command what thou wilt and thou shalt find me willing to do what thou commandest and to observe thy blessed Will in all things to this end give unto me thy Holy Spirit which thou hast promised to give to the worlds end unto all thine elect people and let the same Holy Spirit purge my heart from the dross of my natural corruption heal my soul and body that they may become the Temple of the Holy Ghost to serve thee in Righteousness and true Holiness all the daies of my life that when by the direction and assistance of thy Holy Spirit I shall finish my course in this short and transitory life I may cheerfully leave this world and resign my soul into thy fatherly hands in assured confidence of enjoying everlasting life with thee in thy heavenly Kingdom which thou hast prepared for thine Elect Saints who love the Lord Jesus and expect his appearing In the mean while O Father I beseech thee let thy Holy Spirit work in me such a serious repentance as that I may with tears lament my sins past with grief of heart be humbled for my sins present and with all my endeavours resist the like filthy sins for the time to come and let the same Holy Spirit keep me in the Unity of the Church lead me in the Truth of thy Word and preserve me that I may never swerve from the same to Popery or any other error or false Worship and let thy Spirit open mine eyes more and more to see the wondrous things of thy Law and open my lips that my mouth may set forth thy praise increase in me those good gifts with which thou hast already endowed me of thy mercy and give unto me a penitent spirit and a chaste heart a contented mind pure affections a wise behaviour and all other graces which thou seest necessary for me to govern my heart in thy fear and to guide all my life in thy favour that whether I live or die I may live and die unto thee who art my God and my Redeemer And here O Lord according as I am bound I render unto thee from the Altar of my humblest heart all possible thanks and praise for all those blessings and benefits which graciously and plentifully thou hast bestowed upon my soul and body for this life and that which is to come namely for my Election Creation Redemption Justification Sanctification and Preservation from my childhood until this present day and hour and for the firm hope which thou hast given me of my Glorification Likewise for my Life Liberty Food and Rayment a competent estate for the maintenance of this present life and prosperity more especially for that thou hast defended me this day now past from all peril and dangers both of body and soul furnishing me with all necessary good things that I stand in need of and as thou hast ordained the day for man to travel in and the night for him to take his rest so I beseech thee to sanctifie unto me this nights rest and sleep that I may be the better disposed to serve thee in all honesty and godliness and that I may enjoy the same as thy sweet blessing and benefit that so dull and wearied a body of mine being refreshed with moderate rest and sleep I may be the better enabled to work before thee doing all such good works as thou hast provided for me and when it shall please thee by thy divine providence to awaken me the next morning do thou O Lord who art the keeper of Israel who never slumberest nor sleepest watch over me in thy holy providence to protect me from all dangers so that neither the evil Angels of Satan nor any wicked enemy may have any power to do me any harm or evil and to this end give a charge unto thy holy Angels that they at thy appointment may pitch their tents round about me for my defence and safety as thou hast promised they should do about them that fear thy Name and knowing that thy Name is a strong Tower of defence unto all those that trust therein I here recommend my self and all that belongs unto me unto thy holy protection and custody if it be thy blessed will to call for me in my sleep O Lord for Christ his sake have mercy upon me and receive my soul unto thy heavenly Kingdom and if it be thy blessed pleasure to add more daies to my life add more amendment unto my daies and wean my mind from the love of the world and the vanity thereof and cause me more and more to settle my conversation on Heaven and heavenly things and perfect daily in me that good work which thou hast begun to the glory of thy Name and the salvation of my sinful soul. O Lord I beseech thee likewise save and defend from all evil and danger thy whole Church our gracious King Charles and grant him a long and prosperous Raign over us Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and all the Royal Family endue them with thy grace and defend them from all evil Bless the Nobility Magistrates and Ministers of these Churches and Kingdoms each of them with those graces and benefits which are expedient for their places and callings and be thou O Lord a comfort and a consolation to all thy people whom thou hast thought meet to visit with any kind of sickness cross or poverty or calamity Hasten O Father the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ make me ever mindful of my last end and of the reckoning that I am to make unto thee therein and in the mean while carefully so to follow Christ in the generation during this life as that with Christ I may have a portion in the resurrection of Christ when this mortal life is ended These graces and all other blessings which thou O Father knowest to be required and necessary for me I humbly beg and crave at thy hands in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son and in that form of Prayer which he himself hath taught me to say Our Father which art in Heaven c. Another Short Evening Prayer O Eternal God and heavenly Father if I were not taught and assured by the promises of thy Gospel and the example of Peter Mary Magdalen the Publican the Prodigal Child and many other penitent sinners that thou art so full of compassion and so ready to forgive the greatest sinners who are heaviest laden with sin at what time soever they return unto thee with penitent hearts lamenting their sins and imploring thy grace I should despair for my own sins and be utterly discouraged from presuming to come into thy presence considering the hardness of my heart and the unruliness of my affection and the uncleanness of my conversation by means whereof I have transgressed all thy holy Laws and Commandments and deserved thy Curse which might cause my body to be smitten with some fearful disease my soul to languish with the
scattereth abroad all the ungodly My mouth shall speak the praises of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name 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 the widow as for the way of the ungodly he turneth it upside down he healeth those that are broken in heart he giveth medicine to heal their sickness he telleth the number of the Stars and calleth them all by their name Great is our God and great is his power yea his wisdom is infinite O Lord God of my salvation who for my sake was wounded and didst die and lie in the grave but yet alone of all that ever died wert free among the dead and by thine own power didst rise again with victory and triumph have mercy upon thy servant for thine indignation lieth hard upon me thou hast vexed me with all thy storms my soul is full of trouble by reason of my sins and my life draweth nigh to the grave O restore unto me thy favour and let me not go down into the dark nor my life into the place where all things are forgotten but let me shew forth thy loving kindness amongst thy Redeemed ones in the Land of the Living for the Living the Living they shall praise thee and confess the holiness and the marvelousness of thy holy Name O hide not thou thy face from me but give me health of body and restore and preserve me in the Life of Righteousness and so bless me with opportunities of doing thee service that I may redeem the time past and by thy grace may grow rich in good works alwaies abounding in the work of the Lord that when thou shall demand my soul to be rendered up into thy hands my soul may not approve of thee nor suffer thy terrours but may feel an eternity of blessing in the Resurrection of the Just through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen The Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God who art alwaies more ready to hear than I to pray and art wont to give more than I either desire or deserve pour down upon me the abundance of thy mercy forgiving me those things whereof my conscience is afraid and give me those good things which I am not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son my Lord. Amen A Meditation for Death and a Prayer preparatory to it THE Lord is with them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy for the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek hearted The Lord of Hosts can do all things there is nothing too hard for him therefore let every thing that hath a mouth praise the Lord. Open my mouth O my God that I may set forth thy praise Hear my voice O Lord according to thy loving kindness quicken me as thou art wont Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy Commandments are true I call with my whole heart hear me O Lord and I will keep thy Statutes yea even upon thee do I call and I shall keep thy Testimonies O consider mine adversity and deliver me Avenge thou my cause and deliver me and quicken me according to thy Word for great is thy mercy O eternal God whose being was before the mountains were brought forth before the Earth and the World was made even from everlasting World without end Have mercy upon me weak and impotent poor servant of thine the child of man who fades away suddenly like the grass remove my misdeeds far from before thee and my secret sins from the sight of thy countenance Be not angry with me neither consume me in thy displeasure Teach me to number all the daies of my life and to reckon on still to the day of death that when my daies are gone and my years are brought to an end like a tale that is told thou mayest turn unto me at the last and be gracious unto me in the free pardon of all my sins in restraining the power and malice of all my Ghostly enemies in giving me opportunity of all spiritual assistances and advantages that my lamp being trimmed and burning bright with charity and devotion I may enter into the Bridechamber there for ever to behold the glorious Majesty of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen The Collect. A Almighty and mercifull God of whose only gift it cometh that thy people do unto thee return laudable service grant I beseech thee that I may so faithfully serve thee in this life that I may not finally fail to attain thy heavenly promises through the merit of Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer for Protection in all Dangers O Lord quicken me as thou art wont and hide not thy face from me in time of distress As for lyes I hate and abhor them but thy Law do I love Consider O Lord how I love thy Commandments O quicken me according to thy loving kindness for I am glad of thy Word as one that findeth great spoils Great is the peace that they have which love thy Law and are not offended at it Lord I have looked for thy saving health and done after thy Commandments O let my complaint come before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy Word and let my supplication come before thee and deliver me according to thy Word Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy Commandments I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant for I do not forget thy Commandments When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he helped me Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue O Lord God my hope and my strong hold have mercy upon me and defend me under the shadow of thy wing that I trusting under thy defence may by thy faithfulness and truth be defended and covered as with a shield and buckler Give thy Angels charge concerning me and my habitation that I may be preserved and kept in all my waies and that no evil happen unto me no plague come nigh my dwelling no terrours of the night no arrows of thy vengeance by day may disturb my peace or safety Let thy ministring Spirits bear me in their hands and keep me from precepice from fracture of bones from dislocations noisom or sharp diseases stupidity and deformity that I may tread under my feet all the snares of the roaring Lion and the great Dragon the Devil who seek my bodily and ghostly heart do thou O Lord set thy love upon me and deliver me from all my troubles and put an end to all my discontents which I suffer of them that hate me without a cause and at the end of my daies shew me thy salvation and satisfie me with long life even of a blessed eternity in this heavenly Kingdom through Jesus Christ my
have not loved thee with my whole heart nor feared thee with all my soul nor served thee with all my might according to thy holy precepts nor loved my neighbour as my self Lord be merciful unto me a sinner I Have been an unprovident Steward of the good things thou hast given me I have loved them inordinately and sought after them greedily and unjustly dispenced them idly and parted with them unwillingly I have not been so charitable to the poor or so pitiful to the afflicted or so compassionate to the sick or so apt to succour and give supplies to the miseries of my neighbours as I ought but have too much minded things below not seting my affections upon Heaven and heavenly things but have been unlike thee in many things I have been unmerciful and unjust Lord be merciful unto me a sinner MIne Eyes O Lord have wandred after vanity beholding and looking after things unseemly without displeasure despising my neighbours prying into their faults but have been blind not seeing mine own sins and infinite irregularities Lord be merciful unto me a sinner I Have employed all my members and faculties both of soul and body in the waies of unrighteousness I have transgressed in all my relations and in all my actions and traverses of my whole life even when I might have had most confidence I find nothing but weakness and imperfection Lord be merciful unto me a sinner I Have broken my vows and purposes of obedience and holy life I have been inconstant to all good refractory to counsels disobedient to commands stubborn against admonition churlish and ungentle in my behaviour mindful and revengful of injuries forgetful of benefits seeking my own ends deceiving my own soul. Lord be merciful unto me a sinner MY secret sins O Lord are innumerable sins secret to my self through inadvertency forgetfulness wilful ignorance or stupid negligence secret to the world committed before thee only under the witness of mine own conscience I am confounded with the multitude of them and the horrour of their remembrance Lord be merciful unto me a sinner O Son of David blessed Redeemer Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world have mercy upon me O Jesu be a Jesus unto me thou that savedst thy servant Peter that denied thee thrice thou that didst cast seven Devils out of Mary Magdalen and forgavest the woman taken in adultery and didst bear the converted Thief from the Cross to the joyes of Paradice have mercy upon me also for although I have massed together more sins than all these in conjunction yet not their sins nor mine nor the sins of all the world can equal thy glorious mercy which is as infinite and eternal as thy self I acknowledge O Lord that I am vile but yet redeemed with thy precious blood I am blind but thou art the Light of the world I am weak but thou art a strong Rock I have been dead in trespasses and sins but thou art my Resurrection and my Life thou O Lord lovest to shew mercy and the expressions of thy mercy the nearer they come to infinite the more proportionable they are to thy essence and like thy self Behold then O Lord a fit object for thy pity my sins are so great and many that to forgive all will be but an act of glorious mercy and all the praises which did accrew to thy Name by the forgiveness of David and Manesseh and St. Paul and the Adulteress and the Thief and the Publican will be multiplied to thy honour in the forgiveness of me so vile so unworthy a wretch that I have nothing to say for my self but that the greatness of my misery is a fit object for thy miraculous and infinite mercy Despise me not O Lord for I am thy Creature Despise me not for thou didst die for me Cast me not away in thine anger for thou comest to seek me and to save me Say unto my soul Thou art my salvation Let thy Holy Spirit lead me from the errours of my waies into the paths of Righteousness to great degrees of Repentance through all the parts of a holy life to a godly and a holy death grant this O blessed Jesus for thy mercy for thy pity sake Amen A penitential Prayer for the Morning with particular Confession of sins desiring God earnestly to free him from the guilt and punishment that is due unto him for his many and great sins and to give him grace to lead a new life O Eternal God most gracious and merciful Father look not upon me as I am in my self but look upon me in the face of Jesus Christ in him and through him be merciful unto me according to thy Word for I have done amiss and dealt wickedly I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am not worthy to be called thy Son or numbred amongst the meanest of thy servants yet my sins are but the sins of a mortal man but thy mercy is the mercy of an Infinite God therefore have mercy on my sinful soul pardon and forgive me all my known and secret sins which in thought word and deed I have done and committed against thy Divine Majesty for it repenteth me of my evil deeds therefore O Lord have mercy upon me pardon and forgive the sins of my youth and age which are many and great namely the wicked sins of my pride anger dissimulation lying lust unjust dealing too much love of the world and the vanity thereof too little love of thee and thy Kingdom but empty and void of all spiritual grace be merciful unto me O Lord for these are the sins wherewith I have grieved thy Holy Spirit O Lord the remembrance of them is grievous unto me and the burthen of them is intollerable too heavy for me to bear therefore O Lord God be merciful to me according to thy tender compassion bury them all in the burial of Christ set the weight of thy mercy upon them so that they may never rise up in this world to shame me nor in the world to come to condemn me O Lord give me an assurance of the free pardon and forgiveness for these many sins that I may rejoyce in the greatness of thy mercy and magnify thy holy Name to all Eternity for the future give me greater measure of grace to serve honour and humbly obey thee with all the strength of my heart soul and body Mortifie and kill all vice in me that my life may express all faith in thee Mercifully hear the humble supplications of thy poor servant and grant me thy peace all my daies graciously pardon all mine infirmities and defend me from all dangers of soul and body this day and for ever more O Lord guide me in this world with thy counsel and after this bring me to thy glory O Lord bless all thine all the world over all mankind especially this sinful Land and Nation wherein we live turning from us those plagues which the sins of this
Nation do cry for In mercy O Lord prevent the ruine thereof lest the Heathen should say where is now their God O Lord bless with the choicest of thy blessings our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles endue his Royal heart with grace wisdom and understanding cloathe his enemies with shame but upon his head let his Crown flourish and grant that his daies may be long prosperous vertuous and happy Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and all the rest of the Royal Family endue them with thy grace and defend them from all evil Bless all our Magistrates and Ministers with all those graces necessary for their places govern thou them that they may govern us in peace and godliness and true Religion O Lord in much mercy bless all my friends and my relations with all those blessings and benefits needful both for their souls and for their bodies O Lord be merciful to all those poor souls that are under any kind of want need or necessity or under any kind of affliction in much mercy be unto them a present help in trouble support them sustain and lay no more upon them than they shall be able to bear and send them a happy issue out of all their troubles O Lord God for thy mercies sake bestow a double portion of thy blessing upon those whom thou hast made nearest or dearest unto me O Lord pardon all their sins supply all their wants relieve all their necessities and reform whatsoever is amiss in them and give them grace to lead a new life and make them thy true and faithful servants preserve them and me this day from doing or receiving any hurt or harm preserve us from all evil especially from the evil of sin and the evil of punishment and from all sad accidents O Lord bless us this day in our going out and in our coming in bless and prosper us in whatsoever we go about to do let us have all our direction from thy will and the happy success from thy merciful hand and when this mortal life is ended O Lord for Christ Jesus his sake grant that we may enjoy Heaven and the Righteousness thereof and in the mean time grant unto every one of us thy loving countenance thy favour and thy grace and here I will praise and magnifie thy great and glorious Name for electing us in thy love for creating us after thine own Image and for redeeming us by thy dear Son and for sanctifying us by the grace of thy holy Spirit and for thy gracious preservation of us this night past Likewise I praise thee O Lord for our life health strength liberty food and rayment humbly beseeching thee O Lord to continue thy loving kindness towards us from time to time so long as it may be a blessing unto every one of us and our thankfulness towards thee for all thy goodness bestowed upon our souls and our bodies which exceeds our memories and our thanks and all for the sake of thy dear Son and our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen In whose Name I further call upon thee as he hath taught us saying Our Father which art in Heaven c. O Lord Jesus Christ Son of the Eternal God interpose thy holy Death thy Cross and Passion between thy Judgements and my soul now and in the hour of death granting unto me grace and mercy and unto all the faithful pardon and peace to the Church unity and amity and to all sinners repentance and amendment to all life and glory everlastingly who liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen A Form of Thanksgiving with a particular enumeration of God's Blessing O Most glorious Lord God infinite in mercy full of compassion long suffering and of great goodness I adore and praise and glorifie thy holy Name worshipping thee with the lowliest devotions of my soul and body and give thee thanks for all the benefits thou hast done unto me for whatsoever I am or have or know or desire as I ought it is all from thee thou art the fountain of being and blessing of sanctity and pardon of life and glory Praise the Lord O my soul and all that that is within me praise his holy Name THou O God of thine infinite goodness hast created me out of nothing and hast given me a degree of essence next to Angels imprinting thine Image on me enduing me with reasonable faculties of will and understanding to know and chuse good and to refuse evil and hast put me into a capacity of a blessed immortality O praise the Lord with me and let us magnifie his Name together THou O God of thine infinite goodness hast created me out of nothing and hast given me grace to know thy will and hast fed and cloathed me hast raised me friends and blessest them hast preserved me in all dangers hast rescued me from the peril of the sword from the rage of pestilence from dangers of Lyers and Robbers from perishing in publick distemperatures and diseases epidemical from terrours and affrightments of the mighty from the delusions of the Devil and sad separation and from many imminent dangers thou hast been my guide in my journeys my refreshment in sadness my hope and my confidence in all my grief and desolations and a present help in trouble I will give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth for ever BUT above all mercies it was not less than infinite love whereby thou lovedst me and all mankind when we were lost and dead and Rebels against thy Divine Majesty Thou gavest thine own begotten Son to seek us when we went astray to restore us to life when we were dead in trespasses and sin and to reconcile us to thy self by the merits and the atonement of an everlasting Covenant He is our God even the God of whom cometh our salvation God is the Lord by whom we scape death O Most glorious Spirit I will praise and magnifie thee for the inspiration of the Apostles and Prophets for thy providence and mercies in causing holy Scriptures to be written and preserving them from the corruptions of Hereticks from the violences of Pagans and enemies of the Cross of Christ. I will alwaies give thanks unto the Lord his praise shall ever be in my mouth I Bless thy Name for those holy Promises and Threatnings those Judgements and Mercies those holy Precepts and Admonitions which thou hast registred in Scripture and in Records and Monuments of the Church for all those graces and helps and comforts whereby thou promotest me in piety and in the waies of true Religion for baptismal and penitential grace for the opportunities and sweet refreshings of the Sacrament of the Eucharist for all the advantages thou hast given me of good society Tutors and Governours for the fears thou hast produced in me as deliveries and impediments of sins for all my hopes of pardon and expectation of the promises made by our Lord Jesus Christ to encourage me
that we may derive from thee by this mystery grace to expel our sins to mortifie all our lusts to exterminate all concupiscence to crucifie all inordinate irregularities to produce in us humility and chastity and obedience and meekness of spirit and charity and let us not be harmed by the violence invasions of all our ghostly enemies and temporal disadvantages and give us grace and favour that we may not die in the commission of a sin without repentance nor without receiving the blessed Sacrament but that we may so live and die that we may at last rest in thy bosom and be embraced with the comprehensions of thy eternal Charity who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen Prayers preparatory to Death A Prayer for a Blessed Ending to be said in time of Health or Sickness O Blessed Jesu fountain of eternal Mercy the life of the soul and glorious Conquerour over Death and Sin I humbly beseech thee to give me grace so to spend this transitory life in vertue and holy exercises that when the day of my death shall come in the midst of all my pains I may feel the sweet refreshings of thy holy Spirit comforting my soul sustaining my infirmities and relieving all my spiritual necessities and grant that in the unity of the holy Catholick Church and in the integrity of Christian Faith with confidence and hope of thy mercy in great love towards thee in peace towards my neighbours and in charity with all the world I may through thy grace depart hence out of this vail of misery and go into that glorious Country where thou hast purchased an inheritance for us with the price of thy most precious blood and reignest in it gloriously in the unity of thy Father and ours of thy Holy Spirit and our ghostly Comforter ever one God world without end Amen All blessing and praise and honour be unto thee O blessed Redeemer and to thee I the banished and miserable Son of Adam do call for mercy and defence in this needful time of trouble to thee I sigh and cry in the valley of tears O dearest Advocate turn those thy merciful eyes towards me and shew me thy glorious face in thy heavenly Kingdom where no tears or sighing or fears or sadness can approach Amen sweetest Jesu Amen A Prayer to be said in the beginning of Sickness O Lord my God who chastisest every one whom thou receivest and with thy fatherly correction smitest those whom thou consignest to the inheritance of Sons write my soul in the book of life and number me amongst thy chosen children whom thou hast smitten with the Rod of Sickness and by thy chastisements hast brought me into the lot of the Righteous Thou O blessed Jesus who art a helper in the needful time of trouble lay no more upon me than thou shalt enable me to bear and let thy gentle corrections in this life prevent the unsupportable stripes of thy vengeance in the life to come Smite me now that thou mayest spare me to all eternity and yet O blessed High Priest who art touched with a sense of our infirmities smite me friendly and reprove me with such a tenderness as thou bearest unto thy children to whom thou conveyest supplicatory comforts greaten not the pains of thy chastisements and in due time restore me to health and to thy solemn Assemblies again and to the joy of thy countenance Give me patience and humility and the grace of Repentance and an absolute dereliction of my self and resignation to thy pleasure and providence with a power to do thy Will in all things and then do what thou pleasest with me in health or sickness in life or death let me feel thy comforts refreshing my soul and let thy grace pardon all my sins grant this O heavenly Father for thy dear Sons sake my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Amen A Prayer for a sick person in danger of Death O Lord Jesus Christ our health and our salvation our life our hope and our resurrection from the dead I resign my self up to thy holy will and pleasure either to life that I may live longer to thy service and my amendment or to death to the perpetual enjoyment of thy presence and of thy glory into thy hands I commend my spirit for I know O Lord that nothing can perish which is commited to thy mercy I believe help thou my unbelief I believe O Lord that I shall receive my body again at the resurrection of the Just I relinquish all care of that only I beg of thee mercy for my soul strengthen it with thy grace against all temptation let thy loving kindness defend it as with a shield against all violence and hostile assaults of Satan let the same mercy be my guard and defence which protected thy Martyrs crowning them with victory in the midst of flames horrid torments and most cruel deaths There is no help in me O Lord I cannot by my own strength or power give a minutes rest to my wearied body but my trust is in thy mercies and I call to mind to my unspeakable comfort that thou wert hungry and thirsty and wearied and whipt and crowned with thorns and mocked and crucified for me O let that mercy of thine which made thee suffer so much pardon me and save me let thy merits answer for my impieties let thy Righteousness cover my sins thy blood wash away my stains and thy comforts refresh my soul as my body grows weaker let thy grace be stronger let not my faith doubt nor my hope tremble nor my charity grow cold nor my soul be afrighted with the terrours of death but let the light of thy countenance enlighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death eternal and when my tongue fails let thy Spirit teach my heart with strong crying and groans that are unutterable O let not the enemy do me any violence but let thy holy mercies and thy Angels repel and defeat his malice and find that my soul may by thy strength triumph in the joys of eternity in the fruition of thee my life my joy my hope my exceeding great reward my Lord and and my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen A Prayer for a dying person in or near the Agonies of Death MOst merciful and blessed Saviour have mercy upon the soul of this servant remember not his ignorance nor the sins of his youth nor age but according to thy great mercies remember him in the mercies and glories of thy Kingdom Thou O Lord hast opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all Believers O let the everlasting gates be opened and receive his soul let the Angels who rejoyce at the conversion of a sinner triumph and be exalted in his deliverance and salvation Make him partaker of the benefits of thy holy Incarnation Life and Sanctity Passion and Death Resurrection and Ascension and all the Prayers of the Church that the Joy of the Elect and the Fruits of the blessed Communion of the
Saints may be fulfilled and the Glory of thee of our Lord Jesu and daily add to the number of thy beautified servants such as shall be saved that thy coming may be hastened and the expectation of the Saints may be fulfilled and advanced and all the whole Church singing praise to the honour of thy Name who liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen The 51. O Most merciful Jesu who didst die to redeem us from death and damnation have mercy upon this thy servant whom thy hand has visited with sickness of thy goodness be pleased to forgive him all his sins and seal his hopes of glory with the refreshments of thy Holy Spirit Lord give him strength confidence in thee asswage his pain repel the assaults of his ghostly enemies and give him a guard of holy Angels preserve him in the unity of the Church keep his senses entire his understanding right give him great measure of contrition true faith a well grounded hope and abundant charity give him a quiet and a joyful departure let thy ministring spirits convey his soul to the mansions of peace and rest there with certainty to expect a joyful Resurrection to the fulness of Joy at thy right hand where there is pleasure for ever more Amen A Prayer for the Joyes of Heaven O Most glorious Jesu who art the portion and the exceeding great reward of all faithful people thou hast beautified humane nature with glorious Immortality and hast carried the same above all Heavens above the seat of Angels beyond the Cherubims and Seraphims placing it on the right hand of thy heavenly Father grant to us all the issues of thy abundant charity that we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour prepare our souls with heavenly Joyes making us righteous here that we may be blessed hereafter through thy great mercy Amen A Prayer for the Morning at the first kneeling down saying Holy blessed and glorious Trinity Three Persons and One God have mercy up-me a miserable sinner Lord I know not what to pray for as I ought O let thy Spirit help my infirmities and enable me to offer up a spiritual Sacrifice acceptable to thee by Jesus Christ. O Most gracious Lord whose mercies endureth for ever I thy unworthy servant who have so largely tasted of them desire to render thee the tribute of my humblest praises for them In thee O Lord I live move and have my being thou hast made me to be and then that I might not be miserable but happy thou sendest thy Son out of thy bosom to redeem me from the power of my sins by his grace and from the punishment of them by his blood and by both of them to bring me to his glory Thou hast by thy mercy caused me to be born within thy particular fold the Christian Church where I was early consecrated to thee in Baptism and have been partaker of all those spiritual helps which might aid me to perform that vow I there made to thee and when by my own wilfulness or negligence I have fallen to do ill yet thou in thy manifold mercies hast not forsaken me but hast graciously invited me to Repentance aforded me all means both outwardly and inwardly for it and with patience hast attended and not cut me off for the acts of those many damning sins I have committed as I have most justly deserved thou art glorious in thy manifold mercies O Lord in thy restraining grace by which I have been kept back from any of the greatest sins and in thy inciting grace by which I have been enabled to do the least good therefore not unto me but unto thy Name be praises for these and all other spiritual blessings My soul doth magnifie the Lord and all that is within me praise his holy Name I likewise praise thee for those many outward blessings I enjoy as health friends food and rayment the comforts as well as the necessaries of this life for those continual protections of thy hand by which I and mine are kept from dangers and those gracious deliverances thou hast often aforded out of such as have befallen me and for that mercy of thine whereby thou hast sweetened and allayed those troubles thou seest not fit wholly to remove for thy particular care of me this night and all other thy goodness towards me Lord grant that I may render unto thee not only the fruit of my lips but the obedience of my life that so these blessings here may be an earnest of those richer blessings thou hast prepared for those that love thee and that for his sake whom thou hast made the Author of eternal salvation to all that obey him even Jesus Christ. Amen A Confession O Righteous Lord who hatest iniquity I thy sinful creature cast my self at thy feet acknowledging that I most justly deserve to be utterly abhorred and forsaken by thee for I have drunk in iniquity like water gone on in a continued course of sin and rebellion against thee daily committing those sins thou forbidest and leaving undone those things thou commandest Mine heart which should be an habitation for thy Spirit is become a cage of unclean birds of foul and disordered affections and out of this abundance of the heart my mouth speaketh my hands act so that in thought word and deed I continually transgress against thee O Lord I have done amiss I have dealt wickedly the good I would do I do it not but the evil I should not that do I. O my God be merciful unto me for my luxury pride covetousness and all wandring thoughts and worldly imaginations Nay O Lord I have despised that goodness of thine which should have lead me to repentance hardning my heart against all those means thou hast used for my amendment and now Lord what can I expect from thee but judgment and fiery indignation that is indeed the due reward of my sins But O Lord there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared O fit me for that mercy by giving me a deep and a hearty Repentance and then according to thy goodness let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away Look upon me in thy Son my blessed Saviour and for the merits of his sufferings pardon all my sins and Lord I beseech thee by the power of thy grace so to renew and purifie my heart that I may become a new creature utterly forsaking every evil way living in constant sincere universal obedience to thee all the rest of my daies behaving my self as a good and faithful servant I may at the last be received into the Joy of my Lord grant this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen A Prayer for Grace O Most gracious God from whom every good and perfect gift cometh I a wretched sinner that am not able of my self so much as to think a good thought beseech thee to work in me both to will and to do of thy good pleasure what thou requirest of me enlighten
despairing a sight of thy mercies and do thou O Lord for every one abundantly above what they can ask or or think Forgive my enemies persecutors and slanderers and turn their hearts Pour down thy blessings upon all my friends and benefactors all who have commended themselves to my prayers here thou mayest name particular persons and grant O most merciful Father that through this blood of the Cross we may be presented pure and unblameable and unreprovable in thy sight that so we may be admitted into that place of purity where no unclean thing can enter there to sing all eternal praises to Father Son and Holy Ghost forever Amen A Prayer in time of Affliction O Just and holy Lord who with rebukes dost chasten man for sin I desire unfeignedly to humble my self under thy mighty hand which now lies heavy upon me I heartily acknowledge O Lord that all I do all I can suffer is but the due reward of my deeds therefore in thy severest inflictions I must still say Righteous art thou O Lord righteous are thy Judgments but O Lord I beseech thee in Judgment remember mercy although my sins have enforced thee to strike yet consider my weakness and let not my stripes be more heavy or more lasting than thou seest proportionable for my soul Correct me but with the chastisement of a Father not with the wounds of an enemy and though thou take not off thy Rod yet take away thine anger Lord do not abhor my soul and cast not away thy servant in displeasure but pardon my sins I beseech thee and if yet in thy fatherly wisdom thou seest fit to prolong thy corrections thy blessed will be done I cast my self O Lord at thy feet do with me what thou pleasest try my as silver is tryed so that thou bring me out purified And Lord make me even my flesh also to subscribe to this Resignation that there be nothing in me that may rebel against thy hand but that I may suppress all repining thoughts and may cheerfully drink of this Cup how bitter soever thou art pleased to make it Lord let it prove medicinal and cure all the diseases of my soul that it may bring forth in me the peaceable fruit of Righteousness that so these light afflictions which are but for a moment may work for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory through Jesus Christ. Amen A Thanksgiving for Deliverance O Blessed Lord who art gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repentest of the evil I thankfully acknowledge before thee that thou hast not dealt with me after my sins nor rewarded me according to my iniquities my Rebellions O Lord deserve to be scourged with Scorpions and thou hast corrected them only with a fatherly Rod neither hast thou suffered me to lye long under that but hast given me a timely and gracious issue out of my late distresses O Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my soul in adversity Thou hast smitten and thou hast healed me O let these various methods have their proper effects upon my soul that I who have felt the smart of thy chastisements may stand in awe and sin not and that I who have likewise tasted the sweet refreshings of thy mercy may have my heart ravished with it and knit to thee in the firmest bands of love and that by both I may be preserved in a constant entire obedience to thee all my daies through Jesus Christ. Amen A Prayer for a Sick Person O Merciful and righteous Lord the God of health and of sickness of life and of death I most unfeignedly acknowledge that my great abuse of those many daies of strength and welfare that thou hast afforded me hath most justly deserved thy present visitation I desire O Lord humbly to accept of the punishment of the Lord for my iniquity and to bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him And O thou merciful Father who designest not the ruine but the amendment of those whom thou scourgest I beseech thee by thy grace so to sanctifie this correction of thine to me that this sickness of my body may be a means of health to my soul. Make me diligent to search my heart and do thou O Lord discover every cursed thing how close soever concealed there that by the removal thereof I may make way for the removal of this punishment Heal my soul O Lord which hath sinned against thee and then if it be thy blessed will heal my body also Restore the voice of joy and health into my dwelling that I may live to praise thee and to bring forth fruit of Repentance but if in thy wisdom thou hast otherwise disposed if thou hast determined that this sickness shall be unto death I beseech thee to fit and prepare me for it Give me that sincere and earnest Repentance to which thou hast promised mercy and pardon Wean my heart from the world and its fading vanities and make me to gasp and pant after those more excellent and durable Joyes which are at thy right hand forever Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon me and in all the pains of my body in all the agonies of my spirit let thy comforts refresh my soul and enable me patiently to wait till my change come and grant O Lord that when my earthly Tabernacle is dissolved I may have a building not made with hands eternal in the Heavens and that for his sake who by his precious blood hath purchased it for me even Jesus Christ. Amen A Thanksgiving for Recovery O Most gracious Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh in whose hand my time is I praise and magnifie thee that thou hast in love to my soul delivered me from the pit of destruction and restored me to health again It is of thy mercy alone O Lord that thou hast preserved my life from destruction thou hast chastened and corrected me but thou hast not given me over unto death O let this life which thou hast thus graciously spared be wholly consecrated unto thee Behold O Lord I am by thy mercy made whole O make me strictly careful to sin no more lest a worse thing come unto me Let not this reprieve thou hast now given me make me secure as thinking my Lord delayeth his coming but grant me I beseech thee to make a right use of this long-suffering of thine and so to imploy every minute of that time thou hast allowed me that when thou shalt appear I may have confidence and not be ashamed before thee at thy coming Lord I have found by this approach towards death how dreadful a thing it is to be taken unprepared O let it be a perpetual admonition to me to watch for my Masters coming and when the pleasures of sin shall present themselves to entice me O make me to remember how bitter they
death of sin my good name to be traduced with some scandalous reproaches and make my self liable to all manner of crosses and casualties And I confess Lord that thy mercy is the cause I have not been long ago consumed and confounded But O my God as thy mercy only stayed thy judgments from falling upon me hitherto so I humbly beseech thee in the bowels of thy mercy in Jesus Christ in whom only thou art well pleased that thou wilt not deal with me according to my deserts but that thou wouldest freely and fully remit unto me all my sins and my transgressions and that thou wouldest wash them clean from me with the vertue of that precious blood which thy Son Jesus Christ hath shed for me for he alone is my Physician and his blood only is the medicine that can heal my sickness and is the true brazen Serpent that can cure that poison wherewith the fiery serpents of my sins have stung and poisoned my sick and wounded soul and give me I beseech thee thine holy Spirit which may assure me of mine Adoption and that may confirm my Faith increase my Repentance inlighten my Understanding purifie my Heart and rectifie my Will and Affection and so sanctifie me throughout that my whole Body and Soul and Spirit may be kept unblamable until the glorious coming of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And now O Lord I give unto thee most humble and hearty thanks and praise for that thou hast this day preserved me from all harm and dangers notwithstanding all my sins and evil deserts and I beseech thee likewise to defend me this night from the roaring Lion which night and day seeketh to devour me Watch thou O Lord over me this night to keep me from his temptations and tyranny and let thy mercy shield me from his unspeakable rage and malice and to this end I commit my self into thy hands and almighty protection beseeching thee O my Lord and my God not to suffer Satan or any of his evil members to have power to do me any hurt or harm this night and grant good Lord that whether I sleep or wake live or die I may sleep wake live or die unto thee and to the glory of thy Name and the salvation of my soul. Lord bless and defend all thy chosen people every where Grant our gracious Soveraign long life and a happy Raign over us Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and all the Royal Family together with all our Magistrates and Ministers comfort them who are in misery need or sickness or under any kind of Cross or Calamity give me grace to be one of those wise Virgins which may have my heart prepared like a Lamp furnished with the Oil of Faith and Light of good works to meet the Lord Jesus the sweet Bridegroom of my soul at his second and sudden coming in glory grant this good Father for Jesus Christ his sake my only Saviour Redeedeemer and Mediator in whose blessed Name and in whose own words I call upon thee as he hath taught me Our Father which art in Heaven c. A Morning Prayer for a Family O Lord our God and heavenly Father who art the only Creator of Heaven and of Earth and all therein contained we confess that we are unworthy to appear in thy sight and presence considering our manifold sins and offences which we have committed against Heaven and before thee and how that we have been born in sin and do daily break thy holy Laws and Commandments contrary to our knowledge and consciences albeit we know thou art our Creator who hast made us our Redeemer who hast bought us with the blood of thy only begotten Son and our Comforter who bestowest upon us all the good and holy graces which we enjoy in our souls and in our bodies and if thou shouldest but deal with us as our wickedness and unthankfulness have deserved what other thing might we O Lord expect from thee but shame and confusion in this life and in the world to come wrath and everlasting condemnation yet O Lord in the obedience of thy Commandments and in the confidence which we have in thy unspeakable and endless mercy in thy Son and our Saviour Jesus Christ the Righteous we thy poor servants appealing from thy Throne of Justice to thy Throne of Crace whose mercy reigneth to pardon abounding sin do from the bottom of our hearts most humbly beseech thee to remit and forgive unto us all our sins and our offences and misdeeds that by the vertue of the precious blood of Jesus Christ thy innocent Lamb which he so abundantly shed upon the Cross to take away the sins of the world all our sins both original and actual may be so cleansed and washed from us that they may never be laid to our charge nor ever have power to rise up in judgment against us and we beseech thee good Father for Christ his death and passion sake that thou wilt not suffer to fall upon us that fearful curse and vengeance which thy Law hath threatned and our sins have justly deserved And for as much O Lord as we are taught by thy Word that no Idolaters Adulterers covetous men contentious persons drunkards gluttons and such inordinate livers shall inherit the Kingdom of God pour the grace of thy Holy Spirit into our hearts whereby we may see the filthiness of our sins and abhor them and may be more and more stirred up to live in newness of life and love of thy Majesty so we may daily increase in the obedience of thy words and in conscionable care of keeping thy Commandments And now O Lord I render unto thee most hearty thanks for that thou hast elected redeemed called justified us in good measure in this life and given us an assured hope that thou wilt glorifie us in thy heavenly Kingdom when this mortal life is ended Likewise we thank thee for our life health wealth liberty prosperity and peace especially O Lord for the continuance of thy holy Gospel amongst us and for sparing us so long and granting us so gracious a time of repentance Also we praise thee for all other thy mercies bestowed upon us more especially for preserving us this night past and from all dangers that might have befallen our souls or bodies and seeing thou hast now brought us safe to the beginning of this day we beseech thee protect and direct us in the same Bless and defend us in our going out and in our coming in this day and ever more shield us O Lord from the temptations of the Devil and grant us the custody of thy holy Angels to defend and direct us in all our waies and to this end we recommend our selves and all those that belong unto us and are abroad from us unto thy hands and almighty tuition Lord defend them from all evil prosper them with all graces and fill them with thy goodness Preserve us likewise this day from falling
into any gross sins especially those whereunto our natures are most prone set a watch before the door of our lips that we offend not thy Divine Majesty by any rash or false oaths or by any leud or lying speeches give unto us patient minds pure and chast hearts and all other graces of thy Spirit which thou knowest to be needful for us that we may be the better enabled to serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the daies of our life and seeing that all mens labours are in vain without thy blessing bless every one of us in our several places and callings direct thou the works of our hands upon us even prosper thou our handy-works for except thou guide us with thy grace our endeavours can have no good success and provide for us all things which thou O Father knowest to be needful for every one of us in our souls and bodies this day and grant that we may pass through the pilgrimage of this short life that our hearts being not settled upon any transitory things which we meet with in the way our souls may every day be more and more ravished with the love of our home and thine everlasting Kingdom Defend likewise O Lord thy universal Church and every particular member thereof especially we beseech thee to continue the peace and tranquility of these Churches and Kingdoms wherein we live preserve from all evil and dangers our most gracious King Charles endue his Royal heart with more and more grace wisdom and understanding and grant that his daies may be long prosperous and happy Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and all the Royal Family multiply their daies with bliss and felicity and afterwards crown them with everlasting joy and glory Bless all our Ministers and Magistrates with all graces needful for their places govern thou them that they may govern us in peace godliness and true Religion and of thy mercy O Lord comfort all our Brethren that are distressed sick or comfortless especially those who are afflicted either with an evil conscience because they have sinned against thy Word or for a good conscience because they will not sin against the Truth make the first to know that not one drop of the blood of Christ was a drop of vengeance but all drops of grace powerful to procure pardon upon repentance for the greatest sins of the chiefest sinners in the world and for the other let not O Lord thy long sufferance either too much discourage them or too much incourage their enemies but grant them patience in suffering and a gracious and speedy deliverance which may stand best with thy glory and their comfort and give every one of us grace to be alwaies mindful of his last end and to be alwaies prepared with faith and repentance as with a weding garment against the time thou shalt call for us out of this sinful world and that in the mean while we may in all things and above all things seek thy glory that when this mortal life is ended we may then be made partakers of Immortality and Life eternal in thy heavenly Kingdom these and all other graces and blessings which thou O heavenly Father seest to be necessary for us and for thy whole Church we humbly beg and crave at thy hands concluding this our imperfect prayer in that most perfect form of prayer which Christ himself hath taught us saying Our Father which art in Heaven c. Evening Prayer for a Family O Eternal God and most merciful Father we thine unworthy servants here assembled do cast down our selves at the foosttool of thy grace acknowledging our selves that we inherit our Fathers corruption in thought word and deed transgressing thy holy Commandments so that in us naturally there dwelleth nothing that is good for our hearts are full of secret pride anger impatience dissembling lying lust vanity prophaneness distrust too much love of our selves too little love of thee and thy Kingdom but full of enmity and void of love patience and every spiritual grace if thou therefore shouldest enter into judgment with us and search out our natural corruptions and observe all the cursed fruit and effects that we have derived from thence Satan might justly challenge us for his own and we could not expect any from thy Majesty but thy wrath and our condemnation which we have long ago deserved But good Father for Jesus Christ his sake who is thy dear Son in whom only thou art well pleased and for the merits of that bitter death and passion which we believe he hath suffered for us have mercy upon us and free us from the shame and confusion which is due unto us for them that they may never seize upon us to our confusion in this life or to condemnation in the world which is to come And for as much as thou hast created us to serve thee as all other creatures to serve us so we humbly beseech thee inspire thy Holy Spirit into our hearts that by his illumination and effectual working we may have the inward sight and feeling of our sins and natural corruptions and that we may not be blinded in them through custom as the Reprobate are but that we may more and more loath them and be heartily grieved for them endeavouring by the use of all good means to overcome them and get out of them O let us feel the power of Christ's death killing sin in our mortal bodies and the vertue of his Resurrection raising up our souls to newness of life convert our hearts subdue our affections regenerate our minds purifie our natures and suffer us not to be drowned in the streams of those filthy vices and sinful pleasures wherewith thousands are carried headlong to eternal destruction but daily frame us more and more to the likeness of thy Son Jesus Christ that in Righteousness and true Holiness we may so serve and glorifie thee that living in thy fear and dying in thy favour we may in thy appointed time attain to the blessed Resurrection of the Just unto eternal life in the mean while O Lord increase our faith in the sweet promises of the Gospel and our repentance from dead works the assurance of our hopes in thy promises our fear of thy Name the hatred of all our sins and our love unto thy children especially whom we see to stand in need of our help and comfort that so by the fruit of piety and a righteous life we may be assured that thy Holy Spirit doth dwell in us and that we are thy children by grace and adoption and grant us good Father the continuance of health peace and maintenance and all other outward good things so far forth as thy Divine Wisdom shall think meet to be requisite and necessary for every one And here O Lord according to our bounden duty we confess that thou hast been exceeding merciful unto us all in things of this life but infinitely more merciful in the things of
ingenious and free from sordid ends or servile flattery a modest gravity in my deportment affability a fair courteous demeanour towards all men austerity in condemning my own sins sweetness in fraternal correction and reprehending others mature judgment a chast body and a clean soul patience in suffering deliberation in my words and actions good counsels in all my purposes make me just in performing promises and in all my duties sedulous in my calling profitable to the Commonwealth a true Son of the Church and of a disposition meek and charitable towards all men Amen O Lord let thy grace be so present with me that though my body sleep yet my soul may for ever be watchful that I sleep not in sin or pretermit any opportunity of doing thee service Let the remembrance of thy goodness and glory be first and last with me and so unite my heart unto thee with habitual charity that all my actions and sayings may be directed to thy glory and every motion and inclination either of soul or body may in some capacity or other receive a blessing from thee and do thee service that whether I sleep or wake travel or rest eat or drink live or die I may alwaies feel the light of thy countenance shining so upon me that my labours may be easie my rest blessed my food sanctified and my whole life spent with so much sanctity and peace that scaping from the darkness of this world I may at last come to the land of everlasting rest in thy light to behold light and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and ever more Another Prayer for the Evening VIsit we beseech thee O Lord this habitation with thy mercy and us thy servants with thy salvation and repel far from us all the snares of the enemy Let thy holy Angels dwell here to keep us in peace and safety and thy blessing be upon us for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord Jesus Christ the lively Image of thy Fathers mercy and glory the Saviour of all them that put their trust in thee we offer and present to thee all our strength and powers of our souls and body and whatsoever we are or have to be preserved governed and possest by thee preserve us from all vitious vain and proud cogitations unchast affections from all those things which thou hatest grant us thy holy charity that we may love thee above all the world that we may with all sincerity of intention and zealous affections seek thee alone and in thee alone take our rest inseparably joyning our selves unto thee who art worthy to be beloved and adored of all thy creatures with lowest prostration and highest affection now and for ever more Amen O Father of mercies and God of all comfort let thy blessing be upon us and upon all the members of thy holy Church all health and safety both of body and soul assist us against all our enemies visible and invisible now and for ever more send us a quiet night and a holy death in the actual communion of the Catholick Church and in thy charity through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. Now and in all dangers and afflictions of soul and body in the hour of death and in the day of Judgment save and deliver us O sweet Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Amen Short Prayers for several Occasions for the King O Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty King of Kings who in thy hands hast the heart of Kings and canst turn them as the Rivers of water send the light of thy countenance and abundance of blessings upon thy servant our Soveraign Lord King Charles make him as holy valiant and prosperous as King David wise and rich like Solomon zealous for the honour of thy Law and Temple as Josiah and give him all sorts of great assistances to enable him to serve thee to glorifie thy holy Name to protect thy Church to promote true Religion to overcome all his enemies to make glad all his people that he serving thee with all diligence and utmost of his endeavours his people may serve him with honour and obedience in thee and for thee according to thy blessed Word and Ordinance through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Queen O God of Heaven Father of all mercies have mercy upon our most gracious Queen unite her unto thee with the hands of faith and love preserve her to her lives end in thy favour and make her instrumental of glory to thy Name of refreshment to the Church of Joy to the all faithful people of this Kingdom and crown her with an eternal weight of glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For our Children O Father of Heaven God of all the creatures by whose providence mankind is increased I bless thy Name for bestowing on me that blessing of the righteous man the blessing of children Lord bless them with health with life and good understanding with fair opportunities and advantages of education society tutors and governours and above all with the graces of thy holy Spirit that they may live and be blessed under thy protection grow in grace and be in favour with God and man and at last make up the number of thine elect Children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer of a Wife for her Husband O My God who hast graciously been pleased to call me to the holy state of Matrimony bless me in it with the grace of chastity with loyalty obedience and complacency to my husband and bless him with long life with healthful body with an understanding soul with abundance of thy graces which may make him to be and continue thy servant a true Son of the Church and a supporter and guide to his Wife a blessing and a comfort to his Children through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Of a Husband for his Wife O Merciful God who art a Father to us thy Children espouse to thy holy Church a Saviour and a Redeemer to all mankind have mercy upon thy Handmaid my Wife endow her with all the ornaments of thy heavenly grace make her to be holy and devout as Hester loving and amiable as Rachel fruitful as Leah that being filled with grace and benediction here she may be partaker of thy glory hereafter through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For safety in Childbirth O Blessed Jesu Son of the Eternal God who according to thy humility wert born of a holy Maid who conceived thee without sin and brought thee forth without pain have mercy upon me thy humble servant and as by thy blessing I have conceived so grant that by thy favourable assistance I may be safely delivered Lord grant me patience and strength and confidence in thee and send thy holy Angel to be my Guardian in the hour of my travel O shut not up my soul with sinners nor my life with them that go down to the
Pit I humbly also beg mercy for my Child grant a comely body and an understanding soul life and an opportunity of Baptism and thy grace from the cradle to his grave that it may increase the number of Saints in that holy fellowship of Saints and Angels where thou raignest and livest Eternal God world without end Amen Before a Journey O Lord who didst lead thy servants Abraham and Jacob thy people Israel thy servant Tobias and wise men of the East in their several Journies by thy providence by thy Ministry of Angels by a Pillar of Fire and by the guidance of a Star vouchsafe to preserve us thy servants in the way that we are now to go be O Lord a guide unto us in our preparation a shadow in the day and covering by night a rest to our weariness and a staff to our weakness a portion in adversity a protection from danger that by thy assistance we may perform our Journey safely to thy honour to our own comfort and last bring us to the everlasting Rest of our heavenly Country through him who is the way the truth and the life our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen For Afflicted persons O Lord God merciful and gracious Father whose compassion extends to all that are in misery and need that takest delight in relieving the distresses of the afflicted give refreshment to all the comfortless provide for the poor give ease to all them that are tormented with sharp pains health to the diseased liberty and redemption to the captives chearfulness of spirit to all them that are in great desolation Lord let thy Spirit confirm all them that are strong strengthen all them that are weak and speak peace to the afflicted conscience that the light of thy countenance being restored to them they may rejoyce in thy salvation and sing praises unto thy Name who hast delivered their souls from death their eyes from tears and their feet from falling grant this for the honour of thy mercy and the glory of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer against Temptations O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ thy Name is great thy Essence infinite thy Goodness is Eternal and thy Power hath no limit thou art the God and Father of all blessed for ever more look down in mercy and compassion from thy dwelling hear my prayers and supplications and deliver me from all temptations of the world the flesh and the Devil take not thy grace from me let me never want thy help in my need nor thy comfort in the day of my danger or calamity never try me beyond my strength nor afflict me beyond my patience nor smite me but with a fatherly Rod I have no strength of my own thou art my confidence my Rock and my strong salvation save me O God from the miseries of this world and never let me suffer the calamities of the next rescue me from the evils I have deserved and preserve me from the punishment of this world that living before thee with a clean heart and undefiled body and a sanctified spirit I may at the day of Judgment be presented pure and spotless by the blood of the Lamb that I may sing eternal Hallelujahs in heavenly places to the honour of God our Saviour who hath redeemed our souls from death our eyes from tears and our feet from falling grant this in the riches of thy mercy through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A General Confesson ALmighty God I a miserable sinner do humbly confess that I am truly sorrowful for my many and great my innumerable and intollerable crimes of which my conscience does accuse me by night and by day and by which I have provoked thy severest wrath and indignation against me I have broken all thy Righteous Laws and Commandments by word or deed by vain thoughts or sinful desires I have sinned against thee in all my Relations and capacities in all places and at all times I can neither reckon their number nor bear their burden nor suffer thine anger which I have deserved but thou O Lord God art merciful and gracious have mercy upon me pardon me for all the evil I have done judge me not for all the good I have omitted take not thy favour from me but delight thou to sanctifie and save me and work in me to will and to do of thy good pleasure all my duty which thou O Lord requirest of me that being sanctified by thy Spirit delivered from my sins I may serve thee in a religious and holy conversation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer used by His late Majesty in the time of his trouble and restraint O Most glorious Lord God Father Son and Holy Ghost I here humbly adore thy most sacred Majesty and I bless and magnifie thy Name for that thou hast been pleased so often and strangely to deliver me from the striving of my people Father forgive them who have thus risen up against me and do thou yet turn their hearts both unto thee and unto me and do thou afford me help that I being firmly established in the Throne thou hast placed me in may defend thy Church committed to my care and keep all this thine and my people in truth and peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for pardon of Sin ALmighty and most merciful Father look down upon me thy unworthy servant who here prostrate my self at the footstool of thy Throne of Grace yea look upon me O Father through the mediation and in the merits of Jesus Christ in whom only thou art well pleased for of my self I am not worthy to stand before thee or to speak with my unclean lips unto thee most holy and eternal God for as in sin I was conceived and born so likewise I have broken all thy holy Laws and Commandments by my sinful motions unclean thoughts evil words and wicked works omitting my duties I ought to do and committing many vices which thou hast forbidden under pain of death of thy heavy displeasure As for my sins O Lord they are innumerable wherefore I stand here liable to all the miseries of this life and everlasting torment in that to come if thou shouldest deal with me according to my deserts I confess Lord that it is thy mercy which endureth for ever and thy compassion which never fails which is the cause I have not been long ago consumed but with thee there is mercy and plenteous redemption in the multitude therefore of thy mercies and by the merits of Jesus Christ I intreat thy Divine Majesty that thou wilt not enter into judgment with thy servant nor be extream to mark what is done amiss but be thou merciful unto me and wash away all my sins and transgressions with that precious blood that my Saviour shed for me and I beseech thee O Lord not only to wash away all my sins but also to purge my heart by thy holy Spirit from the dross
of mine hand in his eye-sight With the merciful thou shalt shew thy self merciful with an upright man thou shalt shew thy self upright vers 23 24 25. He delivereth me from mine enemies yea thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me thou hast delivered me from the violent Man Great deliverance giveth he to his King and sheweth mercy to his anointed to David and to his Seed for evermore vers 48 51. The Heavens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy-work 19.1 The Lord hear thee in the day of Trouble the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee 20.1 Grant thee according to thine own heart and fulfil all thy Counsel vers 4. Our Fathers trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them 22.4 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted neither hath he hid his face from him but when he cryed unto him he heard him vers 24. The Lord is my Shepherd I shall want nothing 23.1 He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his Soul to vanity nor sworn deceitfully 24.4 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the Lord of his Salvation Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thy honour dwelleth 26.8 Wait upon the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the Lord 27.14 I hate them that regard lying vanities but I trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble thou hast known my Soul in adversities 31.6 7. For my life is spent with grief my strength faileth me because of my Iniquity and my bones are consumed vers 10. Blessed is he whose Transgression is forgiven and whose Sin is covered Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not Iniquity and in whose spirit is no Guile I acknowledge my Sin unto thee and mine Iniquities have I not hid I said I will confess my Transgression unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my Sin Be glad in the Lord ô ye Righteous and rejoyce and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart 32.1 2 5 11. He loveth Righteousness and Judgment the Earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Let all the Earth fear the Lord let all the Inhabitants of the World stand in awe of him The Lord looketh from Heaven he beholdeth all the Sons of Men. Depart from evil and do good seek Peace and pursue it From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the Inhabitants of the Earth He fashioneth all their hearts alike he considereth their works There is nothing saved by the multitude of an Host neither a mighty man delivered by great strength Behold the Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that hope in his mercy To deliver their Soul from Death and to keep them alive in Famine 33.5 8 13 14 15 16 18 19. I will bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth O magnifie the Lord with me and let us extol his Name together I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears The poor cryeth and the Lord heareth him and saveth him out of all his troubles The Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them O taste and see how good the Lord is to them that fear him and trusteth in him O fear the Lord ye his Saints for there is no want to them that fear him The â—â—ons do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good Keep thy Tongue from evil and thy Lips from speaking guile Depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it The Eyes of the Lord are over the Righteous and his Ears open unto their cry The Face of the Lord is against them that do evil to cut off the remembrance of them from the Earth The Righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite Spirit Many are the troubles of the Righteous but the Lord delivereth them out of all Evil shall slay the Wicked and they that hate the Righteous shall be desolate The Lord redeemeth the Souls of his Servants and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate 34.1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22. For he flattereth himself in his own Eye until his abominable Sins be found to be abominable For with thee is the fountain of Life and in thy Light shall we see Light O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee and thy righteousness to them that are upright in heaâ—â—â— 36.2 9 10. Fret not thy self because of the evil doers neither be envious against the workers of iniquity For they shall soon be cut down like the Grass and wither as the green herb Trust in the Lord and be doing good so shalt thou dwell in the Land and verily thou shalt be fed Delight thy self in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass Rest in the Lord and wait patiently upon him fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way because of the man that bringeth wicked devices to pass Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any wise to do evil For evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the Lord they shall inherit the Land A little that the Righteous man hath is better than the riches of the ungodly The Wicked borroweth and payeth not again but the Righteous sheweth mercy and giveth For such as be blessed of God shall inherit the Land and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off The steps of a good man is blessed of the Lord and he delighteth in his way Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand I have been young and now am old yet never saw I the Righteous forsaken nor their seed begging their Bread He is ever merciful and lendeth and his Seed is blessed Wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the Land when the Wicked are cut off thou shalt see it I have seen the Wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay-tree Yet he passeth away and lo he was gone yea I sought him but he could not be found Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace The Salvation of the Righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in the time of trouble And the Lord shall help them and deliver them from the
Israel O God out of all his troubles be thou my Judge O Lord for I have walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therefore shall I not fall examine me O Lord and prove me try out my Reins and Heart for thy loving kindness is always before mine eyes and I will walk in thy Truth But as for me I will walk innocently O Lord deliver me and be merciful unto me hearken unto my voice O Lord when I call unto thee have mercy upon me and hear me my heart hath talked of thee seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast away thy Servant in displeasure thou hast been my succour leave me not nor forsake me O God of my Salvation teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies Hear the voice of mine humble petitions when I cry unto thee when I hold up mine hand towards thy mercy Seat of thy Holy Temple O pluck me not away neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers which speak friendly to their Neighbours but imagine mischief in their hearts Save thy people and give thy blessing to thine Inheritance feed them and set them up for ever I will magnifie thee O Lord for thou hast set me up and made my foes to triumph over me O Lord my God I cry unto thee and thou hast healed me Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper O most merciful God whose property is always to have Mercy and to forgive behold with the eyes of thy pity and compassion the state of thy humble Servant made most miserable by reason of my sins hear the voice of my weeping pity my groaning strengthen me for I am weak for my bones are vexed and deliver my Soul from Death that being saved from the bottomless pit I may give thanks to thy Holy Name O turn from the severity of thy displeasure and visit me with thy mercy and salvation for all my sins procure great sorrow and contrition and in my sickness let thy comfort sustain me through Jesus Christ my Lord Amen The Collect. O God who knowest me to be set in so many great dangers that by reason of the Frailty of Man I cannot always stand upright grant to me such strength and protection that may support me in all dangers and carry me through all Temptations through Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Amen Another ALmighty and Everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all them that be penitent create and make in me a new and contrite Heart that I may worthily lamenting my sins and acknowledging my wretchedness obtain of thee the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Confession of sins and a Prayer for pardon IN thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy Righteousness bow down thine Ear to hear me make haste to deliver me be thou my strong Rock and the house of Defence that thou mayest save me for thou art my strong Rock and Castle be thou also my guide and hear me for thy mercy sake draw me out of the Net that they have privily laid for me for thou art my strength into thy hand I commend my Spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth have mercy upon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eyes are consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my body for my life waxeth old with heaviness and my years with mourning my strength failed me because of mine iniquity and my bones but my hope hath been in thee O Lord I have said thou art my God shew thy Servant the light of thy countenance and save me for thy mercies sake I will give thanks unto thee O Lord his Prayers shall ever be in my Mouth O continue forth thy loving kindness unto them that fear thee and thy Righteousness unto them that are true of Heart put me not to rebuke O Lord in thine anger neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure for thine Arrows stick fast in me and thine hand presseth me sore forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou far from me haste thee to help me O Lord God of my Salvation take away thy Plague from me for I am consumed by the means of pain Hear my Prayers O Lord and with thine Ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears O Lord spare me for thy mercy sake that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen withhold not thou thy mercy from me save me for thy Mercy sake let thy loving kindness and thy truth alway preserve me O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliver me make haste O Lord to help me let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my Soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to rebuke that wish me evil let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let such as love thy Salvation say alway the Lord be praised thou art my helper and my Redeemer make no long tarrying O my God O Lord be merciful unto me heal my Soul for I have sinned against thee be merciful unto me O Lord raise thou me again because my trust is in thy mercy by this I know thou favourest me that my enemies do not triumph over me like as the Hart desireth the Water-brooks so longeth my Soul after thee O God my Soul is a thirst for God yea even for the living God when I shall come and appear before the presence of God God is my hope and my strength a very present help in trouble the Lord of Hosts is with me the God of Jacob is my refuge call upon me in time of trouble so will I hear and thou shalt praise me O Lord open thou my Lips that my Mouth may set forth thy praise Have mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercy do away mine offences wash me throughly from my wickedness and make me clean from my sins for I acknowledge my fault and my sin is ever before me against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou judgest thou shalt purge me with Hysop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce O give me the comfort of thy help again and establish me with thy free Spirit make me a clean Heart O God and renew a right Spirit within me cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me O be favourable and gracious unto Sion and build thou the
Walls of Jerusalem Save me O God for thy Name sake and avenge me in thy strength hear my Prayers O God and hearken unto the words of my Mouth behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my Soul O Lord God Eternal Judge of Men and Angels whose property is always to have mercy and to forgive have mercy upon me who confess my sins unto thee to be so great and many that were not thy mercy infinite I might despair of having my unrighteousness forgiven or misery covered O dear God preserve me from the great Plague that remains for the ungodly and let thy mercy embrace me on every side impute not unto me the sins I have multiplied against thee and against all the World for I have been like to a Horse and Mule without understanding bruitish in my passion sensual in my affections of unbridled heats and distemperatures but thy Mercy is as infinite as thy self O let not thy hand be heavy upon me but forgive the wickedness of my sin and compass me about with songs of deliverance then shall I be glad and rejoyce in thee O Lord who art become my mighty Saviour and most merciful Redeemer Jesu Amen The Collect. ALmighty God give me Grace that I cast away the work of darkness and put upon me the Armour of Light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility that in the last day when he shall come to judge both the quick and the dead we may rise in the Life Immortal through him who liveth and Reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen A Prayer that we may despise perishing riches and put our trust in God only HEar my Prayer O God and hide not thy self from my petition take heed unto me and hear me how I mourn in my Prayer and am vexed as for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the Righteous to fall for ever whensoever I call upon thee then shall mine enemies be put to flight this I know for God is on my side in Gods word will I rejoyce in the Lord's word will I comfort me yea in God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what Man can do unto me be merciful unto me O God be merciful unto me for my Soul trusteth in thee and under the shadow of thy Wing shall be my refuge until this Tyranny be overpast deliver me from mine enemies O God defend me from them that rise up against me deliver me from wicked doers and save me from blood thirsty Men my strength I will ascribe unto thee for thou art the God of my Refuge God sheweth me his goodness plenteously and God will let me see my desire upon mine enemy unto thee O God of my strength will I sing for thou O God art my Refuge and my merciful God O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of Man Hear my crying O God and give ear unto my Prayer he truly is my health and my Salvation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall in God is my strength and my glory the Rock of my Might in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people pour out your hearts before him for God is my hope Hear my voice O God in my Prayer preserve my Life for fear of the Enemy Turn me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers if I encline unto wickedness with my heart the Lord will not hear me O God be merciful unto me and bless me and shew me the light of thy countenance and be merciful unto me Hear me O my God in the multitude of thy mercy even in the truth of thy salvation Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindness is comfortable turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies O Lord Jesus thou only Redeemer of Souls who by thy death and passion deliveredst me from the place of Hell give me grace to put my whole trust in thee and in the riches of thy Mercy and loving kindness always remembring my end the vanity and shortness of my Life and the certainty of my departure O teach me to dispise the World and worldly things and to lay my treasure up in Heaven by Charity and actions of Religion that while I live here I may have my Conversation in Heaven by love by hope and by desire that my beauty shall consume in the Sepulchre out of my Earthly dwellings I may be received into Everlasting habitations always to enjoy thee who livest and Reignest Eternal God World without end Amen The Collect. O Lord God who seest that I 〈◊〉 not my trust in any thing that I do mercifully grant that by thy power I may be defended against all adversity through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen Another Collect. O Lord who hast taught me that all my doings without Charity is nothing worth send thy holy Ghost and pour it into my heart that most excellent gift of Charity the very bond of peace and all vertue without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ sake Amen A Prayer for pardon of sins and restitution of God's favour HIde not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble O haste thee O God to deliver me Make haste to deliver me O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evil Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let all those that delight in thy salvation say alway The Lord be praised for me I am poor and in misery haste thee unto me O my God thou art my helper and my Redeemer O Lord make no long tarrying in thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion but help me and deliver me in thy Righteousness incline thine Ear unto me and save me be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my house of defence and my Castle deliver me O my God out of the hand of ungodly men out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man for thou O God art the thing that I long for for thou art my hope even from my youth through thee have I been holpen up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my Mother's womb my praise shall be alwaies of thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long O cast me not away in the time of age Forsake me not when my strength faileth me Go not far from me O my God O God haste thee to
help me Forsake me not O my God when I am gray-headed until I have shewn thy strength unto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come What great trouble and adversity hast thou shewed me and yet didst thou turn and refresh me yea and broughtest me from the depth of the Earth again O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy name O remember not my old sins but have mercy upon me and that right soon for I am come to great misery help me O God of my salvation for the glory of thy Name O deliver me and be merciful unto my sins for thy Names sake Turn us O God of our salvation Shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole O God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that pray O most merciful God who art great and the multitudes of thy mercies are innumerable Have mercy upon me for my sins are before me presented by the continual accusations of a troubled conscience I have sinned against thee and done evil in thy sight and yet because thou art the God of mercy and fountain of eternal life delighting in the conversion and salvation of a sinner I present unto thee the sacrifice of a troubled spirit of a broken and a contrite heart beseeching thee to let the dew of thy favour and the fire of thy love wash away my sins and purifie my soul. Make me a clean heart O God and pure hands though my sins be as scarlet yet make them like wooll though they be as purple yet make them as white as snow Restore the voice of joy and gladness unto me Let me not be ever separated from the sweet refreshings of thy favour and presence but give me the comforts of thy help again and let thy free Spirit loose me from the bondage of sin and stablish me in the freedom and liberty of the Sons of God so shall I sing of thy Righteousness and my Lips shall give thee praise in the Congregations of thy Redeemed ones now henceforth and for ever-more Amen The Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God who hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgive the Sins of all them that be penitent create and make in me a new and contrite Heart that I may worthily lament my Sins and acknowledge my Wickedness that I may obtain of thee the God of all comfort perfect Remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ my Lord Amen Another Collect. ALmighty God who through thy only Son Jesus Christ hast overcome Death and opened unto us the Gate of Everlasting Life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preventing us thou doest put in our Minds good desires so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord who Liveth and Reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever one God world without end Amen A Prayer that we may trust in God only in all our trouble TUrn again thou God of Hosts look down from Heaven behold and visit thy Servant O Lord God of Hosts hear my Prayers hearken O God of Jacob behold O God my defender and look upon the face of thine Anointed O Lord God of Hosts blessed is the Man that putteth his Trust in thee Turn thou me O God of my Saviour and let thine Anger cease from me Shew me thy mercy O Lord and grant me thy Salvation Bow down thine ear O Lord and hear me for I am poor and in misery Preserve thou my Soul for I am thy Servant my God save him that putteth his trust in thee Be merciful unto me O Lord for I will daily call upon thee comfort the Soul of thy Servant for unto thee O Lord do I lift up my Soul for thou O Lord art my Defender and thou art good and gracious and of great mercy to all them that Call upon thee give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires in the time of trouble will I call upon thee for thou hearest me for thou art good and doest wonderful things thou art God alone teach me thy way O Lord for I will walk in thy Truth O knit my Heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name I will thank thee O Lord my God with my whole heart and will praise thy Name for evermore for great is thy Mercy towards me for thou hast delivered my Soul from the neathermost Hell and thou Lord God art full of mercy and compassion long-suffering and of great goodness and Truth O turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto thy Servant and help the Son of thine Handmaid Shew some good Token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast helpen and confirmed me O Lord God of my Salvation I have lamented Day and Night before thee O let my Prayer enter into thy presence Encline thine Ear unto my Calling for my soul is full of Trouble and my Life draweth nigh unto Hell thine Indignation lyeth hard upon me and thy hand presseth me sore Unto thee O Lord do I cry and early shall my Prayer come before thee O Lord why oppressest thou my Soul and hidest thy face from me I am in misery like unto him that is at the point of Death Even from my youth up thy Terrours have I suffered with a troubled Mind O Lord God of Hosts who is like unto thee Thy Truth most mighty God is on every side for the Lord is on my side The Lord God of Israel is my Defence the holy One of Israel is my King O Lord where is thy old loving kindness which thou swarest unto David thy Servant in thy Truth Remember Lord the Rebuke that I thy Servant have and how I do bear in my bosom the Rebuke of many People O Lord thou hast been our Refuge from one Generation to another O teach me to number my daies that I may apply my Heart unto Wisdom O turn thee again O Lord at the last and be gracious unto thy Servant Satisfie me with thy mercy that soon so shall I rejoyce at thy mercy and be glad all the days of my Life O comfort thou me again after the time wherein thou hast plagued me and for the years wherein I have suffered Adversity Shew thy Servants thy Work and their Children thy Glory for the Lord promised his Blessing and Life for ever more When I called upon thee thou holdest me and enduest my Soul with much strength O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thoughts long before thou art about my path and about my bed and espiest out all my waies for loe there is not a word in my tongue but thou O Lord knowest it altogether Look well O Lord if there be any waies of
until he seeth his desire upon his enemies therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but give the praise unto thy Name for thy loving mercy for thy Truth sake as for our God he is in Heaven he hath done whatsoever pleased him Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful O blessed Jesu who didst descend from Heaven into the womb of the blessed Virgin like Rain into a fleece of wooll thou that punishest the wrong doer and defendest the Children of the poor and them that have no helper have mercy upon thy Church be pleased by her Ministry to extend thy blessing upon thy dominion from the one Sea to the other even to the worlds end that all the Kings of the earth may fall down before thee and all Nations may do thee service Make thy righteous people to flourish and subdue their enemies under them deliver them from falshood and wrong that they may be blessed with abundance of grace and be satisfied with thy righteousness and salvation through thy mercies O blessed Saviour and Redemer Jesu Amen The Collect. THE Lord of all power and might who art the Author and giver of all good things graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion inrich me with all goodness and of thy great mercy keep me in the same through Jesus my Lord. Amen A Prayer that we may have our portion in God and not in the good things of the men of this world O Lord God who art loving unto all thy people even unto such as are of a clean heart give me a heart humble and merciful that I may never be holden with pride nor overwhelmed with cruelty and sanctifie my words and lips that I may never blaspheme thy holy Name nor my talking be ever against thee or thy honour O God most highest give unto me such religious and mortified affections that I may never thirst after temporal advantages and prosperity of the world Set not my feet in slippery places lest I be suddenly cast down and have my portion in the lot of the wicked who perish and come to a fearful end Guide me with thy counsel that I holding me fast by thee and putting my trust in thee O God thou mightest be the strength of my heart the hope of my soul and the ground of all the confidence and content in this life and after this life is ended thou mayest receive me with glory and be my portion for ever through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer that we may fear God's Judgments and be freed from the terrours of men and a Motive to move thereunto THE Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me for his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards me and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever Praise the Lord O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious because his mercy endureth for ever I called upon the Lord in trouble and he heard me The Lord is on my side I will not fear what man can do unto me The Lord taketh my part with them that help me therefore I shall see my desire upon mine enemies It is better to trust in the Lord than to put any confidence in Princes The Lord is my strength and my song he is become my salvation The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but he hath not given me over unto death Help me now O Lord send me now prosperity Thou art my God I will praise thee Thou chargest that I should diligently keep thy Commandments O that my waies were made so direct that I might keep thy Statutes so shall I not be confounded while I have respect unto thy Commandments I will keep thy Testimonies O forsake me not utterly Blessed art thou O Lord teach me thy Statutes I have had as great delight in the waies of thy Testimonies as in all manner of riches My delight shall be in thy Statutes and I will not forget thy Word therefore O Lord do well unto thy servant that I may live and keep thy Word Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law Turn not from me neither rebuke me for I have kept thy Statutes My soul melteth away for very heaviness O comfort thou me according to thy Word Take from me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy Law I have chosen the way of Truth and thy Judgments have laid before me I have stuck unto thy Testimonies O Lord confound me not O Lord God whose dwelling is in the Heaven and thy Name is great in all the world plant the dread and reverence of thee and thy power in my heart Let threatnings and thy Judgments which are heard from Heaven and executed upon disobedient and gainsaying people make me to tremble at the remembrance of my sins and in consideration of my weaknesses and demerits and let thy mercies and the remembrance of thy infinite loving kindnesses make my heart still full of eavenness and tranquility that I may not fear the fierceness of man or the wrath of those spirits thou can refrain lest I be disturbed in my duty towards thee that I never offend against thee but may pass from fear to love from apprehensions of thy wrath to the sense and comforts of thy mercies through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen The Collect. O God whose never failing providence ordereth all things both in Heaven and Earth I humbly beseech thee to put away from me all hurtful things to give me those things that be profitable for me through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer that God may remove from me all fearfulness and doubt of his favour and mercy TEach me O Lord the way of thy Statutes and I shall keep it unto the end Give me understanding and I shall keep thy Law yea I shall keep it with my whole heart Make me to go in the path of thy Commandments for therein is my delight Incline my heart to thy Testimonies and not to covetousness O turn away mine eyes lest they behold vanities and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy Word in thy servant that I may fear thee Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good Behold my delight is in thy Commandments O quicken me in thy Righteousness O take not the word of thy Truth utterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy Judgments so shall I alway keep thy Law yea for ever and ever O think upon thy servant as concerning thy Word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust the same is my comfort in my trouble for thy Word hath quickened me O turn me into true understanding and knowledge for I have believed thy Commandments Before I was troubled I went wrong but now I have kept thy Word Thou art good and gracious O teach me thy Statutes It is good for me that I have been in trouble that
presence is glory and worship Fill my lips and soul with great devotion and reverence towards thee my God Make me to love thy Goodness to adore thy Omnipotency to reverence thy Justice to fear thy Majesty to tremble at thy Omniscience and Omnipresence and to contemplate with the greatest zeal and affections all those glories which thou communicatest to the Sons of men in the revelations of the Gospel of thy Creatour and of thy miracles that I may tell of thy greatness and declare thy salvation from day to day and when thou comest with Righteousness to judg the Earth and all people with thy truth I may rejoyce in thee everlastingly and sing eternally Hallelujah to thee in thy Sanctuary grant this for Jesus Christ his sake my Lord and only Saviour Amen The Collect. O Lord I beseech thee grant thy grace to withstand the temptations of the world the flesh and the Devil and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God through Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen A Prayer for Mercy and Salvation O Lord our King Lord of the whole Earth have mercy upon me and sanctifie me with thy grace that I may hate every thing that is evil that I may love thee give thanks unto thy Name and rejoyce in the remembrance of thy holiness that in the day of Judgment and great terrours when thou shalt sit in thy seat supported with Righteousness and Judgment and a fire shall go forth from thy presence to burn up thine enemies on every side thou mayest preserve my soul in safety from the hands of mine enemies and a light may spring up unto me to preserve me from eternal darkness and the want of the light of thy countenance through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen The Collect. O Lord God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee mercifully grant that thy holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule my heart through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen A Thanksgiving for the Redemption of mankind by Jesus Christ. O Most powerful Jesus who with thine own Right hand and with thy holy Arm hast begotten to thy self on our behalf the victory over sin hell and the grave remember this thy mercy and truth which thou hast promised to all that believe in thee give me pardon of all my sins sealed unto me by the testimony of the Holy Spirit and a good conscience and grant that I may by thy strength fight against my ghostly enemies and by thy power may overcome them that I may rejoyce in a holy peace and sing and give thanks for my victory and my Crown extend this mercy and enlarge the effect of thy great Victories to the Heathen that all the ends of the world may sing a new song unto thee and see the salvation of God that when thou comest to judge the Earth we may find mercy and be joyful together before thee in the fruition of a blessed Eternity through thy mercies O blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesu Amen The Collect. O Almighty and most merciful Lord God of thy bountiful goodness and mercy keep me I beseech thee from all things that may hurt me that I being ready both in body and soul may accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Psalm of Praise to God for his Mercy and Truth The Prayer O Lord our God Who hast created us out of nothing and hast redeemed us from misery and death when we were thy enemies shewing great expresses of thy loving kindnesses when we were vessels of wrath and inheritours of perdition revealing thy Truth unto us in the Sermons of the Gospel teach us to walk as thou hast commanded us to believe as thou hast taught that we may inherit what thou hast promised us for thou art the way the truth and the life We are thy people and the sheep of thy Pasture thou art our guide and our defence let thy grace teach us to serve thee and thy holy Spirit assist and promote our endeavours with the blessing of gladness and chearfulness of spirit that we may love to speak good of thy Name and at last go to the Courts of thy Temple with praise and a song in our mouths to thy honour and eternal glory whose Mercy and Truth is everlasting and revealed unto the Church in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen The Collect. LOrd I pray thee that thy grace may alwaies prevent and follow us all the daies of our life make us continually be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for a holy Life O Lord God of eternal purity who who art of pure eyes and canst behold no iniquity or impurity enlighten my understanding that I may have knowledge in the way of godliness make my path straight and my heart perfect take from me the sins of unfaithfulness correct and mortify in me all froward and peevish dispositions let me love the society of the Saints and hate the fellowship of the wicked that I may not be destroyed with the ungodly nor be rooted out from the City of the Lord nor banished from the sweetness of thy presence for with thee is light and health and salvation to thy Name be all honour and glory and praise ascribed world without end Amen The Collect. ALmighty and Everlasting God give unto me the increase of Faith Hope and Charity that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me to love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen A Prayer for Comfort in sadness of spirit in Sickness or in any other affliction O Eternal God who endurcst for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations have mercy upon me according to the infinite treasures of thy loving kindness hear the voice of my groaning for thy indignation and thy wrath lieth hard upon me and my sins have put an edge upon thy sword and a thorn upon my wounded conscience O hold up the reins of my soul repair the breaches of my comfort and my hope and let thy glory now appear for that shines brightly in the beams of thy mercy and when thou turnest unto the prayer of the poor destituted it becomes an eternal monument and a record of thy honour and all generations which shall be born shall praise thee Look down O Lord from thy Sanctuary hear the mourning of me and all distressed people send me life and health so long as it may be a blessing and not shorten my daies in wrath but give me grace so to spend all my time in the work of repentance and holiness that when my years fail and my change is come I may be translated to the new Heaven which shall never perish nor wax old there to continue and stand fast in thy sight for ever through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen The Collect. O Lord I beseech thee absolve thy people from their offences that
through thy bountiful goodness we may be delivered from the bondage of those sins which by our frailty we have committed grant this O heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen A Thanksgiving to God for all his benefits and mercies O Most merciful God whose mercies are as high as the Heavens as many as the moments of eternity thou hast opened thy hand wide to me with thy blessing and the sweet effects of thy loving kindness Thou art pitiful as a Father tender as a Mother careful as a Guardian and exceeding merciful to all them that fear thee I pray thee to fill my soul with apprehension and impresses of thy unspeakable mercy that my thankfulness may be as great as my need of mercy is and let thy merciful loving-kindness endure for ever and ever upon thy poor servant that putteth his trust in thee Keep no anger in store for me Chide me not in thy displeasure Satisfie my mouth with good things Remove all my sins from me as far as the East is from the West Heal all my infirmities and save my life from destruction for all these are mercies that thou delightest it and because I cannot praise thee according to thy excellencies take my soul in thy due time into the land of everlasting praises that I may spend a whole Eternity in ascribing to thy name praise and honour and dominion grant this for Jesus Christ his sake my Lord and only Saviour Amen The Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God absolve thy people from their offences that through thy bountiful goodness we may be delivered from the bonds of those sins which by our frailty we have committed grant this heavenly Father for Jesus Christ his sake our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen A Thanksgiving for deliverance from misery and danger O Lord God gracious and good whose mercy endureth for ever in my trouble I cry unto thee for when my heart is brought down through heaviness there is none to help me up or to deliver me out of my distress but only thou O Lord I have sinned I have rebelled against thee and lightly regarded thy counsel I have walked and sate in darkness and in the shadow of death being fast bound in the captivity and misery of sin O bring thou me out of darkness and break my bonds in sunder Guide me through the desert of the world in which grows nothing but sadness and discontent still the tempest and smooth the floods of misery which are ready to overwhelm me and in thy due time bring me to eternal rest and to the Haven where I would fain be that in the Congregation of thy holy people I may praise thee for thy goodness and declare thy wonders that thou hast done for me in delivering me from sins misery and death and bringing me to a City to dwell in where there is life and light and joy eternal in the beholding the face of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen The Collect. GRant I beseech thee O merciful Lord to thy faithful people pardon and peace that they may be cleansed from all their sins and fear thee with a quiet mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer of Thanksgiving for all the mercies and salvation which are given us in Christ Jesus O Most gracious God and most merciful Father my strength and my salvation for thy mercy endureth for ever be thou on my side take part with them that help me and forsake me not in time of need let the voice of joy and health be in my dwelling and when thou chastenest and correctest me for my sins give me not over unto death but fix my faith and hopes upon the head stone in the corner even my Lord Jesus Christ that in all the assaults made against me by my ghostly enemies the right hand of the Lord may have the preheminence and bring mighty things to pass even victory and deliverance unto thy servants that I putting no confidence in the best of men may trust in thee O Lord till at last when thou openest the everlasting gates of righteousness I may enter in and give thee praise and thanks through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen The Collect. O God my Refuge and Strength who art the Author of all godliness be ready to hear the devout prayer of thy Church and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer that God would be pleased to pardon my many and great sins and direct me in the waies of Righteousness O Lord my Judge and my Redeemer hearken unto me for thy Truth and Righteousness sake and deliver me from the guilt of all my sins and from those great punishments which are due unto me for the same enter not into judgment with me for in thy sight no man can be justified by any worthiness of his own Endue my soul with a righteousness of a holy life living and working by charity Shew me the way that I should walk in Teach me to do whatsoever pleaseth thee Quicken my soul in the path of life and so continue the conduct of thy Spirit in me that it may never leave me till I be brought forth of this world into the Land of Righteousness to dwell with thee eternally through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen The Collect. O God my Refuge and Strength who art the Author of all godliness be ready I beseech thee to hear the devout prayer of thy Church and grant that those things which I ask faithfully I may obtain effectually through Jesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour Amen A Thanksgiving for the benefit of the holy Gospel particularly of the blessed Sacrament O Blessed Jesu whose Righteousness endureth for ever thy work is worthy to be praised and had in honour for that thou hast been merciful to us and hast given meat even the fruit of a blessed Sacrament unto them that fear thee that by the participation of thy holy Communion we should have thee in remembrance and ever be mindfull of thy Covenant plant in our hearts the fear of thy Name give us wisdom and good understanding make us to have pleasure in thee and all thy works that we obeying the precepts of thy holy Gospel and performing the conditions of thy Covenant which thou hast established for ever in truth and equity in verity and judgment we may worthily praise and adore thy reverend and holy Name among the faithful in this life and in the Congregation of thy Saints in the life to come through thy mercies O blessed Jesu to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory now and for ever more Amen The Collect. ALmighty and everlasting God who dost govern all things both in Heaven and in Earth mercifully hear the supplications of thy people and grant us thy grace all the daies of our life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
in the paths of life and sanctity for those blessed waitings and knocking 's at the door of my heart patiently tarrying for me for all the holy Sermons spiritual Books and Lessons for all the good Prayers and Meditations loving and inviting me to repentance without ceasing admonishing me and reproving me with the check of a tender conscience with exteriour and interiour motives and for whatsoever means or incentives of holiness thou hast assisted me withall I Magnifie and praise thy holy Name for thy goodness to all Nations whom thou hast made and sanctified they shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy Name for thou art great and dost wondrous things thou art God alone and great is thy mercy towards me thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever with Cherubims and Seraphims and all the company of the heavenly Host saying Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabbath holy is our God holy is the Immortal holy is the Almighty the Father Son and the Holy Ghost to whom be honour and glory dominion and power ascribed of all spirits and all men and all creatures now and for evermore Amen A Prayer preparatory to the Receiving of the blessed Sacrament O Most immaculate and glorious Jesu he hold me a miserable sinner drawing near unto thee with the approaches of humility and earnest desire to be cleansed from my sins and to be united to thee by the nearest and most mysterious union of Charity and Sacramental participation of thy most precious body and blood I presume nothing of my own worthiness but I am most confident of thy mercies and infinite loving kindness I know O Lord I am blind and sick and dead and naked and therefore I come the rather I am sick and thou art my Physician thou arisest with healing in thy wings by thy wounds I come to be cured and to be healed by thy stripes I am unclean but thou art the fountain of purity I am blind but thou art the great Eye of the World the Son of Righteousness in thy light I shall see light I am poor but thou art rich unto all the Lord of all the Creatures I therefore humbly beg of thy mercy that thou wouldest be pleased to take from me all my sins to cure all mine infirmities to cleanse my filthiness to lighten my darkness to cloathe my nakedness with the Robe of thy Righteousness that I may with reverence and faith and holy intention receive thy blessed body and blood in the mysterious Sacrament that it may be unto life and pleasantness and holy nourishment and that I may be firmly and indesolutely united to thy mystical body and may at last see clearly and without vail thy face in glory everlasting who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen The Second I Adore and bless thy glorious Majesty O blessed Jesu for this great dignation and vouchsafing to me that art pleased for all the infinite multitudes of my sins and innumerable violating of thy holy Laws still to give thy self unto me to convey health and grace and life and hopes of glory in the blessed Sacrament I adore thee O most Righteous Redeemer that thou art pleased under the visible signs of Bread and Wine to convey unto our souls thy holy body and blood and all the benefits of thy bitter Passion O my God I am not worthy thou shouldest come under my roof but let thy holy Spirit with his purities prepare for thee a lodging in my soul. Thou hast knocked often O blessed Jesu at the door of my heart and wouldest willingly have entred behold O Lord my heart is willing ready to receive thee cast out of it all worldly desires all lust and carnal appetites and then enter and there love to inhabit that the Devil may never return to a place that is swept and garnished to fill me full of iniquity O thou lover of souls grant that this holy Sacrament may be light to my eyes a guide to my understanding and joy to my soul that by its strength I may subdue and mortifie the whole body of sin in me that it may produce in me fulness of wisdom and constancy of faith perfection accomplishment of all the Righteous Commandments and such blessed union with thee that I never more live unto my self or to the world but to thee only and by the refreshment of an holy hope I may be lead through the paths of a good life and persevering piety to the communion and possession of thy Kingdom O blessed Jesu who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen A Prayer after the Receiving of the Sacramental Bread I Give hearty thanks unto thee Almighty God that thou hast not rejected me from thy holy Table but hast refreshed my soul with the salutary refection of the body thy dear Son Jesus Christ. Lord if I had lived innocently and had kept all thy Commandments I could have not expected so transcendent a mercy but since I have lived in all manner of sin and multiplied provocations against thy Divine Majesty thy mercy is so glorious and infinite that I am amazed at the consideration of its Immensity Go on O my dear God to finish so blessed a Redemption and now that thou hast begun to celebrate a Marriage and a holy Union between thy self and my soul let me never throw off the Wedding-garment or stain it with pollution of deadly sin nor seek after other Lovers but let me for ever and ever be united unto thee being transformed into thy will in this life and to the likeness of thy glories in the life to come who livest and reignest ever one God world without end Amen After the Receiving of the Cup. O Just and dear God who out of the unmeasurable Abysses of wisdom and mercy hast redeemed us and offerest life and grace and salvation to us by the real exhibition of thy Son Jesus Christ in the Sacrifice of his death upon the Altar of the Cross and by commemoration of the bitter Agonies in the holy Sacrament grant that that great and venerable Sacrifice which we now commemorate sacramentally may procure of thee for thy whole Church mercy and peace and great assistance in all trials deliverance from all heresies schisms sacriledge and persecucutions to all sick people health and salvation redemption from captivity competency of living to the indigent and necessitous comfort to the afflicted relief to the oppressed repentance to all sinners softness of spirit and a tender conscience to the obstinate conversion to the Jews Turk and remedy to all that are in trouble or adversity and grant to us O Lord that this Sacrament and Sacrifice of commemoration by vertue of that painful and proper Sacrifice upon the Cross may obtain for me and for us all who have communicated this day pardon and peace and
apart to thy self And O Lord since thou art a God that wilt not clear the guilty let the dread of thy Justice make me tremble to provoke thee in any thing O let me not so mis-place my fear as to be afraid of a man that shall die and of the Son of Man who shall be made as grass and forget the Lord my Maker but replenish my soul with the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom which may be as a bridle to all my brutish appetites and keep me in a constant conformity to thy holy Will Hear me O Lord I beseech thee and put this fear in my heart that I may not depart from thee but may with fear and trembling work out my own salvation through Jesus Christ. Amen For Thankfulness O Most gracious and bountiful Lord who fillest all things with goodness and expectest no other return but praise and thanksgiving let me O Lord never defraud thee of that so easie tribute but let my heart be ever filled with a sense and my mouth with the acknowledgment of thy mercies It is a joyful and pleasant thing to be thankful O suffer me not I beseech thee to lose my part in that Divine pleasure but grant that as I daily receive blessings from thee so I may daily from an affectionate and devout heart offer up thanks to thee and grant that not only my lips but my life may shew forth thy praise by consecrating my self to thy service and walking in holiness and righteousness before thee all the daies of my life through Jesus Christ my Lord and blessed Saviour Amen For Chastity O Holy and Immortal Jesus whose first descent was into the Virgins Womb and who didst love to inhabit only in pure and Virgins hearts I beseech thee send thy Spirit of purity to cleanse me from all filthiness both of flesh and spirit My body O Lord is the Temple of the Holy Ghost O let me never pollute that Temple with any uncleanness and because out of the heart proceed the things that defile the man Lord grant me to keep my heart with all diligence that no impure or foul thoughts be harboured there but enable me I beseech thee to keep both soul and body pure and undefiled that so I may glorifie thee here both in body and soul and spirit and be glorified in both with Christ hereafter Amen For Contentedness O Merciful God thy Wisdom is infinite to chuse and thy Love forward to dispence good things to us O let me alwaies fully and entirely resign my self to thy disposals have no desire of my own but a perfect satisfaction in thy chusings for me that so in whatsoever state I am I may be therein content Lord grant I may never look with murmuring on my own condition nor with envy on other mens and to that end I beseech thee purge my heart of all covetous desires and affections O let me never yield any corner of my soul to Mammon but give me such a contempt of these fading riches that whether they decrease or increase I may never set my heart upon them but that all my care may be to be rich towards God to lay up my treasure in Heaven that I may so set my affections on things above that when Christ who is my life shall appear I may also appear with him in glory grant this O Lord for the merit of the same Jesus Christ. Amen For Perseverance O Eternal and unchangeable Lord God who art the same yesterday to day and for ever be thou pleased to communicate some rayes of that excellency some degree of that stability to me thy wretched creature who am light and unconstant turned about with every blast My understanding is very deceivable O stablish it with thy truth keep it from the snares of seducing spirits that I may not be lead away with the errours of the wicked and fall from mine own stedfastness My will also O Lord is irresolute and wavering and doth not cleave stedfastly unto God My goodness is but as a morning cloud and as the early dew it passeth away O strengthen and confirm me and whatsoever good thou hast wrought in me be pleased to accomplish it and perform it until the day of Christ. Lord thou seest my weakness and knowest the number and strength of those temptations I am to struggle with O leave me not to my self but cover thou my head in the day of battel and in all spiritual combats make me more than Conquerour through him that loved me O let no terrours or flatteries either of the world or my own flesh ever draw me from my obedience to thee but grant that I may continue stedfast unmoveable alwaies abounding in the work of the Lord by patient continuance in well doing seeking and at last obtain glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer before the Receiving of the Blessed Sacrament O Most merciful God who hast in thy great goodness prepared this Spiritual Feast for sick and famished souls make my desires and longings after it answerable to my needs of it I have with the Prodigal wasted that portion of grace thou bestowedst upon me therefore do infinitely want a supply out of this Treasury but O Lord how shall such a wretch as I dare to approach this holy Table I am a Dog how shall I presume to take the Childrens bread or how shall this spiritual Manna this food of Angels be given to one who hath chosen to feed on husks with Swine nay to one who hath already so often trampled these precious things under foot either carelesly neglecting or unworthily refusing those holy precious Mysteries O Lord my horrible guiltiness makes me tremble to come and makes me not dare to keep away for where O Lord shall my polluted soul be washed if not in this fountain which thou hast opened for sin and for uncleanness hitherto therefore I come and thou hast promised that him that cometh to thee thou wilt in no wise cast out This is O Lord the Blood of the New Testament grant to me so to receive it that it may be to me for remission of sins and though I have so often and so wickedly broken my part of that Covenant whereof this Sacrament is a seal yet be thou graciously pleased to make thine good to be merciful to my unrighteousness and to remember my sins and my iniquities no more and not only so but to put thy Laws in my heart and to write them in my mind and by the power of thy grace dispose my soul to such a sincere and constant obedience that I may never again provoke thee Lord grant that in these holy Mysteries I may not only commemorate but effectually receive my blessed Saviour and all the benefits of his passion and to that end give me such a preparation of soul as may qualifie me for it Give me a deep sense of my sins and unworthiness that being weary and heavy laden I
returned I desire with all the most fervent and inflamed affections of a grateful heart to bless and praise thee for those inestimable mercies thou hast vouchsafed me O Lord what is man that thou shouldest so regard him as to send thy Beloved Son to suffer such bitter things for him But Lord what am I the worst of men that I should have any part of this Sacrament who have so often despised him and his sufferings O the height and depth of this mercy of thine that art pleased to admit me to the renewing of that Covenant with thee which I have so often and perversly broken that I who am not worthy of that daily bread which sustains the body should be made partaker of this bread of life which nourisheth the soul and that the God of all purity should vouchsafe to unite himself to so polluted a wretch O my God suffer me no more I beseech thee to turn thy grace into wantonness to make thy mercy an occasion of security but let this unspeakable love of thine confirm me to obedience that since my blessed Lord died for me I may no longer live unto my self but to him O Lord I know there is no concord between Christ and Belial therefore since he hath now been pleased to enter my heart O let me never permit any lust to chase him thence but let him that hath so dearly bought me still keep possession of me and let nothing ever take me out of his hand To this end be thou graciously pleased to watch over me and defend me from all assaults of my spiritual enemies but graciously and specially from my self from the treachery of my own heart which is too willing to yield it self a prey and where thou seest me either by nature or custom most weak there do thou I beseeeh thee magnifie thy power in my preservations here mention thy most dangerous temptations and Lord let my Saviours sufferings for my sins and the vows that I have now made against them never depart from my mind but let the remembrance of the one enable me to perform the other that I may never make truce with those lusts which nailed his hands piercing his side and made his soul heavy to the death but that having now anew listed my self under his banner I may fight manfully and follow the Captain of my salvation even through a Sea of blood Lord strengthen the hands that fall down and feeble knees that I faint not in this warfare O be thou my strength who am not able of my self to struggle with the slightest temptations how often have I turned my back in the day of battel how many of these Sacramental Vows have I violated and Lord I have still the same unconstant deceitful heart to betray me to the breach of this O thou who art Yea and Amen in whom there is no shadow of change communicate unto me I beseech thee such stability of mind that I may no more thus start aside like a broken Bow but that having my heart wholly with thee I may continue stedfast in thy Covenant that not one good purpose which thy Spirit hath raised in me this day may vanish as so many have done formerly but that they may bring forth good fruit unto life eternal grant this O merciful Father through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my only Saviour Amen A Prayer of Intercession to be used either before or after the Receiving of the Sacrament O Most gracious Lord who so tenderly lovest all mankind as to give thy Son out of thy bosom to be a propitiation for the sins of the whole world grant that the effect of this Redemption may be as universal as the design of it that it may be to the salvation of all O let no person by impenitence and wilful sin forfeit his part in it but by the power of thy grace bring all even the most obstinate sinners to repentance enlightning all in darkness Hereticks Jews Turks and Infidels take from them all blindness hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and so fetch them home Blessed Lord bring them into thy fold that they may be saved among the number of the true Israel and for all those upon whom the Name of thy Son is called grant O Lord that their conversion may be such as becometh the Gospel of Christ that his Name be no longer blasphemed amongst the Heathens through us O blessed Lord how long shall Christendom continue the vilest part of the world a sink of all abominable pollutions which even Barbarians detest O let not our profession and our practice be alwaies at so wide a distance let not the Disciples of the holy Immaculate Jesus be of all others the most prophane and impure let not the subjects of the Prince of Peace be of all others the most contentious and bloody but make us Christians indeed as well as in Name that we may walk worthy of that holy Vocation wherewith we are called and may all with one mind and one mouth glorifie the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Have mercy on this languishing Church look down from Heaven the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory where is thy zeal and thy strength the sounding of thy bowels and of thy heart towards us are they restrained be not wroth very sore O Lord neither remember our iniquities for ever but though our backslidings are many and we have grievously rebelled yet according to all thy goodness let thine anger and thy fury be turned away and cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanctuary which is desolate for the Lords sake and so separate betwixt us and our sins that they may no longer separate between us and our God Save and defend all Christian Kings Princes and Governours specially to whom we owe subjection plead thou their Cause O Lord against those that strive with them and fight thou against those that fight against them and so guide and assist them in the discharge of that Office whereunto thou hast appointed them that under them we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godliness and honesty Bless them that wait at thine Altar open thou their lips that their mouth may set forth thy praise O let not the Light of the World be put under bushels but place them in their Candlesticks that they may give light to all that are in the house Let not Jeroboams Priests prophane thy service but let the seed of Aarons Hill minister unto thee And O thou Father of mercies and God of all comfort succour and relieve all that are in affliction deliver the out-cast and poor help them to right that suffer wrong let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee and according to thee greatness of thy power preserve them that are appointed to die Grant ease to those that are in pain supplies to those that are in want Give to all presumptuous sinners a sense of their sins and to all
will be at last O Lord hear me and as thou hast in much mercy afforded me time so grant me all grace to work out my salvation to provide Oil in my Lamp that when the Bridegroom cometh I may go in with him to the marriage grant this I beseech thee for thy dear Sons sake Amen A Prayer at the approach of Death O Eternal and everlasting God who breathed into man the breath of life and when thou takest away that breath he dies and is turned again into dust look with compassion on me thy poor creature who am now drawing near the gates of death and which is infinitely terrible the Bar of Judgment Lord my own heart condemns me and thou art infinitely greater than my heart and thou knowest all things the sins I remember fill me with horrour There are also multitudes of other sins which I either observed not at all times or have since carelesly forgotten which are all present with thee Thou settest my misdeeds before thee and my secret sins in the sight of thy countenance and what a mountainous heap those eminent provocations of so many years arise to how long shall so ungodly a sinner stand in thy Judgment or such a sinner in the Congregation of the Righteous And to add more terrour my very countenance and repentance I fear will not abide thy tryal my frequent relapses heretofore have sufficiently witnessed the insincerity of my heart and best resolutions and then O Lord what can secure me that my present dislikes of my sins are not rather the effects of my amazing danger than of any real change And O Lord I know thou art not nor wilt accept of any thing that is not sincere O Lord when I consider this fearfulness and trembling comes upon me and a horrible dread overwhelms me my flesh trembleth for fear of thee and my heart is wounded within me But O Lord who wills not the death of a sinner be merciful unto me One deep calleth upon another the depth of my misery upon the depth of thy mercy Lord save me now or I perish eternally O thou who willest not that any should perish but that all should come to repentance such as thou wilt accept who tryest the heart create in me O God a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me O Lord one day with thee is better than a thousand elsewhere O let thy mighty Spirit work in me now in this my last day whatsoever thou seest wanting to fit me for mercy and acceptation Give me a perfect and an entire hatred of all my sins and enable me to present thee with a sacrifice of a broken and a contrite heart which thou hast promised not to despise that by this I may be made capable of that atonement which thy dear Son hath by the more excellent oblation of himself made for all repenting sinners he is the Propitiation for our sins he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisements of our peace was upon him O heal me by these stripes and let the cry of his blood cry down the clamour of my sins I am indeed the child of wrath but he is the Son of thy Love for his sake spare me O Lord spare thy poor creature whom he hath redeemed with his most precious blood and be not angry with me for ever O let not thy vengeance pursue me to this City of Refuge my soul hangeth upon him Oh let me not perish with a Jesus with a Saviour in my arms but by his agony and bloody sweat by his Cross and Passion by all that he did and suffered for sinners good Lord deliver me deliver me I beseech thee from the wages of sin thy wrath and everlasting damnation in the time of my tribulation in the hour of death and in the day of judgment Hear me O Lord hear me and do not repay me for my former neglects of thy calls by refusing to answer me in this time of my greatest need Lord there 's but a step between me and death but seal my pardon before I go hence and be no more seen Thy loving-kindness is better than life it self Oh let me have that in exchange and I shall most gladly lay down this mortal life O Lord thou knowest all my desire and my groaning is not hid from thee deal thou with me O Lord according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercy take away the sting of death the guilt of my sins and then though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil I will lay me down in peace and Lord when I awake let me be satisfied with thy presence in thy glory grant this merciful God for his sake who is both the Mediator and Redeemer of sinners even Jesus Christ. Amen PUT me not to rebuke O Lord in thine anger neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure There is no health in my flesh because of thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my soul by reason of my sins for my wickedness is gone over my head and are a sore burthen too heavy for me to bear My wounds stink and corrupt through my foolishness therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate My sins have taken such hold upon me that I go in mourning all the day long yea they are more in number than the hairs of my head and my heart hath failed me but thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering plenteous in goodness and truth turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and in misery If thou Lord shouldest be extream to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it O remember not the sins of my youth and my offence but according to thy mercy think upon me for thy goodness look upon my adversity and misery and forgive me all my sins Hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble O haste thee and hear me out of the deep do I call unto thee O Lord hear my voice Turn thee O Lord and deliver my soul O save me for thy mercy sake O go not far from me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me I stretch forth my hand unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land draw nigh unto my soul and save it O deliver me because of mine enemies for my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell Save me from the Lions mouth Hear me from among the horns of the Unicorns O set me upon the Rock that is higher than I for thou art my hope and a strong Tower for me against the enemy Why art thou so heavy O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance The Lord shall make good his loving kindness towards me
a better life therefore we do here from our very souls render unto thee most humble and hearty thanks from our very souls for all thy blessings and benefits bestowed upon our souls and our bodies acknowledging thee to be that Father of Light from whom we have received all those good and perfect gifts and unto thee alone for them we ascribe to be due all glory honour might majesty and praise both now and for ever more But more especially we praise thy Divine Majesty for that thou hast defended us this day past from all perils and dangers so that none of those Judgments which our sins have deserved have fallen upon any one of us Good Lord forgive us the sins which this day we have committed against thy Divine Majesty or our Brethren and for Christ his sake be reconciled unto us for them and we humbly beseech thee likewise of thine infinite goodness to defend and protect us this night and all that belong unto us from all perils and dangers of fire robbery terrours of evil Angels or any other fear which for our sins might justly have fallen upon us and that we may be safe under the shadow of thy wings and to this end and purpose we here recommend our bodies and souls and all that we have unto thine Almighty Protection Lord bless and defend both us and them from all evil whilst we sleep do thou O Father who never slumberest nor sleepest watch over thy children and give a charge to thy holy Angels to pitch their tents round about our houses and dwellings this night to guard us from all dangers that sleeping with thee we may the next morning be awakened by thee and so being refreshed with moderate sleep we may be the fitter to set forth thy glory in the conscionable duties of our callings and we beseech thee O Lord to be merciful likewise to thy whole Church and to continue the tranquility of these Kingdoms wherein we live turning from us those plagues which the crying sins of this Nation do cry aloud for O Lord preserve the principal member thereof our most gracious King Charles endue his Royal heart with grace wisdom and understanding and grant that his daies may be many prosperous vertuous and happy cloath his enemies with shame but upon his head let his Crown flourish Bless our gracious Queen Katherine James Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Family endow them with thy grace and defend them from all evil Bless all our Magistrates and Ministers with all those graces and gifts necessary for their places govern thou them that they may govern us in peace godliness and true Religion Bless all that fear thee and call upon thy Name all our Christian Brethren and Sisters that suffer sickness or any other affliction or misery especially those who do any where suffer persecution for the testimony of thy holy Gospel grant them patience to bear thy Cross and deliverance when and which way it shall seem best to thy Divine Wisdom and Lord suffer us never to forget our last end and those reckonings which then we must render unto thee in health and prosperity make us mindful of sickness and of the evil day that is behind that these things may not overtake us as a snare but that we may in some good measure like wise Virgins be found prepared for the coming of Christ the sweet Bridegroom of our souls And now O Lord most holy and just we confess there is no cause why thou who art so much displeased with sin shouldest hear the prayers of sinners but for his sake who suffered for sin and sinned not in the only mediation therefore of thine eternal Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour we humbly beg these and all other graces which thou knowest to be needful for us and for thy whole Church shutting up these our imperfect requests in that most holy prayer which Christ himself hath taught us to say unto thee Our Father which art in Heaven c. A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath Day O Most High O Eternal God all whose works are glorious all whose thoughts are very deep there can be no better thing than to praise thy Name and declare thy loving kindness in the morning on thy holy and blessed Sabbath day for it is thy Will and Commandment that we should sanctifie this day in thy service and praise him and in the thankful remembrance of the Creation of the world by the power of thy Word so of the Redemption of mankind by the death of thy Son thine O Lord I confess is greatness and power and glory and victory and praise for all that is in Heaven and Earth is thine thine is the Kingdom O Lord and thou excellest as head over all both riches and honour come of thee and thou raignest over all and in thine hand is power and strength and in thine hand it is to make great and to give grace unto all now therefore O my God I praise thy glorious Name that whereas I wretched sinner having so many waies provoked thy Majesty to anger and displeasure thou notwithstanding of thy favour and goodness passing by prophaneness and infirmities hast vouchsafed O heavenly Father to add this Sabbath again to the number of my daies and vouchsafe O heavenly Father for the merits of Jesus Christ thy Son whose glorious Resurrection thy whole Church celebrateth this day to pardon and forgive me all my sins and misdeeds especially O Lord cleanse my soul from those filthy sins which my corrupt nature is most prone unto with the blood of thy most pure and undefiled Lamb and let thy Holy Spirit more and more subdue my corruptions that I may be renewed after thine own Image to serve thee in Righteousness and true Holiness all the daies of our life and as of thy mercy thou hast brought me safe to the beginning of this day so I beseech thee to make it a day of Reconciliation betwixt my sinful soul and thy Divine Majesty give me grace to make it a day of Repentance unto thee that thy goodness may seal it to be a day of pardon unto me and that I may remember that the keeping holy of this is a commandment which thine own finger hath written that on this day I might meditate on thy glorious works of our Creation and Redemption and learn how to keep all the rest of thy holy Laws and Commandments and when anon I shall with the rest of the holy Assembly appear before thy presence to offer unto thee our morning Sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving and to hear what thy Spirit by the preaching of thy Word shall speak unto thy servant oh let not my sins stand as a cloud to stop my prayers from ascending unto thee or keep back thy grace from descending by thy Word into my heart I know O Lord and tremble to think that three parts of the good seed falls upon bad ground O let not my heart be
like the high way which through hardness and want of true understanding receives not the seed till the evil one cometh and catcheth it away nor the stony ground which heareth with joy for a time but falleth away as soon as persecution ariseth for the Gospels sake nor like the thorny ground which by the cares of this world and deceitfulness of riches choaketh the Word which it heareth and maketh it altogether unfruitful but that like unto the good ground I may hear thy Word with an honest and a good heart understand it and keep it and bring forth fruit with patience in that measure that thy Divine Wisdom shall think meet for thy glory and mine everlasting comfort Open likewise I beseech thee O Lord the door of utterance unto thy faithful servant whom thou hast sent unto us to open our eyes that we may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that we may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among them which are sanctified by Faith in Christ and give me grace to submit my self to his Ministry as well when he terrifieth me with judgments as when he comforteth me with thy mercies and that I may have him in a singular love for his works sake because he watcheth for my soul as he that must give an account for the same unto his Master and give me grace to behave my self in the holy Congregation with comeliness and reverence as in thy presence and in the sight of thy holy Angels Keep me from drowsiness and sleepiness and from all wandring thoughts and worldly imaginations sanctifie my memory that it may be apt to receive and firm to remember those good and profitable doctrines which shall be taught unto us out of thy Word and that through the assistance of thy holy Spirit I may put the same lessons in practice for my directions in prosperity for my consolation in misery for the amendment of my life and the glory of thy Name and that this day which godless and prophane persons spend in their own lusts and pleasures I as an obedient servant of thine may make my chief delight to consecrate it to thy honour and glory not doing my own waies nor seeking mine own will nor speaking a vain word but that ceasing from the works of sin as well as from the work of my ordinary calling I may through thy blessing feel in my heart the beginning of that eternal Sabbath which with unspeakable joy glory I shall celebrate with thy Saints and Angels to thy praise and worship in thy heavenly Kingdom for evermore all which I humbly beg and crave at thy hands in the Name and Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in that form of prayer which he hath taught me Our Father which art in Heaven c. A Private Evening Prayer for the Sabbath Day O Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabbath suffer me who am but dust and ashes to speak unto thy glorious Majesty I know that thou art a consuming fire I acknowledge that I am but wretched stubble my sins are in thy sight and Satan stands at my right hand to accuse me for them I come not to excuse but to judge my self worthy of all those judgments which thy justice might most justly inflict upon me a wretched creature for my sins and my transgressions the number of them is so great and the nature of them is so grievous that they make me seem vile in mine own eyes how much more loathsom in thy sight I confess they make me so far from being worthy to be called thy Son that I am altogether unworthy to have the name of thy meanest servant and if thou shouldest but recompence me according to my deserts the Earth as weary of such a sinful burden should open her mouth and swallow me up like one of Dathans Family into the bottomless pit of Hell for if thou didst not spare the natural branches those Angels of glorious excellency but hurledst them down from thy heavenly habitation in the pains of hellish darkness to be kept unto damnation when they sinned but once against thy Majesty and didst expel our first Parents out of Paradise when they did but transgress one of thy Laws Alas what a vengeance may I expect who have not offended in one sin only but heaping sin upon sin without any true Repentance drinking in iniquity as it were water ever pouring in but never pouring out any filthiness and transgressed all thy Laws and Commandments yea this present day thou hast straightly commanded me to keep holy to thy praise and worship I have not so religiously kept and observed nor prepared my soul in that holiness and chastity of heart as was fit to meet thy blessed Majesty in the holy Assembly of thy Saints I have not attended to the Preaching of thy Word nor to the administration of thy Sacrament with that humility reverence and devotion that I should for though I was present at those exercises in my body yet Lord I was overtaken with much drowsiness that when I was awake my mind was so distracted and carried away with vain and worldly thoughts that my soul seemed to be absent and out of the Church I have not so duly as I should meditated with my self nor conferred with my Family upon those good instructions which I have heard and received out of thy holy Word by the publick Minister for default whereof Satan hath stollen the most part of those instructions out of my heart and I wretched creature have forgotten them as though they had never been heard and my family doth not thrive in knowledge and satisfaction under my government as they should though I know that many of my poor Brethren live in want and necessity some in pain and comfortless yet I have not remembred to relieve the one with my alms nor the other with my consolations but have feasted my self and satisfied mine own lust I have spent most part of the day in idle talk vain sports and exercises yea Lord I have c. here confess what faults thou hast done that day by omission or commission and then fetching a deep sigh from thy heart and for all these my sins my conscience cries guilty thy Laws condemns me and I am in thy hand to receive the sentence and curse that is due to the wilful breach of so holy a Commandment but what if I am by the Law condemned yet Lord thy Gospel assures me that thy mercy is above all thy works and that thy grace transcends thy Law and thy goodness delights there to raign where sinners do most abound In the multitude of the mercies and merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour I beseech thee O Lord who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor desirest the death of a penitent sinner to pardon and forgive unto me all these my sins and all the errours of that day and of my whole life and free my soul
from that curse and judgment which is due unto me for them Thou that didst justifie the contrite Publican for four words of confession and receivedst the prodigal Child when he had spent all the stock of grace into favour upon his repentance pardon all my sins likewise O Lord and suffer me not to perish for my transgressions O spare me for thy mercy sake and receive me unto favour again Wilt thou O Lord reject me who hast received all Publicans and sinners that upon repentance sued unto thee for grace Shall I alone be excluded from thy mercy far be it from me to think so for thou art the same God of mercy unto me that thou wast unto them and thy compassion never fails wherefore O Lord deal not with me after my merits but according to thy great mercy execute not thy severe justice against me a sinner but execute thy long-sufferance in forbearing thine own creature I have nothing to present unto thee for a satisfaction but only those bloody wounds bitter death and passion which thy blessed Son my only Saviour hath suffered for me him in whom only thou art well pleased I offer up unto thee for all my sins wherewith thou art displeased he my Mediator the request of whose blood speaking better things than that of Abel thy mercy can never gainsay illuminate my understanding and sanctifie my heart with thy holy Spirit that it may bring to my remembrance all those good and profitable lessons which this day or at any other time hath been taught unto me out of thy holy Word that I may remember them thy Commandments to keep them thy Judgments to avoid them and thy sweet promises to rely upon them in time of misery and distress and now O Lord I resign my self to thy most holy Will O receive me into thy favour and so draw me by thy grace unto thy self that I may as well be thine by Love and Implantation as by Calling and Creation and give me grace so to keep holy thy Sabbath in this life as that when this life is ended I may with all thy Saints and Angels celebrate an eternal rest of joy and praise to the honour of thy most holy Name in thy heavenly Kingdom for ever more Amen Devotions for several Occasions In the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. A Morning Prayer O Eternal Son of Righteousness who camest from the bosom of the Father to enlighten the darkness of the world I praise thy Name that thou hast preserved me from the danger of this night and hast continued to me still the opportunities of serving thee and advancing my hopes of a blessed eternity let thy mercies shine brightly upon me and dissipate the clouds and darknesses of my spirit and understanding rectifie my affections and purifie my will and all my actions that whatsoever I shall do or suffer this day or in my whole life my words and purposes my thoughts and all my intentions may be sanctified and be acceptable to thy Divine Majesty Amen Grant that my understanding may know thee my heart may love thee and all my faculties and powers may give thee due obedience and serve thee preserve me this day from all sin and danger from all violences and snares of mine enemies visible or invisible let thy holy fear be as a bridle to my distemperatures and thy love so enkindle and actuate all my endeavours that no pleasures or allurements of the world may draw me from thy service nor any difficulty or temptation may be my hinderance let the profound humility and innocence of my blessed Saviour keep from me all pride and haughtiness of mind all self-love and vain-glory all obstinacy and disobedience all fraudulency and hurtful dissimulation and let the graces of the Holy Ghost take such absolute possession and seisure of my soul and all his faculties that I may bring down and east out the spirit of uncleanness and intemperance of malice and envy idleness and disdain that I may never despise any of thy creatures but my self that so being little in my own fight I may be great in thine Amen An Evening Prayer In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Our Father which art in Heaven c. O Lord God who art the light and splendor of souls in the brightness of thy countenance is eternal day that knows no night in thy arms and in thy protection is all quietness tranquility and everlasting repose while the darkness covers the face of the earth receive my body and soul into thy custody let not the spirits of darkness come near my dwelling neither suffer my fancy to be abused with the illusions of the night Lord I am thy servant and the sheep of thy pasture let not the Devil who goeth up and down seeking whom he may devour abuse my body or make a prey of my soul but defend me from all those calamities which I have deserved and protect my soul that it consent not to any work of darkness lest mine enemy say he hath prevailed over me or do mischief to a soul redeemed with thy most precious blood Amen Pardon and forgive me all the sins and offences of my youth and age the errours of mine understanding the inordination of mine affections the irregularity of all my actions and particularly of whatsoever I have transgressed this day in thought word or deed Lord let not thy wrath arise for although I have deserved the extremest pressure of thine indignation yet remember my infirmity and how thou hast sent thy Son to reveal thy infinite mercy to us and convey pardon and salvation to the penitent I beseech thee also to accept the heartiest devotion and humble acknowledgment of a thankful heart for all thy blessings and preservation of me this day for unless thy providence and grace had been my defence and guide I had committed more and more grievous sins against thee and had been swallowed up by thy just wrath and severest judgments mercy sweet Jesus Amen Grant unto thy servant true humility great contrition a tender conscience and obedient heart an understanding alwaies busied in honest and pious thoughts a wiling tractable heart and ever prone to do good affections even and moderate a watchful custody over my senses that by those windows sin may never enter in nor death by sin make me to watch over my tongue and keep the door of my lips that no corrupt or unseemly communication proceed out of my mouth that I may never slander calumniate or detract from the reputation of my neighbour that I be not busie in the faults of others but careful to correct my own being gentle and merciful to others severe towards my self that I may speak much of thy praises and what I can for the edification of my Brethren Amen Give me a soul watchful in the service of Religion constant in holy purposes