thy wounded side till thy Fathers indignation be over past By thy precious Blood save me By thy holy Water cleanse me By thy prevailing death give me life and By thy Resurrection Glory O blessed Jesus what a bill of payment hast thou here discharged what an acquittance hast thou made for me The Rocks did rent the Graves open the Heavens mourn the Earth did shake at thy Passion and shall I evermore make leight of any transgression more O strike the Rock of my hard Heart that it may kindly flow forth in tears for thee as thou didst overflow
yea even for the living God When shall I come and appear before God My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise Truly my soul waiteth upon God from him cometh my Salvation He only is my Rock and Salvation my soul wait thou only upon God For my expectation is from him he only is my Rock and my Salvation He is my defence I shall not be moved In God is my Salvation and my Glory the Rock of my strength and my refuge is in God Trust in him at all times pour out your heart before him He is our refuge O God thou art my God early will I seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty Land where no water is To see thy power and thy glory so as I have seen thee in the Sanctuary Because thy loving kindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee Thus will I bless thee while I live I will lift up my hands in thy name My Soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips I will praise God in the great Congregations I will enter into thy gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise Open to me the gates of Righteousness I will go into them and I will praise the Lord. This is the day that the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it Give Israel thine Oracles and fill Zion with thine unspeakable Glory O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy O worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness O come let us fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker In thy fear do I worship thee in this thy holy Temple desiring to praise thee in the great Congregation before much people Here O Lord in the beauty of Holiness I approach to worship thee among thy Saints in the great Assembly I adore thine infinite Bounty that notwithstanding all my sins thou permittest me to tread thy Courts to attend thy Majesty in thy holy Temple For I have profaned thy Sabbaths Defiled thy Sanctuary Polluted thine holy Ordinances Dishonoured my Profession Been cold in my Prayers Dull in my Praises Careless and censorious in my Hearing Extreamly negligent in my Meditation Miserably distracted in all So that I have deserved a curse rather than a blessing from thee But O merciful Father Tender and compassionate Lord. Jesus my Saviour Most blessed and holy Spirit By thy Grace I return unto my heart and with all my heart I return unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Pardon all my sins and let them not hinder the ascending of my prayers and praises unto thee nor the descending of thy mercies and graces now upon me My Soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy Judgments The Law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands of Gold and Silver Thy Testimonies are my delight and my counsellers O now in the accepted time make them so to thy servant Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonderful things of thy law Make me to understand the way of thy precepts Order my steps in thy Word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me Teach me thy way O God and I will walk in thy paths O knit my heart fast unto thee that I may fear thy name It is my joy to see these Temples erected in the Land To see all Nations adoring and offering prayers and praises unto thee O that thou wouldst fill my heart with all the love of all the Souls that ever were are or shall be that I might offer it up now unto thee with all the love of Angels and glorified Saints for thou hast shewed more mercy to me than to them For I have offended thee more than all Give me therefore the love and obedience of them all to offer it up now unto thee Amen Devotions in the Church O Most holy God who art glorious in Holiness fearful in praises doing wonders give me great and dreadful apprehensions of thee that all the words of my mouth and thoughts of my heart may now and ever be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Bless all thine holy Ordinances at this time and at all times unto me Give me understanding in thy Word both read and preached Grant that it may be so mixt with faith and obedience that it may be the savour of life unto life to me and to every one here before thee and not the savour of death unto death Direct I beseech thee and assist thy Minister that he may rightly divide and utter thy Word that what in his Studies he hath conceived and composed of thy holy Oracles he may now powerfully preach to thy Glory Fill him with the Holy Ghost that he by thy Spirit may minister grace to the Hearers Make him to speak Knowledg and Instruction to the ignorant Comfort to the afflicted Terror to the profane That he may melt the hard hearted and make the proud to tremble at thy Word Lord enable him to correct all my errors to search out and eradicat all all my sins And then and not till then let him speak peace to my Conscience So guide the sword of the Spirit in his hand that it may meet with and smite all our corruptions and bosom sins who are now before thee known or unknown to us but all known to thee discover them all by this thy holy Minister that we may be purged purified and cleansed before thee Endue me and all that are here with wisdom to understand thy Word With serious attention to it With holy veneration of it With love and delight in it With all obedience to it And give us the grace of perfect amendment by it O let thy word drop as heavenly dew upon me and make my barren heart fruitful in the fruits of the same What I beg for my self I beg for all thy people for all my friends in special for all mankind in general and for all thine all the world over humbly beseeching thee to make thine holy Ordinances profitable unto all Amen After Church I Praise and magnifie thy great and Glorious Name that notwithstanding all my sins and great unworthinesses thou hast again admitted me into thy Holy Temple to make my prayers and supplications unto thee and to offer up my Praises in the Songs of Zion to thy great and Glorious Name I humbly thank thee for thy most holy Word read and Preached That Treasury of thy Graces That dispensation of thy Mercies That word of Life and Comfort That Helmet and Shield of Salvation Make it to have mighty operation upon me Let it make a deep impression in me Write it in my heart Record it in my Memory Make it familiar pleasant and present to my understanding The only subject of my Study And the sole object of my Love Let it
Obedience thy Humility thy Meekness thy Purity and Intention thy Patience thy Wisdom thy Silence thy Contentedness thy Sweetness thy Mildness thy Mercy thy Pity thy Fortitude and Courage thy Constancy and Perseverance thy Righteousness to cover me and all thy Merits to save me Glory be to thee O Lord most High Amen A Prayer for the Sixth Hour O Blessed Jesus I now commemorate thy holy Sufferings for me both in thankfulness to thee for them and for the application of them to my poor Soul as also to offer them up to thy holy Father for the full satisfaction of all my sins O dearest Saviour how wert thou led for me as a Lamb to the slaughter and as a Sheep before the shearer is dumb so thou openedst not thy mouth Thou didst turn thy back to the smiters and thy cheek to the nippers Thou wert mockt and whipt and rent and torn defiled with spittle wounded and scourged harshly and terribly nailed and crucified for me Yet in all thy sufferings thou didst nothing but good to thine enemies and didst pray with loud cries for thy persecutors Have mercy upon me plant in my heart I beseech thee gentleness and patience a meek and long suffering spirit quietness of mind and stability of Soul that I may never more be transported with violent anger or be disordered and discomposed by an offensive peevishness much less ever think of revenge Give me grace dear Lord mildly and rationally lovingly and discreetly to reprehend my Inferiors sweetly and tenderly my Equals and freely to forgive all Give me patience in all injuries and contentedness in all conditions and cross accidents Make me with charity return good for evil Deliver me from an evil tongue and a turbulent mind from an angry spirit and a cross contentious humour Let thy example convert me thy sweetness mollifie me thy gentleness soften me thy sufferings heal me thy blood cleanse me thy death satisfie thy Fathers wrath and save me Fill me with thy Graces that I may imitate thy Virtues and by thy Merits be replenished with thy mercies here and with thy Glories hereafter Amen Blessed Lord thou wert charged with the heavy burden of thy cross O for thy mercy sake discharge me of the heavy burden of my Sins Thou wert led up to Mount Calvary lift me up I beseech thee to the Mount of Heavenly felicity Thou wert nailed betwixt two Thieves be pleased to place me between thy Saints and Angels Thou didst charge Simon of Cyrene with thy Cross make me with him contentedly to take it up and follow thee Let me not by folly make it but with all obedience and chearfulness take it when thou shalt impose it upon me Dearest Lord I see by the light of Faith thy sacred Arms stretch'd and extended upon the Cross for me O by that infinite love of thine that made thee endure all this for me have mercy upon me and save me Receive me now into those arms of mercy and secure my Soul for ever unto thee O thou who at the Sixth hour and only the sixth day didst fasten the Sins of the whole world with thy self upon the Cross cancel I beseech thee the hand-writing of our Sins which is against us and take it quite away from us Let all these sufferings of thine satisfie for what I deserve to suffer and deal not with me after my Sins neither reward me after mine iniquities Let the nails of thy Feet nail my Affections which are the feet of my Soul unto thee Let the nails of thy Hands nail all good works unto mine Let the Meditation of the Thorns wherewith thou wast crowned for me pierce mine Eyes unto Tears and my Heart with sorrow for thy Sufferings and my Sins O let the most precious Blood which issued out of all thy Wounds wash me clean before thee and keep me clean Let me not after such a Bathing ever be polluted more O dearest Saviour who didst hang naked wounded wrackt tenâ—…'d tortur'd and bleeding even to death upon the Cross for me to offer up the only propitiatory Sacrifice by which thy Fathers wrath can be appeased have mercy upon me For in this thy alsufficient satisfaction I place my only hope of Salvation O let me ne're confounded be Since all my Hope is plac'd in thee I come dear Lord I come unto thee O take me into the Comprehensions of thine unalterable and everlasting love for thou hast opened thy Heart as well as thine Arms to receive me As thine Arms of Mercy are stretch'd out for me behold my Heart is by the hand of Faith reached up unto thee O let us be joyn'd together and never divided more By thy Sufferings grant me deliverance By thy Stripes let me be healed By thy Wounds let me be cured By thy Blood let me be saved As thou hast the pain O give me the ease of all thy Sufferings Ease me O Jesus of the burden of my Sins By thy Crown of Thorns pricking and wounding thee adorn my Head with a clear Understanding here and the Crown of Glory hereafter For thou hast paid the price of my Redemption that I may get the purchase of thy Kingdom therefore I adore thine unspeakable goodness I delight I rejoyce and glory in thine infinite Mercies I desire to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified O let the powers of the Cross prevail against all the powers of darkness Let thy patience and love on the Cross reconcile me to all persons and sufferings Let the peace of the Cross reconcile me to thy Eternal Father and bring me peace of Conscience Let thy pains on the Cross mortifie all my evil and corrupt affections Let thy Victory on the Cross give me victory over all my spiritual enemies Let thy Patience satisfie for my Impatience Thy Obedience satisfie for my disobedience Thy Humility for my pride Thy Love for all my uncharitableness Give me such Patience Obedience Humility and Love as may make me live conformable to thee and make thy Merits effectual to me By thy Prayer for thine Enemies do thou mediate and intercede for me By thy care of thy Holy Mother and Saint John take care of thy Church and me By thy Mercy shew'd on the Thief have mercy on me powerfully convert me and all sinners unto thee By thy strong loud cries unto thy Father hear my prayers and let my cry come unto thee By thy thirst after my Salvation give me the benefit of this thy Passion By the Vinegar and Gall given unto thee make bitter every sin unto me By thy finishing all things foretold of thee finish my course of sining against thee By thy Recommendation of thy self into thy Fathers hands receive my Soul into thy Almighty protection here and to thy everlasting Glory hereafter By all thine unknown Sufferings felt by thee but not understood by me have mercy upon me By all thy dolors during the three long hours thou didst hang bleeding on the Cross for me have
to do O give me the Image of thy Soul and let the same mind be in me that was in Christ Jesus both towards thine Eternal Father and towards all thy Creatures Let me despise all the vanities which thou didst contemn that I may enter into thy Joys and live in Communion with thee for ever Amen A Prayer upon the Day of Pentecost O Lord my Light my Life and Confidence my Love and my only Happiness I place my whole hope and trust in thee I now expect from thine infinite Bounty thy Holy Spirit which thou hast promised in thy mercy O send out thy Light and thy Truth unto me Thy Word is Truth thy Spirit is Truth thou O God art the God of Truth Inspire me with thy Truth and make me to know the Truth embrace love live in the Truth believe and speak the Truth serve obey and praise thee in Truth now and for evermore O blessed Jesus all the Treasures and Joys thou gavest us in thy Birth all the Mercies and mysteries of thy Life all the Benefits of thy Death and Passion all the Victories and Joys of thy Resurrection all the Triumphs and places thou givest us in thy Ascension all the advantages of thy Session and Intercession are lockt up and seal'd in this promise of sending the Holy Ghost Till he unlock and open these Treasuries to us till he illuminate us in and fit us for them till he reveal and apply them to us we cannot enjoy them O send thy Spirit then into us and seal all thy Mercies by him upon us now and evermore Amen Confession of Sin out of Bishop Andrews I Confess O Lord that I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my Mother conceived me That I was brought forth in uncleanness That I am a root of bitterness A wild Vine of Sodom A branch of the wild Olive A child of wrath a vessel of dishonour My heart is rebellious like a starting bow My throat an open sepulchre venting folly My lips so polluted that my tongue talketh nothing but vanity Mine eyes and my tongue uncircumcised I have a forehead of brass and a neck of iron My hand slow to do good and my feet swift to do evil I have sin'd against thee O Lord and trespassed in thy sight not fearing thy Majesty My sins are in quantity large of long continuance from my Mothers womb deep heavy like a burden like lead reaching to Heaven with their cry Many in number like the Starrs More than the hairs of my head or the sands of the Sea oftentimes reiterated as a fountain casting out waters till they become as a habit as red as scarlet and crimson For I am sold under sin I sin till they become natural to me like the Aethiopian's skin and the Leopards spots In quality sins as strong as cords and cart-ropes gaining nothing therby For a handful of Barley and a little Bread Committing sin with greediness sin upon sin with impudence not being ashamed knowing it to be sin Giving offence thereby unthankfully like the dog to the vomit Like the Sow to the mire Therefore O Lord because thou art just and thy Judgments true I do or may reap the fruit of my foolishness For what fruit have I in those things whereof I am now ashamed My days are consumed in vanity and my years in the bitterness of my Soul and now there is no health in me because of thy displeasure nor any rest by reason of my sin My Heart trembleth also for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy Judgments I feel bitterness beyond the bitterness of death for ever forsaking thee or being forsaken by thee Wo unto me rebellious wretch for so doing by which I become so vile I loath and abhor my self I have roar'd for the very disquietness of my heart And what shall I now say or how shall I open my mouth What shall I answer seeing I have done these things Miserable man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death When I have not what I can farther say or do this only remaineth this is my last refuge that I direct mine eyes unto thee Out of the deep have I cried unto thee O Lord Lord hear my vâ—ice If thou Lord shouldst be extream to mark what is done amiss who may abide it Enter not into Judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified Wherefore O Lord I appeal from thee unto thee From thee a just Judg to thee a merciful Father From the Throne of thy Justice to the seat of thy Mercy O Lord be pleased to admit of this appeal if thou do not I perish and carest thou not that I perish who wouldst have all to be saved and none to perish I am thine O save me Despise not the works of thine own hands who hatest nothing that thou hast made I am thy servant the Son of thine handmaid I am called by thy name I am the price of thy Blood O spare thy workmanship spare thy child Thy name the price of thy Son's Blood But I am a sinner and God beareth with sinners be pleased to bear with me and remember of what I am made Remember that I am but dust Frail flesh light wind loose dust and wilt not thou O Lord break a leaf driven to and fro by the wind wilt thou pursue dry stubble Behold O Lord though I have sinned I humble my self before thee Spare the humble and contrite David spared Shimei that railed on him and David was a man after thine own heart therefore do thou spare me Ahab forgave the King of Assyria his offences upon his humiliation Was there ever King of Israel so merciful as thou art Thou therefore whose very nature is to have mercy have mercy upon me spare me and be not angry with thy servant for ever but for the sake of Jesus Christ turn away thy wrath from me and be reconciled to me Accept the sacrifice of a contrite heart and grieved Soul a wounded spirit a troubled conscience pity me and spare me though I have so grievously sin'd against thee It hath ever been thy practice to be merciful They trusted and were not confounded Thy Mercies have been ever of old When I look at the Generations of old I see never any trusted in thee and was confounded and thou never didst despise those that called upon thee Remember thy word unto thy servant in which thou hast caused me to hope Thou hast blessed the man that trusteth in thee my whole trust is in thee let me never be confounded Thy Mercies O Lord are comfortable better than life many plentiful and tender superabundant wonderful and infinite preventing us following us compassing us pardoning iniquity transgression and â—…n Thou art the Father of Mercies Thou sparest when we deserve punishment and in thy wrath thinkâ—… upon mercy Gently correcting in the midst of wrath remembring mercy It being of thy mercy that we