But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen The Apostle's Creed divided into Articles 1. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his onely Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints 10. The Forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life Everlasting Amen An Advertisement CONCERNING The Division of the Hours of PRAYER IT appeareth both by the Histories of the Jews and by plain Observations out of the New Testament that the space of the Day from the Morning to the Evening was solemnly divided into four equal parts which they called Hours to wit the First the Third the Sixth and the Ninth The First Hour comprehended the whole space from the Sun being risen about six of the clock in the Morning after our account till Nine or thereabouts The Third Hour began from thence and lasted till High-noon with us The Sixth from thence to our three of the clock after Noon The Ninth from that hour to the Vespers or Evensong about six in the evening or Sun-set And what was done in any part of these four spaces was indifferently taken and said to be done in that Hour whereunto every space of time was allotted In which respect St. Mark chap. 15. 25. saith It was the Third Hour when they crucified Christ and yet St. John chap. 19. 14. saith It was about the Sixth Hour before he was yet crucified Nor is there any contradiction at all between these two Evangelists St. Mark understanding the last part of the Third Hour which was now at the very end and St. John meaning that it was now near upon the beginning of the Sixth Hour which was immediately to follow the ending of the Third and the beginning of the Sixth being both one and the same point of time THE DAILY OFFICE OF A CHRISTIAN The Office for every day In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee Prevent me I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious Favour and further me with thy continual Help that in all my Works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain Everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God and most merciful Father all Merciful Mercy it self I have erred wittingly and strayed willingly nay run from thy ways more like an untamed Heifer than a lost or wandring Sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy Laws I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankful for so great Grace Spare me and them all O God which confess their faults Restore me and all them that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more For this is according to thy Promises most pretious most gracious most sweet Promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. Grant therefore O most merciful Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Author and Finisher of our Faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all Penitents may hereafter live a Godly Righteous and Sober Life to the Glory of thy holy Name and the Salvation of our own Souls Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father pardon I beseech thee all the Sins Omissions and Commissions Thoughts Words and Deeds by which I have provoked thee unto anger from the time of my Birth to this present moment That no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or louder in thine Ears for Vengeance than the Cry of my Prayers may ascend up unto thee for Mercy and for Forgiveness and obtain that they sue for Particularly I humbly beseech thee forgive unto me my Great and my Clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against Heaven and against Thee have I sinned and committed foul Trangressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the Book of Remembrances which thou hast written through Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen GIve unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a courageous Heart Chaste and temperate Reins and Thoughts A Soul full of Devotion to do thee service strength against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulness I beseech thee for all Benefits and Blessings both Spiritual and Temporal which in the riches of thy great Mercy thou hast liberally poured down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnifie Thee and thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unfeigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my Birth to this present moment for c. For bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the days of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in Soul and in Body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the honour and glory of thy Name the good of thy Church the discharge of my Duty the salvation of my Soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Jesus Christ our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee bless thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lord purge it from all Atheism Heresie Schism Superstition factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptism may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working Member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the days of my life and at the hour of my death through
Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our bellie cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen 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 me make haste to deliver me Be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be also my guide and lead me for thy Names sake Amen O God the enemie crieth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is fallen upon me Fearfulness and trembling and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me And I said O that I had wings like a Dove that I might flie away and be at rest that I might make haste to escape the stormie wind and tempest But be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of man Amen Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers which assault us are diversly pointed against us I humbly beseech thee be present with me in all the course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my Calling Suffer no malice to be able to hurt me no cunning to circumvent me no violence to oppress me no falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all danger both of soul and bodie I may praise thee the deliverer and see how happie a thing it is to make the Lord of Hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord bless and preserve me at this time from c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance also and be safe in the merits and the mercies of Jesus Christ my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plentie of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and mine enemies laugh me to scorn But turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercie and then the World shall know that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Amen Lord Jesus Amen If my delight had not been in thy Law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen In Misery and Adversity LOrd turn thee unto me and have mercie upon me for I am desolate and in miserie The sorrows of my heart are inlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Look upon mine adversitie and miserie and forgive me all my sins through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Hear my crying O God give ear unto my Prayer From the ends of the earth whither soever thou shalt cast me I will call upon thee when my heart is in heaviness O set me upon the Rock that is higher than I to be my hope and a strong tower against my oppressors Amen Save me O God for the waters are entred into my Soul I stick fast in the deep mire where no stay is I am come into deep waters and the streams run over me They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head and they which would destroy me causeless are mightie O let not these water-floods drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindness is great turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies Hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble but draw near unto my soul and redeem it for Jesus Christ his sake Amen My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according to thy Word Amen O Lord trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me patience good Lord that for all this my delight may be in thy Commandments Amen Against Reproach O Lord my sins have made me a rebuke to my neighbours and to be laughed to scorn of them that are round about me O suffer me not longer to be a by-word among the people My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me The voice of the slanderer and blasphemer hath overtaken me And though all this be come upon me suffer me not O Lord to forget thee or to behave my self frowardly in thy Covenant through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Destroy their tongues O Lord and divide them for I have seen crueltie and strife in the Citie But I will call upon thee O Lord and thou wilt save me Amen O Lord send down from heaven and save me from the reproof of them that would swallow me Send out thy mercie and truth for my soul is among Lions I lie among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword O deliver me and I shall magnifie thy Name for ever Amen I am become a Monster to many but thou art my sure trust O be my Anchor for ever Amen O remember Lord the rebuke that thy servant hath and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people O remember me Amen Against Fraud and Deceit O Lord watch over thy servants for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me Be thou merciful unto me O Lord and deliver me from them that even in this I may know thou favourest me that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me Amen Exalt thy self O God above the heavens and thy glorie upon all the earth For men have laid a net for my steps they have pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me Lord I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me for thy mercie sake Amen Mine enemies lay wait for my soul and take counsel together They pursue me out of an opinion that thou O God hast forsaken me But go not far from me O God my God haste to help me Amen O Lord the proud have digged pits for me they persecute me falsly O be thou my help They had almost made an end of me upon earth yet suffer me not I beseech thee to depart from thy Commandments for Jesus Christ
godly life give me Grace that I may always most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen LOrd give me that Grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee That I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doth after evil counsels That I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen * The Lord grant that here in me and for me he may be a consuming fire And O that my heart may be kindled with this fire that it may be an eternal light to me lest my soul burn in it unto everlasting punishment through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive-tree in thy House for I trust in thy tender mercie for ever And I will always praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy Name for ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee make me remember how much more than other men I have need to call upon thee My charge is great and my strength little O give me Grace to come often before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give than I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord Consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all goodness and by thy great mercie keep me in the same Give me godly zeal in Prayer true humilitie in Prosperitie perfect patience in Adversitie and continual joy in the Holy Ghost even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful People by sending to them the Light of thy holy Spirit grant me by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyes in his holy comfort through the ments of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unitie of the same Spirit one God World without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God who hast given unto thy servants Grace by the confession of true faith to acknowledge theGlorie of the eternal Trinitie and in the power of the Divine Majestie to worship the Unitie I humbly beseech thee bless me also that I may live in the stedfastness of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercies sake who 〈◊〉 and reignest one God world without end Amen O My God incline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and see O Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O my God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glorie of his house be increased For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shall his pomp follow him But ever make me afraid to offend thee Amen Mine eyes long sore for thy Word saying When wilt thou comfort me Lord comfort me for I am become like a bottle in the smoak yet let me not I beseech thee forget thy Law even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord God which seest that I put not my trust in any thing that I do mercifully grant that I may be defended against all Adversitie through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord which hast taught us that all our doings without Charitie are nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charitie the very bond of Peace and all Vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thy onely Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord fill me with Grace that I may fulfil all the service which I owe thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God spare I beseech thee who shall raise up Jacob for he is small Spare him therefore O Lord spare thy People spare me Say unto my soul thou hast repented of the evil intended and it shall not be Amen Lord when I am asleep let me not be made afraid but let my sleep be sweet that I may be enabled to serve thee Amen Grant I beseech thee most merciful Father that I who for my evil deeds am worthily punished may by the comfort of thy Grace be mercifully relieved through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen COnsider and hear me O Lord my God Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death Amen O Lord thou hast proved and visited my heart in the night-season thou hast tried me O blessed Father purge me that thou mayest find no wickedness in me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear me that seven times a day I may praise thee and be acquainted with that great peace which they have that love thy Law Amen O Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto me thy humble servant that by thy holy inspiration I may think those things that are good and by thy merciful guiding may also perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Entrance into the Church LOrd I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple O bless me that I may Amen Hear the voice of my humble Petitions O Lord when I crie unto thee in this place when I hold my hands towards the mercies sent of thy holy Temple even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings O Lord hear our desires and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee and fear thy Name Amen O my God I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise I will be thankful unto thee and speak good of thy Name For thou Lord art gracious thy mercie is everlasting and thy truth endureth from Generation to Generation Amen O Lord I love the habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour dwelleth O shut not up my soul with impenitent sinners but give me plentie of thy Grace even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In the Holy Sacrament * FOrgive me O Lord whatsoever I have transgrest against thee from the time of my infancie even to this very moment whether against knowledge or through ignorance at home or abroad sleeping or waking in thoughts words or deeds whether occasion'd through the fierie darts of our ghostly Enemie or by the unclean desires of my own
our souls more especially but even from our bodies also through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O 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 nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercie keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord I give and offer up unto thee my self and all that is mine my actions and words my repose and silence onely do thou preserve and guide me and direct my hand mind tongue to things that are honest and acceptable to thee and withdraw me from any thing from which it were better to abstain by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen * O Sun of Righteousness Father and Original cause of all things when we are influenc'd from above by thee we receive new life when we are cherisht by thy blessed beams we grow up in Grace when we are inflamed by thy love we are made perfect when we are forsaken of thee we perish O thrice-happie are they upon whom thou arisest with the dew of mercie O Lord Jesus bless me with thy light and scatter the clouds of my ignorance and the thick darkness of my sins that I may not go astray from the way of thy Commandments but follow thee unto Light eternal through thee thy self my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy ways O God and teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercie think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almightie God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my bodie and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversitie which may happen to my bodie and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercie 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 thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen At evening morning and at noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercie upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen ALmightie God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrarie to our Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord my Saviour in whose power it is to remit sins I beseech thee say unto me Loose thee from thy chains come out of the bonds of thy sins and when thou sayest it loose those cords of my errours wherewith I am entangled and bound for though I am the most wicked of all men and to be abhorred by reason of my continuance in sins yet when thou commandest I shall be free from them
me that I may learn from thee what I ought to teach others concerning thee Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed give unto me and all thy servants that Peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy Commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercie upon me O God have mercie upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercie and truth upon me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O merciful Lord who comest not in to the proud heart humble thou my soul. O thou who art seen by those onely that are pure in heart give me true puritie of heart O Lord I am athirst for thee give me the pledge of the Inheritance which is to come give me at least a drop of thy heavenly showers to refresh my thirst for I burn with Love Neither do I beg this for my own merits for I am most unworthie so much as to tast it but for thy mercies and the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and bodie in the waies of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mightie protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in bodie and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord I crie unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Grant O Lord to me that am lying down to sleep rest both of bodie and soul. Preserve me from the dismal sleep of sin from all the black defiling pleasures of the night Quench the fierie Darts of the evil one which he aims craftily against me Subdue the Rebellions of my flesh and lay asleep in me all earthly and worldly thoughts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glorie of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercie and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glorie through our onely Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY * O Great God Almightie God God of infinite goodness whom we ought to believe and apprehend to be inviolable and incorruptible O thou Trinitie in Unitie whom the Catholick Church adores I that have experienc'd thy mercie in my self do most humbly entreat thee that thou wouldest not suffer those men to differ from me in thy Worship with whom I have perfectly agreed in all conversation from my Childhood and suffer thou not either me or them to wander from thy truth and salvation which is in Christ Jesus Amen Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhor my soul neither hide thy face from me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the Cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Familie for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almightie and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole bodie of the Church is governed and sanctified receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen * 'T Is now long O Lord that I have been striving against Heresies and I am almost tired Come my Lord Jesus thou most mightie Warrier thou Captain of the Armies of the Lord who hast overcome the Devil and the World lay hold on the shield and buckler and stand up to help me Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercie O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almightie God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins but have mercie upon me and that soon for I am come to great miserie Help me O God of my salvat io n deliver me and be merciful unto my sins for thy Names sake Amen Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise and that for thy loving mercie and for thy truths sake Amen * O thou Father Son and Holy Ghost one God who hast declared unto us
my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salvation All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in miserie from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen * Thanks be to thee O God thanks be to thee O true and undivided Trinitie O Veritie one and three O Unitie three and one Thanks be to thee O God the Father who hast both manifested thy Son unto me and given him to be my Teacher O grant likewise that he may be so for ever according to thy mercies of old time Amen My heart is readie O Lord my heart is readie I will sing and give praise yea I will praise thee among the people and I will sing unto thee among the Nations O let thy Mercie which is great unto the Heavens and thy Truth which reacheth unto the Clouds embrace me and preserve me to thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most highest For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the Throne that judgest right Lord continue to be my defence against the oppressor and my refuge in due time of trouble that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Jesus Christ. Amen My trust is in thee O God and my heart is joyful in thy salvation I will sing unto thee O Lord because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise thy Name O Lord most highest Amen O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the Seed of Jacob. My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee Amen What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercie upon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Amen I will alwaies give thanks unto thee O Lord thy praise shall ever be in my mouth My soul shall make her boast of thee O my God and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad For I sought thee O Lord and thou heardest me and didst deliver me out of all my fear even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glorie every day Amen O Lord who is like unto to thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversities but thou wilt I hope return and quicken me thou wilt return and take me out of this depth Amen I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for ever For great is thy mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and heartie thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast given me of thy truth for giving me a love to it and thy Church for quieting my soul in the midst of thy Churches distractions for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee whereas no true content is found without thee Lord I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign the place to which thou hast raised me the means which thou hast given me to do good Lord I cannot name all thy blessings how shall I thank thee for them Lord I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them O give a heart to desire all this and grace to perform it that my sins may be forgiven me and that I may be thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O praise the Lord for he is gracious O sing unto his Name for it is lovely I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name and that because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things Lord give me grace to obey thy Word and to honour thy Name for ever in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Prosperity LOrd this is the time of fear keep thy servant from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me That though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the great offence even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthie of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endeavours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my enemies and wisdom to prevent them a heart to love my friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me love thy Church and the place where thine honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way Amen * O merciful Lord when thou hast prevailed with thy self for alas we never live so as to be worthie to prevail with thee to give us seasonable weather plentiful crops and peaceful times that enrich us with all good things and abundance of increase even above our wishes O suffer me not to be corrupted through so great prosperitie of happie events lest I should altogether forget thee and my self too but increase also my humilitie and my thankfulness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of
sins of the world have mercie upon me in this heavie Charge Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future dutie that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacritie go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercie and goodness put to my hand to lay the first Stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happie Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all Ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Jesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majestie and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Vpon Admission into the Church GOd who of his mercie hath given you grace to give your self to his Church preserve and keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancie in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I re-admit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen For the Duke of Buckingham GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual and temporal blessings but especially spiritual Make and continue him faithful to his Prince serviceable to his Countrie devout in thy Truth and Church a most happie Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his Posteritie after him Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes Make my heart religious and dutiful to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou mayest bless him through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure I humbly beseech thee make a clear way before him Give thine Angels charge over him be with him thy self in mercie power and protection in every step of his Journey in every moment of his time in every Consultation and Address for action till thou bring him back with safetie honour and contentment to do thee service in this place Bless his most trustie and faithful servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham that he may be diligent in service provident in business wise and happio in counsels for the honour of thy Name the good of thy Church the preservation of the Prince the contentment of the King the satisfaction of the State Preserve him I humbly beseech thee from all envie that attends him and bless him that his eyes may see the Prince safely delivered to the King and State and after it live long in happiness to do them and thee service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and merciful Father thou art the Lord of Hosts all victorie over our Enemies all safetie against them is from thee I humbly beseech thee go out with our Armies and bless them Bless my dear Lord the Duke that is gone Admiral with them that wisdom may attend all his Counsels and courage and success all his Enterprizes that by his and their means thou wilt be pleased to bring safetie to this Kingdom strength and comfort to Religion victorie and reputation to our Countrie And that he may return with our Navie committed to him and with safetie honour and love both of Prince and People Grant this for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O merciful God thy Judgments are often secret always just At this time they were temporally heavie upon the poor Duke of Buckingham upon me upon all that had the honour to be near him Lord thou hast I doubt not given him rest and light and blessedness in thee Give also I beseech thee comfort to his Ladie Bless his Children uphold his Friends forget not his Servants Lay open the bottom of all that irreligious and graceless Plot that spilt his bloud Bless and preserve the King from danger and from securitie in these dangerous times And for my self O Lord though the sorrows of my heart are inlarged in that thou gavest this most honourable Friend into my bosom and hast taken him again from me yet blessed be thy Name O Lord that hast given me patience I shall now see him no more till we meet at the Resurrection O make that joyful to us and all thy faithful servants even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Anniversaries O Eternal God and merciful Father with whom do rest the souls of them that die in thy faith and favour have mercie upon me and grant that my life may be a preparation to die and my death an entrance to life with thee As upon this day it pleased thee to take my dear Father to thy mercie when I was yet young O Lord he was thy servant thy meek humble faithful servant and I assure my self he is in rest and light and blessedness Lord while I am here behind in my pilgrimage shower down thy grace upon me Thou hast been more than a Father to me thou hast not suffered me to want a Father no not when thou hadst taken him from me O be pleased to be a Father still and by thy grace to keep me within the bounds of a Sons obedience Thou hast given me temporal blessings beyond desert or hope O be graciously pleased to heap spiritual blessings on me that I may grow in faith obedience and thankfulness to thee that I may make it my joy to perform dutie to thee And after my painful life ended bring me I beseech thee to thy joys to thy glorie to thy self that I and my Parents with all thy Saints and Servants departed this life may meet in a blessed glorious resurrection ever to sing praises and honour to thee in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Have regard unto thy servant O my God and be merciful to me according to the bowels of thy mercie Behold I am become a reproach to thy Name by serving my own ambition and the sins of other men And though the
Earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can denie it We have now hither to go but to Mercie We have no way to that but by the All-sufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the Pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plentie with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unitie of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our Enemies threaten But there is mercie with thee that thou mayest be feared O Lord shew us this mercie and give us grace so to fear thee as that we may never be brought to fear or feel them And whensoever thou wilt correct us for our sins let us fall into thy hands and not into the hands of men Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and most gracious Father we have deserved whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our contempt of thy Divine Worship is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Give us light in our Understanding readiness and obedience in our Will discretion in our Words and Actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and speritie of Jerusalem the unitie and glorie of this Church and State that so we may love it and prosper in it and be full of grace in this life and filled with glorie in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most merciful God we give thee praise and thanks for the wonderful ceasing of the late raging Pestilence in the chief Citie of this Kingdom and other places Lord shew us yet farther mercie and look upon all parts of this Land with tender compassion Keep back the destroying Angel that he enter not into places that are yet free nor make farther waste in those which are alreadie visited Comfort them that are sick preserve them that are sound receive them that die to mercie that living and dying they and we may continue thy faithful servants through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we have felt thy manifold mercies no Nation more and we have committed sins against thee few Nations greater Enter not into judgment with us O Lord but for Christ and his mercie sake pacifie thine anger and save us from the malice and crueltie of our Enemies They are our crying sins that have called them upon us Let it be an addition to thy wonted mercie to restrain their furie To this end Lord put thy bridle into their mouths and thy bit between their teeth Frustrate their designes and let them find no way in our Seas nor any path in our Flouds but scatter them with thy tempest and follow them with all thy storms that we being delivered by thy hand may bless and honour thy Name devoutly serving thee all our days through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou gracious Governour of all the Kingdoms of the Earth Look down we beseech thee in mercie upon this Realm and upon all other Reformed Churches Save and deliver us and them from the hands of all such as threaten our destruction Protect the person of our gracious Soveraign direct his Counsels go forth with his Armies be unto him and to us a wall of brass and a strong tower of defence against his and our Enemies that so we being safe through thy mercie may live to serve thee in thy Church and ever give thee praise and glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O eternal God and merciful Father all peace strength of Kingdoms is from thee and lineal Succession is thy great blessing both upon Princes and States the great means to preserve unitie and confirm strength We therefore give thee humble and heartie thanks as for all thy blessings so especially at this time for thy great mercie and loving kindness to our dread Soveraign his Royal Queen and this whole State in giving her Majestie hope of her long-desired Issue thereby filling their and our hearts with gladness Lord go along with thine own blessings to perfect them Be with her in soul and in bodie preserve her from all dangers Keep her safe to and in the hour of Travel that there may be strength to bring forth her Joy and our Hope And make her a joyful Mother of many Children to the glorie of thy great Name the happiness of his Majestie the securitie of this State and the flourishing of the Church and true Religion amongst us Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O eternal God and merciful Father since lineal Succession is under thee the great securitie of Kingdoms and the very life of Peace we therefore give thee most humble and heartie thanks for the great blessing which thou hast again begun to work for our gracious King CHARLES and this whole State in giving the Queens Majestie further hopes of a desired and happie Issue And as we give thee humble and heartie thanks for this so we pray thee to perfect this great blessing thus begun to preserve her from all dangers and to be with her by special assistance in the hour of Travel Lord make her a happie Mother of successful Children to the increase of thy glorie the comfort of his Majestie the joy of her own heart the safetie of the State and the preservation of the Church and true Religion among us Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father thou hast given us the joy of our hearts the contentment of our souls for this life in blessing our dear and dread Soveraign and his vertuous Royal Queen with a hopeful Son and us with a Prince in thy just time and his to rule over us We give thy glorious Name most humble and heartie thanks for this Lord make us so thankful so obedient to thee for this great mercie that thy goodness may delight to increase it
people are caught by it In St. Stephen's case when nothing else would serve they stirred up the people against him Acts 6. 12. And Herod went the same way when he had killed St. James yet he would not venture upon St. Peter till he found how the other pleased the people Acts 12. 3. But take heed of having your hands full of bloud Esai 1. 15. for there is a time best known to himself when God above other sins makes Inquisition for bloud And when that Inquisition is on foot the Psalmist tells us Psal. 9. 12. that God remembers but that 's not all he remembers and forgets not the complaint of the poor i. e. whose bloud is shed by Oppression ver 9. Take heed of this 'T is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 12. but then especially when he is making Inquisition for bloud And with my Prayers to avert it I do heartily desire this City to remember the Prophecy that is expressed Jer. 26. 15. 3. The third particular is the poor Church of England It hath flourished and been a shelter to other neighbouring Churches when storms have driven upon them but alas now it is in a storm it self and God onely knows whether or how it shall get out And which is worse than a storm from without it is become like an Oak cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own body and at every cleft profaneness and irreligion is entering in While as Prosper speaks men that introduce prophaneness are cloaked over with the name Religionis Imaginariae of Imaginary Religion for we have lost the Substance and dwell too much in Opinion And that Church which all the Jesuits Machinations could not ruine is fallen into danger by her own 4. The last particular for I am not willing to be too long is my self I was born and baptized in the bosome of the Church of E gland established by Law In that Pr fession I have ever since lived and in that I come now to die What clamours and slanders I have endured for labouring to keep an Uniformity in the external Service of God according to the Doctrine and Discipline of this Church all men know and I have abundantly felt Now at last I am accused of High-Treason in Parliament a Crime which my soul ever abhorred This Treason was charged to consist of two parts An endeavour to subvert the Laws of the Land and a like endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion established by Law Besides my Answers to the several Charges I protested mine innocency in both Houses It was said Prisoners Protestations at the Bar must not be taken I must therefore come now to it upon my death being instantly to give God an account for the truth of it I do therefore here in the presence of God and his holy Angels take it upon my death that I never endeavoured the Subversion either of Law or Religion And I desire you all to remember this Protest of mine for my innocency in this and from all Treasons whatsoever I have been accused likewise as an Enemy to Parliaments No I understand them and the benefit that comes by them too well to be so But I did dislike the misgovernments of some Parliaments many ways and I had good reason for it for Corruptio optimi est pessima And that being the highest Court over which no other hath jurisdiction when 't is misinformed or misgoverned the Subject is left without all remedy But I have done I forgive all the world all and every of those bitter Enemies which have persecuted me and humbly desire to be forgiven of God first and then of every man And so I heartily desire you to joyn in prayer with me O Eternal God and merciful Father look down upon me in mercy in the riches and fulness of all thy mercies Look upon me but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the bloud of Christ not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ that so the punishment due unto my sins may pass over me And since thou art pleased to try me to the uttermost I most humbly beseech thee give me now in this great instant full patience proportionable comfort and a heart ready to die for thine honour the Kings happiness and this Churches preservation And my zeal to these far from arrogancy be it spoken is all the sin humane frailty excepted and all incidents thereto which is yet known to me in this particular for which I come now to suffer I say in this particular of Treason But otherwise my sins are many and great Lord pardon them all and those especially whatever they are which have drawn down this present Judgment upon me And when thou hast given me strength to bear it do with me as seems best in thine own eyes Amen And that there may be a stop of this issue of bloud in this more than miserable Kingdom O Lord I beseech thee give grace of repentance to all Bloud-thirsty people But if they will not repent O Lord confound all their devices defeat and frustrate all their designes and endeavours upon them which are or shall be contrary to the glory of thy great Name the truth and sincerity of Religion the establishment of the King and his Posterity after him in their just Rights and Priviledges the honour and conservation of Parliaments in their just power the preservation of this poor Church in her Truth Peace and Patrimony and the settlement of this distracted and distressed People under their ancient Laws and in their native Liberties And when thou hast done all this in meer mercy for them O Lord sill their hearts with thankfulness and with religious dutiful obedience to thee and thy Commandments all their days So Amen Lord Jesus Amen And receive my soul into thy bosom Amen Our Father which art in heaven c. The Lord Archbishop's Prayer as he kneeled by the Block LOrd I am coming as fast as I can I know I must pass through the shadow of death before I can come to see thee But it is but Vmbra mortis a meer shadow of death a little darkness upon Nature but thou by thy Merits and Passion hast broke through the jaws of death So Lord receive my soul and have mercy upon me and bless this Kingdom with peace and plenty and with brotherly love and charity that there may not be this effusion of Christian bloud amongst them for Jesus Christ his sake if it be thy will Then he laid his head upon the Block and after he had prayed to himself said aloud Lord receive my soul which was the signal given to the Executioner FINIS THE CONTENTS * THe Division of the hours of Prayer pag. 1 The Office for every day 3 A Prayer for preventing Grace ibid. A Confession and Prayer by L.A.W. 4 A Prayer for forgiveness of sins 5 for
good Journey * O Lord I deserve not the guidance of a Star to guide me yet I beseech thee grant me a good Journey seasonable Weather and a happie return that thy holy Angel being my Companion and Protector I may arrive happily to my Journeys end and back again to my own home and at last to the Port of everlasting Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Be present with me O Lord and preserve thy Servant be thou my Upholder when I am in slipperie places and be thou my Haven when I am in danger of shipwrack that by thy guidance I may finish this Journey prosperously and at length return in safetie to my own place through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Give ear O Lord to my Supplications and so dispose the way of thy Servant that amidst all the changes and chances of this life and this way I may ever be defended by thy most gracious help through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord save me thy servant who put my trust in thee send me help from thy holy place and defend me out of Sion Be thou unto me a strong tower from the face of my Enemie Let the Enemie have no advantage over me nor the Son of Wickedness approach to hurt me O make my Journey prosperous to me thou that art the God of my Health O Lord hear my Prayers and let my Crying come unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Rain O God heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the Earth is fruitful Beasts increase and Fishes do multiply send us we beseech thee such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the Fruits of the Earth to our comfort and to thy honor through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Fair Weather O Lord God who for the sin of Man didst once drown all the World except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise never to destroy it so again we humbly beseech thee that though we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a Plague of Rain and Waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt give us such Weather whereby we may receive the Fruits of the Earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy Clemencie to give thee praise and glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Fasting O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my Prayer unto thee and I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen In Lent O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortie days and fortie nights give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glorie who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen The Fast of the four Ember-weeks ALmightie God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church give thy Grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glorie of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Earnest Prayer STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful People that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of Afflictions Perils and Adversities IF I find favour in thine eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyful and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee behold here I am do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes Amen O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distress Though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all Though I be chastned yet let me not be forsaken Though I be cast down let me not perish And though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing and my deserving Amen O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word For before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law And it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy Word unto thy Servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord Almightie O God of Israel the Soul that is in trouble and the Spirit that is vexed crieth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercie for thou art merciful and have pitie upon me because I have sinned before thee For thou endurest for ever but unless thou have mercie I utterly perish Have mercie therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember thy promise that the poor shall not always be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my Soul in Adversities Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my bodie My strength faileth me because of mine iniquities and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken Vessel For I have heard the blasphemie of the multitude and fear is on every side But my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen
with strength unto the Battel that we may smite them that they may not be able to stand but fall under our feet And when thou hast thus blessed us make us fall down at thy feet and ever worship thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O make the Wars to cease in all the World break the Bow and knap the Spear in sunder and burn the Chariot in the fire that men may be still and know that thou art God that thou wilt be exalted among the Heathen and in the Earth Amen Lord be not far off put us not to confusion but go out with our Armies and prosper them that we may not turn our backs upon our Enemies while they that hate us spoil our persons our honour and our goods O sell not us thy poor People for nought make us not a rebuke to our insolent neighbours nor a scorn to them that are round about us Our confusion by reason of our sins is daily before us and the shame of our face hath covered us But Lord we humbly beseech thee forgive us our sins and deliver us for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Hast thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God go forth with our Hosts O help us against the Enemie for vain is the help of man O Lord help us Amen O Almightie God King of Kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to them that truly repent save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our Enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who are the onely giver of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie God who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies we give thee praise and thanks for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy great goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them And we humbly beseech thee to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the World may know that thou art our Saviour and mightie Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord bless the King all his Commanders under him and all his Souldiers Cover all their heads his especially in the day of Battel Teach all their hands to war and their fingers to fight And bless all the Guides and Conductors of his Armies under him with wisdom and courage and faithfulness watchfulness and diligence and whatsoever else may lead on good success And set a happie end we humbly beseech thee to all these bloudie distractions and restore Peace and preserve Religion in integritie among us even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Against Enemies O Lord consider mine Enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me Lord deliver me from them Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee look upon the heartie desires of thy humble servant and stretch out the right hand of thy Majestie to be my defence against all mine Enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Be merciful unto me O God for mine Enemies would swallow me up and many they are which fight against me O thou most highest they gather together and keep themselves close they mark my steps because they lay wait for my soul. But when I was afraid I trusted in thee and when I cry then shall mine Enemies turn back This thou wilt make me know when thou art with me Be with me therefore O Lord and let me see deliverance Amen O Lord let not them that are mine Enemies triumph over me neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me either without a cause or for thy cause Amen O Lord God in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me lest they devour my soul like a Lion and tear it in pieces while there is none to help Lift up thy self O God because of the indignation of mine Enemies arise up for me in the Judgment which thou hast commanded that my help may still be from thee O God who preservest them that are true of heart Amen Have mercie upon me O God consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death Amen Hear my voice O God in my Prayer preserve my life from fear of the Enemie hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie They have whet their tongues like a sword and shoot out their arrows even bitter words Lord deliver me from them Amen For Enemies O Lord I beseech thee forgive mine Enemies all their sins against thee and give me that measure of thy grace that for their hatred I may love them for their cursing I may bless them for their injurie I may do them good and for their persecution I may pray for them Lord I pray for them forgive them for they know not what they do Amen * O thou that art the God of Peace and Love grant Peace and Charitie to all that are my Enemies and forgive them all their sins and deliver me by thy power out of all the snares they have laid for me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Penitentials Psal. 6 32 38 51 102 130 143. O Lord turn thee again now at the last and be gracious unto thy servant O satisfie me with thy mercie and that soon so shall I rejoyce and be glad all the days of my life And when thou hast forgiven my sins O comfort me again after the time that thou hast plagued me and for the years wherein I have suffered adversitie O Jesus Christ my Saviour and be merciful Amen O Lord my flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy Judgments yet stablish me according to thy Word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant that I may not forget thy Commandments but return to thee Amen O Lord our iniquities testifie against us for our backslidings are many and we have sinned against thee yet O thou hope of Israel thou Saviour thereof in time of trouble shew mercie for thy Names sake and on me especially For why shouldest thou be as a stranger in my soul or as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarrie but for a night O Lord be and dwell in the midst of me for thy Name is called upon me Leave me not O God of my salvation but have mercie for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For thy Names
Amen Lord give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almightie for thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou which declarest thy Almightie power most chiefly by shewing mercie and pitie give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou art my hope and strength a very present help in trouble confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the sea though the waters thereof rage and swell and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be moved Amen O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy Name Order my steps in thy Word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Almightie God give unto me I beseech thee a full increase of Faith Hope and charitie And that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy correction may amend me and make me thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Look on me also O Lord Jesus that I may call to mind my own sins and wash away my offences with tears grant me I beseech thee the tears of St. Peter I would not have the joy of a sinner That I may obtain this turn thee O Lord and look upon me and grant the same Cock may waken even me a most miserable sinner that being delivered I may sing unto thee for ever and ever Amen O eternal God and merciful Father grant I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that amongst the sundrie and manifold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen WEDNESDAY O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thine Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak and hear my prayers and deliver me for thine own sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confess it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin And though thou didst wash me from that in the laver of Baptism yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace that thou hast given me Lord increase thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my resistance that I may see and confess and hate and forsake all my sins and find mercie and salvation in the merits of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord early this morning do I crie unto thee for in thy Word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the days of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen DEliver me O Lord from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee and there let it still continue acceptable in Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord look upon me in mercie in the greater mercie because the Calling and Place I am in must give a stricter account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the Bloud of Christ not till I have hid my self in the Wounds of Christ that so the punishment which should else overtake me may pass over me then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercie in my soul make me feel it through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen * O Lord who bringest the great Flocks to perfection and increasest the little ones by thy Grace comfort me abundantly according to the exceeding greatness of thy bountie and feed and preserve my Flock together with my self through Jesus Christ the chief Shepherd and our onely Saviour Amen O Lord plead thou my cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Even so Amen Give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue Amen Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercie And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me such Grace as I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art near that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my ways and the unrighteousness of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercie upon me in Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen Teach me thy ways O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Amen Lord I beseech thee grant that thy Grace may alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercie upon me O God after thy great goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen * Vouchsafe O Lord to hear my Prayers According to thy good pleasure drive out the Enemie
by thy might from my thoughts and deeds Increase my Faith govern my mind grant me spiritual thoughts whilst I lie waking on my bed and conduct me to thy bliss through Jesus Christ thy Son and our Saviour Amen O Lord I beseech thee give me grace to avoid the infections of the Devil and with a pure heart and mind to follow thee the onely true God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I offer up unto thee my Evening-Sacrifice thy Sacrifice even a troubled spirit a broken and a contrite heart which thou wilt not despise in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord I humbly pray thee look upon me and cleanse my mind and my thoughts from unclean motions and from all filthiness of the Flesh and Spirit and from every work of the Devil through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord graciously shew forth thy unspeakable mercie and both free me from the sins I have committed and deliver me from the punishments I have deserved through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God for as much as without thee I am not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercie may in all things direct and rule my heart through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may remember thee upon my Bed and think upon thee when I am waking Thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings I will hope to pass through the darkness of this night in the comfort of Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord make mine eyes prevent the night-watches that I may be occupied in thy Words Amen O Lord thou which hast made the night for man to rest in as well as the day to labour grant dear Father that I may so take my bodily rest that my soul may continually watch for my deliverance out of this mortal life And that my sleep be not excessive according to the insatiable desires of the flesh but sufficient to relieve and maintain Nature to live and serve thee in all sober and godly conversation through the aid and assistance of Jesus Christ my onely Lord and Saviour Amen THURSDAY O Hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not Amen * Help me my Lord Jesu and gird thy sword about thy thigh O thou most Mightie Go forth O thou most powerful of all Kill me in my self that I may live to thee and let my Enemies cease to persecute me Amen O God thou art my God early will I seek thee My soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drie land where no water is O satisfie this thirst with thy freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord have mercie upon me I have waited for thee Be thou my arm in the morning and my help in the time of trouble that I may exalt thy Name which dwellest on high that I may live in the stabilitie of thy times and that thy fear may be my treasure even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Almightie God and merciful Father grant I beseech thee that as I do believe thy onely Son our Lord to have ascended into the Heavens so I and all thy faithful Servants may in heart and mind thither ascend and with thee continually dwell Amen O God the King of glorie who hast exalted thine onely Son Jesus Christ with great triumph into thy Kingdom in Heaven I beseech thee leave neither thy Church nor my poor self comfortless but send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone is before who liveth and raigneth with thee one God world without end Amen 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 Give me strength and comfort in thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God the proud are risen against me and the Congregation of factious men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before their eyes But thou Lord God art full of compassion and mercie long suffering plenteous in goodness and truth O turn thee then unto me and have mercie upon me shew some token upon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Assist me mercifully O Lord in these and all other my supplications and prayers and dispose my ways towards the attainment of everlasting salvation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life I may ever be defended by thy most gracious and readie help through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Deliver me from them whose words are softer than butter when they have war in their heart And from them whose word are smoother than oyl while they are very swords Lord I cast my burthen upon thee that thou mayst sustain me and not suffer me to fall for ever Amen Bless me O Lord when thou chastenest me and teachest me in thy Law that thou mayst give me patience in time of adversitie till the pit be digged up for the ungodly O Lord fail me not neither forsake me for I am part of thine Inheritance in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie and merciful God of thy bountiful goodness keep me from all things that may hurt me that I being readie both in bodie and soul may with a free heart accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Eternal God I humbly beseech thee that whilst I am on Earth as far as earthly things serve me they may remember me that I am their owner but by thy appointment and so far forth as they offend me let them teach me to serve thee my Lord whom when I do not obey they are wont to become offensive for just vengeance that whether they serve me or not yet I may always serve thee in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Hold not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me and they have spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause But I give my self unto prayer Lord forgive them and hear me Amen O God which art the author of peace and lover of concord in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life whose service is perfect freedom defend me and all thy servants in all assaults of our enemies that we surely trusting in thy defence may not fear the power of any adversaries through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * TEach me O my Lord Jesus and instruct
the Unitie of the Deitie and hast revealed the undivided glorie of the onely ever-blessed Divinitie and demonstrated the perfect eternitie of thy Trinitie grant me I beseech thee Faith and Obedience in this life and Glorie in the life to come by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Redeemer Amen O Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angrie with thy poor servant that prayeth O turn me again O God shew the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen * Glorie be to thee glorie be to thee O Lord How great is the depth of thy mercie how great the abundance of thy patience Behold how some that have been raised from a mean and obscure degree to honour and renown under pretence of thy Name how they abuse their honour and use it against thee the Donor they are unjust and assume to themselves what they should not dare against thy most holy Mysteries they use their utmost to thrust out men of approv'd integrity that profligat men may with the greatest fecuritie and licentiousness put all things into confusion Arise O Lord and help thy Church and suffer not my soul to come into their counsels through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I will crie day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine ear unto my calling for my soul is full of trouble and my life draws nigh unto the pit O let not thine indignation lie too hard upon me neither vex me with all thy storms but remember of what mould thou hast made me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord let me have no idle contention about words but let me constantly profess the Faith without delays Preserve in me I beseech thee an unblemished reverence to thy Faith and grant me this restimonie of my Conscience whilst I have my being that I may alwaies retain that Profession which I made at the Sacrament of my new Birth when I was baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost That I may acknowledge thee the Father and together with thee may adore thy Son and may merit thy holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be merciful unto me and I will sing praises unto thy Name yea I will tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning and of thy truth in the night-season O bless me and fulfil all thy works of grace in me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * Grant me O Lord a watchful mind and sober thoughts a pure heart and pleasant sleep and free from all diabolical phancies And raise me again O Lord at the hour of prayer that I may adhere firmly to thy precepts and keep an entire remembrance of thy Judgements Amen LOrd remember thy promise unto thy servant wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust That thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage and that I may remember thy Name in the night-season Amen * Into thy hands O Lord I commend my soul and bodie for thou hast created and redeemed them O Lord thou God of truth And together with my self I commend unto thee all that is mine for thou Lord hast graciously bestow'd them on me according to thy good pleasure Cause me therefore O Lord both to lie down and sleep in peace for it is thou onely makest me to dwell in safetie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord and maker of all things O God the Father and Governour of thine O thou disposer of Life and Death O thou preserver and benefactor of Souls O thou that makest all things and changest them by the creating Word which framed them both seasonably and wisely according to the depth of thy Wisdom and Providence govern thou my life in the flesh as long as shall be most expedient for me and thy Church And in thy good time receive me I beseech thee as one prepared not surprized so as I may not flie thee at the last day nor come with an unwilling mind like one forcibly broke off and snatcht away from this world but that I may go readily and chearfully to that most blessed and eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord to whom be glorie for ever and ever Amen * O Lord my God call me that I may come to thee fix me that I may not leave thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen SATURDAY O Lord I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast been my defence and my refuge in the day of my trouble Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my defence and my merciful God Amen The glorious Majestie of thee O Lord my God be upon me prosper thou the work of my hands upon me O prosper thou my handie-work Amen O Lord open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy Commandments from me for thy Testimonies are my delight and my counsellors Lord continue that favour to me that so they may ever be Amen O Lord our heavenly Father Almightie and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mightie power and grant that this day I fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O My soul wait thou still upon my God for my hope is in him he is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall So Amen Lord Jesu Amen O Lord God be merciful unto every one that prepares his whole heart to seek thee O Lord God the God of his Fathers though he be not according to the Purification of the Sancturie Amen O Lord I walk in the midst of trouble I beseech thee refresh me Stretch forth thy hand upon the furie and the cunning of mine Enemies that thy right hand may save me O make good thy loving kindness towards me and despise not I beseech thee the work of thine own hands Amen I deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine Oppressors Amen O make me thy poor servant still to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie God the Fountain of all Wisdom who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking I beseech thee to have compassion upon my infirmities and those things which for my unworthiness I dare not and for my blindness I cannot ask vouchsafe to give me for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ
And I now desire to depart this life in the Invocation and Confession of thy Name Lord I confess it and call upon it O come Lord Jesu Amen O Lord I have sinned 1. But I have not denied thee O never let the Enemie prevail with me to denie thee 2. But I believe O Lord increase my Faith and let me never be confounded 3. But I hope and what is my hope but in thee alone receive me O Lord according to thy Word and let me not be disappointed of my hope 4. But I have prepared and directed my heart to seek thee and though I am not purified according to the purification of the Sanctuarie yet O Lord Jesu quench not the smoaking flax nor break the bruised Reed 5. But I bear thy correction patiently and I hold my tongue because thou Lord hast done it 6. But I forgive those that have trespassed against me and thou hast promised forgiveness to him that forgives them 7. But I cast my self upon thee O withdraw not thy self from me and in no wise cast me out when I come unto thee 8. But I desire to depart confessing unto thee and calling on thy Name Wherefore not for my sake O Lord nor for any thing that belongs to me but for thine own sake for thy Names sake for the glorie of thy great Name and for thy Truths sake for thy many great and wonderful mercies sake for the sake of Christ the Mediator and of the Holy Ghost the Comforter receive me that am returned to my self and returning unto thee Amen And therefore O Lord my God I shew forth I offer I commemorate Between thee and me Christ the Priest the Lamb the Sacrifice Between me and Satan Christ a King a Lion a triumphant Conqueror Between me and sin Christ's Innocencie in his Life Between the punishment of me and my sins Christ's Satisfaction Passion and Bloud shedding Between me and my want of Righteousness Christ's Righteousness and unsinning Obedience Between me and my unworthiness to be rewarded Christ's Merits Between me and my want of sorrow for my sins Christ's Tears and bloudie sweat Between me and my want of fervencie in Prayer Christ's Intercession Between me and my own Conscience or the Accusation of Satan Christ the Advocate Between me and my Concupiscence Christ's Love Let it be acceptable unto thee O Lord for the same Christ's sake Amen O Lord I have sinned But I do not cover my sin I do not excuse it I willingly confess it I reflect on it in the bitterness of my soul. I abhor my self for the sins I have committed against thee O give me grace that I may judge and take vengeance on my felf that I may not depart this most miserable life without forgiveness O Lord I have not onely sinned but provoked thee with many and grievous sins yet I beseech thee remember that I am but flesh even a wind that passeth and cometh not again * And the mercie of my blessed Saviour can avail more towards the salvation of me a sinner than my iniquitie can do to my destruction Amen * O Lord Jesus in thee there was found no cause of death and yet didst thou suffer death for me I have deserved death give me grace O Lord that I may not fear to die and that I may be prepared for it Amen * O Lord Jesus for those bitter pains which thou didst endure on the Cross for me a most miserable Creature and especially at that hour when thy most pretious soul went forth from thy blessed body I beseech thee have mercy on my Soul when she takes her flight and bring her unto life eternal Amen Absolution OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath lest power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truly repent and believe in him of his great mercie forgive thee thine offences And by his Authoritie committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Consecrations Ordinations O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercie cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safetie without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glorie of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For his Episcopal Charge * O God the Pastor and Governor of all thy faithful people look down in mercie upon me thy servant whom thou hast been pleased to appoint chief Pastor of the Church of Canterbury grant I most humbly beseech thee that I may profit those whom I am set over both by my Doctrine and my Example that I together with my Flock committed to my charge may come at last to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O my God my most merciful Father let thy grace work so in me that I may be truly humble in the refusal of every great Office and yet obedient to undertake it that I may be faithful in the possession and courageous in the administration of it that I may be watchsul in ruling them earnest in correcting them servent in loving them patient in bearing with them prudent in governing them That in behalf of those who are under my care I may wrastle with God when he has a Controversie with them and stand in the gap when he is angrie through the faith and merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen O Lord as the rain cometh down from Heaven and returns not thither but waters the Earth and makes it bud and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth let it not return to me void but accomplish that which thou wilt and prosper in the thing whereto thou hast sent it that the people committed to my charge may go out with joy and be led forth in peace to thy freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Son of God thou which takest away the
the Merits and by the Grace of the same Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Merciful God bless this Particular Church in which I live make it and all the Members of it sound in Faith and holy in Life that they may serve thee and thou bless them through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd bless our most gracious Soveraign treasure up in him all thy hidden Blessings make him and keep him a devoted Servant to thee a constant Patron of the Church and Truth that he may live long and be full of honourable success all his days in his Person in his Actions in his Queen in his Children in his Servants in his People and crown'd with Glory after life and in that good time that shall be best both for Him and Us make him a joyful Father of happy and successful Children Under him bless the whole State Ecclesiastical and Civil that Righteousness and Peace may kiss each other and we serve and honour thee for ever Amen GOod Lord bless all the places to which thou hast made me have any near Reference the place where I was born c. every Soul contained in any of these All my Friends Kindred Acquaintance any unto whom thou hast made me any way beholding especially my nearer and my bosom-Friends Dr. c. all those c. Lord I beseech thee forgive me and them all our sins and continue us thy Servants both in Life and Death Amen GRacious Father bless my Servants and make them thine Give them Grace to serve thee first then me with Faithfulness Soberness and Diligence Make me ever willing and in some measure able to repay unto them the time and the strength which they either have or shall spend to do me service even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord bless all the afflicted Members of the Body of thy Son wheresoever howsoever afflicted send them constant Patience or speedy Deliverance as seems best to thee and is best for them according to their several wants and necessities whatsoever particularly c. And do unto them according to all those mercies which I would or should desire thou shouldst shew to my own Soul if at any time thou shalt be pleased to make my Estate as theirs is at this present And O Lord be merciful Amen BLessed Father bless all sorts of men in their Particulars mine Enemies with the Forgiveness of sins Turn their hearts that they may no longer hate thy Servant and if they will not be turned deliver me not over I beseech thee into their power And next after the Salvation of my Soul I humbly beg it deliver me not into the hands of men to the shame or scorn of the World Amen * O Lord Jesus give me to do what thou commandest and command what thou wilt Prepare my Soul against thy coming and come when thou wilt Give me if it please thee a most serene Patience but at least as much as is sufficient for me and come how thou wilt O thou that art the Saviour of all that hope in thee And moreover I beseech thee O Lord Jesus interpose thy Death Cross Passion Merit and Bloud between thy Judgment and my Soul now and ever and especially in the hour of my death Which Death I earnestly beg may never be sudden may it never come and find me unprepared and when it comes never let it rage so but that I may retain Faith Hope and Charity a sound Memory and Understanding even to the last gasp And be thou my Defender O God Grant mercy and pardon to my sins to thy Church Peace and Concord to me the chief of Sinners Grace in this life and Glory in the life to come So even so come O Lord Jesus and have mercy upon me Amen Lord here I am do with me as seems best in thine own eyes onely give me I humbly beseech thee a Penitent and a patient spirit to expect thee Amen Lord make my Service acceptable to thee while I live and my Soul ready for thee when I die Amen Our Father which art in Heaven c. The daily Examination of Conscience * O My Soul 1. Hast thou given God thanks for the Benefits which thou hast received 2. Hast thou prayed for the assistance of Gods Grace that thou may'st know thy sins and cast them out 3. Hast thou call'd thy self to an account for the sins thou hast committed this present day by thought word and deed in every hour since thou hast been awake 4. Hast thou begg'd pardon for thy offences and hast thou purpos'd through Gods Grace to amend them Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever World without end Amen A daily Prayer O Lord forgive me all my sins that are past O Lord strengthen me against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c O Lord fill my heart with thankfulness and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude O Lord let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the days of my life O Lord give me a faithful a patient a penitent a persevering heart in thy service that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Change shall come So Amen Lord Jesus Amen For the King O Lord grant the King a long life that his years may endure as many ages Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him that they may preserve him so will I always sing Praises unto thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear the King in the day of his trouble that thy Name O God of Jacob may defend him Send him help from thy Sanctuary and strength out of Sion Grant him his hearts desire and fulfil all his mind Set his heart firm upon thee and upon other things but as they are in and from thee that we his Servants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand And O Lord close not mine eyes till I see thy favour shine out upon him even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For the Church O Lord we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion that they which do lean onely upon hope of thy heavenly Grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Gracious Father I humbly beseech thee for thy holy Catholick Church fill it with all Truth in all truth with all Peace Where it is corrupt purge it where it is in error direct it where it is superstitious rectifie it
to us Increase it good Lord to more Children the prop one of another against single hope Increase it to more Sons the great strength of his Majestie and his Throne Increase it in the Joy of his Royal Parents and all true-nearted Subjects Increase it by his Christian and happie Education both in Faith and Goodness that this Kingdom and People may be happie in the long life and prosperitie of our most gracious Soveraign and his Royal Consort And when fulness of days must gather time Lord double his Graces and make them apparent in this his Heir and his Heirs after him for all Generations to come even for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we give thee as we are bound most humble and heartie thanks for thy great mercie extended to us and this whole State in blessing the Queens Majestie with a happie deliverance in and from the great pains and perils of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue and increase this Blessing to give her strength that she may happily overcome this all dangers else that his most gracious Majestie may long have joy in her happie life that she may have joy in his Majesties prosperitie that both of them may have comfort in the Royal Prince Charles the new-born Princess the Lady Mary and with them in a hopeful healthful and successful Posteritie that the whole Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O eternal God and merciful Father we give thee all humble and heartie thanks for our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise so troublesome and fearful and for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off so soon and so happily We know and acknowledge before thee our sins and what grievous punishments they have deserved But Lord we beseech thee still to remember us in mercie and long to bless our gracious King with life and health and strength and happiness and above all with the fear of thy holy Name that so he may continue under thee and over us a Father of the State a Patron of the Church a Comfort to his Royal Queen till he see his Childrens Children and peace upon Israel Grant this good Lord even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Most gracious God and loving Father we give thee all humble and heartie thanks for thy great mercie in blessing the Queens Majestie with a happie deliverance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers that his most gracious Majestie may long have joy in her most happie life and both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles and the rest of their Princely Issue particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York that they all may prove a healthful hopeful and a successful Posteritie that both Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come And this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victorie we humbly beseech thee to guard our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles to bless him in his Person with health and safetie in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success Grant blessed Lord that Victorie may attend his designes and that his Liege-people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle his Subjects in Peace and the true fear of thy Divine Majestie that he may return with joy and honour and proceed long to govern his Kingdoms in peace and plentie and in the happiness of true Religion and Pietie all his days These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victorie we humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide and preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles To bless him in his Person with health and safetie in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success especially against those his traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anointed Soveraign do at this time in rebellious manner invade this Realm Grant blessed Lord that Victory may attend his Majesties designes that his Liege-people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Enemies Enable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name he may return with joy and honour and continue to govern his Kingdoms in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his days These Blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen His Grace's Speech according to the Original written with his own hand and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne after Lord Archbishop of York Good People THis is an uncomfortable time to preach yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture Heb. 12. 2. Let us run with patience that race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God I have been long in my Race and how I have looked unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith he best knows I am now come to the end of my Race and here I find the Cross a death of shame But the shame must be despised or no coming to the right hand of God Jesus despised the shame for me and God forbid that I should not despise the shame for Him I am going apace as you see towards the Red Sea and my feet are upon the very brink of it An argument I hope that God is bringing me into the Land of Promise for