IN the multitude of thy mercies I wil aproach thine house, and I will worship towards thy holy Temple in the reverence of thee.

Lord, hear the voyce of my prayer when I call un­to thee, when I lift up my hands towards thy Sanctu­ary.

Remember these my bre­thren also which stand a­bout me and pray together [Page 2] with me, remember their endeavours & their zeale.

Remember them like­wise which for just causes are absent, and O Lord have mercy upon them and us, according to the abundance of thy good­nesse.

I have loved the beauty of thine house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth, that I might hear the voyce of thy praises, and publish all thy won­ders.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will still intreate. That I may dwell still in the house of the Lord, and visite his ho­ly Temple.

[Page 3]To thee O Lord my heart hath said, I will seeke the Lord. Thee (ô my God) have I sought, & thy face. And thee will I seeke.

THou which hast put the times and seasons in thine own power, Acts 1. 7. Grant that wee may pray unto thee in a fit and acceptable time, and save us, Mar. 4. 38.

WHose Essence is a­bove all Essence, and whose Nature is un­created; whose handywork the whole World is. I set thee before mine eyes, Ps. 16. 9. I lift up my soul un­to thee, I worship thee, fal­ling down upon my knees; I draw neer unto thee, and humble my selfe under thy mighty hand, I stretch sorth my hands unto thee, my soule gapes to thee, as the thirsty land. I smite upon my Breast and say with the Publican, O Lord be mercifull to me a si [...]er, To mee more sinfull then [Page 14] the Publican, be mercifull as to the Publican, ô Fa­ther of Mercies, Psal. 16. 9. 25. 1. 95. 6. 134. 2. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Psal. 143. 6. Lake 18. 13.

I beseech thy paternall bowels of compassion des­pise me not (though I be an uncleane worm) a dead dog, a stinking carkasse, Psal. 216. 2 Kings 9.

Despise me not, the work of thine hands, Psal. 138. 8. Despise me not the likeness of thine owne Image, though I beare the brands of mine iniquity, Gen. 1. 26. Col. 3. 10. Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make mee cleane, Mat. 8. 2. O Lord say but the word and I shall be cleansed, ver. 8.

[Page 15] And thou ô Saviour Christ, ô Christ my Savi­our, Saviour of sinners of whom I am chiefe, despise me not, redeemed by the price of thy precious bloud 1 Tim. 1. 15. Luke 22. 23.

Despise not ô Lord, but look upon me, looke upon me with thine eyes, such eyes as thou did'st upon Mary Magdalen at the Feast, St. Peter in the high Priests Hall, and the Thiefe on the Crosse. That with the thief I may call upon thee, say­ing, Remember mee O Lord when thou art in thy kingdom, Luke 7. 44. 22. 55. 23. 43. 23. 42.

With Peter I now weepe bitterly, ver. 22. 62. And ô [Page 16] who will give my head a fountaine of teares, that therewith I may weep both day and night.

With Mary Magdalen I may hear thee say, thy sins are forgiven thee, Lu. 9. 48. And with her I may love thee much, because my ma­ny and manifold misdeeds are remitted, ver. 9. 47.

And thou all holy and gracious, and life-giving Spirit, dspise me not. But turne thee againe O Lord at the last, and repent thee concerning thy servant.

For those thy paternall bowels, the bleeding wounds of thy Sonne for the unutterable grones of thy holy Spirit.

[Page 17]O Lord heare, O Lord for­give, O Lord consider and doe it, deferr not for thine own sake, ô my God. Dan. 9. 19.

BLessed art thou O Lord our God, the God of our fathers which hast turned the shadow of death into the morning, and hast renewed the face of the earth. Am. 5. 8. Ps. 104 30. Which hast made sleep to depart from mine eyes, and slumber from mine eye-lids, Psal 132. 4.

Which hast lightned, mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. Ps. 13. 4.

[Page 18]Which hast delivered my soule from the night feares, from the pestilence which walketh in the dark. psal. 91. 4, 5, 6.

Which makes the out go­ings of the morning & eve­ning to praise thee. v. 65. 8.

For I laid me downe and slept, and rose againe, for it was thou O Lord which didst sustaine me. psal. 4. 5. For I waked and beheld and loe my sleepe was sweet. Ier. 31. 26.

O Lord doe a way as the Night, so my sins, scatter my transgressions as the morning cloud. Esa. 44. 22.

Make me a child of the light and of the day, cause me to walke soberly, chast­ly [Page 19] and decently as in the day time. 1 Thes. 5. 5. Rom. 13. 13.

O Lord uphold us when wee are fallen into sinne, and raise us up when wee are fallen. Ps. 145. 14.

That wee harden not our hearts as in the provo­cation or with any deceit­fulnesse of sinne. Heb. 3. 8. 13.

Deliver us also from the snare of the hunter, evill a­lurements, crosse words, the Arrow which flyeth by day. Ps. 91. 3. 6.

From the evill of the day preserve me O Lord, and me from doing evill in it. Mat. 6. 34.

O Let mee heare of thy loving kindnesse be­time in the morning, for in thee is my trust. Psalme 143. 8.

Shew me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soule unto thee,

Deliver me ô Lord from mine enemies, for I flye un­to thee for succour, vers. 9.

Teach me to do thy wil for thou art my God; Let thy loving Spirit leade me forth into the Land of righteousnesse, v. 10.

Quicken me ô Lord for thy names sake, and for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble, v. 11.

[Page 21]Chase from my mind althoughts without under­standing, Wisd. 1. 5.

Turne away mine eyes that they behold not va­nity, Psal. 119. 37.

Hedge in mine ears with thornes, that they listen not to foolish discourses, Eccl. 23. 29.

Set a watch before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips, Psal. 14. 3.

Let me doe nothing that may be scandalous or scru­pulous to my soule, 1 Sam. 25. 31.

Let the meditation of mine heart be ever accepta­ble in thy sight, Ps. 19. last.

Let mine eyes behold, and let mine eye-lids di­rect [Page 22] my way before mee, Pro. 4. 25.

Awaken mine eares in the morning to heare the word of instruction, Esa. 50. 4. 5.

Let my speech be seaso­ned with salt, that it may edifie and give grace to the hearers, Ephes. 4. 29. Col. 4. 6.

O Lord prepare thou some good way for mee to walk in, Eph. 2. 16.

Into thy hands I cōmend my Spirit, my soule & bo­dy, thou hast created, thou hast redeemed, thou hast re­generated thē ô Lord thou God of truth, Ps. 31. 5.

With my self I commend to thee all that have any re­lation to me. And all that is mine, thou ô Lord hast [Page 23] graciously lent them me in thy goodnesse, Gen. 33. 5. O keep us all from all evil, keep our soules good Lord we beseech thee, Ps. 121. 7.

Keep them all spotlesse, and present them guiltlesse in that day.

Keepe my out-goings and my commings in from this time forth for ever­more, v. 8.

Prosper thou thy servant this day, and give him fa­vour in their eyes with whom he meeteth, Nehem. 1. 11.

O Lord be near at hand to save me, ô God make hast to help me, Ps. 90. 17.

The glorious Majesty of our God be upon us. Pros­per [Page 24] thou-our worke unto us, yea prosper thou our handy worke.

Let not my dayes be spent in vanity; let not my year wast in doing nothing, but let one day teach another let one night adde know­ledge unto another.

Teach mee good Lord so to number my days that I may apply my heart un­to wisedome.

From the morning watch untill the evening let Israel trust in thee O Lord.

O Lord,

I Have neither knowne thee as I ought & might have done, neither as I have known thee, have I glorifi­ed thy name, or beene thankefull unto thee; and woe is me that I have not.

But with sorrow I con­fesse and humbly I crave pardon, and would to God I had done it, nay would I might now hereafter so know thee, and live so ho­lily, that both in me and by mee, and by others for my sake thy name might be hallowed.

O let me so serve and so [Page 26] promote thy Kingdome here upon earth in the state of grace, that I may attaine unto some place, though the lowest, even under the feete of thy Saints in Hea­ven, in the state of glory.

Thy will which is holy and just and good be done by mee; thy mercifull and gracious will be done with me (me earth as I am)

As it is in Heaven. Give us this day those things which may conduce to our welfare, our quiet, and our contentment.

Forgive mee my debts. That excessive score of my debts, my filthy slips & fals, my frequent relapses, & my long, long wallowing in [Page 27] abominable pollutions, e­ven such as it is a shame to name or repeate these all, and those other also which are not so sensible, and yet perhaps no lesse grievious, and which sinke me full as deep into perdition.

Out of these depths I cry out unto thee good Lord, I beseech thee deliver my soule, deliver it from the nethermost hell.

One deep calleth upon another, the depth of my misery, on the depth of thy mercie. psal. 42. 7.

O let thy mercie bee ex­alted above thy justice, let thy goodnesse overcome my wickednesse, Jam. 2. 13.

Where sin hath aboun­ded, [Page 28] let thy grace much more abound, Rom. 5. 20.

Take away my sinnes; take away the cause of my sins; my sinns both those which are scandalous and scrupulous to my heart, and those also which are not so, and yet perhaps far more heynous, of which I desire thee ô Lord that I may bee enlightned, that so I may bee humbled for them.

In thy wrath remember mercie, and forgive me my sinnes, sins of mine owne ends with others sins secret and manifest, sins ancient and fresh, of the world or of the flesh: As thou art most mercifull, and indul­gent, [Page 29] and compassionate.

O Lord forgive them all, even as wee forgive our debters, and grant us this also that wee may forgive them; and to that end in­fuse thy charity into our hearts.

Leade me not, neither suffer me to be led, nor [...] enter into temptation, but remember & commiserate my frailty and weakenesse so often discovered.

But deliver me from evill, from the evill Spirit and his suggestion, from the evill in my selfe that is in my flesh, and the intice­ment therof, from the evil in the world, and the con­tagion of it.

[Page 30]From all penall evills which most justly and worthily I have deserved, from the evils of the world to come, and spare mee there, and feare and launce me here rather.

From the evills of this present world; ptty mee Lord, for I am but feeble; from the malice and evill of this day and of this dis­ease (wherewith I now struggle) and from the e­vill ensuing.

From all manner of e­vills past, present, and to come; from them all good Lord deliver me and keepe me thy servant for ever.

Amen.

TO thee ( O Lord) I confess, for if I would I cannot hide it from thee, that I also am one of the number, for even my life discovereth my guilt.

O Lord,

I am a Sinner, a branch of the wild Olive tree, ari­sing from the roote of bit­ternesse, Job 14. 4. For of uncleane seed was I begot­ten, and in sinne did my mother conceive me, Psal. 51. 1. And I have sinned, I have dealt unjustly, I have done wickedly even in thy presence. Psa. 106. 6. 51. 2.

Impiously have I beha­ved my selfe in thy Cove­nant, and have cast off thy [Page 32] law, 1 King. 8. 34. And reje­cted thy correction, & op­pressed thy spirit, and have gon a whoring after mine owne inventions and pro­ceeded from bad to worse and have not feared thee. Esa. 5. 24. Pro. 15. 3. Esa 63. 10. Ier. 18. 12. Lev. 25. 43. Nor yet returned. Luk. 15. 18.

No, not when I was cal­led back. Pro. 13. 10.

Not when I was afflicted. Heb. 3. 13.

But have waxed hard. 1 Kings. 16. 33.

And have provoked thee.

And all this thou hast seene. Psa. 9. 33.

And yet hast held thy peace. La. 2. 59. Sam. 49. 21.

[Page 33]O God.

Thou knowest my foo­lishnesse, and my transgres­ssions are not hid from thee; I know it also, & my guilt is ever more before me. Ps. 69. 5. Ps. 51. 3. Job. 31. 33. Ps. 141. 4.

And I hide not (ô Lord) Iincline not my heart to such wicked words, as to excuse the accusations of my sinnes.

But against mine owne selfe, I acknowledge mine iniquity and all that is within me, and all my bones say that I have sin­ned, I have sinned, O Lord against thee. Psa. 32. 5. & 103. 1. & 55. 10. & 106. 6. Dan. 9. 19.

[Page 34]Like a lost sheep I have gon astray, and have been as froward, as an untamed Heifer; nay like a dogg have I returned to my vo­mit, and like a washt Sow have I wallowed in the mire againe, and rushed in­to mine owne destruction, like a barbed steed into the battell. Psalme 119. vlt. Ier. 31. 18. Pro. 26. 11. 2 Pet. 2. 10. Ier. 8. 6.

And now (O Lord) all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee, thou know'st Lord my greif be­cause I have thus sinned a­gainst thee, that I am be­come tedious to mine own selfe, because my sorrow [Page 35] is not greater, that earnest­ly desire of thee, a contrite heart unspeakable groanes and teares of bloud. Psa. 38. 9. Iob. 7. 20. Psalme. 51. 17. Rom. 8. 26.

And woe is me for my leanesse, for the drynesse of my eyes and the hardnes of my heart. Esa. 24. 16. Ier. 9. 1. Rom. 12. 5. Mar. 9. 25.

Yet Lord, I repent, I re­pent O Lord, O doe thou help my want of penitence and still more and more bruise thou & rend, prick and smite this heart of mine. Psa. 51. 17. Ioel. 2. 13. Act 1. 2. 37.

Behold O Lord I am an­gry with my selfe for my foolish unprofittable, nay [Page 36] hurtfull & dangerous lust. 1 Cor. 7. Ps. 73. 22. Luc. 23. 34. 1 Cor. 6. 8. 1 Tim 6. 9.

Yea I even loath and ab­horr my selfe, for the ab­surdity the foolishnesse, the basenesse of it. Iob 42. 6. 2 Thes. 3. 2

All the day long my shame is before mine eyes, and the confusion of face hath covered me. Ex. 5. 12. 13, 17. Psa. 44. 15

Alas, Alas.

That I have no more re­verenced nor yet feared Ja. 1. 14.

Thy

• Incomprehensible glory
• Awfull presence
• Dreadfull power
• Exquisite Justice
• Amiable goodnesse

[Page 37]How have I been drawn away by mine owne con­concupiscence that I am become a prey to the devil, to be taken of him at his will. 1 Tim. 2. last.

Behold now therefore O Lord, I adjudge and pro­fesse my selfe most guilty and worthy of eternall punishment, yea and of all extreamities here in this world also. Gen. 18. 19. Eze. 33. 9. 1 Cor. 11. 31.

Behold me O Lord al­ready condemned by mine owne Sentence. Tit. 3. 11. Psalme 143. 2.

Behold it, & O good Lord enter not thou into judge­ment with thy Servant. Tit. 3. 11. Ps. 143. 2. Gen. 30. [Page 38] 20. I acknowledge that I am farre lesse then all, yea e­ven the least of al thy mer­cies. Luk. 15. 19.

That I am not worthy to be made one of thy Hyrelings, not the very meanest of them. That I am not worthy of the scrapps that fall from thy Table. Mat. 15. 15. Nor so much as to touch the hem of thy garment. Mat. 9. 21.

And now O Lord hum­bled under thy mighty hand, I bend my knees un­to thee and fall prostrate on the earth, on my face. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Eph. 3. 14. Mat. 26. 29.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee, and my soule is [Page 39] as the land that wanteth water before thee. Psalme 146. 6.

I dare not so much as lift an eye towards heaven but I smite my brest, and from the depth of it doth my soule call and cry out unto thee. Luk. 18. 13. Psal. 35. and 79. 9.

O for thy names sake, for the glory of thy name bee mercifull to my sinne for it is very much, for it is exceeding great, and for thy mercies, thy sweet and tender mercies. psal. 25. 10, 11. Luke 1. 18.

For the greatnesse, the multitude, the vast multi­tude, the riches, the abun­dance, the over abundance [Page 40] of them. ps. 69. 16. 119. 156 and 51. 1. and 130. 4. Eph. 1. 6. 1 Tim. 1. 14. Rom. 5. 20.

Be mercifull O Lord to me a sinner, ô Lord be mer­full to me the chiefe of all sinners.

O remember and consi­der what my substance is, that I am but as grasse or the flower of grasse, but flesh & a wind that passeth away and commeth not a­gaine. Esay 40. 6. Psal. 73. 40. Job 17. 14.

But a worme and rot­tennesse, but dust and ashes. Gen. 18. 27. psal. 35. 13. Job 4. 19. Gen. 41. 9. prov. 27. 1. Esa. 38. 13.

That I am a stranger and [Page 41] Pilgrim upon the earth, that I dwell in an house of clay, that my dayes are few and evill, that I am here to day, and not tomorrow, in the morning and not at night, now and not anon, that I live in a body of sinne and death, in a world of corruption and which is set upon mischief or lyeth in wickednesse. Rom. 6. 6. 1 pet. 1. 4. 1 Jo. 15. 19. psal. 74. 18.

Remember this O Lord and discharge, remitt and forgive mee all those my transgressions, which as a man bearing about me this flesh, and dwelling in such a world, I have committed against thee.

[Page 42]Reprove me not ô Lord in thine anger, neither cha­sten me in thy displeasure, Psal. 6. 1.

For unto thee I confesse my wickednesse, ô pardon thou the ungodlinesse of my heart, psal. 6. 1. 32. 5, 6. 38. 9.

All my desire ô Lord is before thee, and my groa­ning is not concealed from thee.

Pitty me therefore accor­ding to thy great mercie, and according to the mul­titude of thy compassions doe away all mine offen­ces, psal. 51 1

Rise ô God and have mercy upon me, for it is time to have mercy on me, [Page 43] yea the time is come, psal. 102. 13.

For if thou should'st stri­ctly examine our iniquities ô Lord what man were a­ble to subsist, psal. 33. 3.

Enter not thou into judgment with thy ser­vant, for in thy sight no flesh can be righteous, psal. 14. 32.

O Lord, Thou which ca­mest into the world to save sinners, save mee which am the chiefest of all Sinners, 1 Tim. 1. 15. 24.

Thou which takest away the sinnes of the whole world, be pleased to take away my sins also, 1 Iob. 1. 24.

[Page 44]Thou that camest to re­deeme that which was lost, Lu. 19. 10. Suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed.

That which was so dear to redeem, suffer not to be lost as a thing of no value.

I Lift my hand ô Lord to thy Commandements which I have loved, open mine eyes and I shall un­derstand, incline my heart and I shall affect, direct my steps and I shall walke in the path of thy precepts, Ps. 119. 48. 18. 36. 133.

Remove from mee all,

Lord I beleeve in

[Page 51]In the Father.

THat by his infinite power all things were created.

In the Sonne.

That by his goodnesse and his love, Mankinde was redeemed to which purpose the world became flesh. And was Conceived and Borne, Suffered, and was Crucified Dyed, and was buried, Descended, & rose againe, Ascended, and sate at the right hand of God, from whence he shall returne & reward every one accor­ding to his worke.

In the Holy Ghost.

That by his illuminati­on and his sacred inspi­ration, [Page 52] his elect people are called out of the whole world, to the beleife of the truth, and to holinesse of conversation.

In whom wee are made partakers of the communi­on of Saints, and the remi­ssion of sinnes, in this pre­sent world.

And in whom we faith­fully expect, the resurrecti­on of the flesh, and life e­everlasting, in the world to come.

This I beleeve. Iob. 11. 26

O Lord helpe thou my unbeleife. Mar. 9. 24.

But above and before all, I beleive that thou wert Christ the son of the living God. Mat. 16. 16.

ANd ô Lord grant that I may love thee as a Father, for thy indulgence, adore thee as Almighty, for thy power, and by good works, commend my Soule unto thee, as a faith­full Creatour. 1 Pet. 4.

Grant also that I may re­ceive,

And grant me further the inspiration of saving grace, from thy most holy Scepter, that I may partici­pate of vocation, & Sanc­tification in the holy Ca­tholique Church.

And that I may have my Communion in

• The Mysteries,
• The grounds,
• The watchings,
• The prayers,
• The Teares,
• The Fastings.

[Page 56] and all the sufferings of the Saints.

To my firme perswasion of the remission of my sins, and to the confident hope of my Resurrection, and translation to life eternall.

O Thou which art the Hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them which remaine afar off in the Seas, Psal. 65. 6.

Thou upon whom our Fore-fathers did depend, v. 22. 4.

And thou deliveredst them, upon whom they only relyed, and were not confounded, v. 5.

[Page 57]Thou which art my hope from my youth, from the breasts of my Mother, and to whom I have beene intrusted from the very wombe, v. 9. 10.

Bee thou my hope still and still, ever and ever, and my portion in the land of the Living.

I hope on thy Nature, thy Name, thy Word, thy Practise.

O let mee not bee con­founded by this hope of mine.

Tou Lord shalt save both Man and Beast, Psal. 36. 7.

How excellent is thy mercy ô God, therefore the children of men put their trust under the sha­dow [Page 58] dow of thy wings. v. 39. 8

And now Lord what is my hope, truly my hope is even in thee.

My soule fainteth with longing for thy salvation. Psal. 119. 81. Yet have I good hope because of thy Word.

O think upon thy Ser­vant as concerning thy Word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. v. 49.

Why art thou so full of heavinesse ô my soule, and why are thou so disquieted within me; O put thy trust in God, for I wil yet praise him which is the helpe of my countenance and my God. Psal. 42. 14, 15.

[Page 59]Against hope I will be­lieve in hope, Rom. 4. 18. And though hee slay mee, yet will I trust in him, Iob 13. 15.

HEar our prayers (good Lord we beseech) the for thy creatures,

For man-kind, for the succour and comfort of all that are in distraction of minde, In sickenesse, in poverty, in perplexity.

For the sobriety and [Page 60] thankfulnesse of all that are in minde quiet, sound in body, in estate wealthy, and free from all trouble.

For the conversion of all Turks, Jewes, Pagans, Atheists.

For all Christians. They which continue in truth & grace, may be established.

That they which wan­der in errour and sin, may be reduced into the right.

For al churches through­out the whole world, their unity and confirmation.

For this Church of ours, that the defects there­of may be supplyed, that al Heresies and scandals both publique and private may be removed, that the Cler­gy [Page 61] may deliver the Word sincerely, and walke in it uprightly.

For the Laity, that they be not overweined with their own understanding, but rather be perswaded by the instruction and obedi­ence to the authority of their Superiours.

For all Common­wealths, their establish­ment and tranquility; for this Realm of ours, for all Incorporations in it; for this City, that they may be freed and preserv'd from all danger and distresse.

For our King and his Queene, and for their safe­ty and prosperity.

For the Councell and their prudence.

[Page 62]For the Judges and their uprightnesse.

For our forces and their fortitude.

For the Communalty and their temperance and holy simplicity.

For our Husbandmen, Merchants, Artificers, E­ven to the baser Trades­man, even to the Beggars.

For our Posterity now springing up; for the good education of the Issue Roy­all, the young Nobility & Gentry, of all Students and learners in the Univer­sities, in the Innes of court, in Schooles and Trades; that as they grow in years, so they may encrease also in wisedome and in favour [Page 63] both with God and men.

For all such as are re­commended to our pray­ers.

By nearnesse of Kindred and affinity. By beneficense towards us.

Morall friendship.

Christian charity.

Familiar neighbour­hood.

Fellowship in House­hold.

Or mutuall promise.

For those that are in their last extreamity, or in any eminent danger.

For those which have undertaken any great work for the glory of thy Name, or the peace of the Church.

For those which are [Page 64] bountiful towards any ho­ly designes, or towards the poo

And lastly, but most es­pecially for all those whom in word or in deed I have any wayes, at any time wronged.

O Father of Heaven which hast created us.

O Sonne of God which hast redeemed us.

O sacred Spirit which hast regenerated us.

Remember not our of­fences, nor the transgres­sions of our Fore-fathers.

Neither take thou ven­geance [Page 65] for their sinnes, and [...]ine upon me.

But spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, & in thy people, thy servant whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.

Be mercifull, be merciful O Lord and spare us, and be not angry with us for ever.

Be mercifull, be merciful ô Lord and pitty us, and be not angry with mee to my ruine.

Deal not with me ô Lord according to my trangres­sions, neither reward thou me according to my sinnes.

But according to thy [Page 66] mercy deale thou with me. And according to the mul­titude of thy compassions reward me. According to that great mercy of thine, And according to that ex­ceeding multitude of thy compassions. By whatso­ever is deare and accepta­ble to thee. From all e­vill and misfortune at all times of necessity.

Rise up Lord, defend, and save me, preserve me good Lord, and destroy me not.

But most especially in the time of extremity, in the houre of death, in the day of judgment, in that feare­full day, good Lord deli­ver me.

[Page 67] From beholding the sterne countenance of the Judge. Apo. 6. 6.

From my standing on the left hand. Mat. 25. 41.

From hearing that terri­ble sentence depart from me you wicked. Mat. 8. 12.

From being bound in the chaines of darknesse. Jude. 5. 6.

From casting out into utter darknesse. Mat. 8. 12.

From being thrust into the bottomles pit of fire, and Brimstone, where the smoake of the fire ascend­eth up for ever.

And to this end and pur­pose, from a blinded and a hardned heart, tending to impenitence. Eph. 14. 19.

From a wanton and bra­sen face tending to impu­dence, Acts. 28. 27.

From a seered conscience. Pro. 7. 13.

From a reprobate mind, Esa. 48. 4.

From the sin unto death, Tit. 1. 16.

And against the holy Ghost. Jo. 5. 16. Mat. 12. 13. Be mercifull good Lord, and deliver me.

FRom all evill and mis­fortune, and all per­rillous accidents in this world.

FRom all Innovations, private interpretations [Page 70] difference in doctrine, con­tending about vaine and fruitles questions; endles desputations, and contro­versies.

From the pernicious flattering of Princes. Acts. 12. 22.

The partiality of Saul. 1 Sam. 14. 18.

The contempt of Michal. 2 Sam. 6. 16.

The Preisthood of Mi­cha. Judg. 17. 10.

The flesh-hook of Hoph­ni. 1 Sam. 2. 16.

The fraternity of Sy­mon Magus, and Judas Is­cariot. Act. 8. 17. Mat. 26. 17.

[Page 71]From such as are cor­rupted in minde, unstable and unlearned. 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 3. 16.

From the arrogance of young Schollers. 1 Tim. 36.

And from People that contradict their Mini­ster, speaking according to the word of God, Be mercifull good Lord and deliver us. Hos. 4. 4.

FRom Anarchie or want of Kings.

From the multitude of Princes.

• From Tyranny,
• From Princes, like
• [Page 72]Ashur.
• Jeroboham.
• Roboam.

From the cruell insolen­cy of Hamon. 2 Sam. 15. 31.

From the councellors of Zoan. Esa. 14. 11.

From the perillous coun­sell of Achitophel. 1 Kings. 21. 13.

From the Judges of Jes­rael.

From the Lawes of Omri. Micha. 6. 16.

From the Torrents of Belial. Psa. 18. 4.

The plague of Per [...]. Num. 25. 5.

The vale of Achor. Josh. 7. 26.

From effussion of blood, deadly feind.

• [Page 73]Treason,
• Forraign invasion,
• Civill Warr.

For the displaceing of good Magistrates and the raising of evill, be mercifull good Lord and deliver us.

From whatsoever may make against the tranquili­ty of our Soules.

The health of our bo­dies, our estates, our liber­tie, or our credit.

Be mercifull good Lord and deliver us.

REmember me O Lord in the favour which thou bearest to thy People, and visite me with thy sal­vation, [Page 74] that I may see the felicity of thy chosen.

And rejoyce with the glad­nesse of the Saints.

And give thanks with thine Inheritance.

For certainly there is a glory to be revealed hereafter.

And when the judge commeth, some shal behold his joyfull countenance. Job. 33. 16.

And be placed on his right hand. Mat. 25. 32.

And here that most sweet voyce, come yee blessed. v. 34.

And be taken up to meet Christ in the Clouds. 1 Thes. 4.

And enter into his joy, his [Page 75] full joy. Mat. 25. 21.

His joy which shall never be taken away. v. 22.

And enjoy that beatifi­call vision of him.

And remaine with him for evermore,

And they onely, onely they of all the sonnes of men are blessed.

To grant me, the vilest of men, the meanest place there, a place even under their feet, under the feet of thine elect, and of the lowest among them, and to this purpose.

Let me finde grace in thy sight, that I may obtaine the grace to serve & please thee with feare and reve­rence. Gen. 6. 8. Heb. 12. 8.

[Page 76]And give me yet a second grace that I may not re­ceive that grace in vaine. 2 Cor. 6. 1.

So farre forth as to neg­lect it, or to be wanting to it. 1 Tim. 4. 14. Heb. 12. 15.

But that I may stirr it up rather, so as to encrease in it, and to remaine therein. to my lives end, 1 Tim. 4. 6. 1 Pet. 3. 18. Acts. 13. 43.

And O Lord, supply thou the defects of thy graces in me, helpe my weake faith, confirme my faint hope, enflame the smokeing flax of my charity.

And kindle it so in my heart, that I may learne to love thee, first & above all, and my friends in thee, & [Page 77] any Enemies for thee, and thy sake.

As I would have men to deale with me, so give me grace to deale with them.

One thing onely let mee feare, that is, to feare any thing more then thee.

And let my heart so re­joyce in the feare of thee.

That this feare of mine may be my hope.

Lastly, thou which gi­vest grace to the humble. Give me so much grace, as to be humbled.

REmember O Lord to crowne the years with [Page 78] goodnesse, and let thy providence distill plenty, For the eyes of all things waite upon thee, ô Lord and thou givest them foode in due season. Thou openest thy hands, and fillest every Creature with thy blessing. Psal. 145. 15.

Vouchsafe us therefore ô Lord the blessing of the heavens, and of the dew from above, and of the fountaines of the deepe be­neath. Deut. 33. 13. 14.

The precious things re­turned by the Sun, and the precious fruits put forth by the Moone. v. 15

The choicest things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the [Page 79] lasting hills; the precious things of the earth, and fulnes thereof.

O make peace within our borders. And fasten thou the Barres of our gates. v. 19.

But cloath our enemies with confusion, and blesse our children among us.

Let our Sonnes grow up as the young plants, and our Daughters be as the polished corners of the Temple. v. 144. 12.

Lord blesse our victualls with increase, and fill us with the floure of wheate, and satisfie our poore with bread. Psal. [...]32. 6.

Let our Garners be full and abounding with all [Page 80] manner of store, let our sheepe bring forth thou­sands and ten thousands in our streets, And let our Oxen be strong to labour. v. 13.

Let there bee no decay, no leading away into cap­tivity, nor no complain­ing in our streets.

Two things I desire of thee (O Lord) deny me not them before I dye. Pro. 30. 7, 8, 9.

Vanity and lying words, remove farr from me. v. 8.

Beggery and abundance give me not.

Give me onely what is needfull for my life, least being full, I be tempted to deny thee and say, who is [Page 81] the Lord. verse. 9.

Or being forced by want I steale, & so forswear the name of my God.

Teach me O God to a­bound, & to want, Phil. 4. 11. that every where and in all things, in what con­dition soever I shal be, I may learne to be content, v. 12.

LEt all thy workes con­fess unto thee ô Lord, and let thy Saints blesse thee. Psal. 34. 96. 103. 107.

It is a good thing to praise the Lord, and to sing unto thy Name O most high. Psa. 91. 1.

To declare thy loving [Page 82] kindnes in the morning, and thy truth in the night season. v. 2.

I will exalt thee O God my King, and blesse thy Name for ever and ever, every day I will blesse thee and extoll thy Name for ever and ever. Psal. 145. 1. v. 2.

For it is thou which callest the things which were not, as if they were, and by whom all things are made in Heaven and on Earth, visible and invisible. Rom. 4. 17. Col. 1. 16.

And it is thou which sustainest all things by the word of thy power, and by thy ordinance they conti­nue to this day. Heb. 13. [Page 83] Psal. 119. 91. for all things serve thee.

Which leavest not thy selfe without a witnesse, in do­ing good from heaven; giving us raine and fruit­full seasons and filling our hearts with food and glad­nesse. Acts. 14. 17.

• 1. It is thou which by thy wisdome and power didst (thy selfe)
• 2. With thine owne hands make man of the mould of the earth.
• 3. And didst breath in­to his nostrills the breath of life. Acts. 1. 26.
• 4. And did'st honour him with thine owne I­mage.
• [Page 84]5. And did'st give the Angells charge over him, Psal. 91. 11.
• 6. And dost place him over the worke of thy hands, Psal. 8. 7.
• 7. And did'st seate him in the paradise of pleasure. Gen. 2. 15.

And when he had dispi­sed thy Commandements, did'st not yet dispise him, but did'st open to him a gate to repentance and life, Acts. 11. 18.

Giving to him that great and pretious promise of the seed which should save us, 2 Pet. 1. 4.

It was thou which did'st instruct us.

• 1. By that which is [Page 85] knowne of God.
• 2. By the Law written in our hearts.
• 3. By the services of sa­crifices and oblations.
• 4. By the Oracles of the Prophets.
• 5. By the melody of the Psalmer.
• 6. By the wisdome of the Proverbs.
• 7. By the experience of the sacred story.

It was thou which when the fulnesse of time came didst send downe thy son who emptying himself, and taking the forme of a Ser­vant, of the feede of Abra­ham, Heb. 12. 6.

Being made of a woman and subjected to the Lawe. [Page 86] Gal. 4. 4. Phil. 2. 7. Heb. 21. 6. Ga. 4. 4.

By his active obedience fulfilled the Law, and by his death tooke away the curse thereof, Eph. 5. 1.

Redeeming by his death, and by his resurrection re­viving our nature, and lea­ving nothing undone that was needfull to doe, that wee might be made parta­kers of the divine nature, who likewise manifested himselfe to be our Saviour in all places by the preach­ing of the Gospell. Rom. 4. last. 2 Cor. 2. 14.

Bearing witnesse there­unto by divers signes and miracles. Heb. 2. 4.

By the admired holines [Page 87] of life in his Saints, and

By their wonderfull pa­tience even to the effusion of their bloud. Heb, 11, 36, 37.

And by the incredible condition of the whole world to the faith. 1 John, 5, 4.

It is thou also which hast made us the Sonnes of Saints and heirs of the same vocation.

Which hast given thy Church power, to be the pillar and foundation of Truth. 1 Tim, 3, 15.

It is thou which hast granted to our Church a­bility, to keep that which was committed to her. 1 Tim. 6. 20.

[Page 88]To teach us the way of peace, and to retain certain ordered stedfastnesse and decency, Rom. 3. 22. Col. 2. 5.

It is thou which hast es­tablished the throne of thy Servant our Soveraigne, 1 Ch. 17. 13.

Which hast instructed our Princes, & hast taught our Magistrates wisedome Psal. 105. 22.

Which hast vouchsafed us pastours according to thine own heart, to feed us with knowledge and lear­ning, Jer. 3. 15.

It is thou which hast made peace in our inclo­sure, and hast satisfied us with the flowre of wheate, [Page 89] Psalm 106. 13, 14. Which hast strengthned the Barres of our gates, and hast bles­sed our Children among us.

Which hast turned our swords into Mattocks, and our spears into sithes, Esay 2. 4.

Which hast cloathed our enemies with confusion, and hast given us for a bles­sing for ever and ever, and made us glad with the joy of thy Countenance, Psal. 21. 7.

It is thou which hast brought mee into this life, and hast led mee to the la­var of regeneration and re­newing by thy holy Spi­rit, and hast revealed to [Page 90] me the paths of life. Tit. 3. 5. Psalm 16. 11.

Which hast connived at my sins for my repentance. Wisd. 11. 12.

And hast not crushed me under the hands of mine i­niquity. Esa 64. 7.

Which hast even waited to shew mercy on me. Esa. 30. 18.

And hast not suffered my heart to harden. Rom. 2. 9.

But hast left mee in the compunction of heart, and memory of my latter end, and conscience of my for­mer sins. Acts 7. 37. Deut. 32. 29. Hebr. 10. 3.

Which hast not cut off my life like a weaver in the [Page 91] beginning, Psa. 16. 29. nor from morning to night hast made and of us. Jo. 20. 22.

Which hast not called me away in the middest of my dayes. Psalme 102. 25. But hast holden my soule in life, and hast not suffe­red my feete to slip. Psalme 66. 9.

Therefore for all these benefits, and for many more, through their multi­tude and our forgetfulness omitted;

Glory be to thee ô Lord, glory and honour & praise and blessing and thankes with the tongues of An­gels and men.

The meanest of thy work [Page 92] by reason of our sin now every houre and every day, Even to our latest gaspe, To the end of the world, and to all Eternity.

Amen.

Wherewith willingly or against my will I have been affected and bettered.

I praise, and will praise. Blesse. Blesse. Thanke. Thank thee. All the dayes of my life.

What am I (Lord) or what is my Fathers house, that thou shouldst vouch­safe to look on such a dead dog as I am? Psal. 3. 4.

What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things hee hath bestowed upon me?

What thanks can I repay unto my God for all the [Page 96] things which he hath for­given, which he hath gi­ven me to this instant.

IT is good to sing psalms unto our God.

For sweete and decent is his praise: Therefore will I confesse unto the Lord with my whole heart.

In the counsell of the Saints, and in the Congre­gation.

O magnifie the Lord with me, and let us elevate his Name.

Let all his works blesse the Lord, in all the places of his Dominion, from the [Page 97] Sun rise to the fall thereof.

Let all that breath praise the Lord.

Let all flesh bless his ho­ly name for ever.

Praise the Lord ô all yee Nations, and praise him only ô all ye people.

Give unto the Lord (all ye Kindreds of the earth) give unto the Lord honor and glory.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his Name.

Being your offerings, and come into his Courts.

Praise thou the Lord ô Salem, and thou ô Sion, praise ye the Lord.

All ye that stand in the Lords house, in the courts of the house of our God, [Page 98] lift up your hands towards his Sanctuary, ô lift them up and praise the Lord.

My soule praiseth the Lord, him will I praise all my life long.

To my God will I sing whilst I have any being.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee.

Thou art my God, and I will exalt thee.

Be thou ô God exalted above the Heavens, and thy glory above the Earth.

Praised be the Lord for his great goodnesse to­wards all his Creatures.

All man-kinde in ge­nerall.

The Klngdome of the whole world.

[Page 99]The Catholike Church.

The Kingdomes and Churches in severall.

This Church and King­dome of ours.

The orders and degrees in each.

And the particular per­sons in them.

Towards this City.

This Parish wherein I dwell.

Towards all that are mine.

• Mine Household.
• Kindred.
• Benefactors.
• Friends.
• Wel-willers.

Towards my poor selfe.

My soule and body in the gifts of grace.

• [Page 100]Nature.
• The world.

Now to this present, and which shall bee at my time hereafter.

Wee lift our hearts up to the Lord,

For indeede it is most due and just.

Most meet and conveni­ent in all, and by all means, in all [...]indes.

Times and places.

To memorize.

• adore.
• confesse.
• praise.
• blesse.
• Magnifie and
• thanke thee.

[Page 101]VVhich art the Creator,

• Nourisher,
• Preserver,
• Governour,
• Restorer,
• Promoter and
• Perfecter of all
• Creatures.

Their Lord and Father.

Their King and God.

The fountain of life and Immortrlity.

The treasury of eternall blessing.

VVhom the heavens ap­plaud, and the heaven of heavens, the Angels and all the Celestiall powers each to other, and wee most unworthy and hum­ble sinners under the feete of them, with them.

The whole heavens and all the Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.

Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of his owne place, Ezek. 3. 12.

Glory bee to God on high, in earth peace and good will among men.

Blessed and praised and magnified, extolled and glorified and hallowed bee thy Name O Lord.

The memoriall, menti­on, and remembrance thereof.

For the faith of the Pa­triarchs.

[Page 103]The hope of the Pro­phets.

The labours of the A­postles.

Tthe trueth of the E­vangelists.

The blood of the Mar­tyrs.

The zeale of the Con­fessors.

The study of the Do­ctors.

Glory be to thee, O Lord, glory be to thee.

Glory be to thee for the glorifying of them. In whom wee also glorifie thee. Amen.

Glory and wisedome, Honour and Virtue, Praise and Riches, Blessing & Power, [Page 104] Thanksgiving and Domi­nion.

Holinesse and Salvation, be ascribed to our God which sitteth upon the Throne and liveth for e­ver, and to the Lambe which was slaine. Amen.

Great and wonderfull are thy workes ô Lord Al­mighty, true and just are thy wayes ô thou King of Saints. Rev. 15. 3.

Who will not feare the Lord, and glorifie thy Name, for thou onely art holy, and all the Nations shall come and worshipp thee, for thy judgments are made manifest.

COme and harken un­to me, ô all yee that feare the Lord, and I will shew you what thing hee hath done for my Soule, he hath created me, hee hath brought me into life, and hath so disposed of mee that I am, A living soule, and not a sensles thing; A Man, not a Beast; Civill, not barbarous; Freeborne, not a slave; Legittimate, not a bastard; Of honest parentage, not of base or Ignominious; Of understanding, not blockish; [Page 106] Sound in sences, not blind or deafe; Sound in Limbs, not lame or maimed; Well brought up, not forlorne or exposed. A Christian, not a Pagan; Peaceable not quarelsome; Cleare of dangers, not swallowed up by them; Cleere of infamy, not wounded in credit; Of sufficient estate, not forced to flatter; or borrow.

And living in the dayes of PEACE, not turmoyled with hur­ly burly.

To thee O Lord,

Which according to thy abundant mercy hast rege­nerated [Page 107] us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Je­sus Christ from the dead, 1 Pet. 1. 3, 4.

To an Inheritance, Immortall, undefiled, and never fading, reserved in heaven for us, which hast blessed me with all spirituall blessings, in hea­venly things in Christ, Eph. 1. 3.

Which comfortest mee in all my tribulations, that as the sufferings of Christ abound in me, so through Christ my consolation a­boundeth.

To thee O Lord,

The God of my fathers, I make my confession; to thee I give praise, because [Page 108] thou hast granted me wis­dome and courage in some measure, and hast shewed me the things which I de­sired thee, and hast opened thy Word unto me.

Unto him which

Is able to doe supera­bundantly above that which is desired or under­stood, according to the power which worketh in us. Eph. 3. 29.

To him be glory in the Church of Christ, through out all generations for e­ver and ever.

As with marrow and fatnes shall my soule be satisfied and with joyfull lipps shall my soule praise him. Psal. 63. 5.

HAving passed through this [...] I give my thanks to t [...]e ô Lord.

The Evening approach­eth, ô blesse that also to me, an evening there is as of the day, so of our life, that Evening is old age, & age hath now surprized me, Lord prosper thou that likewise unto me.

Tarry with me ô Lord, for the evening growes upon me. Luck. 24. 29:

And my day is much de­clined, cast me not off now in min age forsake me not now when my strength faileth me. Psal. 71. 8, 9.

[Page 110]But rather let thy strength bee made more perfect in this my weaknes, 2 Cor. 12. 9.

O Lord the day is va­nished and gon, so doth this life.

The night doth now ap­proach, so doth death al­so, death without death, the end both of our day and of our life, is neere at hand.

Remember this therefore wee beseech thee ô Lord, make the end of all our lives Christian-like and acceptable to thee, peace­able, and if it like thee, painlesse, translating us among thine elect, unto thy heavenly kingdome.

[Page 111]O Lord thou hearest prayer, to thee shall all flesh come.

In the morning, at Noone, and in the evening I will call, I will cry out, and thou shalt heare my voyce.

In the night will I lift up my hands to thy San­ctuary, and will blesse thee ô Lord, Psal. 133. 4.

The Lord hath shewed his mercy in the day, ther­fore at night I will sing of him, and pray unto the God of my life, psal. 42. 9, 10.

Thus will I praise thee all my life long, and in thy Name will I lift up my hands, Psal. 63: 4, 5.

[Page 112]O let my prayers be di­rected as the incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Psal. 141. 2.

Blessed art thou ô Lord my God: the God of my Fathers. Psal. 144. 20.

VVhich hast created the Changes of night and of day. v. 22.

VVhich givest rest to the weary, and refreshest the weake. Esa. 40. 29.

VVhich givest Songs in the night. Job. 35. 10. And makest the out-going of the Morning and Evening to praise thee. Psalme. 65. 9.

VVhich hast delivered us from the malice of this day. Matt. 6. ult. And cut­test [Page 113] not off our lives (like a VVeaver) neither from Morning to Evening ma­kest an end of us. Esay. 38. 12.

As we add dayes to our dayes, so we add sinnes to our sins, Eccles. 5. 8.

The just man falls seven times a day. Frov. 24. 16. But wee wretched sinners seventy times 7 times. Mat. 18. 22.

But wee returne to our hearts. Esa. 46. 8. And with our hearts we returne to thee. Deut. 30. 2.

To thee ô Lord wee re­turne, and all that is with­in us, saith, Ps. 103. O Lord wee have sinned against thee. 2. Sam. 12. 13.

[Page 114]But we repent; alas wee repent, spare us good Lord, Luke. 17. 4.

Be mercifull and spare us.

Be propitious to us.

Haue pitty upon us, and spare us ô Lord.

Forgive us the guilt, Rom. 13. 19.

Take out the staines, Psal. 51. 3. 9.

Cure the faintnesse in us by reason of our sins, psal. 146. 3.

and heale our soules O God, for wee have sinned against thee, psal. 41. 4.

Deliver mee from my unavoydable sins, psal. 27. 17.

Cleanse me from my se­cret [Page 115] offences, psalm. 19. 13.

And for my Communi­on with the transgression of others, pardon thy ser­vant ô Lord.

All our good deeds thou hast wrought in us, Esay. 26. 12.

If wee have done any thing well, mercifully re­gard it ô Lord.

Our sin and our distra­ction is from our owne selves, Hosea. 13. 9.

Whatsoever wee have done amisse, graciously pardon it.

Thou which givest thy beloved secure rest, grant that I may passe this night without feare, Psal. 3. 6.

Enlighten my eyes that [Page 116] I sleep not in death. p. 13. 4.

Deliver mee from the mighty feare, from the businesse that walketh in the darke. psalm. 91. 5.

Thou which neither sleepest at any time, nor slumbrest, keepe mee this night ô Lord from al evill: chiefly ô Lord keepe and preserve my soule. Psalme. 121. 4. 7

Visite mee ô God with the visitations of thy Saints: open mine eares in the visions of the night. Job. 33. 15, 16.

At least let my sleepe be a cessation from sins, from labour, and let me dream of nought that may offend thee, or defile my selfe. Prov. 4. 6.

[Page 117]Let not my loynes be filled with illusions, but let my reynes chasten mee in the night. psalme. 38. 8. and 16. 7.

Let mee remember thee upon my bed, and let mee meditate with my heart, and search out my spirit. Psalme. 63. 6. and 77. 6.

And when it shall bee time for mee to rise, let mee wake with the light to thee ô Lord, to thy praise and thy service. Rom. 13. 11. Psal. 63. 1.

O Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit, my soule and my body. Thou hast created, thou hast re­deemed them ô Lord, thou God of truth. Psalm. 31. 5.

[Page 118]And with my selfe I commend to thy merci­full protection, all those that belong to mee, and all that is mine: Thou ô Lord of thy goodnesse hast bestowed them upon me, Gen. 33. 5.

O keep us all from evil, chiefely good Lord keepe and preserve our soules. Keepe them ô God, keep them all spotlesse, and without guilt present them in that day, Psa. 121. 7.

I will lay me down and sleepe in peace. For thou only makest me dwell in safety, Psal. 3. 5. and 4. 8.

O Lord thou which hast suffered me this holy day, and houre to raise my soule, and give praise unto thee and offer up the glory due to thee; accept then, from my soul, this sacrifice sprituall, and send into me the grace of thy most sacred spirit, ô visit me in thy great good­nesse, forgive me all my sins both wilfully and un­willfully committed, de­liver me from the reward of them, that is from ever­lasting punishment, yea, and from all distresses in this world, change my [Page 120] thoughts into Piety.

Sanctifie my spirit,

My soule and my body, Oh, give me grace to adore and please thee in godlines and holines of life, to the utmost end of al my dayes.

Amen.

O Lord, I am not wor­thy, nor prepared for thee to come under my sordid roofe, for it is who­ly desolate and ready to dropp downe quite, nei­ther canst thou with me have any fitting place for thy Reposall. Mar. 8. 8.

But as thou denyest to [Page 121] rest in the Stable and man­ger of bruit beasts. Luk. 2. 7.

As thou didst not Dis­daine Simon. the Kepers house, and entertainement. Mat. 26. 6.

As thou didst not for­bid the adulterous Sinner to come and touch thee. Luk. 7. 19.

Nor did'st abhor her impure and prophane mouth, Nor yet the Theeves confession of thee upon the Crosse. Luk. 7. 23.

Vouchsafe O Lord to receive me likewise (an o­ver-worne and most un­worthy sinner)

Amen.

O Lord with all thanks wee commemorate the saving passions of thy Christ our Saviour.

And wee beseech thee that with the sincere wit­nesse of our conscience re­ceiving part of these thy [Page 123] holy Mysteries wee may be therewithall incorpo­rated into the sacred body of thy Sonne, and so com­municating, worthily may dwell in him and he again in us, and be his members as he is our head, and be­come Temples of his holy Spirit.

And ô good Lord scoure out the staines of my old and fresh sins, and let not such foule spots continue there, where thy pure Sa­crament shall have entered, but ô Lord make not any of us guilty of these most dreadful and celestial mys­teries, nor weake or feeble either in Soul or body, for our receiving them un­worthily.

[Page 124]But grant that to our last gaspe, wee may retaine the hope and comfort of this ever blessed Sacra­ment of thine.

ATtend O Lord from thy most sacred dwel­ing, and from the throne of glory, in thy kingdome and come and hallow it, ô thou which visitest on high with the the Father, and yet invisible art present with us, come neere and consecrate these guifts of thine, and all those both by whom, and for whose sake, and the end also to [Page 125] which they are consecra­ted.

And yet that we may so participate of these thy mysteries that they may prove to us according to thy institution.

The monuments of our Lords dispensation, and a memoriall of his sacrifice, and the meanes of renew­ing our covenant with thee. Act. 2. 4. Luk. 22. 18. 2 Cor. 11. 26. Pet. 5. 1. 5.

According to the man­ner of receiving by eating and drinking.

The Soules food for our strength and nourish­ment. 1 Cor. 10. 2.

Her medicine to purge and to restore her. Heb. 9. 14.

[Page 126]According to the effects ô Lord let them like seales confirme our pardons to us.

To the remission of our transgressions, and cancel­ling of all our debts and sins Mat. 26. 28. Col. 2. 14.

Let them take out the staines that sin leaves in us and cure the weaknesse in our soules bred by it. Heb. 9. 14. Esa. 6. 7. 1 Pet. 2. 14.

Let them keep from us the destroying Angell, as did the lambs bloud in the Passeover.

Doe thou by them com­municate to us the body and bloud of Christ, and knitt us unto him that we may participate his Spirit. [Page 127] 1 Cor. 10. 16. and verse. 12, 13.

Let them like Conduit­pipes convey to us the gra­ces of that most holy Spi­rit, Hebr. 13. 19. 1 Cor. 12. 13.

That so they may en­lighten our darke mindes, and pricke our hearts with the compunction of true repentance, and cherish our weak faith, and prop our hope, and become bands to us of Charity, occasions to us of our li­berty, and the awaker of all our thankfulnesse, Luke. 24. 31. 1 Cor. 11. 20. John. 13. 35. Psalm. 116. 12.

And let them arme us against transgression to the [Page 128] encrease of all effectuall grace, and the augmenta­tion of our Consolation, and the tranquility of our Conscience. 1 Pet. 4. 1. Hebr. 13. 9. Psalm. 104. 15. 1 Cor. 11. 28.

That even we together, with the rest of all the Saints, which ever have been gracious in thy sight, may bee partakers of those incorruptible and everla­sting gifts prepared by thee for all that love thy bles­sed Name: In whom thou art, and ever shalt be glo­rified.

IT is good for me to ad­here to God, to place the hope of my salvation in thee ô Lord, ô Christ our God.

Wee have now finished all within our perfor­mance that concernes this Mysterie of thine owne dispensation.

For wee have had me­moriall of thy death.

And have had an ear­nest of eternall life, and tasted these thy most sweet delicacies. Whereof there can bee no satiety.

And ô good Lord let it stand with thy pleasure, [Page 130] to grant that to us in the World to come, Amen.

The LORD bee mer­cifull to every one that prepareth his heart to seeke the Lord of our Fa­thers, though he be not prepared according to the cleaness of thy redemp­tion, 1 Cor. 30. 19.

OH that my head were full of water, and mine eyes fountaines of teares, Jeremiah 9. 1.

Hee which turneth the flint stone into a spring­ing well, vouchsafe mee gratiam Lacrymarum,. some small portion of the grace of repentance; that though weepe I cannot, yet wish and pray for it I may, at least complaine and be­moane my selfe as the Prophet. My leanenesse, my leanenesse, woe is me my drynesse, my drynesse, woe is mee the transgres­sors have o [...]fended, the transgressors have grie­vously [Page 132] offended. Esay. 24. 16. Grievously offend I can, grievously lament I cannot, my drynesse, my drynesse woe is me, but I humbly beseech thee my mercifull God and Father, in default of my contriti­on to accept of the strong crying and bitter teares, which in the dayes of his flesh, thy blessed Sonne in great agonie shed for mee.

O Lord which hast set be­fore us thy Passion and [Page 133] Throne, one to awake our love, the other to quick­en our hope, that we may this day, and ever, lift up our eyes and heads, that wee may this day, and e­ver carry them in our eyes and hearts, looke up to them both, so looke that wee may love the one, and waite and hope for the o­ther; so love, and so hope, that by them both we may move, and that swiftly, even runne to him, and running, not faint, but so constantly runne, that wee faint not finally, to attaine the happy fruition of himselfe, and of the joy and glory of his bles­sed throne, that so wee [Page 134] may finde and feele him as on the Crosse the Au­thor, so there the finisher of our faith, by the Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

THe Spouse in the Canti­cles. askeing of her Belo­veds colours, saith of him, my Beloved is white and red, white of his own pro­per, so he was when he she­wed himself in kind trans­figured on the mount, his apparrel then so white, no Fuller in the earth could come neer it, Math. 17. 2. [Page 135] Mar. 9. 3. white of him­selfe, how comes hee red then, not of himselfe, but for us, that is our natu­rall colour, wee are born polluted in our owne bloud, it is sinnes colour, that for shame, that for shame is the colour of sin; our sins saith Esay,. Ch. 1. are as Crimson, of as deep dye as any purple, this the true tincture of our sins the Edomites. colour right: for Edom. is red. The tin­cture of our sinne origi­nall, dyed in the Wool; and then again of our sins actuall, died in the cloath too, twice dryed, so was Christ twice, once in his owne, againe in his ene­mies. [Page 136] Right dibaphus,. a perfect full colour, a true purple, of a double dye, his too. So was it meete for crimson sinners to have a crimson Saviour: a Sa­viour of such a colour it behooveth us to have. Comming then to save us, off went his white, on went our red: Laid by his owne righteousnesse, to bee cloathed with our sinnes. To weare our co­lours; that wee his, he in our red, that wee in his white. So wee finde ( A­poc. 7.) our robes are not onely washed cleane, but dyed a pure white, in the blood of the Lambe. Yea hee dyed and rose againe, [Page 137] both in our colours, that we might die, and rise too, in his, he in mount Golgo­tha, like to us, that we in mount Tabor, might bee like to him.

O LORD wee have heard thy word, the out­ward meanes, and received the inward, wee began with one sacrament, bap­tisme; wee end with the o­ther, the Eucharist, we be­gan with that where wee heard of him; and wee end with the other, where wee may, and shall (I trust) re­ceive [Page 138] him, and Almighty God grant, wee may so re­ceive him at this good time, as in his good time, wee may bee received by him thither, whence he this day came of purpose to bring us, even to the holy places made without hands, which is his hea­venly kingdome, which God the Father who pre­pared it, God the Sonne who purchased it, To whom three Persons, &c.

THere are seaven lights, whereof God is the father, acknowledging thē all for his children, and [Page 139] to his children, will vouchsafe them, in their order.

• 1. The light of nature, for rebelling against which al that are without Christ, suffer condemnation, Sa­lomon calles it the candle of the Lord, searching the very bowells. Pro. 20. 25. which though it be dimme, and not perfect, yet good it is, though lame yet as Mephibosheth, it is Regia proles, of the blood Royall.
• 2. There is the light of Gods Law, Lex, Lux (saith Salomon) totidem verbis. Pro. 6. 23. and his father calls it, a Lanthorne to his feet, nay in the 19. Psalme. [Page 140] what he saith at the fourth verse of the sonne, at the eight hee saith of the Law of God, lights both.
• 3. The light of prophe­cie, as of a candle, that shines in a darke place. 2 Pet. 1. 19.
• 4. There is the won­derfull light of the gospell (so Saint Peter calls it) the proper light of the day. 1 Pet. 2. 9. the tongues that descended, so many tōgues, so many lights, for the tongue is a light, & brings to light, what before was hidin the heart.
• 5. And from these o­ther is the light of grace, whereby God which com­mandeth the light to shine [Page 141] out of darknesse, hee it is that shineth in our hearts, by the inward anoynting, which is the oyle of this Lampe. 2 Cor. 4. 6. the light of his holy Spirit, chasing away the darknes, both of our hearts, and mindes.
• 6. There is the light of comfort, of his holy spirit, a light sowen for the righteous, here in this life.
• 7. There is the light of glory, where the Saints shall reape light, where God dwelleth, and where wee shall dwell with him, even the inheritance of the Saints, in light, where the righteous shall shine as the [Page 142] Sun, in the kingdome of their father, the Father of lights, Moses Candlestick, with seven stalks & lights in each of them. Gal. 1. 12. Mal. 13. 43.

THe Serpents curse be upon them, and let their heads be trod to pee­ces, they that are Sions malignant enemies, Oh Lord, let them be as grasse, upon the house top, as those that perish at Endor and become dung for the earth, let them be as stub­ble scatterd, or wax mel­ted, smoak driven, no man [Page 143] can tell whither, let them perish, perish as Sisera, and Oreh, as, Absalon, Jaels bammer on their heads, Gideons Axe on their necks, Joabs Dart in their hearts, one, nay three, one for the enemies of God, a­nother for the enemies of mankind, a third for the enemies of Sion, Psal. 12. 1. Let their sword goe throw their owne hearts, and their mischeife light upon their owne heads.

Amen.

EUen so Lord let it be, set up thy mercy, for ever, for ever, stablish the truth, of this thy Cove­nant, with thy servant our Soveraigne, that it may never faile him, as not this day, so not at any other time, let thy hand be still upon him, and thine arme about him for ever, be­tween him, and his harmes, violence, and hurt, never come neere him, the sinnes of wickednesse be ever farr from him, let them be non [Page 145] proficients, all the sort of them that study to prac­tise this wicked lesson, ne­ver loose thou him, nor suffer him to be lost, ever finde him good Lord, to succour and save him, and let thy right hand finde out his enemies, to smite and plague them, with the same blowes thou didst smite, and with the same plagues thou didst power, on those of this day, the destiny of this day come on them all, and for him, Let his anoynting still be fresh on him, and his Crowne still flourish on his head, let him all the day walke in the light of thy countenance, and at [Page 146] night, rest in the covering of thy wings, this day as once it did, so let it rise prosperous and happy to him this day, and all days, that he, that wee, all may sing thy mercies, and set forth thy truth, all the dayes of our life, heare us ô Lord, and grant it for thy Sonnes sake our Savi­our,

Amen.

O God, with all the powers, thou hast destributed in our Soules, the breath of life, thou hast breathed into our no­strilles, [Page 147] the tongues thou hast put into our mouthes, behold, all these shall breake forth and confesse, and blesse, and thanke, and praise, and magnifie, and exalt thee, and thy mer­cy for ever, yea every mouth shall acknowledge thee, every tongue, be the trumpet of thy praise, e­very eye lookeup, and e­very knee bow down to thee, and all hearts shall feare thee, and all that is within us, even our bow­ells, those our bowells, that but for thee, had flowne, wee know not whether; even our bones, those bones, that but for it, had been [...]i [...]er'd, bone, [Page 148] from bone, one from ano­ther, all shall say, who is like unto thee O Lord, in mercy who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearefull in prayses, doing wonders, wonders of mercy, as this day, upon us all, to bee held by us, and our posterity, in an everlasting remembrance; glory be to thee O Lord, glory bee to thee, and glo­ry to thy mercy, yea super omnia yea most glorious, of thy great, and high per­fection, glory bee to thee, and glory to it, to it, in thee, and to thee for it, and that, by all thy workes, in all places, and at all times, and of all thy [Page 149] workes, and above them all, by us here, by the hearts and lungs of us all, in this place, this day, for this day, for the mercy of this day, for the mercy of it, above all mercies and for the worke of this day, above al the works of it, & not this day only, but all the dayes of our life, even as long as thy mercy en­dureth, and that endureth for ever, in the world to come, through the ci­sterne, and cunduit, of all thy mercies Jesus Christ.

LORD by whose al­mighty power all go­vernments doe stand, those especially wherein the peo­ple are led in the way of his sanctuary, as he hath graciously begun to lead us in that way, so leave us not, till we have finished our course with joy; knit the hearts of Moses and Aaron, and that they may joyne lovingly. Teach their hands, and fingers of their hands, that they lead skilfully, touch the hearts of the people, that they may be lead willingly, [Page 151] That by meanes of this happie conduct, surely without errour, and safe­ly without danger wee may lead & to be led for­ward untill wee come to the fruition of his pro­mise, the expectation of our biessed hope; even the eternall joyes of his cele­stiall Kingdome, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BLessed art thou O Lord Teach me thy Statutes, o­pen my eyes that I may understand the wonders of thy law.

O Lord remove thou [Page 152] the vaile from my heart whil'st that I either read or heare thy word.

THat the Word of God may at this time, ob­taine in us that end to which it was appointed, and this our whole action may be advantaged (Reve­rend Fathers and Brethren in CHRIST) let us by our prayers invite hither the Divine Majesty, ac­knowledging in the first place, from the bottom of our hearts our unworthi­nesse, [Page 153] even to draw neere to him, much more to pray to, & yet much more to ob­taine any thing from him. But that all our worthi­nesse depends upon his ac­ceptation, and that all our confidence to pray and hope to obtaine, depends upon his intercession. By him let us deprecate the present pu­nishment most due to our former unthankfulnesse for, and carelesnesse in his word. Let us pray that the grace of his Spirit may now pre­vent us; and that what my heart hath profitably me­ditated, he would bring into my tongue, thence in­to your Eares, thence into your H [...]r [...], thence into [Page 154] your life study and manners, to the salvation of us all, and his eternall glory.

And least we should be unmindfull of the Church of CHRIST in our prayers, which is never unmindfull of us in hers, let us interceed, with our most mercifull Father, for his Church militant, on earth, scattered far and wide through all Nations That God would preserve unto her his truth, not long since recovered out of the most thick darknesse of errour, that he would re­store unto her, when it shall seem good unto him, her unity, now almost lost through the dissentions of [Page 155] the christian World.

And let us commend unto him, not without groanes, that part thereof, which beside and above the rest, stands in speciall need of our prayers: that part I say, which is afflicted and oppressed either with the outward crosse, for the testimony of a good, or the inward for the testimony. of a bad conscience. Let us pray for a happy issue of their calamities, and in the meane time, while the is­sue is uncertaine, so much patience, as shall be neces­sary for the bearing of their crosses, (as is meet) meekly and couragiously. For that part of the Church [Page 156] flourishing with peace, and by name, for this our Church of England, that God would give us to know the day of our visitation, and to walke worthy of his so great mercy, that we indeed have, but before us no Nation, no age ever had experience of.

For the principall mem­bers of our Church and State, the Queenes most sa­cred majesty, that shee may be enriched and adorned with all virtues, fit for so great a place, so great a Per­son, that in this her King­dome, the Kingdome of CHRIST may daily more and more be propagated: and that she may be as cor­diall [Page 157] to us as careful, of all things which are Gods as God hath confirmed; by many, great, former, later arguments that he is cor­diall to, and carefull of her.

For the Honourable Peeres of the Kingdome: those especially who are of her Majestyes Privy Coun­cel; that God would pro­ceed (as he hath done long) to suggest to them whatsoever shall be for the peace of this Church, and Kingdome, that what is good may be effected, that what is hurtfull may be re­moved.

For the English Clergy: to which whi [...]e I desire to [Page 158] to pray all happines, what other things should I begg of the Lord, then that they may once be of one minde and Judgment in all things.

For our Magistracy, that they may discharge their Office purely and entire­ly: neither turning Ju­stice into Worme-wood, by corrupt sentence; nor in­to Vineger by long suspen­sion and delay of Causes.

For the People, even the lowest part of the King­dome: (so it is, but yet precious, being bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ) that they may heare such as they have, and have such as they should heare, men [Page 159] fit to teach both now and hereafter.

That this may be, and ever be, and that there may daily spring up a great supply of Learned men, w ^ch may be able to plead our causes, and minister to the health of our bodies, and procure the salvation of our soules, that God would be good and gra­cious to all Schooles of good Learning: To both the Universities, and es­pecially to this of Ours, and all the Magistrates thrreof. To the Right Ho­nourable the Lord Treasu­rer of the Kingdome, our Chancellour: To the Right Worshipfull Master Vice­Chancellour, [Page 160] Master Pro­ctors, Master Taxors, and the rest who have any Of­fice among us.

Lastly, that he would plentifully poure out his blessings upon our Colle­ges; and (as my speciall duty calls mee) upon the whole Society of Pembrook Hall; that wee in gracing our Predecessors who have beene alwayes famous in this Church, may follow their iudustry, conside­ring the end of their con­versation.

For all these (Fathers and Brethern) let us hum­bly offer up to CHRIST our Intercessor, his owne Prayer, to be presented [Page 161] to his Father in our name, that hee would graciously bestow upon us these things, and what ever else shall be necessary for us.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

IN the handling of which Particulars, that the Word of God may at this time obtaine in us the end to which it was by him ordained, and that this our whole action may be profitable, let us by [Page 162] our Prayers hither invite the Holy Spirit, Invoaking to that end the Father by the Sonne. And least wee should be forgetfull of her in our Prayers, which in hers is never unmindefull of us; let us make inter­cession to the most merci­full Father, for his Church Catholike, not Romane but Universall, militant upon Earth, scattered over the face of the World. That God would preserve unto her, his Truth, now long since recovered out of the thickest darkenesse of er­rours: that when it shall seeme good unto him, her Unity, now almost lost through the dissentions of [Page 163] the Christian world, may be restored.

And let us not without groanes commend unto God, that part thereof, which besides and above the rest, stands in speciall neede of our supplicati­ons; I mean our Brethren, for what reason soever op­pressed, and afflicted with any kinde of crosse.

Let us pray for an hap­py end of their tryals, and while the issue is uncertain, for so much patience as shall be necessary to the meeke and constant suffe­rance of their troubles.

For the portion of the Church flourishing in peace, namely for the Churches in [Page 164] great Brittaine and Ireland, and for that in both the Palatinate. And (as our speciall duty bindes us) for the most peaceable and powerfull Prince, James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and throughout his Dominions, over all conditions and orders both Ecclesiasticall and Civill, Supreame Governour. Let us pray for his long life, &c. multitude of yeares, and that hee may live long, daily more and more to encrease the Kingdome of Christ, see it propagated and rejoyce. For the in­comparable Queene Anne.

[Page 165] For our springing hope the most noble Prince Charls. For the Bridegroome and the Bride, the most Illu­strious Fredericke Prince Elector of the Roman Em­pire, Count Palatine of the Rhene, and the most Ex­cellent Lady, the Lady Eli­zabeth, the Kings onely Daughter, our only Prin­cesse.

For the most Noble, the Peeres of the Realme, those chiefely of his Ma­jesties most Houourable Privy Councell. For this our Order, for the Clergy and for all the people. But in our prayers first and last, wee earnestly beg of God that hee would be good [Page 166] and gracions to the late Marriage, especially that Sion may be glad therein, in whose Joy God alwayes shares: that hee may so blesse them out of Sion, that they may see (the clause in the marriage song) their Childrens children, and (what wee all doe wish for) Peace upon Israel. For which blessing let us pro­strate, offer up to Christ our Intercessour his owne prayer, in our name to be presented to his Father, that hee would most mer­cifully and bounteously bestow upon us these things, and what else hee knowes expedient for any of us. Our Father, &c.