pressure O let thy mercy be the measure For if thou keepest wrath in store We all shall die And none be left to glorifie Thy Name and tell How thou hast sav'd our souls from Hell Mercy On the Conversion of S. Paul FUll of wrath his threatning breath Belching nought but chains and death Saul was arrested in his way By a voice and a light That if a thousand dayes Should joyn rayes To beautifie one day It would not shew so glorious and so bright On his amazed eyes it night did fling That day might break within And by those beams of Faith Make him of a childe of wrath Become a vessel full of glory Lord curb us in our dark and sinful way We humbly pray When we down horrid precipices run With feet that thirst to be undone That this may be our story Allelujah On the Purification of the blessed Virgin PUre and spotless was the Maid That to the Temple came A pair of Turtle-doves she paid Although she brought the Lamb Pure and spotless though she were Her body chaste and her soul faire She to the Temple went To be purifi'd And try'd That she was spotless and obedient O make us to follow so blest Precedent And purifie our souls for we Are cloth'd with sin and misery From our conception One imperfection And a continued state of sin Hath sullied all our faculties within We present our souls to thee Full of need and misery And for Redemption a Lamb The purest whitest that e're came A Sacrifice to thee Even he that bled upon the Tree On Good-Friday THe Lamb is eaten and is yet again Preparing to be slain The Cup is full and mixt And must be drunk Wormwood and gall To this are draughts to beguile care withall Yet the Decree is fixt Doubled knees and groans and cries Prayers and sighs and flowing eyes Could not intreat His sad Soul sunk Under the heavy pressure of our sin The pains of Death and Hell About him dwell His Fathers burning wrath did make His very heart like melting wax to sweat Rivers of blood Through the pure strainer of his skin His boiling body stood Bubling all o're As if the wretched whole were but one dore To let in pain and grief And turn out all relief O thou who for our sake Didst drink up This bitter Cup Remember us we pray In thy day When down The strugling throats of wicked men The dregs of thy just fury shall be thrown Oh then Let thy unbounded mercy think On us for whom Thou underwent'st this heavy doom And give us of the well of life to drink Amen On the Annunciation to the blessed Virgin A Winged harbinger from bright heav'n flown Bespeaks a lodging room For the mighty King of Love The spotless structure of a Virgin womb O'reshadow'd with the wings of the blest Dove For he was travelling to earth But did desire to lay By the way That he might shift his clothes and be A perfect Man as well as we How good a God have we who for our sake To save us from the burning lake Did change the order of Creation At first he made Man like himself in his own Image now In the more blessed reparation The Heavens bow Eternity took the measure of a span And said Let us make our self like Man And not from Man the Woman take But from the Woman Man Allelujah we adore His Name whose goodness hath no store Allelujah Easter day WHat glorious light How bright a Sun after so sad a night Does now begin to dawn Bless'd were those eyes That did behold This Sun when he did first unfold His glorious beams and now begin to rise It was the holy tender Sex That saw the first ray Saint Peter and the other had the reflex The second glimpse o'th'day Innocence had the first and he That fled and then did penance next did see The glorious Sun of Righteousness In his new dress Of triumph immortality and bliss O dearest God preserve our souls In holy innocence Or if we do amiss Make us to rise again to th' life of Grace That we may live with thee and see thy glorious face The crown of holy Penitence Allelujah On the day of Ascension HE is risen higher not set Indeed a cloud Did with his leave make bold to shroud The Sun of Glory from Mount Olivet At Pentecost hee 'll shew himself again When every ray shall be a tongue To speak all comforts and inspire Our Souls with their celestial fire That we the Saints among May sing and love and reign Amen On the Feast of Pentecost or Whitsunday TOngues of fire from heaven descend With a mighty rushing wind To blow it up and make A living fire Of heavenly Charity and pure desire Where they their residence should take On the Apostles sacred heads they sit Who now like Beacons do proclaim and tell Th' invasion of the host of Hell And give men warning to defend Themselves from the inraged brunt of it Lord let the flames of holy Charity And all her gifts and graces slide Into our hearts and there abide That thus refined we may soar above With it unto the element of Love Even unto thee dear Spirit And there eternal peace and rest inherit Amen Penitentiall Hymns I. LOrd I have sinn'd the black number swells To such a dismal sum That should my stony heart and eyes And this whole sinful trunk a flood become And run to tears their drops could not suffice To count my score Much less to pay But thou my God hast blood in store And art the Patron of the poore Yet since the Balsam of thy Blood Although it can will do no good Unless the wounds be cleans'd with tears before Thou in whose sweet but pensive face Laughter could never steal a place Teach but my heart and eyes To melt away And then one drop of Balsam will suffice Amen II. GReat God and just how canst thou fee Dear God our miserie And not in mercy set us free Poor miserable man how wert thou born Weak as the dewy jewels of the Morn Rapt up in tender dust Guarded with sins and lust Who like Court flatterers waite To serve themselves in thy unhappy fate Wealth is a snare and poverty brings in Inlets for theft paving the way for sin Each perfum'd vanity doth gently breath Sin in thy Soul and whispers it to Death Our faults like ulcerated sores do go O're the sound flesh and do corrupt that too Lord we are sick spotted with sin Thick as a crusty Lepers skin Like Nuaman bid us wash yet let it be In streams of blood that flow from thee Then will we sing Touch'd by the heavenly Doves bright wing Hallelujahs Psalms and Praise To God the Lord of night and dayes Ever good and ever just Ever high who ever must Thus be sung is still the same Eternal praises crown his Name Amen A Prayer for Charity FUll of Mercy full of Love Look upon us
all pardon and holiness and life eternal through Jesus Christ Amen The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communication of the Holy Spirit be with us all for ever Amen A SHORT PRAYER To be said every Morning O Almighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the God of mercy and comfort with reverence and fear with humble confidence and strong desires I approach to the Throne of Grace begging of thee mercy and protection pardon and salvation O my God I am a sinner but sorrowful and repenting Thou art justly offended at me but yet thou art my Lord and my Father merciful and gracious Be pleased to blot all my sins out of thy remembrance and heal my soul that I may never any more sin against thee Lord open my eyes that I may see my own infirmities and watch against them and my own follies that I may amend them and be pleased to give me perfect understanding in the way of godliness that I may walk in it all the dayes of my pilgrimage Give me a spirit diligent in the works of my Calling chearful and zeaâ—…us in Religion fervent and frequent in â—…y Prayers charitable and useful in my â—…onversation Give me a healthful and a â—…aste body a pure and a holy soul a â—…nctified and an humble spirit and let â—…y body and soul and spirit be preserved â—…nblameable to the coming of the Lord â—…esus Amen II. BLessed be thy Name O God and blessed be thy Mercies who hast preserved â—…e this night from sin and sorrow from â—…ad chances and a violent death from the â—…alice of the Devil and the evil effects of â—…y own corrupted nature and infirmity The out-goings of the Morning and Evening shall praise thee and thy servants â—…hall rejoyce in giving thee praise for the operation of thy hands Let thy providence and care watch over me this day and all my whole life that I may never sin against thee by idleness or folly by evil company or private sins by word or deed by thought or desire and let the imployment of my day leave no sorrow or the remembrance of an evil conscience at night but let it be holy and profitable blessed and alwayes innocent that when the dayes of my short abode are done and the shadow is departed I may die in thy fear and favour and rest in a holy hope and at last return to the joyes of a blessed Resurrection through Jesus Christ In whose Name and in whose words in behalf of my self and all my friends and all thy servants I humbly and heartily pray Our Faether c. A Prayer for the Evening ETernall God Almighty Father of Men and Angels by whose care and providence I am preserved and blessed comforted and assisted I humbly beg of thee to pardon the sins and follies of this day the weaknesses of my services and the strength of my passions the rashness of my words and the vanity and evil of my actions O just and dear God how long shall I confess my sins and pray against them and yet fall under them O let it be so no more let me never return to the follies of which I am ashamed which bring sorrow and death and thy displeasure worse then death Give me 〈◊〉 command over my evil inclinations and 〈◊〉 â—…erfect hatred of sin and a love to thee â—…ove all the desires of this world Be â—…leased to bless and preserve me this night â—…rom all sin and all violence of Chance â—…nd the malice of the Spirits of darkness â—…atch over me in my sleep and whether sleep or wake let me be thy servant â—…e thou first and last in all my thoughts â—…nd the guide and continual assistance of â—…ll my actions Preserve my body pardon â—…he sin of my soul and sanctifie my â—…oul let me alwayes live holily and justly â—…nd soberly and when I die receive my â—…oul into thy hands O holy and everâ—…lessed Jesus that I may lie in thy boâ—…ome and long for thy coming and hear â—…hy blessed Sentence at Doomsday and â—…hold thy face and live in thy Kingâ—…lome singing praises to God for ever and â—…ver Amen Our Father c. For SUNDAY A Prayer against Pride I. O Eternal God merciful and glorious thou art exalted far above all heavens thy Throne O God is glory and thy Scepter is righteousness thy Will is holiness and thy Wisdome the great foundation of Empire and Government I adore thy Majesty and rejoyce in thy Mercy and revere thy Power anâ—… confess all glory and dignity and honour to be thine alone and theirs to whom thou shalt impart any ray of thy Majesty or reflexion of thy honour but as foâ—… me I am a worm and no man vile dust and ashes the son of corruption and the heir of rottenness seized upon by folly a lump of ignorance and sin and shame and death What art thou O Lord the great God of Heaven and Earth the fountain of Holiness and Perfection inâ—…te But what am I so ignorant that â—…now not what so poor that I have noâ—…ng of my own so miserable that I am â—…e heir of sorrow and death and so sinâ—… that I am encompassed with shame â—…d grief II. ANd yet O my God I am proud proud of my shame glorying in my 〈◊〉 boasting my infirmities for this is all â—…t I have of my own save onely that I â—…ve multiplied my miseries by vile actiâ—…s every day dishonouring the work of â—…y hands my understanding is too conâ—…ent my affections rebellious my will â—…ractory and disobedient and yet I â—…ow thou resistest the proud and didst â—…t the Morning Stars the Angels from â—…aven into chains of darkness when they â—…w giddy and proud walking upon the â—…tlements of heaven beholding the gloâ—…us Regions that were above them III. THou O God who givest grace to the 〈◊〉 humble do something also for the â—…oud man make me humble and obedient Take from me the spirit of pridâ—… and haughtiness ambition and self-flaâ—…tery confidence and gayety teach metâ—… think well and to expound all things faiâ—…ly of my brother to love his worthiness to delight in his praises to excuse his erâ—…rors to give thee thanks for his gracâ—… to rejoyce in all the good that he receiveâ—… and ever to believe and speak better thingâ—… of him then of my self IV. O Teach me to love to be concealeâ—… and little esteemed let me be truâ—… humbled and heartily ashamed of mâ—… sin and folly teach me to bear reproachâ—… evenly for I have deserved them to râ—…fuse all honours done unto me because have not deserved them to return all tâ—… thee for it is thine alone to suffer râ—… proof thankfully to amend all my fauâ—… speedily and do thou invest my soâ—… with the humble robe of my meek Mastâ—… and Saviour Jesus and when I have hunâ—… patiently charitably and diligentâ—… served thee change this robe into tâ—… shining garment of immortality my coâ—… into glory my folly to
dearest union of love and holiness and mine to him in all sweetness and charity and compliance Keep from me all morosity and ungentleness all sullenness and harshness of disposition all pride and vanity all discontentedness and unreasonableness of passion and humour and make me humble and obedient charitable and loving patient and contented useful and observant that we may delight in each other according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance and both of us may rejoyce in thee having our portion in the love and service of God for ever and ever IV. OBlessed Father never suffer any mistakes or discontent any distrustfulness or sorrow any trifling arrests of fancy or unhandsome accident to cause any unkindness between us but let us so dearly love so affectionately observe so religiously attend to each others good and content that we may alwayes please thee and by this learn and practise our duty and greatest love to thee and become mutual helps to each other in the way of godliness that when we have received the blessings of a married life the comforts of society the endearments of a holy and great affection and the dowry of blessed children we may for ever dwell together in the embraces of thy love and glories feasting in the Marriage-supper of the Lamb to eternal ages through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Amen A Prayer for a holy and happy Death Oeternal and holy Jesus who by death hast overcome death and by thy Passion hast taken out its sting and made it to become one of the gates of heaven and an entrance to felicity have mercy upon me now and at the hour of my death let thy grace accompany me all the dayes of my life that I may by a holy conversation and an habitual performance of my duty wait for the coming of our Lord and be ready to enter with thee at whatsoever hour thou shalt come Lord let not my death be in any sense unprovided nor untimely nor hasty but after the manner of men having in it nothing extraordinary but an extraordinary piety and the manifestation of a great and miraculous mercy Let my senses and my understanding be preserved intire till the last of my dayes and grant that I may die the death of the righteous free from debt and deadly sin having first discharged all my obligations of Justice leaving none miserable and unprovided in my departure but be thou the portion of all my friends and relatives and let thy blessing descend upon their heads and abide there till they shall meet me in the bosome of our Lord Preserve me ever in the communion and peace of the Church and bless my Death-bed with the opportunity of a holy and a spiritual Guide with the assistance and guard of Angels with the reception of the holy Sacrament with patience and dereliction of my own desires with a strong faith and a firm and humbled hope with just measures of repentance and great treasures of charity to thee my God and to all the world that my soul in the arms of the holy Jesus may be deposited with safety and joy there to expect the revelation of thy day and then to partake the glories of thy Kingdome O eternal and holy Jesus Amen FESTIVAL HYMNES I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also HYMNS Celebrating the Mysteries and chief Festivals of the Year according to the manner of the Ancient Church fitted to the fancy and devotion of the younger and pious persons Apt for memory and to be joyned to their other PRAYERS Hymns for Advent or the weeks immediately before the Birth of our blessed Saviour I. WHen Lord O when shall we Our dear Salvation see Arise arise Our fainting eyes Have long'd all night and 't was a long one too Man never yet could say He saw more then one day One day of Edens seven The guilty hours there blasted with the breath Of sin and death Have ever since worn a nocturnal hue But thou hast given us hopes that we At length another day shall see Wherein each vile neglected place Gilt with the aspect of thy face Shall be like that the porch and gate of Heaven How long dear God how long See how the Nations throng All humane kinde Knit and combin'd Into one body look for thee their Head Pity our multitude Lord we are vile and rude Headless and sensless without thee Of all things but the want of thy blest face O haste apace And thy bright self to this our body wed That through the influx of thy power Each part that er'st confusion wore May put on order and appear Spruce as the childhood of the year When thou to it shalt so united be Amen The second Hymn for Advent or Christs coming to Jerusalem in triumph LOrd come away Why dost thou stay Thy rode is ready and thy paths made strait With longing expectation wait The Consecration of thy beauteous feet Ride on triumphantly behold we lay Our lusts and proud wills in thy way Hosanna welcome to our hearts Lord here Thou hast a Temple too and full as dear As that of Sion and as full of sin Nothing but Thieves and Robbers dwell therein Enter and chase them forth cleanse the floore Crucifie them that they may never more Profane that holy place Where thou hast chose to set thy face And then if our stiff tongues shall be Mute in the praises of thy Deity The stones out of the Temple wall Shall cry aloud and call Hosanna and thy glorious footsteps greet Amen Hymns for Christmas-day I. MY sterious truth that the self same should be A Lamb a Shepherd and a Lion too Yet such was he Whom first the shepherds knew When they themselves became Sheep to the Shepherd Lambe Shepherd of Men and Angels Lamb of God Lion of Judah by these Titles keep The Wolf from thy indangered Sheep Bring all the world unto thy Fold Let Jews and Gentiles hither come In numbers great that can't be told And call thy Lambs that wander home Glory be to God on high All glories be to th' glorious Deity The second Hymn being a Dialogue between three Shepherds 1. WHere is this blessed Babe That hath made All the world so full of joy And expectation That glorious boy That crowns each Nation With a triumphant wreath of blessedness 2. Where should he be but in the throng And among His Angel Ministers that sing And take wing Just as may Echo to his Voyce And rejoyce When wing and tongue and all May so procure their happiness 3. But he hath other Waiters now A poor Cow An Ox and Mule stand and behold And wonder That a stable should enfold Him that can thunder Chorus O what a gracious God have we How good how great even as our misery The third Hymn Of Christs birth in an Inne THe blessed Virgin travail'd without pain And lodged in an Inne A glorious Star the signe But of a greater guest then ever
from ahove Thou who taught'st the blind mans night To entertain a double light Thine and the dayes and that thine too The Lame away his Crutches threw The parched Crust of Leprosie Return'd unto its infancy The Dumb amazed was to hear His own unchain'd tongue strike his ear Thy powerful Mercy did even chase The Devil from his usurp'd place Where thou thy self shouldst dwell not he O let thy love our pattern be Let thy Mercy teach one Brother To forgive and love another That copying thy Mercy here Thy Goodness may hereafter reare Our Souls unto thy Glory when Our Dust shall cease to be with men Amen A Catalogue of some Books printed for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie lane London The names of several Treatises and Sermons written by Ier Taylor D. D. 1. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} A Course of Sermons for all the Sundayes of the Year Together with a Discourse of the Divine Institution Necessity Sacredness and Separation of the Office Ministerial in fol. 2. Episcopacy asserted in 4o 3. The History of the Life and Death of the Ever-blessed Jesus Christ 2d Edit. in fol. 4. The Liberty of Prophesying in 4o 5. An Apology for authorized and Set-forms of Liturgie in 4o 6. A Discourse of Baptisme its institution and efficacy upon all Believers in 4o 7. The Rule and Exercises of holy living in 12o 8. The Rule and Exercises of holy dying in 12o 9. A Short Catechisme for institution of yong persons in the Christian Religion in 12o 10. A Short Institution of Grammar composed for Yong Scholars in 8o 11. The Reall Presence and Spirituall of CHRIST in the Blessed Sacrament proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation in 8o Books written by H. Hammond D. D. A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament by Henry Hammond D. D. in fol. 2. The Practicall Catechisme with all other English Treatises of Henry Hammond D. D. in two volumes in 4o 3. Dissertationes quatuor quibus Episcopatus Iuraex S. Scripturis Primaeva Antiquitate adstruuntur contra sententiam D. Blondelli aliorum Authore Henrico Hammond in 4o 4. A Letter of Resolution of six Quaere's in 12o 5. Of Schisme A Defence of the Church of England against the Exceptions of the Romanists in 12o 6. Of Fundamentals in a notion referring to Practise by H. Hammond D. D. in 12o 7. An Answer to the Animadversions on the Dissertations touching Ignatius Epistles and the Episcopacy in them asserted subscribed by Iohn Owen servant of Jesus Christ in 4o 8. A Vindication of the Dissertations concerning Episcopacy from the Exceptions offered against them by the London Ministers in their Ius Divinum Ministerii Evangelici in 4o 9. A Reply to the Cathol. Gent Answer to the most materiall part of the Book of Schisme together with an Account of H. T. His Appendix to his Manuall of Controversies c. 4o The Psalter of David with Titles and Collects according to the matter of each Psalm by the Right honourable Chr. Hatton in 12o the 5. Edition with Additionals Boanerges and Barnabas or Judgement and Mercy for wounded and afflicted souls in several Soliloquies by Francis Quarles in 12o â—…thmologicum Parvum in usum Scholâ—… publicâ—… Westâ—… opera studio Francisci Gregorii in 8o A Discourse of Holy Love by Sir Geo Strode Knight in 12o The Communicants Guide directing the yonger soâ—…t which have never yet received and the elder and ignorant sort which have hitherto received unworthily how they may receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper with comfort by R. Gove in 8o A Contemplation of Heaven with an Exercise of Love and a Descant on the Prayer in the Garâ—… by a Catholick Gent. in 12o Devotion digested into several Discourses and Meditations upon the Lords most holy Prayer Together with additional Exercitations upon Baptism The Lords Supper Heresies Blasphemy The Creatures The souls pantings after God The Mercies of God The souls complaint of its absence from God by Peter Samwaies Fellow lately resident in Trinity College Cambridge in 12o Of the Division between the English and Romish Church upon Reformation by Hen Fern D. D. in 12o the 2. Edition with many Additionals Certain Sermons and Letters of Defence and Resolution to some of the lare Controversaries of our times by Jasper Mayn D. D. in 4o New A Treatise concerning Divine providence very seasonable for all ages by Tho. Morton Bishop of Duresme in 8o Dr. Stuart's Answer to Fountains Letter in 4o Blessed birth-day printed at Oxford in 8o A Treatise of Self-denial in 4o by a conceal'd Author The holy Life and Death of the late Vi-countesse Falkland in 12o Certain Considerations of present Concernment Touching the Reformed Church of England by H. Fern in 12o New Englands Faithfull Reprover and Monitour in 12o by Jo. Allington Newly published The grand Conspiracy of the Members against the Mind of Jewes against their King As it hath been delivered in four Sermons by John Allington B. D. in 12o White Salt or a sober correction of a mad world By John Sherman B. D. a discontinuer in 12o The History of the Church of Scotland by John Spotswood Archbishop of S. Andrews in fol. New The End John 17.3 1 John 2.23 Deut. 6.2 Exod. 20.2 3. Revel. 1.4 Psal 90.2 1 Tim. 1.17 Gen. 1.1 Exod. 20.11 Heb. 3.4 Isa. 40.12 Job 42.2 3. Psa. 139.1 c. Psa. 147.5 Exod. 34.6 7. 1 Tim. 6.15 16 John 4.24 1 Kings 8.27 Amos 3.6 Psa. 139.8 9. Acts 7.48 49. 1 sal. 2.4 103.19 â—…5 3 Isa. 41. 4 44.6 Job 94 c. Deut. 32.39 Gen. 18.25 Deut. 32.4 Exod. 43.7 Psa 103. 8. 25.8 86.5 Psal. 50.12 Jam. 1.17 Heb. 11.6 Matth. 28.19 Joh. 14.16.26 15.26 1 Cor. 12. 4 5 6. 2 Cor. 13.13 1 John 5.7 1 Joh. 1. v. 18. 3.16 Luke 24 49. Acts 1.4 2.33 Coloss. 1.16 Acts 17.24 1 Cor. 8.6 1 Cor 6.18 Gal. 1.4 Phil. 2.22 Dao 2.47 Zech. 4.14 14.9 Matth. 11.25 Psal. 145.10 11. Acts 14 15. Gen. 2.7 Eccles. 7.29 Ecclus. 15.14 Gen. 3. per tot Rom. 5. 12. 3. 23. 6. 20. Ephes. 2. 3. Gen. 3. 15. Gal. 4. 4. 1 Pet. 1. 20. John 3. 16. Heb. 2. 14 15 c. John 8. 25 28. Heb. 2. 9. 16. 17 18. Luke 1. 74 75. Isa. 9. 6. 1 Tim. 3. 16. 1 John 5. 20. Isa. 35. 4 5. Joh. 1. 2. 18. Joh. 8. 5 8. Rev. 1. 8. Heb. 13. 8. 1. 8. Phil. 2. 6. Rom. 9. 5. Gal. 4. 4. Rom. 1. 3. Acts 2. 30. 3 32. 3. 22. Heb. 1. 1. 2. 11. Acts 13. 23. Deut. 18. 15 Matth. 1. 18. Matth. 1. 21 Luke 2. 4 5 c. Heb. 2. 9 10. Reade the 3d and 4th and the 5th Chapters to the Hebr. Eph. 2.13 14 15. Luke 19.27 24.46 47. Mat. 6.25 c. Rom. 8.28 John 13.33 Acts 14.22 2 Cor. 1.4 Mar. 4. 11
persons of one minde and spirit be gathered together in God 22. We should enjoy more peace if we did not busie our selves with the words and deeds of other men which appertain not to our charge 23. He that esteems his progress in Religion to consist in exterior Observances his devotion will quickly be at an end But to free our selves of passions is to lay the axe at the root of the tree and the true way of peace 24. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted and ill thought of and that we alwayes bear it well even when we deserve to be well spoken of perfect peace and security cannot be had in this world 25. All the Saints have profited by tribulations and they that could not bear temptations became reprobates and fell from God 26. Think not all is well within when all is well without or that thy being pleas'd is a sign that God is pleas'd but suspect every thing that is prosperous unless it promotes Piety and Charity and Humility 27. Do no evil for no interest and to please no man for no friendship and for no fear 28. God regards not how much we do but from how much it proceeds He does much that loves much 29. Patiently suffer that from others which thou canst not mend in them untill God please to do it for thee and remember that thou mend thy self since thou art so willing others should not offend in any thing 30. Every mans virtue is best seen in adversity and temptation WEDNESDAY The fourth Decad. â—… BEgin every day to repent not that thou shouldst at all defer it or stand the door but because all that is past â—…aght to seem little to thee because it is 〈◊〉 in it self begin the next day with the â—…me zeal and the same fear and the same â—…umility as if thou hadst never begun â—…efore 32. A little omission of any usual exâ—…cise of piety cannot happen to thee â—…ithout some loss and considerable detriâ—…ent even though it be upon a â—…erable cause 33. Be not slow in common and usual â—…cts of Piety and Devotion and quick â—…nd prompt at singularities but having â—…rst done what thou art bound to proâ—…eed to counsels and perfections and the â—…xtraordinaries of Religion as you see â—…ause 34. He that desires much to hear news â—…s never void of passions and secular deires and adherencies to the world 35. Complain not too much of hinâ—… drances of Devotion if thou let meâ—… alone they will let you alone and if yoâ—… desire not to converse with them let theâ—… know it and they will not desire to converse with thee 36. Draw not to thy self the affaiâ—… of others neither involve thy self in thâ—… suits and parties of great personages 37. Know that if any trouble happen to thee it is what thou hast deserved and therefore brought upon thy self But iâ—… any comfort come to thee it is a gift of God and what thou didst not deserve And remember that oftentimes when thâ—… body complains of trouble it is not so much the greatness of trouble as littleness of thy spirit that makes thee to complain 38. He that knows ow to suffer aâ—… thing for God that desires heartily thâ—… will of God may be done in him thâ—… studies to please others rather then himself to do the will of his superior not his own that chooseth the least portioâ—… and is not greedy for the biggest thâ—… takes the lowest place and does not muâ—… secretly he is in the best conditioâ—… and state of things 39. Let no man despair of mercy 〈◊〉 â—…ccess so long as he hath life and health 40. Every man must pass through fire â—…nd water before he can come to reâ—…eshment THURSDAY The fifth Decad. 41. SOon may a man lose that by negligence which hath by much labour â—…nd a long time and a mighty grace scarceâ—…y been obtain'd And what shall become of us before night who are weary â—…o early in the morning Woe be to that man who would be at rest even when he hath scarcely a footstep of holiness appearing in his conversation 42. So think and so do as if thou wert â—…o die to day and at night to give an account of thy whole life 43. Beg not a long life but a good one for length of dayes oftentimes prolongs the evil and augments the guilt It were well if that little time we live we would live well 44. Entertain the same opinions and thoughts of thy sin and of thy present state as thou wilt in the dayes of sorrow Thou wilt then think thy self very miserable and very foolish for neglecting one hour and one day of thy salvation Think so now and thou wilt be more provident of thy time and of thy talent For there will a time come when every careless man shall desire the respite of one hour for Prayer and Repentance and I know not who will grant it Happy is he that so lives that in the day of death he rejoyces and is not amazed 45. He that would die comfortably may serve his ends by first procuring to himself a contempt of the world a fervent desire of growing in grace love of discipline a laborious repentance a prompt obedience self-deniall and toleration of every cross accident for the love of Christ and a tender Charity 46. While thou art well thou mayest do much good if thou wilt but when thou art sick neither thou nor I can tell what thou shalt be able to do It is not very much nor very good Few men mend with sickness as there are but few who by travell and a wandring life become devout 47. Be not troubled nor faint in the â—…ours of mortification and the austeries of Repentance for in Hell one â—…ur is more intolerable then a hundred â—…ars in the house of Repentance and â—…y for if thou canst not endure God puâ—…shing thy follies gently for a while to â—…end thee how wilt thou endure his â—…ngeance for ever to undo thee 48. In thy Prayers wait for God and â—…ink not every hearty Prayer can procure â—…ery thing thou askest These things â—…hich the Saints did not obtain without â—…any Prayers and much labour and a â—…ower of tears and a long protracted â—…archfulness and industry do thou exâ—…ct also in its own time and by its usuall â—…easures Do thou valiantly and hope â—…nfidently and wait patiently and thou â—…alt finde thou wilt not be deceived 49. Be careful thou dost not speak a 〈◊〉 in thy Prayers which though not obâ—…ved is frequently practis'd by careless â—…fons especially in the forms of â—…sion affirming things which they have â—…t thought professing sorrow which is â—…t making a vow they mean not 50. If thou meanest to be devout and 〈◊〉 enlarge thy Religion do it rather by â—…creasing thy ordinary devotions then thy extraordinary For if they be not regular but come by chance they will not last long But if they be added to your ordinary offices or made to be daily
inquisitive after thy will pure and holy thoughts strong and religious purposes and thy grace to perform faithfully what we have promised in the day of our duty or in the day of our calamity Hear our prayers c. O teach us to despise all vanity to fight the battles of the Lord manfully against the Flesh the World and the Devil to spend our time religiously and usefully to speak gracious words to walk alwayes as in thy presence to preserve our souls and bodies in holiness fit for the habitation of the holy Spirit of God Hear our prayers c. Give us a holy and a perfect repentance a well instructed understanding regular affections a constant and a wise heart a good name a fear of thy Majesty and a love of all thy glories above all the things in the world for ever Hear our prayers c. Give us a healthful body and a clear â—…nderstanding the love of our neighbors â—…nd the peace of the Church the publick â—…fe and comfort of thy holy Word and â—…acraments a great love to all Christians â—…nd obedience to our Superiors Eccleâ—…astical and Civil all the dayes of our â—…ife Hear our prayers c. Give us spiritual wisdome that we may â—…iscern what is pleasing to thee and folâ—…ow what belongs unto our peace and let the knowledge and love of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord be our guide and our portion all our dayes Hear our prayers c. Give unto us holy dispositions and an active industry in thy service to redeem the time mispent in vanity for thy pity sake take not vengeance of us for our sins but sanctifie our souls and bodies in this life and glorifie them hereafter Hear our prayers c. Our Father c. IV. To be added to the former Letanies according as our Devotions and time will suffer For all states of men and women especially in the Christian Church OBlessed God in mercy remember thine inheritance and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever pity poor mankinde whose portion is misery and folly shame and death But thou art our Redeemer and the lifter up of our head and under the shadow of thy wings shall be our help untill this Tyranny be overpast Have mercy upon us O God and hide not thy self from our petition Preserve O God the Catholick Church in holiness and truth in unity and peace free from persecution or glorious under it that she may for ever advance the honour our of her Lord Jesus for ever represent is Sacrifice and glorifie his Person and â—…dvance his Religion and be accepted of â—…hee in her blessed Lord that being filled with his Spirit she may partake of his â—…lory Have mercy upon us c. Give the spirit of Government and hoâ—…iness to all Christian Kings Princes and Governours grant that their people may obey them and they may obey thee and â—…ive in honesty and peace justice and holy Religion being Nursing Fathers to the Church Advocates for the oppressed Paâ—…rons for the widows and a Sanctuary for the miserable and the fatherless that they may reign with thee for ever in the Kingdome of the Lord Jesus Have mercy upon us c. Give to thy servants the Bishops and all the Clergy the spirit of holiness and courage of patience and humility of prudence and diligence to preach and declare thy will by a holy life and wise discourses that they may minister to the good of souls and finde a glorious reward in the day of the Lord Jesus Have mercy upon us c. Give to our Relatives our Wives and Children our Friends and Benefactors our Charges our Family c. pardon and support comfort in all their sorrows strength in all their temptations the guard of Angels to preserve them from evil and the conduct of thy holy Spirit to lead them into all good that they doing their duty may feel thy mercies here and partake of thy glories hereafter Have mercy upon us c. Give to all Christian Kingdomes and Common-wealths peace and plenty health and holy Religion to all families of Religion and Nurseries of piety zeal and holiness prudence and unity peace and contentedness To all Schools of Learning quietness and industry freedome from wars and violence factions and envy Have mercy upon us c. Give to all married pairs faith and love charitable and wise compliances sweetness of society and innocence of conversation To all Virgins and Widows great love of Religion a sober and a contented spirit an unwearied attendance to devotion and â—…he offices of holiness protection to the fatherless comfort to the disconsolate paâ—…tience and submission health and spiritual advantages to the sick that they may feel thy comforts for the dayes wherein they have suffered adversity Have mercy upon us c. Be thou a star and a guide to them that travel by land or sea the confidence and comfort of them that are in storms and shipwracks the strength of them that toil in the Mynes and row in the Gallies an instructer to the ignorant to them that are condemn'd to die be thou a guide unto death give chearfulness to every sad heart spiritual strength and proportionable comfort to them that are afflicted by evil spirits pity the â—…unaticks give life and salvation to all to whom thou hast given no understanding accept the stupid and the fools to mercy give liberty to prisoners redemption to captives maintenance to the poor patronage and defence to the oppressed and put a period to the iniquity and to the miseries of all mankinde Have mercy upon us c. Give unto our enemies grace and pardon charity to us and love to thee take away all anger from them and all mistakes from us all misinterpretations and jealousies bring all sinners to repentance and holiness and to all thy Saints and Servants give an increasing love and a persevering duty bring all Turks Jews and Infidels to the knowledge and confession of the Lord Jesus and a participation of all the Promises of the Gospel all the benefits of his Passion to all Hereticks give humility and ingenuity repentance of their errors and grace and power to make amends to the Church and Truth and a publick acknowledgement of a holy faith to the glory of the Lord Jesus Have mercy upon us c. Give to all Merchants faithfulness and truth to the labouring husbandman health and fair seasons of the year and reward his toil with the dew of heaven and the blessings of the earth To all Artizans give diligence in their Callings and a blessing on their labours and on their families To old men piety and perfect repentance a liberal heart and an open hand great religion and desires after heaven To young men give sobriety and chastity health and usefulness an early â—…iety and a persevering duty To all families visited with the rod of God give consclation and a holy use of the affliction and a speedy deliverance To us
came that way For there he lay That is the God of Night and Day And over all the pow'rs of heaven doth reign It was the time of great Augustus Tax And then he comes That payes all sums Even the whole price of lost humanity And sets us free From the ungodly Emperie Of Sin and Satan and of Death O make our hearts blest God thy lodging place And in our brest Be pleas'd to rest For thou lov'st Temples better then an Inne And cause that sin May not profane the Deity within And sully o're the ornaments of Grace Amen A Hymn upon S. Johns day THis day We sing The friend of our eternal King Who in his bosome lay And kept the Keys Of his profound and glorious Mysteries Which to the world dispensed by his hand Made it stand Fix'd in amazement to behold that light Which came From the Throne of the Lamb To invite Our wretched eyes which nothing else could see But fire and sword hunger and miserie To anticipate by their ravish'd sight The beauty of Celestial delight Mysterious God regard me when I pray And when this load of clay Shall fall away O let thy gracious hand conduct me up Where on the Lambs rich viands I may sup And in this last Supper I May with thy friend in thy sweet bosome lie For ever in Eternity Allclujah Upon the day of the holy Innocents MOurnful Judah shreeks and cries At the obsequies Of their Babes that cry More that they lose the paps then that they die He that came with life to all Brings the Babes a funeral To redeem from slaughter him Who did redeem us all from sin They like himself went spotless hence A sacrifice to Innocence Which now does ride Trampling upon Herods pride Passing from their fontinels of clay To heaven a milky and a bloody way All their tears and groans are dead And they to rest and glory fled Lord who wert pleas'd so many babes should fall Whil'st each sword hop'd that every of the All Was the desir'd King make us to be In Innovence like them in Glory thee Amen Upon the Epiphany and the three wise men of the East coming to worship JESUS A Comet dangling in the aire Presag'd the ruine both of Death and Sin And told the wise-men of a King The King of Glory and the Sun Of Righteousness who then begun To draw towards that blessed Hemisphere They from the furthest East this new And unknown light pursue Till they appeare In this blest Infants King's propitious eye And pay their homage to his Royalty Persia might then the rising Sun adore It was Idolatry no more Great God they gave to thee Myrrhe Frankincense and Gold But Lord with what shall we Present our selves before thy Majesty Whom thou redeem'dst when we were sold W' have nothing but our selves scarce that neither Vile dirt and clay Yet it is soft and may Impression take Accept it Lord and say this thou had'st rather Stamp it and on this sordid metal make Thy holy Image and it shall out-shine The beauty of the golden Myne Amen A Meditation of the Four last things Death Judgment Heaven Hell For the time of Lent especially A Meditation of Death DEath the old Serpents Son Thou had'st a sting once like thy Sire That carried Hell and ever-burning fire But those black dayes are done Thy foolish spite buried thy sting In the profound and wide Wound of our Saviours side And now thou art become a tame and harmless thing A thing we dare not fear Since we hear That our triumphant God to punish thee For the affront thou didst him on the Tree Hath snatcht the keyes of Hell out of thy hand And made thee stand A Porter to the gate of Life thy mortal enemie O thou who art that Gate command that he May when we die And thither flie Let us into the Courts of Heaven through thee Allelujah The PRAYER MY Soul doth pant tow'rds thee My God Source of eternal life Flesh fights with me Oh end the strife And part us that in peace I may Unclay My wearied spirit and take My flight to thy eternal Spring Where for his sake Who is my King I may wash all my tears away That day Thou Conqueror of Death Glorious triumpher o're the Grave Whose holy breath Was spent to save Lost Mankinde make me to be stil'd Thy Child And take me when I dye And go unto my dust my Soul Above the sky With Saints enroll That in thy arms for ever I May lye Amen Of the Day of Judgement GReat Judge of all how we vile wretches quake Our guilty bones do ake Our marrow freezes when we think Of the consuming fire Of thine ire And horrid phials thou shalt make The wicked drink When thou the winepress of thy wrath shalt tread With feet of lead Sinful rebellious clay what unknown place Shall hide it from thy face When earth shall vanish from thy fight The heavens that never err'd But observ'd Thy laws shal from thy presence take their flight And kil'd with glory their bright eyes stark dead Start from their head Lord how shall we Thy enemies endure to see So bright so killing Majesty Mercy dear Saviour Thy Judgement seat We dare not Lord intreat We are condemn'd already there Mercy vouchsafe one look On thy book Of life Lord we can read the saving Jesus here And in his Name our own Salvation see Lord set us free The book of sin Is cross'd within Our debts are paid by thee Mercy Of Heaven O Beauteous God uncircumscribed treasure Of an eternal pleasure Thy Throne is seated far Above the highest Star Where thou prepar'st a glorious place Within the brightness of thy face For every spirit To inherit That builds his hopes on thy merit And loves thee with a holy charity What ravish'd heart Sâ—…raphick tongue or eyes Clear as the mornings rise Can speak or think or see That bright eternity Where the great Kings transparent Throne Is of an intire Jaspar stone There the eye O'th'Chrysolite And a sky Of Diamonds Rubies Chrysoprase And above all thy holy face Makes an eternal Clarity When thou thy Jewels up dost binde that day Remember us we pray That where the Beryl lyes And the Crystal 'bove the skyes There thou may'st appoint us place Within the brightness of thy face And our Soul In the Scrowl Of life and blissfulness enrowl That we may praise thee to eternity Allelujah Of Hell HOrrid darkness sad and fore And an eternal Night Groans and shrieks and thousands more In the want of glorious light Every corner hath a Snake In the accursed lake Seas of fire beds of snow Are the best delights below A Viper from the fire Is his hire That knows not moments from Eternity Glorious God of Day and Night Spring of eternal Light Allelujahs Hymns and Psalms And Coronets of Palms Fill thy Temple evermore O mighty God Let not thy bruising rod Crush our loins with an eternal