sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen O Lord Almightie I acknowledge and confess I am not worthie to lift up mine eyes to Heaven much less to present my self before thee with any confidence that thou shouldest hear my Prayers and grant my Requests if I consider my own deserving For my Conscience accuses me and my sins witness against me and thou art a just and an upright Judge and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions O Lord suffer me not to be swallowed up of death and desperation but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me O Lord for thy goodness sake For though I am a worm and no man yet thou art my Creator and I am the Work of thy Hands yea thou art my Father and I thy Son Thou my Shepherd and I one of thy stragling Flock Thou my Redeemer and I one of thy People whom thou hast dearly bought Thou my God and I thy Creature O correct me not in thine anger O Lord neither punish me according to my deservings but remember my weakness as well as my sin and have mercie upon me for my dearest Saviour's sake Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie and everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent create and make in me a new and contrite heart that I may worthily lament my sins and acknowledge my wretchedness and obtain of thee the God of all mercie perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie and everliving God which art always more readie to hear than we to pray and usest to give more than either we desire or deserve pour down upon me most miserable sinner the abundance of thy mercie forgiving me those things whereof my Conscience is afraid and giving me that which my Prayer dares not presume to ask Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen Grant I beseech thee merciful God to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace that I may be cleansed from all my sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I befeech thee free me from all my offences and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance frailtie or wilfulness I have committed Grant this even for Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist my Prayers that I make before thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress me and graciously hear me that those evils which the craft and subtiltie of the devil or man worketh against me be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness so dispersed that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptation nor hurt by any persecution may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord of thy great goodness I beseech thee give me true repentance and forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit that I may amend my life according to thy holy Word through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is ever to have mercie and to forgive receive my humble Petitions And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercie loose me and that for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * Give ear O Lord I beseech thee to the Prayers of thy humble servant and spare me who confess my sins unto thee and grant me of thy mercie both pardon and peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Almightie God who broughtest waters out of the hard rock bring forth out of my stonie heart the tears of Contrition and give me grace so to bewail my sins that I may obtain forgiveness of them by thy mercie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness which I have from time to time most grievously committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majestie provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorrie for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto me the burden of them is intolerable Have mercie upon me have mercie upon me most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ his sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honour and glorie of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God and my most merciful Father who of thy tender mercie hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turn unto thee have mercie upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all goodness and bring me to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O most holy Lord most merciful God let it suffice me to have been a sinner hitherto to have despised thee to have indulged the unclean motions of the flesh now at this time by thy inspiration I make a vow to return from mine iniquities Assist me O Lord and grant I may fulfil it in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Confessions * O Lord in many things I have offended and done wickedly and have grieved thy holy Spirit I have provoked to wrath the bowels of thy mercie by thought word and deed by night and by day in publick and in private deliberately and by surprize O if thou shouldest set my sins in the sight of thy countenance O if thou shouldest call me to account for my sins those sins which are unpardonable in themselves those which I have committed against my own knowledge O what shall I do whither shall I flie But O Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chasten me in thine anger Have mercie upon me not onely because I am weak but also because I am the work of thy hands I beseech thee enter not into Judgment with thy servant for if thou Lord shalt be extreme to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it whosoever may yet most certainly I shall not For I am a sea of sin and am not worthie so much as to look up to Heaven by reason of the multitude of my sins which cannot be numbered evil speakings injuries c. and besides a thousand other abominable passions there are from which I have not refrain'd my self For with what wickedness am I not defil'd to what sins am I not inslav'd I am altogether become an unprofitable servant to thee my God and to all mankind
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
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
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