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<P>THE <HI>Devout Companion:</HI> Containing PRAYERS AND <HI>MEDITATIONS</HI> FOR <HI>Every Day in the Week:</HI> AND FOR Several Occa&s;ions. <HI>Ordinary</HI> and <HI>Extraordinary.</HI></P>
<Q><BIBL>P&s;al. 55. 17.</BIBL> Evening and Morning&punc; and at Noon will I pray, and cry aloud, and he &s;hall hear my Voice.</Q>
<P><HI>The Twelfth Edition.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON, <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Henry Rhodes,</HI></HI> at the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">he corner of <HI>Brile-<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></HI> 1699.</P>
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<HEAD>TO THE Truly Honoured, The LADY <HI>J. C.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MADAM,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>AT Your Reque&s;t the&s;e en&s;uing <HI>Prayers</HI> and <HI>Meditations</HI> were compo&s;ed, which I here pre&s;ent to Your view; not that You want my weak In&s;tructions, for You are known to be &s;o good a Proficient in God's School, and have more of this Heavenly Language by Heart, than I can in&s;truct you by Precept.</P>
<P>The <HI>Meditations</HI> I have taken from the P&s;alms of that &s;weet &s;inger of <HI>I&s;rael,</HI> the Royal Prophet; and this Key opens not only the Kingdom of Grace, but the Kingdom of Hea|ven too; it being an exact Compo|&s;ure of all Chri&s;tian Vertues.</P>
<P>No Wor&s;hipping can be more true or more &s;piritual than the <HI>P&s;alter,</HI>
<PB REF="3"> &s;aid with a pure Mind and a hearty Devotion. For <HI>David</HI> was God's In|&s;trume<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t to the Church, teaching and admoni&s;hing (as our Duty is to each other) in P&s;alms and Hymns and &s;pi|ritual Songs, making melody to the Lord.</P>
<P>In your Voyage to the Almighty, You might have (I doubt not) a bet|ter Card or Compa&s;s to &s;ail by&punc; than this Form of Prayer which I pre&s;cribe; yet I be&s;eech You encourage others by Your pious Example to feed upon this Milk for Babes, (tho&s;e which are weak) by ta&s;ting of it your Self.</P>
<P>So recommending it to Your Pious Acceptation, wi&s;hing You all Happi|ne&s;s that this Earthly Paradi&s;e can afford, whi&s;t You remain upon Earth, and at the la&s;t a Crown of Immor|ral Glory in the highe&s;t Heavens, is the earnest de&s;ire of,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Madam, </SALUTE> <SIGNED>Your humble and faithful Servant in Chri&s;t Je&s;us, E. S.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE <HI>Devout Companion:</HI> Containing <HI>MEDITATIONS</HI> AND PRAYERS, For every Day in the Week, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Preparatory Prayer again&s;t wandring Thoughts, and vain Imaginations.</HEAD>
<Q><P>Thrice Holy, Ble&s;&s;ed and Glo|rious Trinity, Three Per&s;ons and One God, have mercy upon me a mi&s;erable Sinner.</P></Q>
<P>O Almighty God, the only Giver and Be&s;tower of all good things, and without who&s;e
<PB N="8" REF="4"> &s;pecial Favour and Grace, no Man hath Power to perform any &s;pi|ritual Duty as he ought to do: O Lord! I know not what to pray for as I ought, O let thy Spirit help my Infirmities, and enable me to offer up a &s;piritu|al Sacrifice, acceptable to thee by Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Make me to remember into who&s;e Pre&s;ence I am come, and with whom I have to do; even with a God of infin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">te Maje&s;ty; before whom the Cherubims veil their Faces, as being a&s;toni&s;hed at the Pre&s;ence of &s;o great a God as thou art. How dare I then, a mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t vile and &s;inful Creature, who am but Du&s;t and A&s;hes, pre&s;ume to appear at this time before thee, who have drunk Iniquity like Water, breaking &s;o often thy holy Laws and Com|mandments,
<PB N="9" REF="4"> by committing tho&s;e things thou forbidde&s;t: and leaving undone tho&s;e good things thou commande&s;t.</P>
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<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>But I come unto thee, O Lord, in the name of thy dear Son, Je&s;us Chri&s;t the Righteous; who hath redeemed me with his mo&s;t precious Blood. O then look upon me in him, and for the merits of his Sufferings, par|don all my Sins, and blot out my Offences. Strike an awful reverence in my Soul, that I may continually keep a watch over my Thoughts, Words, and Actions, lea&s;t my Pre&s;umption, and want of due Reverence un|to thy Deity, &s;hould turn my Prayers into Sin.</P>
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<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Give me a lively apprehen&s;ion of all my wants and nece&s;&s;ities,
<PB N="10" REF="5"> and a right Under&s;tanding both of tho&s;e Ble&s;&s;ings which I have received from thee, and of tho&s;e great Mercies which thou ha&s;t promi&s;ed to be&s;tow on them that ask thee; that &s;o I may be endued with Expre&s;&s;ions both for Prayer and Thankfulne&s;s; and may become able, by the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of thy Grace, to pour out my Soul continually before thee. Support me with Faith, that I may come with a good a&s;&s;urance to thy Throne of Grace, to offer up my earne&s;t Supplications unto thee, and let me not go away from thy pre|&s;ence without a Ble&s;&s;ing.</P>
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<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Grant, Lord, that this holy Exerci&s;e of Prayer may prove a delight to me! O make me con&s;tant and diligent in the u&s;e of it; remembring the &s;peedy
<PB N="11" REF="5"> acce&s;s the Prayers of the Faith|ful have in thy Pre&s;ence; and what a great Privilege it is for poor Mortals to unfold their Wants, and lay open their De|&s;ires and Griefs before thee.</P>
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<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Ever, O Lord, let the end of my Prayers be to thy Glory; always exerci&s;ing a Con&s;cience void of Offence, by offering up my Thank&s;givings for Mercies received, as I &s;hall be earne&s;t in &s;uing for tho&s;e Gifts and Graces I &s;tand in need of. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for the &s;ake of thy dear Son, my only Sa|viour and Redeemer, <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Sunday.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis is the Day which the Lord hath made, a Day of Re&s;t to our Bodies, and for the Benefit of our Souls. O let us rejoice, and
<PB N="12" REF="6"> be glad in it all the Days of our L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span">; leaving off our worldly Thoughts and Employments, and be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">eeking after our future Hap|pine&s;s.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Great i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Lord, and great is the Honour of this day above all o|thers. The <HI>Jews</HI> kept Holy the Seventh Day, and we Chri&s;tians the <HI>Sunday,</HI> or Lord's Day: They in their Sabbath were e&s;pecially to remember the Creation of the World, but we in ours, the Re|&s;urrection of Chri&s;t, who hath made a way for us into that better wor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d which we expect hereafter.</P>
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<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>This convinceth the Folly of the <HI>Jews,</HI> who are &s;o &s;uper&s;titious in ob&s;erving the Ceremony of Re&s;t, as that they think they ought not to prepare any Food for their bodi|ly &s;u&s;tenance on the Sabbath-Day; neither do any work, tho' it be for the Re&s;ection of Life it &s;elf.
<PB N="13" REF="6"> But God in the In&s;titution of the S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">bbath &s;o re&s;ted, who&s;e Example we ought to imitate, as that he ce<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> not in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;ting from <HI>doing good,</HI> but in c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;ing to Create, he continued to Pre&s;erve, of which our Saviour &s;aith, <HI>My Father work|eth hitherto, and I work.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>This Day is &s;et apart, to be em|ployed in the Wor&s;hip and Ser|vice of God; Fir&s;t more &s;olemnly and publickly in the Hou&s;e of God, from whence none ought to ab&s;ent him&s;elf, unle&s;s &s;ickne&s;s or &s;ome ex|traordinary occa&s;ion prevent him. Secondly, at home privately pray|ing with your Family, or in your Clo&s;et, exerci&s;ing tho&s;e other Du|ties of Reading and Meditation.</P>
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<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>O Prai&s;e the Lord then, O my Soul, and enter into Contemplati|on with thy &s;elf upon all his Mer|cies, Con&s;ider what a great Bene|fit it is to thee, that there is &s;uch a
<PB N="14" REF="7"> &s;et time weekly for thy &s;piritual Relief and Comfort; ca&s;t off all worldly Bu&s;ine&s;s then, and freely embrace this joyful Day of harve&s;t whereby we may lay up in &s;tore for the whole Week, nay even for our whole Lives.</P>
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<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>This day furni&s;hes us with that Golden Rule, by which we may &s;quare all our Actions, and at la&s;t attain to the perfection of him whom the Royal P&s;almi&s;t makes mention of, to be a pattern of true Goodne&s;s, and tells you, The Lord ordereth a good Man's going, and maketh his way acceptable to him|&s;elf: Though he fall, he &s;hall not be ca&s;t away; for the Lord up|holdeth him with his Hand.</P>
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<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>The Law of God is in his Heart and his goings &s;hall not &s;lide. O &s;end out thy Light and thy Truth, that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill, and to thy
<PB N="15" REF="7"> Dwelling. And that I may go un|to the Altar of God, even unto the God of my Joy and Gladne&s;s, and upon the Harp will I give Thanks unto thee, O God my God. We wait for thy Loving-kindne&s;s, O God, in the mid&s;t of thy Temple.</P>
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<HEAD>A Morning Prayer for <HI>Sunday:</HI> For the Wor&s;hip of God.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t mighty and gracious God, which ha&s;t brought me out of the Night's Darkne&s;s into the marvellous Light of thy Truth, to &s;ee the Light of thy Love, that I may rejoice in the Day of my Vi&s;itation and Salvation, whereby the Day|&s;pring from on high hath vi&s;ited me, and in the Day of Salvation thou wilt &s;uccour me.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>This Day make me hear thy Voice, and not harden my Heart
<PB N="16" REF="8"> through unbelief or deceitful|ne&s;s of Sin, but that by Faith I may enter into thy promi&s;ed Re&s;t: Give Grace unto me, O Lord, and to all People, to walk circum&s;pectly and diligently, to do &s;uch good Works wherewith thou may'&s;t be well plea&s;ed; &s;o that walking in thy Ways, and according to thy Command|ments, I may work out my own Salvation with fear and trem|bling; that as my Body draws nearer the Grave, my Soul may approach the nearer Heaven.</P>
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<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord, I be&s;eech thee, to be merciful unto me, and as of thy goodne&s;s thou give&s;t me time to Repent, &s;o of thine infinite Mer|cy give me &s;uch a true, holy, and perfect Repentance, never to be repented of: And grant, O Lord, that I may unfeigned|ly
<PB N="17" REF="8"> Re&s;olve and effectually La|bour to amend my Life this Day, even to my Life's end, that &s;o I may never be tempted above what I am able to bear.</P>
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<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>I am beginning the Week, but alas I begin not to be re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">or|med in my Life and Conver&s;a|tion, but the more Weeks pa&s;s over my Head, the greater bur|then of Sin I take upon my Back, and do the more defile my Con&s;cien<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e. Day by Day I run on in my Wickedne&s;s, and ne|ver &s;ay to my &s;elf, What have I done? If I &s;hould at this Week's end ca&s;t up the Account of my good Deeds, how few Lines, alas would they contain!</P>
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<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord, I be&s;eech thee, par|don and forgive me all my Sins, remove them out of thy pre|&s;ence,
<PB N="18" REF="9"> as far di&s;tant as the Ea&s;t is from the We&s;t. Accept of me in the Death and Pa&s;&s;ion of thy Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t, that wher<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> I &s;hall come into thy Temple, to compa&s;s thine Altar, my Prayers may come up before thee as Incen&s;e, and the lifting up of my Hands as an Evening Sacrifice.</P>
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<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>And as I de&s;ire that thou would&s;t hear me calling upon thee in my Prayers, &s;o give me Grace to hear thee calling upon me in thy Word. It is the word of Truth, Wi&s;dom, Righteou&s;|ne&s;s, and Reconciliation, which is able to &s;ave my Soul in the Day of the Lord Je&s;us&punc; grant therefore that I may hear it with Reverence, receive it with Meek|ne&s;s, and mingle it with Faith, that it may accompli&s;h in me
<PB N="19" REF="9"> that good Work, for which thou ha&s;t &s;ent it.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>I know not alas how to Wor|&s;hip thee as I ought; my Sins have made a Wall of &s;eparation betwixt-thee and me, &s;o that neither my Prayers can a&s;cend up unto thee as they &s;hould, nor thy Graces de&s;cend upon me as I would de&s;ire them. O break, I be&s;eech thee, this parti|tion-Wall, &s;lide thou down into the &s;ecret Habitation of my Heart by thy mighty Power, and &s;trengthen every privy Cor|ner of that neglected Hou&s;e, by the brightne&s;s of thy Illumina|tion; feed thou every &s;ecret part both of my Mind and Body; keep me from Sin, and let me &s;erve thee this Day in thy San|ctuary.</P>
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<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="part">
<PB N="20" REF="10">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s tho&s;e Me&s;&s;engers o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> thine, O Lord, that break unt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> me the Bread of Life. As tho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha&s;t placed them like Beacons o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> thy holy Hill, the Church, giv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> them Grace (with the five Wi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Virgins) that their Light may never go forth, but &s;till &s;hine brightly to arm us thy People again&s;t the Inva&s;ion of that E|nemy of Mankind, the Devil, and his Army, that Day and Night &s;eek to devour us.</P>
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<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<P>Let me &s;pend the re&s;t of my uncertain Life in a renewed Re|pentance for my Sins pa&s;t, and an holy Re&s;olution to &s;erve thee for the time to come. Grant, O Lord, the&s;e and all other Graces meet for me, for thy Son's &s;ake, my only Lord and Saviour; To whom with Thee
<PB N="21" REF="10"> and the Holy Gho&s;t, be all Prai&s;e and Glory, for ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer at our Entrance into the Church.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, who dwel|le&s;t in that Light which no mortal is able to approach unto, yet art pre&s;ent with us in this thy &s;acred Hou&s;e! O Lord, my God, my only Comfort and Riches, what am I that I dare &s;peak unto thee? I am thy poor Servant, teach me to climb and a&s;cend up unto thee by Invoca|tion and Prayer.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Make this Religious Place as thine Ark, and let thy Dove, thy holy Spirit, enter in at the&s;e windows; let a good mea&s;ure of thy word, and an effectual
<PB N="22" REF="11"> preaching thereof, be evermore pre&s;erved and di&s;tributed in this place; let no evil Lepro&s;ie ever enter into the&s;e Walls, nor the hand of Sacrilege ever fall up|on them.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>The Harve&s;t is great, but the Labourers are few; &s;end forth, I be&s;eech thee, more into thy Vineyard, and endue them with &s;uch Wi&s;dom as becometh thy holy Go&s;pel. Open unto them the Door of Utterance, and un|to me the Gate of Under&s;tand|ing, that they may faithfully di&s;pend thy My&s;teries, and I fervently embrace the &s;ame, to thy Glory, and the Salvation of my Soul, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t my only Lord and Savi|our,</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="23" REF="11">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Sunday</HI> Noon: For Per&s;everance.</HEAD>
<P>O God, mo&s;t gracious and merciful, who hate&s;t no|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hing that thou ha&s;t made, but <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rt willing that all &s;hould par|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ake of thy Coele&s;tial Love; I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ave this day vi&s;ited thy Hou&s;e, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">he Place where thine Honour dwelleth; grant, I be&s;eech thee, that I may &s;till per&s;evere and pre&s;s forward in that holy Duty of &s;erving thee all the Days of my Life.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Vouch&s;afe to me, O Lord, I be&s;eech thee, thy Heavenly Grace, that I may avoid the precipices of Sin, which lead to de&s;truction, and endeavour to &s;erve thee, in Holine&s;s and Righteou&s;ne&s;s all the Days of my Life: Grant that in thy
<PB N="24" REF="12"> Light I may &s;ee Light; and as I have begun this Day in prai|&s;ing and lauding thy holy Name &s;o let it end to thy Glory: To whom be a&s;cribed all Honour, Power, and Glory, both now and for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
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<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for the Afternoon, af|ter Sermon. A Thanksgiving for the Word preached.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord mo&s;t Holy, who&s;e Truth endureth from e|verla&s;ting to everla&s;ting; Thou ha&s;t been merciful and gracious to me, and ha&s;t filled me which am hungry with good things, and none of thy Servants do&s;t thou &s;end empty away from thy holy Sanctuary: Plant thy Fear in my Heart, give me Wi&s;|dom and good Under&s;tanding, and make me to have plea&s;ure
<PB N="25" REF="12"> in thee and all thy works; that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">beying the Precepts of thy ho|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">y Go&s;pel, and performing the Conditions of thy Covenant which thou ha&s;t e&s;tabli&s;hed for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ver in Truth and Equity, in Verity and Judgment, I may <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">orthily prai&s;e and adore thy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">oly Name among the Faithful <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> this Life, and in the Congre|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ation of Saints in the Life to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ome, through thy Mercies, O <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">le&s;&s;ed Je&s;u, to whom with the Father and the Holy Gho&s;t, be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll Honour and Glory, now and or ever.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
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<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Sunday</HI> Evening: For Pardon of Sin.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, I acknow|ledge and confe&s;s tho&s;e many weakne&s;&s;es and imper|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ections I am guilty of, in
<PB N="26" REF="13"> my performance of the Duti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> of this Day: I have called up on thee for the pardon and fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+givene&s;s of my Sins: I hav<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> heard thy holy Word, but y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> find my &s;elf a very unprofit<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+ble Servant. So that, O Lord though I have done thy Wor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> I have done it &s;o negligently that I may rather expect th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> fire of thy Anger, than a Ble<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+&s;ing from thee.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>But if thou, O God, &s;hould be extream to mark what done ami&s;s, O Lord, who ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> abide it: or &s;tand before th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> when thou art angry? Remem+ber that I am but du&s;t and a&s;he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> and the work of thine ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> hands: Pardon, I be&s;eech the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> and pa&s;s by all my Sins, Negl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+gences, and Ignorances; loo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> not upon the weakne&s;s of m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB N="27" REF="13"> Fle&s;h, but upon the willingne&s;s <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">f my Spirit, and &s;o cover all <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">y imperfections, with the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">erfect and ab&s;olute obedience <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">f thy dear Son, that tho&s;e Sa|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rifices offered up by me this day <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ay be by thee accepted, in, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nd for that Sacrifice which Chri&s;t Je&s;us offered upon the Cro&s;s once for me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>And as I earne&s;tly de&s;ire that my Sacrifices may be plea&s;ing and acceptable to thee, &s;o let thine Ordinances be profitable to me. And as thou ha&s;t this day &s;own <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">n my heart the precious &s;eed of thy Word, &s;o let neither the Fowls of the Air devour it, nor the Cares of the World choak <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">it; but let the former and the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">atter Rain of thy ble&s;&s;ing come often upon it, that it may bring forth in me the Fruits of true
<PB N="28" REF="14"> Repentance, and hearty amen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+ment of Life. Pardon my m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">+nifold Sins by which I hav<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> provoked thee this very day.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Be thou unto me a mercifu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> God, in de&s;pite of the Snare and Delu&s;ions which Sin lays i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> the way for my De&s;truction and keep me under the &s;hadow of thy Wings, in perpetua<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Peace and Safety. Ble&s;s me thi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Night; &s;leeping or waking, giv<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> thine Angels charge over me that at what&s;oever hour thou calle&s;t me, I may, like a faith+ful Soldier, &s;tand ready prepa+red to encounter Death, and to follow the Lamb where&s;o+ever he goeth. Grant the&s;e things, O ble&s;&s;ed Father, for thy Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t his &s;ake my only Saviour and Redeem|er.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditation">
<PB N="29" REF="14">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Monday:</HI> Out of the P&s;alms: For a holy Life.</HEAD>
<P>MY &s;ong &s;hall be of mercy and judgment, unto thee, O <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ord, will I &s;ing. Let me have un|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">er&s;tanding in the way of godline&s;s.</P>
<P>When wilt thou come unto me? <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> will walk i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> my hou&s;e with a per|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ect heart. I will take no wicked <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hing: I hate the Sins of unfaith|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ulne&s;s: there &s;hall no &s;uch cleave <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nto me.</P>
<P>A froward heart &s;hall depart <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rom me; I will not know a wick|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">d Per&s;on.</P>
<P>Who&s;o privily &s;landereth his neighbour, him will I de&s;troy.</P>
<P>Who&s;o hath al&s;o a proud look and high &s;tomach, I will not &s;uf|fer him.</P>
<P>There &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll no deceitful per&s;on dwell in my hou&s;e, he that telleth <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">yes &s;hall not tarry in my &s;ight.</P>
<P>I &s;hall &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">on de&s;troy all the ungod|ly
<PB N="30" REF="15"> that are in the Land: that may root out all wicked doe from the City of the Lord.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Monday</HI> Morning For a Holy Life.</HEAD>
<P>O God mo&s;t Holy and Righ+teous, who &s;hewe&s;t Mer+cy unto thou&s;ands, and hate&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> nothing thy own hands hav<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> made: who fille&s;t me with thy loving kindne&s;s every Morning and keepe&s;t me in Peace and Safety in the Night &s;ea&s;on.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>I confe&s;s, O Lord, that I am altogether Vanity, a &s;hadow of Death, a dark Dungeon, a bar|ren and empty Ground, where no Water is, but deluges of Wrath and Confu&s;ion: But, O Lord, I abhor my &s;elf, and re|pent
<PB N="31" REF="15"> before thee in du&s;t and a&s;hes; and as Sins of Infirmity have thrown me down, rai&s;e me up again, I be&s;eech thee, by the Gift of Penitence, that I may lead a holy Life with all Humility, Truth and Ju&s;tice, Godline&s;s and Hone&s;ty, in this pre&s;ent World.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>I ble&s;s thy holy Name for thy Care and Protection over me this Night; that thou ha&s;t &s;afe|ly brought me to the beginning of this day, delivering me from the &s;hadow of Death O Lord continue thy wonted goodne&s;s towards me this Day, and grant that all my Prayers, Words, Works and Actions, may begin and end in thy Glory.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Keep me, O Lord, I be|&s;eech thee, this day without,
<PB N="32" REF="16"> &s;in, and &s;o repleni&s;h me with thy Favour and Grace that my heart may rejoyce and delight in thy prai&s;es. Deliver me, O Lord, from lying Lips, and from a deceitful Tongue; keep me from the Snare of the Hun|ter, and from the noi&s;om and infectious Pe&s;tilence; from deadly Vexation, mortal Sick|ne&s;s, and &s;udden Death.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Protect me in the day of my Trouble; give me a contented Mind, which may remain unto me a continual Fea&s;t, in what|&s;oever changes or chances may befall me in this tran&s;itory Life. Grant that I may yield up my &s;elf to thy good Plea&s;ure in all things, and be obedient un|to tho&s;e holy Commandments which thou ha&s;t appointed for my Rule and Guide. So that
<PB N="33" REF="16"> at the la&s;t I may find, that in keeping thy Holy Laws there is great Reward: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for thy Son's &s;ake, my only Redeemer.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Monday</HI> Noon: For Forgivene&s;s of Sins.</HEAD>
<P>O God the &s;earcher of all hearts, and from whom no &s;ecrets are hid, but are laid open to thine all-&s;eeing Eye; I here ac|knowledge my Sins unto thee, and mine Iniquities, which are many in number: I come unto thee, O Lord, who art the fountain of all goodne&s;s, and forgive&s;t all tho&s;e that with hearty Repentance come unto thee: Pardon and remit all tho&s;e Sins, which this day I have committed again&s;t thy Divine Maje&s;ty. Purge me with Hy&s;|&s;op
<PB N="34" REF="17"> and I &s;hall be clean; wa&s;h me, and I &s;hall be whiter than Snow: Let the dew of thy Fa|vour, and the fire of thy Love, blot out all my Sins and purifie my Soul.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Create in me a clean Heart, and renew a right Spirit within me: Let me not be for ever &s;e|parated from the &s;weet refre&s;h|ings of thy Favourand pre&s;ence; but give me the comfort of thy help again, and let thy free Spirit loo&s;e me from the bon|dage of Sin, and e&s;tabli&s;h me in the freedom and liberty of the Sons of God: So &s;hall I prai&s;e thy Name, and evermore &s;ing of thy Righteou&s;ne&s;s in the Congregation of thy redeemed ones, now, henceforth, and for ever.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="35" REF="17">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Monday</HI> Night: For Pre&s;ervation.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord mo&s;t Holy, I prai&s;e and magnifie thy holy Name for pre&s;erving of me this Day both in Soul and Body. O thou who art <HI>Alpha</HI> and <HI>O|mega,</HI> ble&s;s and defend me with thy heavenly Grace this Night: let my re&s;t be in thee, and grant that neither much &s;leep overwhelm me, nor Satan in|vade me: though my Eyes &s;leep, yet, O Lord, keep my Heart waking; le&s;t the &s;ubtle Tempter overtake me, and I &s;leep in perpetual &s;ilence. Keep me in the arms of thy Provi|dence; give &s;leep to my Eyes and &s;lumber unto my Eye-lids; compa&s;s me about, and rai&s;e me up again to the joyful &s;ight
<PB N="36" REF="18"> of the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ext Morning Light; and a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ter this mi&s;erable Life is ended, grant that in thy Light I may &s;ee Light for evermore.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Tue&s;day:</HI> For defence of our Innocenc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, and again&s;t the malice of our Ene|mies.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord, my God in thee have I put my tru&s;t: Save me from all them that per&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">cute me, and deliver me.</P>
<P>Le&s;t he devour my Soul like a Lion; and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.</P>
<P>O Lord my God, if I have done any &s;uch thing, o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">f there be any wickedne&s;s in my hands;</P>
<P>If I have rewarded evil unto him that d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">al<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> friendly with <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e&punc; yea I have delivered him that without any cau&s;e is mine Enemy:</P>
<P>Then let <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> Enemy per&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">cute
<PB N="37" REF="18"> my S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> and take me: Yea, let him <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ead my life down upon the Earth, and l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">y mine honour in the du&s;t</P>
<P>Stand up, O Lord, in thy wr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">th, and lift up thy &s;elf; becau&s;e of the indignation of mine Enemies, ari&s;e up f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r me in the judgment that thou ha&s;t commanded.</P>
<P>And &s;o &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ll the Congregation of the people come about thee: For their &s;akes therefore lift up thy &s;el<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> again.</P>
<P>The Lord &s;hall judge the peo|ple: Give &s;entence with me, O Lord, according to my righteou&s;|ne&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, and accord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ng to the inno|cenc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> that is in me.</P>
<P>O let the wickedne&s;s of the un|godly come to an end; but guide thou the ju&s;t.</P>
<P>For the righteous God trieth the very heart and reins.</P>
<P>My Help cometh of God, which pre&s;erveth them that are true of heart.</P>
<PB N="38" REF="19">
<P>God is a righteous Judge, &s;trong and patient; and God is provoked every day.</P>
<P>If a man will not turn, he will whet his &s;word; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.</P>
<P>He hath prepared for him the in&s;truments of death: he ordained his arrows again&s;t the per&s;ecutors.</P>
<P>Behold he travaileth with mi&s;|chief: he hath conceived &s;orrow and brought forth ungodline&s;s.</P>
<P>He hath graven and digged up a pit, and is fallen him&s;elf into the de&s;truction that he made for others.</P>
<P>For his travail &s;hall come upon his own head; and his wickedne&s;s &s;hall fall upon his own pate.</P>
<P>I will give thanks unto the Lord according to his righteou&s;ne&s;s, and will prai&s;e the Name of the Lord the mo&s;t High.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="39" REF="19">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> Morning: For Protection from our Enemies.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, who art a &s;trong rock of defence to all tho&s;e who tru&s;t in thee; de|liver me, I be&s;eech thee, from tho&s;e Mouths, who, like Lions roaring for their Prey, &s;eek to devour me: Abate their Pride, a&s;&s;wage their Malice, and con|found their Devices; &s;ave me from the hands of all tho&s;e who &s;eek to do me evil, and let their wickedne&s;s and Helli&s;h contri|vance come utterly to an end for evermore.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>I magnifie thy holy Name for thy pre&s;ervation of me this Night. Grant that I may walk this Day according to thy hea|venly will in all things, not re|turning
<PB N="40" REF="20"> evil for good, but on the contrary good for evil. Di&s;|per&s;e from me all clouds of Envy, Hatred or Malice which &s;eem to hover over me; and though heavine&s;s may endure for a Night; yet, O Lord, let thy Joy, and light of thy coun|tenance appear in the Morning.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Give me Grace not to rejoice in any thing that di&s;plea&s;eth thee, but evermore to delight in tho&s;e things which are mo&s;t plea&s;ing to thee, be they never &s;o di&s;agreeable to my de&s;ires. Defend me, O Lord, from all &s;hame and di&s;graces of this life; mortifie all the corrupt affecti|ons that are in me, and pardon the innumerable Sins which I have committed. Ble&s;s, pre|&s;erve and keep me this Day by thy power from &s;in, &s;hame and
<PB N="41" REF="20"> all evil, and &s;o direct me by thy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ace, that all my thoughts, words and works may plea&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hee, through the merits of Je|&s;us Chri&s;t, my only Lord and Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> Noon: For God's Grace and Favour.</HEAD>
<P>O God mo&s;t Holy, who guide&s;t and governe&s;t all tho&s;e that tru&s;t in thee; I be&s;eech thee de|fend me daily; cheri&s;h, comfort, govern, and coun&s;el me in all my enterpri&s;es, &s;o that I may employ this Day, and all the days of my Life, according to thy ble&s;&s;ed will; &s;etting thee al|ways before my eyes, and aim|ing at thy Glory.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Let me earne&s;tly &s;eek, and find thee, O my hearts de&s;ire; and
<PB N="42" REF="21"> let me hold thee fa&s;t, whom my Soul loveth; let me enjoy thee, O my &s;piritual comfort, in all my faculties, even in my heart let me po&s;&s;e&s;s thee. Be thou for ever pre&s;ent with me in all my undertakings; let thy Favour refre&s;h me, and thy Grace which is &s;ufficient for me, &s;upport me; though I walk through this valley and &s;hadow of Death, I may fear no Evil while thy rod and thy &s;taff comfort me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Convert and turn the hearts of tho&s;e which &s;eek to do me E|vil; and do hate me without a cau&s;e: keep me from their an|ger, which is fierce, and from the wrath of them which are cruel; and bring them down in their high imaginations, le&s;t they be too proud. Grant that the
<PB N="43" REF="21"> remaining part of this Day, I may walk in thy Fear; &s;o that at the la&s;t I may enter into thy Glory, through the merits of Je&s;us Chri&s;t my only Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> Night: Of Thanksgiving for God's Mercies.</HEAD>
<P>I Render thee mo&s;t humble and hearty Thanks for thy Pre&s;ervation of me this Day, and relieving me according to my &s;everal Nece&s;&s;ities. Thou ha&s;t this Day pa&s;t defended me from all Danger, given me my daily Bread, and hourly breath: continue &s;till, I be&s;eech thee, thy unde&s;erved Mercies towards me; and accept this my Eve|ning Sacrifice of Prai&s;e and Thank&s;giving.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="44" REF="22">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Let not the meanne&s;s of my Devotion cau&s;e thee to turn a|way thine Eyes from me, but according to thine accu&s;tomed kindne&s;s, &s;pare thy Servant, good Lord, and be not angry with him for ever. Pre&s;erve me this Night, O thou that pre&s;erve&s;t all the World; and taking my natural repo&s;e, I may through thy protection and ready help, be defended both now and ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Wedne&s;day.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Heavens declare the glo|ry of God, and the Firma|ment &s;heweth his handy-work.</P>
<P>One day telleth another; and one night certifieth another.</P>
<P>There is neither &s;peech nor lan|guage; but their voices are heard among them.</P>
<PB N="45" REF="22">
<P>Their &s;ound is gone out into all lands; and their words unto the ends of the world.</P>
<P>In them hath he &s;et a Taberna|cle for the Sun; which cometh forth as a Bridegroom out of his Chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his cour&s;e.</P>
<P>It goeth forth from the utter|mo&s;t part of the Heaven, and run|neth about unto the end of it a|gain; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.</P>
<P>The Law of the Lord is an un|defiled Law, converting the Soul; the Te&s;timony of the Lord is &s;ure, and giveth wi&s;dom unto the &s;imple.</P>
<P>The Statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart; the Commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the Eyes.</P>
<P>The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever: the judg|ments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.</P>
<P>More to be de&s;ired are they than
<PB N="46" REF="23"> gold; yea, than much fine gold; &s;weeter al&s;o than honey, and the honey-comb.</P>
<P>Moreover, by them is thy &s;er|vant taught: and in keeping of them there is great reward.</P>
<P>Who can tell how oft he offen|deth? O clean&s;e thou me from my &s;ecret faults.</P>
<P>Keep thy &s;ervant al&s;o from pre|&s;umptuous &s;ins, le&s;t they get the dominion over me: &s;o &s;hall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence.</P>
<P>Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in thy &s;ight,</P>
<P>O Lord my &s;trength and my re|deemer.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="47" REF="23">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> Mor|ning; For Repentance.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal God, before whom all Creatures both in Hea|ven and Earth do bow, fear and tremble; I a mo&s;t wretch|ed and mi&s;erable Creature, de|jected with the weighty burthen of my Sins, fly unto thee for Succour. Plant in my heart the Fear of thy Name, and in my body the purity and cleanne&s;s of Charity; and let them abide there for ever. Clean&s;e me from all my &s;ecret Sins, and pre|&s;erve me from pre&s;umptuous and great Offences: Touch my heart, O God, with true Re|pentance, that thy Judgments pre&s;ent and imminent, may be prevented and removed; and the overflowing &s;ilver &s;tream and
<PB N="48" REF="24"> current of thy Mercies, be never at an end.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Be gracious to my Relations in the fle&s;h, my Friends in the &s;pi|rit, with all tho&s;e to whom I am any way bounden, or de&s;ire to be commended unto thee in my Prayers and Supplications. Ex|pel, O Lord, and ca&s;t out of my heart all evil Imagination, Hatred, Malice, and all Uncha|ritablene&s;s, and what&s;oever is contrary to thy holy Command|ments.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>I prai&s;e thy holy Name for thy pre&s;ervation of me this Night pa&s;t, for the Gifts and Graces of thy Ble&s;&s;ed Spirit; as Faith in thy Promi&s;es, Hope of a bet|ter Life when this is ended, and &s;trength again&s;t all the tempta|tions of Satan; all which have
<PB N="49" REF="24"> proceeded from the Fountain of thy Mercy: As thou ha&s;t of thy Providence kept me ever &s;ince I was born, and in Mercy pre|&s;erved me the beginning of this Week, &s;o to my Comfort grant me the continuance of the &s;ame, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t, my only Redeemer and Advocate.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> Noon: For God's particular Care of us.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, I cry un|to thee for Mercy, by rea|&s;on my Sins cry again&s;t me for Ju&s;tice; all the day long will I lift up my Heart unto thee: &s;hut not thine Ear, O Lord, but hear my complaint, and that right &s;oon. Let me in all things &s;ee that I am upheld by thee: Let me perceive it is thy Work, by the Health of my
<PB N="50" REF="25"> Body and Peace of my Con|&s;cience in the Gift of my Mind, the Credit of my Name, and the Work of my Calling.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>But, alas, can there be greater Mercies, O Lord, than thou ha&s;t already expre&s;&s;ed towards me! for whil&s;t I have enjoyed all thy Mercies, others have lived in penury and want, in ignorance, profanene&s;s, and without thee in the World.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>What can I render unto the Lord for all his Mercies towards me? Let me not pledge <HI>Jo&s;eph</HI>'s Botler in his Cup of Oblivion, but <HI>David</HI> rather in his Cup of Salvation; and if my &s;ingle heart be too barren of thankful|ne&s;s, let me borrow a <HI>magnificat</HI> O my Soul, to magnifie Thee O Lord, and let my Spirit re|joyce
<PB N="51" REF="25"> in thee, O God my Savi|our. What &s;hall I &s;ay unto thee, O thou Redeemer of all Mankind? I will prai&s;e thy holy Name. For evermore in&s;pire me with thy Spirit, convert me from Evil, confirm me in all Goodne&s;s, and bring me at la&s;t unto thy heavenly Kingdom.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> Night: For deliverance from Sin.</HEAD>
<P>MOST merciful God, I be|&s;eech thee to open the Eyes of my under&s;tanding, that I may come to a particular knowledge of my &s;ecret Sins, e&s;pecially tho&s;e I am mo&s;t incli|ned to. Soften my hard and flinty heart, that I may &s;igh and groan under t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> weight of my mo&s;t pre&s;&s;ing &s;ins; and ac|knowledge
<PB N="50" REF="26">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="51" REF="26">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="52" REF="27"> them a Burthen too heavy for me to bear.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Stir up in me all dull and dead Affections, that I may hunger and thir&s;t after thee, the well|&s;pring of Life. Forgive me all my mi&s;demeanours of this day pa&s;t; make me to remember, that Sin is filthy and loath&s;ome, even in the greate&s;t plea&s;ure and act thereof; teach me to keep a continual watch over my inward and outward Man, whereby I may be afraid to commit the lea&s;t Sin, that &s;o I may walk according to thy ho|ly will in all things.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Give me this Night &s;weet and comfortable re&s;t, and fit me, O Lord, for the duties and &s;ervice of the next day: Turn from me O Lord tho&s;e judgments which
<PB N="53" REF="27"> my &s;ins have ju&s;tly de&s;erved, and renew tho&s;e hopes which thou ha&s;t been plea&s;ed to fru&s;trate; crown me with tho&s;e ble&s;&s;ings, which thou ha&s;t promi&s;ed to all the&s;e that fear thy Name, &s;o that at the la&s;t I may attain everla&s;t|ing Happine&s;s, and live with thee in perpetual peace and &s;afety for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Thur&s;day.</HI></HEAD>
<P>O Sing unto the Lord a new &s;ong; for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm hath he gotten him&s;elf the victory.</P>
<P>The Lord declared his Salvati|on: his R<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ghteou&s;ne&s;s hath he o|penly &s;hewed in the &s;ight of the Heathen.</P>
<P>He hath remembred his Mercy and Truth towards the Hou&s;e of I&s;rael; and all the ends of the
<PB N="54" REF="28"> world have &s;een the &s;alvation of our God.</P>
<P>Shew your &s;elves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands; &s;ing, re|joice, and give thanks.</P>
<P>Prai&s;e the Lord upon the harp: &s;ing to the harp with a P&s;alm of Thank&s;giving.</P>
<P>With trumpets al&s;o and &s;hawms: O &s;hew your &s;elves joyful before the Lord the King.</P>
<P>Let the Sea make a noi&s;e, and all that therein is; the round world, and they that dwell therein.</P>
<P>Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord; for he is come to judge the earth.</P>
<P>With righteou&s;ne&s;s &s;hall he judge the world, and the people with equity.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="55" REF="28">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> Morn|ing. A Sacrifice of Prai&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t glorious and power|ful Lord God who with thy holy arm hath gotten for me the Victory over Sin, Hell, and the Grave. I prai&s;e thee, O Lord, from the very bottom of my heart, for all thy love and boundle&s;s mercy and kind|ne&s;s; for thy holy Incarnation, Pa&s;&s;ion, Re&s;urrection and A&s;|cention into Heaven, and &s;it|ting at the right hand of God the Father; where thou make&s;t Interce&s;&s;ion for me.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>In thy merits I be&s;eech thee to look upon me: thou art that living Sacrifice that was offered up for me, and in thy Name do I offer up unto thee this my
<PB N="56" REF="29"> morning Sacrifice; evermore prai&s;ing thee, and magnifying thy holy Name. Mortifie in me all fle&s;hly Corruptions; quicken me in the inner Man: By the power of thy death let me die unto Sin, and by the power of thy Re&s;urrection, let me ri&s;e to Righteou&s;ne&s;s and newne&s;s of Life. Let the one as an antidote expel the poi&s;on of Ungodlyne&s;s, and the other as a re&s;torative excite me to Ho|line&s;s.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Enlighten my Under&s;tand|ing, that I may know thy Will; reform my Life, that I may do all things aright, and to di&s;cern Good and Evil. Teach me to fear thy Name, to neglect all things in regard of thee, to be grieved at my own and others Sins; but rejoyce exceedingly
<PB N="57" REF="29"> when&s;oever I can plea&s;e thee. Let me this Day labour, that what&s;oever I do may be plea|&s;ing in thy &s;ight; as I am thy Servant, let me depend upon thee, and as I am a Chri&s;tian, walk worthy of my Vocation and Calling.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Be gracious and favourable unto the whole Church, and ble&s;s every particular Member thereof; be good to the light of our Eyes, the breath of our No&s;trils, thy <HI>Solomon,</HI> our gra|cious King; ble&s;s thine own Tribe, the Tribe of <HI>Levi,</HI> the Nobility, Gentry, and Com|monalty, and let thy Peace re&s;t upon tho&s;e that pray for our Peace, where&s;oever di&s;per&s;ed o|ver the Face of the whole Earth. Lord keep me the remaining part of this Day in thy Truth,
<PB N="58" REF="30"> and give me Peace and true Faith in thee, now and for e|vermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> Noon: For God's Ble&s;&s;ing on our Endeavours.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal and mo&s;t gracious God, who though thou art ever infinite, yet enlarge&s;t thy &s;elf by the number of our Pray|ers, and take&s;t our often Peti|tions to thee to be an addition to thy Glory; &s;o great is thy Humility toward poor Mortals. I mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech thee, O Lord, that thine Eyes may con|tinually attend upon me, and thy Grace daily defend me from all danger: &s;uccour, cheri&s;h, and comfort me in my Nece&s;&s;ities, and govern all my coun&s;els, Studies, and Labours, &s;o that I
<PB N="59" REF="30"> may &s;pend this Day according to thy ble&s;&s;ed Will, and the di&s;|charge of my own Con&s;cience; that warily avoiding all things, that may di&s;plea&s;e thee, and &s;etting always before my Eyes thy Fear&punc; I may by the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of thy heavenly Grace, and the guidance of thy holy Spirit, work that which is acceptable and plea&s;ing unto thee, unto thy Prai&s;e and Glory, for ever.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> Night: For Deliverance from Sud|den Death.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord mo&s;t holy, the giver of all good things, and the protector of all tho&s;e that love thee, I give thee mo&s;t humble and hearty thanks, nor only for thy pre&s;ervation of me this
<PB N="60" REF="31"> day, but all my life; O Lord forgive me the Offences I have committed again&s;t thee this Day, blot out all my &s;ins with the blood of thy dear Son <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;us Chri&s;t, and I be&s;eech thee for his &s;ake remember them no more.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Vouch&s;afe, O Lord, to extend thine accu&s;tomed goodne&s;s, and protection over me this Night, that I may peaceably and quiet|ly take my re&s;t, which thou ha&s;t appointed for the refre&s;h|ing of my wearied and weak body: and I be&s;eech thee to de|fend me, that nothing hurt me; keep me al&s;o, good Lord, from &s;udden and unprovided Death, and pre&s;erve me by the guard of thy holy Angels, that I may en|joy my re&s;t this Night in thee until the Morning, and then give
<PB N="61" REF="31"> my &s;elf to the fulfilling of my Duty, the di&s;charge of my Em|ployment, and the working of thy will unto my life's end.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>In who&s;e Name I referr my &s;elf wholly to the Almighty Protection, even in the Name of thy ble&s;&s;ed Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t the Righteous; be&s;eeching thee that when this Life &s;hall have an end, and my la&s;t &s;leep being come, I may take my everla&s;t|ing Re&s;t with thee in thy hea|venly Kingdom; for the which Kingdom, I do heartily be&s;eech thee of thine ine&s;timable good|ne&s;s, to fit and prepare me and all other thy Servants to the at|tainment of the &s;ame; for the glory of thy holy Name, and the everla&s;ting comfort of our own Souls.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<PB N="62" REF="32">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Friday,</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Lord, even the mo&s;t mighty God hath &s;poken, and called the world, from the ri&s;ing up of the Sun unto the go|ing down thereof.</P>
<P>Out of S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">on hath God appeared in perfect beauty.</P>
<P>Our God &s;hall com<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> and &s;hall not keep &s;ilence; there &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll go before him a con&s;uming fir<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">; and a mighty tempe&s;t &s;hall be &s;tirred up round about him.</P>
<P>He &s;hall call the Heaven from above, and the Earth, that he m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">y judge his People.</P>
<P>Gather my Saints together unto me: tho&s;e that have made a Cove|nant with me with Sacrifice.</P>
<P>And the Heavens &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll declare his Righteou&s;ne&s;s; for God is Judge him&s;elf.</P>
<P>Hear, O my People, and I will &s;peak: I my &s;elf will te&s;tifie again&s;t
<PB N="63" REF="32"> thee, O I&s;rael; for I am God, e|ven thy God.</P>
<P>I will not reprove thee becau&s;e of thy Sacrifices, or for thy Burnt|offerings; becau&s;e they were not always before me.</P>
<P>I will take no Bullock out of thine hou&s;e, nor He-goats out of thy fold.</P>
<P>For all the Bea&s;ts of the Fore&s;t are mine, and &s;o are the Cattle upon a thou&s;and hills.</P>
<P>I know all the Fowls upon the mountains: and the wild Bea&s;ts of the field are in my &s;ight.</P>
<P>If I be hungry, I will not tell thee; for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.</P>
<P>Thinke&s;t thou that I will eat Bulls fle&s;h, and drink the blood of Goats?</P>
<P>Offer unto God thank&s;giving; and pay thy vows unto the mo&s;t highe&s;t.</P>
<P>And call upon me in the time of trouble; &s;o will I hear thee, and thou &s;halt prai&s;e me.</P>
<PB N="64" REF="33">
<P>But unto the ungodly, &s;aid God, why do&s;t thou preach my Laws, and take&s;t my Covenant in thy mouth?</P>
<P>Whereas thou hate&s;t to be re|formed, and ha&s;t ca&s;t my Words behind thee.</P>
<P>When thou &s;awe&s;t a thief, thou con&s;ented&s;t unto him; and h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t been partaker with the Adulterers.</P>
<P>Thou ha&s;t let thy mouth &s;peak wickedne&s;s, and with thy tongue thou ha&s;t &s;et forth deceit.</P>
<P>Thou &s;ate&s;t and &s;pake&s;t again&s;t thy Brother; yea, and ha&s;t &s;lan|dered thine own Mother's Son.</P>
<P>The&s;e things ha&s;t thou done, and I held my tongue: and thou thoughte&s;t wickedly, that I am even &s;uch a one as they &s;elf; but I will reprove thee, and &s;et before thee the things that thou ha&s;t done.</P>
<P>O con&s;ider this, ye that forg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t God, le&s;t I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.</P>
<P>Who&s;o offereth me thanks and prai&s;e, he honoureth me: and to
<PB N="65" REF="33"> him that ordereth his conver&s;ati|tion aright, will I &s;hew the &s;alva|tion of God.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Friday</HI> Morning: A Confe&s;&s;ion of Sins.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t mighty and merci|ful God, I pre&s;ume to pre&s;ent my &s;elf this Morning before thy Divine Maje&s;ty, to offer up unto thee this my early &s;acrifice; but in the performance of it, I make known my unwor|thine&s;s and di&s;clo&s;e my Weak|ne&s;s, and exceedingly di&s;cover my imperfections and wretch|edne&s;s.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>For, alas, I draw near unto thee with my lips, but my heart is far from thee; I call upon thee with my tongue, but my
<PB N="66" REF="34"> &s;oul at the &s;ame time commits wickedne&s;s again&s;t thee: My righteou&s;ne&s;s comes &s;hort of the Scribes and Phari&s;ees, and are but as filthy Rags: my holine&s;s but as a morning Dew, yea all my actions of Devotion (if weighed in thy Balance) are but abomination in thy &s;ight: From the &s;oal of the Foot, un|to the crown of the Head, I am altogether polluted and un|clean; yea nothing to be found in me but wounds, and putre|fied &s;ores, imprinted and &s;tam|ped into my &s;oul and fle&s;h by the cu&s;tom of my Sin.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HEAD>
<P>My Eyes are full of Vanity, my Ears full of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">niquity, my Hands of Impurity, my Will perver&s;e to that which is Good, my Remembrance affable <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nd plea&s;ing to that which is Evil,
<PB N="67" REF="34"> my Under&s;tanding is darkned, my Con&s;cience &s;eared, my Head full of mi&s;chief, my feet &s;wift to &s;hed blood; De&s;truction and Wickedne&s;s are in all my ways, and the way of Peace have I not known.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Since then, O Lord, that my Sins are &s;o great and grievous again&s;t thy Law and again&s;t thy Go&s;pel, if thou &s;houlde&s;t be &s;o extream as to mark again&s;t me what I have done ami&s;s, who is able to abide it? If thou &s;hould&s;t call me &s;uddenly to a &s;trict ac|count, how &s;hould I &s;hew my Face? If I deny waht is laid to my charge, my Con&s;cience will accu&s;e me; If I for&s;wear, the dumb and &s;en&s;ele&s;s Creatures will bear witne&s;s again&s;t me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Whom have I in Heaven but
<PB N="68" REF="35"> thee, and there is no Friend in the Earth beneath, which I have in compari&s;on of thee, no other Mediator among&s;t Men and An|gels, but even thine only be|gotten Son Chri&s;t Je&s;us, in whom only thou art well plea|&s;ed? by the virtue of who&s;e Death and Pa&s;&s;ion, and the re|membrance of who&s;e precious blood, which trickled down from his &s;ide, wa&s;h me from my &s;ins; and be&s;prinkle my polluted Heart from an evil Con&s;cience.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>And I be&s;eech thee O Lord, not only to wa&s;h away my &s;ins with the blood of thine imma|culate Lamb, but al&s;o to purge my heart by thine only Spirit, from the dro&s;s of my natural Corruptions, that I may feel thy Spirit more and more, kil|ling Sin in the power &amp; practice
<PB N="69" REF="35"> thereof; &s;o that I may with more freedom of mind and li|berty of will, &s;erve thee the e|ver&punc; living God, in Righteou&s;ne&s;s and Holine&s;s this Day, and all the days of my Life, for ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Friday</HI> Noon: For God's Direction.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord mo&s;t holy, I be&s;eech thee to direct all my ways, correct my wanderings, and erect my wild and worldly Thoughts unto thee, the God of my Salvation. Learn me that divine Art of living in thy Fear, to labour in thy Ser|vice, and evermore run &s;wiftly in the ways of thy Command|ments. Direct my Thoughts, Words and Works; pre&s;erve and ble&s;s me in my going out and
<PB N="70" REF="36"> coming in; and grant that what|&s;oever my heart &s;hall think, my tongue utter, or my hands ex|erci&s;e this day, may tend to the glory of thy holy Name, the good of others, and the com|fort of my own Con&s;cience.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>End the&s;e &s;inful days; O ble&s;&s;ed Redeemer, and ha&s;ten thy coming; and give me Grace to &s;tand ready prepared to meet thee, who art the &s;weet Bride|groom of my Soul; that at thy coming, whether it be by the hour of Death, or at the day of Judgment, I may joyfully pro|nounce tho&s;e ble&s;&s;ed words of, Come, Lord <HI>Je&s;us,</HI> come quickly.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Deliver me, O Lord, from all tho&s;e heavy Judgments which hang over my head as due unto me for my Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions: &s;e|parate
<PB N="71" REF="36"> them as far from thy pre|&s;ence in di&s;tance, as the Ea&s;t is from the We&s;t; bury them all in thy Grave, that they neither ri&s;e to &s;hame me in this Life, nor condemn me in the World to come: To whom be a&s;cribed for thine infinite Mercy, all Honour, Prai&s;e and Glory, from this time forth and for ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Friday</HI> Night: Again&s;t carnal Security.</HEAD>
<P>O Merciful Father, I here pro|&s;trate my &s;elf in all humi|lity and reverence of heart and mind, be&s;eeching thee to guide and protect me this Night with thy ble&s;&s;ed Spirit, and though my &s;inful fle&s;h &s;hall &s;lumber and &s;leep, yet grant that my Soul may continually <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e vigi|lant.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="72" REF="37">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Let not the Enemy come up|on me unawares and find me &s;lumbering or &s;leeping, as rocked in the Cradle of carnal Security; le&s;t I being unarm'd and de&s;ti|tute of thy favour and help, he enter into the Hou&s;e of my &s;in|ful Body, and their takes po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of my leprous Soul; and endanger both to be thrown in|to the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brim&s;tone.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Make me to con&s;ider that my Bed is but a pattern of the Grave, and that when I lay my &s;elf down in it, I cannot ri&s;e up unle&s;s thy heavenly Providence enables me. Teach me to ac|knowledge that &s;leep is the very Figure and Image of Death, to who&s;e &s;troak at thy appointed time, I mu&s;t &s;ubmit and re&s;ign
<PB N="73" REF="37"> my &s;elf; endue me with Love and Charity to all Men; let my Lamp, O Lord, be filled with fre&s;h Oil, that when&s;oever thy Me&s;&s;enger, Death, approaches, and knocks at the Gate of this mortal Body, I may at his Summons in the day of the Re|&s;urrection of the Dead, be rea|dy to attend on thee my Bride with my Lamp burning.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Let me be ever mindful of the great and la&s;t day, wherein I mu&s;t render an account of e|very idle thought, word, and work, and grant I may be pre|pared with Faith and Repen|tance, as with a Wedding-Gar|ment, again&s;t the time that thou, O Lord, &s;halt call for me out of this &s;inful World. In the mean time, let me fly from Sin as from a Serpent, and from
<PB N="74" REF="38"> unrighteou&s;ne&s;s as from a Cock|atrice, and above all things &s;eek thy Glory; and when this mor|tal Life is ended I may be made partaker of Immortality, and Life Eternal, in thy mo&s;t ble&s;&s;ed and glorious Kingdom.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Let thy Mercy and Loving|kindne&s;s follow me, O Lord, all the days of my Life, that I may dwell in thy Hou&s;e and e|vermore prai&s;e thy holy Name? grant that I may in the acknow|ledgment of thy greatne&s;s, con|fe&s;s my own unworthine&s;s; and vi&s;it me, O Lord, by driving from me all the A&s;&s;aults of my Enemies, both gho&s;tly and bo|dily.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Let thy holy Angel be with me, to keep me this Night, and evermore; fit me for the duties
<PB N="75" REF="38"> of the next day, if it be thy heavenly will to &s;pare me this Night&punc; this, O Lord, I beg at thy merciful Hands, through the Merits and Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Gho&s;t, now and for ever.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<HEAD>Meditations for <HI>Saturday.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I Will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he &s;hall hearken unto me.</P>
<P>In the time of my trouble I &s;ought the Lord: my &s;ore ran and cea&s;ed not in the night &s;ea&s;on my Soul refu&s;ed comfort.</P>
<P>When I am in heavine&s;s, I wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l think upon God; when my heart is vexed I will complain.</P>
<P>Thou holde&s;t mine eyes waking; I am &s;o feeble that I cannot &s;peak.</P>
<PB N="76" REF="39">
<P>I have con&s;idered the days of old, and the years that are pa&s;t.</P>
<P>I call to remembrance my Song; and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and &s;earch out my Spirits.</P>
<P>Will the Lord ab&s;ent him&s;elf for ever? and will he be no more intreated?</P>
<P>Is his mercy clean gone for e|ver? and his Promi&s;e come utter|ly to an end for evermore?</P>
<P>Hath God forgotten to be gra|cious? and will he &s;hut up his lo|ving kindne&s;s in di&s;plea&s;ure?</P>
<P>And I &s;aid it is mine own infir|mity; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the mo&s;t highe&s;t.</P>
<P>I will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind thy wonders of old time.</P>
<P>I will think al&s;o of all thy works; and my talking &s;hall be of thy doings.</P>
<P>Thy way, O God, is holy: who
<PB N="77" REF="39"> is &s;o great a God as our God?</P>
<P>Thou art the God that do&s;t wonders, and ha&s;t declared thy power among the people.</P>
<P>Thou ha&s;t mightily delivered thy people; even the Sons of Ja|cob and Jo&s;eph.</P>
<P>The Waters &s;aw thee, O God, the Waters &s;aw thee and were afraid; the Depths were troubled.</P>
<P>The Clouds al&s;o poured out Water, the Air thundred, and thine Arrows went abroad.</P>
<P>The voice of thy Thunder was heard round about; the Lightning &s;hone upon the Ground, the Earth was moved, and &s;hook withal.</P>
<P>Thy way is in the Sea and thy paths in the great Waters; and thy foot&s;teps are not known.</P>
<P>Thou leade&s;t thy People like Sheep by the hand of Mo&s;es and Aaron.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="78" REF="40">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Saturday</HI> Morning: For God's Providence.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t gracious God, I yield thee humble and hearty thanks for pre&s;erving and de|fending me this night pa&s;t from all tho&s;e Perils and Dangers, which poor Du&s;t and A&s;hes are &s;ubject to fall into. Had I not been pre&s;erved by thy almighty Providence, I had long &s;ince, both Body and Soul, been car|ried into everla&s;ting Perdition; but thou art a God infinite in Mercy, and who&s;e compa&s;&s;ions fail not towards poor Sinners, by &s;upporting them in their &s;e|veral nece&s;&s;ities.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Vouch&s;afe, O Lord, to for|give what&s;oever I have commit|ted again&s;t thy divine Maje&s;ty
<PB N="79" REF="40"> this Night, either &s;leeping or waking; or at any other time, &s;ecretly or openly: Grant unto me unfeigned Repentance, and newne&s;s of Life; open unto me, O Lord, that ever-&s;treaming Fountain, which thou ha&s;t o|pened for Sinners, even the Blood of thy dear Son Chri&s;t Je&s;us; and which thou ha&s;t promi&s;ed under the <HI>New Te&s;ta|ment</HI> to open to the penitent of the Hou&s;e of <HI>David.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Give unto me thy holy Spirit which thou ha&s;t promi&s;ed to give (to the World's end) un|to all thine elect People, and let the &s;ame thine holy Com|forter purge my heart, heal my Corruptions, &s;anctifie my Na|ture, and con&s;ecrate my Soul and Body, that they may be|come lively Temples, to &s;erve
<PB N="80" REF="41"> thee in Righteou&s;ne&s;s and Ho|line&s;s all the days of my Life. Give me, I earne&s;tly be&s;eech thee, a &s;upply of all tho&s;e Graces I &s;tand in need of, with an in|crea&s;e of all tho&s;e good Gifts thou ha&s;t endowed me with.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>As thou ha&s;t now wakened my Body from Sleep, &s;o, I be|&s;eech thee, rou&s;e my Soul from the &s;leep of Sin and carnal Secu|rity; give me Grace, as a Child of Light, to walk in all holy Obedience before thee this day; and grant me to endeavour to keep Faith and a good Con&s;ci|ence towards Thee, and to|wards all Men.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>To this end I recommend my &s;elf, with all my ways, thoughts, words, and actions, (together with all that belongs to me)
<PB N="81" REF="41"> unto thy divine Protection, praying thee to keep both them and me from all Evil, and to give a Ble&s;&s;ing to all my under|takings this Day, and for ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Saturday</HI> Noon: For Tranquility of Spirit.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t merciful God, and loving Father, who be|holde&s;t all the dwellers upon Earth; and none can live with|out thy arm of Providence &s;up|ports him: No &s;ooner do I en|ter upon the Affairs of this World, but I am &s;urrounded about with a cloud of Mi&s;eries; the Fle&s;h provokes me to Lu&s;t, the World allures me to Plea|&s;ures, and the Devil tempts me to commit all manner of Wick|edne&s;s.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="82" REF="42">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Fears of Enemies abroad a|fright me, Wrongs of ill Neigh|bours do oppre&s;s me, Cares for the things of this Life do con|&s;ume me, and even all the day long &s;omething or other doth afflict and torment me. Adver|&s;ity on the one hand frets me, and Pro&s;perity on the other hand flatters me. Over my head Heaven's Vengeance, due to my Sins, is ready to fall hea|vy upon me; and under my feet Hell gapes ready to de|vour me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Amid&s;t tho&s;e many toils and perplexities, where to find re&s;t I know not, or to fly for &s;uc|cour, but to thee, O Lord, mo&s;t holy and mighty; direct me and guide me in the&s;e difficul|ties, protect me from the&s;e Pe|rils
<PB N="83" REF="42"> and dangers, &s;ettle me in a cour&s;e of Godline&s;s, and let me walk, &s;oberly and circum&s;pect|ly, as becometh a Good Chri|&s;tian, &s;pending and ending that &s;mall remnant of days which thou ha&s;t allotted me in this World, in thy Fear and Service.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Teach me &s;o to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto true Wi&s;dom. Make me wi&s;e unto Salvation, &s;imple to that which is Evil, and prone to that which is Good. Fructifie me unto good works, and grant that I may be Charitable, Peace|able and Con&s;cionable towards all men, now and for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="84" REF="43">
<HEAD>A Prayer for <HI>Saturday</HI> Night: For Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, I humbly be&s;eech thee to bury all my Sins and Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions in thy Grave, which I have committed from my Infancy, unto this pre&s;ent, again&s;t thy divine Ma|je&s;ty. Be thou, O Lord, my light in darkne&s;s, then &s;hall my light &s;hine clear as the day.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>O God, the Father of Hea|ven, have mercy upon me, and ble&s;s me; O God, the Son, Re|deemer of all the World, pre|&s;erve and keep me; O holy and ble&s;&s;ed Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son, deliver me this Night from all Sin and Evil; O holy ble&s;&s;ed and glo|rious Trinity, Three Per&s;ons
<PB N="85" REF="43"> and One God, direct, guide, and &s;anctifie me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Be thou my protector and defender amid&s;t all dangers, that when I lay me down to re&s;t, I may fear no Evil: And grant, O Lord, at my la&s;t hour thy &s;piritual illumination; that when my &s;trength faileth, and the light of my Eyes is depar|ted from me, mine Ears wax deaf, and my Mouth dumb, and all my &s;en&s;es have for&s;aken me; then infu&s;e &s;ome &s;en&s;e into me of eternal Life, that I may ta&s;te and reli&s;h, in this mortal Body, the beginning of thy everla&s;ting Comfort; that at my departure out of this World, I may, by the Eye of Faith, behold the divine Pre&s;ence.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Open my Eyes more and
<PB N="86" REF="44"> more, that I may di&s;cern the wonderous works of thy Law; and open thou, O Lord, like|wi&s;e my Lips, that my Mouth and Tongue may &s;hew forth thy Prai&s;e, and extol thy great and glorious Name. Prepare my Heart, O Lord, I be&s;eech thee, for thy divine Service, this next day following: It is thy holy-day; O fit me for the &s;anctifying of the &s;ame, that I may not &s;pend it on my Lu&s;ts and the plea&s;ures of Sin, but dedicate it wholly to thy Ho|nour and Glory.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Let my chief delight be to cea&s;e from the works of Sin, as well as from my worldly Em|ployment, that I may, through thy Ble&s;&s;ing, feel in my Heart the beginning of that eternal Sabbath, which is Joy un&s;peak|able
<PB N="87" REF="44"> and full of Glory. Go|vern, O Lord, my heart in thy Fear, and guide and &s;teer all the whole cour&s;e of my Life in thy Favour: Fit and prepare me a|gain&s;t the hour of Death, and day of Di&s;&s;olution, that if thou &s;houlde&s;t this Night make my Bed in the Grave of Silence, I may live and die unto thee, who live&s;t for ever; to whom be a&s;cribed all Power and Glory, Adoration and Subjection, now and for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="confession">
<HEAD>An humble Confe&s;&s;ion of Sins, before the mo&s;t holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t holy Lord God, who, according to the multi|tude of thy tender Mercies, do&s;t put away the Sins of all tho&s;e that truly repent, and remem|bre&s;t
<PB N="88" REF="45"> them no more. Open, O Lord, I be&s;eech thee, the Eyes of thy boundle&s;s Mercy, and fa|therly Compa&s;&s;ion upon me, the mo&s;t unworthy of all thy Servants: from the very bot|tom of my heart I earne&s;tly im|plore thy pardon and forgive|ne&s;s for all my pa&s;t Sins and Offences; the number of them exceeds the ordinary expecta|tion of thy Mercy, and are &s;o heinous that they can plead no excu&s;e: the &s;ad Account being ca&s;t up, is no le&s;s than the breach of all thy holy Commandments, both in Thought, Word, and Deed: thy Mercy and Goodne&s;s, which &s;hould have led me to Re|pentance, I have abu&s;ed: I have &s;lighted thy Judgments, and thy Puni&s;hments have I not feared; I have utterly neglected the means of my own Salvation,
<PB N="89" REF="45"> and by my Wickedne&s;s have mo&s;t grievou&s;ly provoked thy Wrath and Indignation again&s;t me? my Life which &s;hould have been wholly devoted to thy Ser|vice, I have mi&s;pent in the de&s;ire and &s;inful Lu&s;ts of the Fle&s;h: my ways have been evil, and that continually; the &s;ecret cogitations of my heart mo&s;t wicked, and &s;o dete&s;table hath the whole cour&s;e of my Life been, that my heart is vexed within me, and my &s;oul trem|bleth to look up to heaven for Mercy, for fear of thy di&s;plea|&s;ure. If therefore thou O Lord, &s;hould&s;t be extream to mark what I have done ami&s;s, and take Vengeance for my Sins, I &s;hould be as Chaff before the face of the Wind, and in Ju&s;tice might be &s;wept away into the place of everla&s;ting Torment.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="90" REF="46">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>But, O Lord, from thy e|ver flowing Fountain there is Mercy, that thou may'&s;t be fear|ed; thou art a God of all Com|fort and Con&s;olation, a merci|ful, loving, and gracious Father, ready and willing to hear all penitent Sinners, that with hear|ty Repentance, and true Faith come unto thee: I come unto thee therefore, in the name of Je&s;us Chri&s;t the Righteous, thy beloved Son, and my ble&s;&s;ed Redeemer; I humbly pro&s;trate my &s;elf before the Throne of thy Mercy-&s;eat, provided with no other hope but what pro|ceeds from the greatne&s;s of thy Clemency; for his &s;ake only have Mercy upon me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>In all humility of Spirit, and with hearty Contrition, I &s;ub|mit
<PB N="91" REF="46"> my Soul and Body to thy Goodne&s;s, be&s;eeching thee not to let my Sins be as a Cloud to intercept between my Prayers and thy Pity, thy Goodne&s;s and my nece&s;&s;ities: blot all my Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions out of thy re|membrance, the Sins of my Youth, or Sins of my Age; Sins of my Body, or Sins of my Soul; the Sins that I know, and the Sins that I know not; Sins of Remi&s;sne&s;s, Omi&s;&s;ion, and Com|mi&s;&s;ion; all notorious and pre|&s;umptuous Sins; Sins of Pride, Envy, Hatred, Malice, and all Uncharitablene&s;s; [<HI>here men|tion thy particular Sins</HI>] from all which, good Lord deliver me; and grant me a full and a free Pardon, perfect Remi&s;&s;ion and Ab&s;olution for the &s;ame.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>As one deep calleth upon ano|ther,
<PB N="92" REF="47"> with the prophet <HI>David,</HI> out of the Depth of my Mi&s;ery, I cry unto thee for the depth of thy Mercy. O Lord, hear my Petitions, and hold not thy peace at my Tears: con&s;ider the Contrition of my Heart, and the Sorrow of my Soul; and by the Merits of his mo&s;t precious Blood that was &s;o plentifully &s;hed upon the Cro&s;s for all Pe|nitent Sinners, and True Belie|vers, wa&s;h away the multitude of my Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions, that my Soul, by thy Mercy, being clean|&s;ed from the guilt of Sin, I may be found a worthy partaker and receiver of this holy and divine My&s;tery.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>And now, O holy Lord, that I am about to receive the ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, how &s;hall
<PB N="93" REF="47"> I, that am &s;o great a Sinner, Du&s;t and A&s;hes, dare to pre|&s;ume and come into thy Sanctu|ary, or to approach thy holy Table! Thou in who&s;e &s;ight the very Heavens are not clear, and the Pillars of the Earth &s;hake at thy Pre&s;ence. What then &s;hall become of me, poor, wretched, and mi&s;erable, that I am! but O thou that art the true Balm of <HI>Gilead,</HI> ha&s;t left us a command in thy holy Go|&s;pel, <HI>Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laiden, and I will give you re&s;t,</HI> Matth. 11. 28.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Upon which Command, I come, O Lord, unto thee at this time, in a confident A&s;&s;u|rance of thy Promi&s;e in Chri&s;t Je&s;us, thou wilt have Mercy upon me, ea&s;e and refre&s;h my Soul, that is wearied with the
<PB N="94" REF="48"> burthen of my Sins; wa&s;h me and clean&s;e me throughly from all my Wickedne&s;s, and renew a right Spirit within me. Direct me in this great My&s;tery with a reverend and awful dread of thy Maje&s;ty, that all the facul|ties of my Soul and Body may rightly apprehend, and joyfully receive this eternal Food, this Bread of Life: And grant me thy heavenly Grace, that I may obtain the virtue, fruit, and be|nefits of my Saviour's Death and Pa&s;&s;ion, with a full remi&s;|&s;ion of all my Sins, and everla|&s;ting Salvation, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer before the Sacrament.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t gracious God, I hum|bly be&s;eech thee, help thy Servant, whom of thy great
<PB N="95" REF="48"> Mercy thou ha&s;t created out of nothing; repair the ruins of my Soul, and enlarge the frame of my Under&s;tanding; clean&s;e it from all filthy Corruptions, and &s;upply it with all heavenly Gra|ces, that it may be both conve|niently fit and furni&s;hed to re|ceive thee, who art a God of all Purity: O Make an entry in|to my Heart and take thy re|&s;idence there for ever; po&s;&s;e&s;s that which is thine own, both by Creation, Redemption, and Merits of that bitter Death and Pa&s;&s;ion, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving after Receiving of the ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, I prai&s;e thee for my Creation, Redem|ption and Pre&s;ervation; and by
<PB N="96" REF="49"> who&s;e Grace and Mercy I hope to be glorified; more-e&s;pecially for feeding me this Day with the precious Body and Blood of Je&s;us Chri&s;t. I will therefore offer unto thee the Sacrifice of Prai&s;e and Thank&s;giving, and always prai&s;e thy holy Name, be&s;eeching thee to pour upon my Heart the &s;weet Streams of thy Mercy: Conform my Life, confirm my Faith, and let thy Grace evermore guide me, that I may with a &s;trong a&s;&s;urance of thine infallible Truth, and promi&s;ed Mercy, vanqui&s;h and &s;ubdue what&s;oever rebelleth a|gain&s;t thy ble&s;&s;ed will.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Keep holy my Soul and Bo|dy, and &s;uffer them not to be defiled through delectation of Sin; but that my full delight and joy may be in thee, and
<PB N="97" REF="49"> walk before thee in &s;incerity of Heart and godly Conver&s;ation, that I may here on Earth glo|rifie thy Name, and after this Life, with all thy falthful flock, po&s;&s;e&s;s that everla&s;ting Inheri|tance, which thy Son, Chri&s;t Je&s;us hath purcha&s;ed with his mo&s;t precious blood. To whom with thee, and the Holy Gho&s;t, be all honour and glory, world without end.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
<EPIGRAPH>
<BIBL>John 5. 14.</BIBL>
<Q>Behold thou art made whole, &s;in no more lea&s;t a wor&s;e thing come unto thee.</Q>
</EPIGRAPH>
<EPIGRAPH>
<BIBL>Jude 25.</BIBL>
<Q>To the only wi&s;e God our Savi|our, be Glory and Maje&s;ty. Do|minion and Power, both now and ever <HI>Amen.</HI></Q>
</EPIGRAPH>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="98" REF="50">
<HEAD>A Morning Prayer for a Private Per&s;on.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal God, and mo&s;t mer|ciful Father, I thine un|worthy Servant do in all humi|lity pro&s;trate my &s;elf before thy divine Maje&s;ty, acknowledging my own Vilene&s;s, natural Cor|ruptions, and abominable Sins, which from time to time have been committed again&s;t thee. I am unworthy, O Lord, to appear in thy holy Temple, or approach the remote&s;t limits of the Place where thine Honour dwelleth.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>But I be&s;eech thee, for the &s;ake of thy dearly beloved Son, accept of this my morning Sacri|fice of Prai&s;e and Thank&s;giving for thy manifold Mercies ex|tended
<PB N="99" REF="50"> towards me this Night pa&s;t, and heretofore till this mo|ment: For my Re&s;t, Food, Raiment, Health, Peace, and Liberty, with the hopes of a better Life when this is ended: Continue thy all &s;upplying mer|cies unto me this day. Govern me with thy Fear, and compa&s;s me about with thy Favour; &s;et all my Sins to that accompt, which thy Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t, my only Saviour hath made up for them upon the Cro&s;s, and ne|ver lay any of them to my charge, but freely forgive and forget them all.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Pro&s;per, O Lord, all that I &s;hall take in hand this Day; let my directions proceed from thy holy Will, and the &s;ucce&s;s from thy merciful Hand: Give me a Competency for maintenance
<PB N="100" REF="51"> in this mortal Life, that I may with quietne&s;s of mind, and thankfulne&s;s of heart, pa&s;s my time in this vale of mi&s;ery, in doing good to all men according to my ability, without di&s;pa|ragement to my &s;elf or harm to others.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Grant the&s;e things, O Hea|venly Father, and whatever el&s;e thou &s;ee&s;t mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary for me, and all other thy Servants in the World, for the good of our Souls and Bodies; guide and conduct me in the doing and performing diligently tho&s;e things that thou ha&s;t required of me; and that the end of all my labours may tend to the Prai&s;e of thy holy Name, and the bene|fit of my poor Brethren. Grant this good Lord, I humbly be|&s;eech thee, for Je&s;us Chri&s;t his &s;ake.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="101" REF="51">
<HEAD>An Evening Prayer for a Private Per&s;on.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty and everla&s;ting God, I do confe&s;s I am unworthy of the lea&s;t of all thy Mercies; yet being bound in duty, for thy pre&s;ervation of me this day pa&s;t, and all the time of my whole Life, I offer up unto thee Prai&s;e and Thank&s;|giving for my Election, Creati|on, Redemption, Vocation, and Sanctification, with all o|ther Gifts and Graces appertain|ing to this Life, or that which is to come.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>O thou that &s;itte&s;t above the Cherubims, my tongue and lips &s;hall prai&s;e and glorifie thee, for pre&s;erving me by thy Provi|dence this Day pa&s;t, from &s;o
<PB N="102" REF="52"> many Mi&s;eries and Ca&s;ualties, which I might ju&s;tly have fal|len into, had&s;t thou entred into Judgment with me. But thou art a God full of Mercy and Compa&s;&s;ion, and pa&s;&s;e&s;t by Of|fences, to win me the more by thy patience and long-&s;uffering: make me truly thankful for thy Mercies, ready and willing to make a good improvement of thy mo&s;t gracious Forbearance, and careful to obey thy Will with Con&s;cience, Diligence, and Con&s;tancy.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Strengthen me from above with thy mighty hand, to walk in every good way without fear|fulne&s;s, and to bring forth the Fruits of a true and lively Faith in my Life and Conver&s;ation, all the days of my &s;ojourning here. Arm me with thy Grace
<PB N="103" REF="52"> and holy Spirit, again&s;t the Cor|ruptions and Vanities of the World, and Wiles and Tempta|tions of the Devil, and the Al|lurements of the Fle&s;h; and &s;o &s;ettle and frame my mind to the continual exerci&s;e of devout Prayer, hearing of thy &s;acred Word, and watching for thy coming, both in publick and private.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Keep me, O Lord, this night from all Evils which may hap|pen, either to my Body, or my Soul: Extend thy Goodne&s;s to|wards all tho&s;e that have any dependance upon me; give me &s;weet and comfortable re&s;t, that when I &s;hall awake, all my Thoughts &amp; Meditations may be on thee, and thy Law. Ble&s;s me, O Lord, all the nights and days of my Life, and at the end
<PB N="102" REF="53">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="103" REF="53">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="104" REF="54"> thereof, &s;end me a ble&s;&s;ed de|parture, and afterwards a joy|ful Re&s;urrection both of Soul and Body, unto Life eternal; grant the&s;e things, O heavenly Father for thy Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t's &s;ake, my only Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Morning Prayer for a Private Family.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty and mo&s;t mer|ciful Father, thou ha&s;t promi&s;ed, That where Two or Three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt be in the mid&s;t of them, we poor &s;inful Creatures, du&s;t and a&s;hes, here in all humility do pro&s;trate our Bodies and Souls before thee as living Monuments of thy Mercy. We are unworthy of the lea&s;t of thy mercies, yet ha&s;t thou from time to time
<PB N="105" REF="54"> made us partakers of many, for which we prai&s;e and magnifie thy holy Name, be&s;eeching thee to give us under&s;tanding Hearts, to be &s;en&s;ible of our Evils, with direction and a&s;&s;i&s;tance from thy holy Spirit to avoid the &s;ame.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>And as thou ha&s;t, O Lord, kept us this Night, in the time of darkne&s;s and dangers, &s;o we be&s;eech thee to pre&s;erve us this Day, that the Sun of Righte|ou&s;ne&s;s may rule in our Hearts, and all the darkne&s;s that lurketh in them may be &s;cattered, to the comfort of our own Souls in the day of our Lord Je&s;us. Endue us with tho&s;e Gifts and Graces thou &s;ee&s;t to be mo&s;t needful for us, and grant that with &s;in|cere Hearts &amp; pure Con&s;ciences, we may wholly employ them in thy &s;ervice to thy honour and glory.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<PB N="106" REF="55">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Continue to us, we earne&s;tly be&s;eech thee, thy ble&s;&s;ing of Health, Peace, and Maintenance, &s;o far as thou &s;ee&s;t them conve|nient for us; cha&s;e away from us all Rancour and Malice, Cove|tou&s;ne&s;s, Uncharitablene&s;s, and Unkindne&s;s, and what&s;oever is contrary to thy Law; take from us all Ignorance and Neg|ligence, and prevent all tho&s;e things that thou knowe&s;t may hinder us in our Chri&s;tian Cal|ling or Employment: Encrea&s;e our Faith, Patience and Obedi|ence, and let thy Ble&s;&s;ing be up|on this whole Family; guide us in thy Truth, protect us in our Ways, and all tho&s;e whom thou ha&s;t made dear unto us, whe|ther they be pre&s;ent or ab&s;ent.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Give us Grace, by thy Cha|&s;ti&s;ements,
<PB N="107" REF="55"> to fear thee more carefully, and to grieve for our &s;ins more heartily; let our minds be &s;et upon thee, and give us &s;uch hearts as we may learn &s;omething of every thing, and make a Spiritual u&s;e of all our Earthly Affairs here till we come to dwell with thee in the Kingdom of Glory.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s, O Lord, the univer&s;al Church, with Truth, Peace and Unity, Soundne&s;s of Doctrine, and holy Di&s;cipline; Pre&s;erve our gracious Sovereign, and all the Royal Family; Ble&s;s his Maje&s;ty's mo&s;t honourable Pri|vy Council, and all others in Authority, with nece&s;&s;ary Gra|ces.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s all Schools of Learning and good Education, e&s;pecially
<PB N="108" REF="56"> the two Univer&s;ities of this Land: Ble&s;s this City and Place wherein we live; remove the Puni&s;hment due for the Sins thereof, and give them a double portion of thy Grace, to repent in time, before the De&s;troyer enters again among&s;t them.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s all our Friends, Rela|tions, or others, for whom thou ha&s;t appointed us to make Pray|ers and Supplications; &s;trength|en them that lie upon their Beds of Sickne&s;s, &s;end them the com|fort and help of thy Spirit, that lie in angui&s;h of Con&s;cience for remor&s;e of Sin, and convert all tho&s;e that go a&s;tray from thy Commandments; teach us by their Examples to view our own Weakne&s;s, and to walk more circum&s;pectly for the time to come.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="part">
<PB N="109" REF="56">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s this Family with Grace and Peace, that all of them, from the highe&s;t to the lowe&s;t, may know their &s;everal Duties, and may rightly and duly pra|cti&s;e the &s;ame in thy fear, and unto thy glory, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t, our only Lord and Sa|viour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>An Evening Prayer for a Pri|vate Family.</HEAD>
<P>OEternal God, the Father of Mercies, and great Crea|tor of Heaven and Earth, we render thee humble and hearty Thanks for thy merciful Pre|&s;ervation of us this Day, and all the whole cour&s;e of our Lives; that thou ha&s;t brought us &s;afe through &s;o many Dan|gers and Difficulties we might
<PB N="110" REF="57"> ju&s;tly have fallen into, had not thy Arm of Providence been &s;tretched out to &s;upport us.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Morning and Evening thou take&s;t care of us, and heape&s;t upon us &s;o many Ble&s;&s;ings and Benefits, both Spiritual and Temporal; yet we neither fear thee nor &s;erve thee, as we ought to do; but thou art a God &s;low to anger, and of great pity, and art ready to forgive our mani|fold Sins, which we from time to time have committed again&s;t thee.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Good Lord, we be&s;eech thee keep us evermore from day to day, as thou ha&s;t done, and make us con&s;tant in the profe&s;|&s;ion of thy holy Name, and the practi&s;e of thy Law, that nei|ther the Malice of Man, nor
<PB N="111" REF="57"> Subtilty of Satan be able to make us turn away from thee, Lord, turn thy Face from our Sins, even from tho&s;e Sins where|in we have &s;o much delighted; take from us tho&s;e hearts of Stone, and give us hearts of Fle&s;h, and wa&s;h and clean&s;e our poluted Souls in the Blood of the Lord Je&s;us.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Forgive us all that is pa&s;t, and grant us the a&s;&s;urance of that Forgivene&s;s, &s;ealed up by the holy Spirit in our Con&s;ci|ences; Oh kindle thy love more and more in our hearts, that we may never depart from thee, but attain unto a due thankful|ne&s;s for thy benefits, and a mo&s;t unfeigned and earne&s;t Repen|tance for all our Sins and Tranf|gre&s;&s;ions.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<PB N="112" REF="58">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Suffer us not to clo&s;e our Eyes till our Souls have reckoned and made even for all the Of|fences which not only this day, but all the former minutes of our lives, we have committed again&s;t thy divine Maje&s;ty: Give thine Angels charge over us, that at what hour &s;oever thou calle&s;t us out of this Vale of Tears, where we do but travail and toil all the day long, we may not be found to be idle Loiterers in thy Harve&s;t, but good and acceptable Servants, having Oil in our Lamps, and on us the Robe of Righteou&s;|ne&s;s, and Wedding-Garment of Regeneration, that we may be a|ble to encounter Death, the King of Terrors, to meet our ble&s;&s;ed Lord in the Clouds, when he cometh to Judgment,
<PB N="113" REF="58"> and to follow the Lamb where|&s;oever he goeth.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Expel and remove far away from us all wicked Spirits, and graciou&s;ly protect us from our Per&s;ecutors, which lay Snares to &s;ubdue us; do thou, O God, a&s;&s;i&s;t us, that we may peaceably &s;leep and re&s;t in thee: hide us in thy Tabernacle, from the &s;trife of all Men, and keep us that we may fear no Evil. O thou that neither &s;lumbere&s;t nor &s;leepe&s;t, let thy Rod and Staff evermore comfort and defend us.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>Let thy mighty Hand and &s;tretched out Arm, O Lord, be &s;till our Defence; thy Mercy and Loving-kindne&s;s in thy beloved Son, our Salvation; thy true and holy Word our In&s;tructi|on,
<PB N="114" REF="59"> thy Grace and holy Spirit our Comfort and Con&s;olation: Let thy Mercy, O God, prevent and follow us all the days of our Lives, that we may dwell in thy Hou&s;e of Defence, in length of days, prai&s;ing thee evermore.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>Let thy Ble&s;&s;ing be upon all of us within this Hou&s;hold, guide us in our Ways, and lead us into thy Truth: Ble&s;s our Parents, Kindred and Friends, where&s;oever di&s;per&s;ed, and how|&s;oever linked unto us: Be a merciful Judge unto us, and continually protect us from the &s;nares of Satan the Old Serpent; and finally conduct us into the &s;ociety of Angels, and of all Saints, in thy holy Paradi&s;e; to whom be a&s;cribed, as is mo&s;t due to thee the Father, Son, and Holy Gho&s;t, one true, gra|cious
<PB N="115" REF="59"> and everla&s;ting God, all Honour, Power, and Glory, Might, Maje&s;ty, and Dominion, now and for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<HEAD>Meditations for the Sick.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord rebuke me not in thine Indignation; neither cha|&s;ten me in thy heavy Di&s;plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak. O Lord heal me for my Bones are vexed.</P>
<P>My Soul is al&s;o &s;ore troubled; But, Lord, how long wilt thou puni&s;h me?</P>
<P>Turn thee, O Lord, and deli|ver my Soul; O &s;ave me for thy mercies &s;ake.</P>
<P>For in death no Man remem|breth thee, and who will give thee thanks in the Pit?</P>
<P>I am weary of my groaning, every night wa&s;h I my Bed, and water my Couch with my Tears.</P>
<P>My Beauty is gone for very trouble; and worn away becau&s;e of all mine Enemies.</P>
<PB N="116" REF="60">
<P>Away from me all ye that work Vanity, for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.</P>
<P>The Lord hath heard my Peti|tion; the Lord will receive my Prayer.</P>
<P>Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee; have mer|cy upon me, and hear me.</P>
<P>O hide not thou thy face from me, nor ca&s;t thy Servant away in Di&s;plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>Thou ha&s;t been my &s;uccour, leave me not, neither for&s;ake me, O God of my Salvation.</P>
<P>What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the Pit?</P>
<P>Shall the du&s;t give thanks unto thee? or &s;hall it declare thy truth?</P>
<P>Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.</P>
<P>Shew thy Servant the light of thy Countenance; and &s;ave me for thy mercies &s;ake.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="117" REF="60">
<HEAD>A Prayer in time of Sickne&s;s.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty and ever-living God, in who&s;e hands con|&s;i&s;ts the life of all Mankind, and who correcte&s;t every Son, whom thou receive&s;t; merciful|ly, I humble be&s;eech thee to hear my voice, and de&s;pi&s;e not the Prayer I make now unto thee, in the time of trouble: In the vexation of my Spirit, and in the very angui&s;h of my Soul, I cry unto thee for mercy.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>O thou that ha&s;t created, and made me of nothing, and ha&s;t redeemed me from the &s;lavery of Sin, Death and Hell, by the mo&s;t precious Blood of thy dear Son Je&s;us Chri&s;t, which was &s;pilt upon the Cro&s;s for my Sins, Have mercy upon me: Bow
<PB N="118" REF="61"> down thine all-hearing Ear un|to my complaint, and ca&s;t me not away in thy fierce anger.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>My Sins cry aloud to Heaven for Vengeance, and I have de|&s;erved thy wrath and heavy di&s;|plea&s;ure again&s;t me: Thou ha&s;t ca&s;t me down upon the Bed of Sickne&s;s, and I begin to fall as leaves beaten with a vehement wind; yet thy Cha&s;ti&s;ments are le&s;s than my de&s;ervings; but of thy mercy and goodne&s;s, O Lord, correct me not to death, but to amendment of Life, for thine own &s;ake, for thy holy Name's &s;ake, for thy Son Chri&s;t Je&s;us &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ke, be merciful unto my Sins, for they are great.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Spare thy Servant, good Lord, which confe&s;&s;eth his Sins unto thee, pour the Oil of thy &s;an|ctifying
<PB N="119" REF="61"> Grace into my Heart, and work thereby in me a true and immediate Repentance and re&s;tore me again to thy favour, according to thy gracious Pro|mi&s;e to humble Penitents; let thy merciful Providence &s;o guide and govern me in this affliction thou ha&s;t been plea&s;ed to lay upon me, that I may never fall into utter darkne&s;s, ignorance of thee, or incon&s;ideration of my &s;elf.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Let the faintne&s;s of my Spi|rit, and the Condemnation of my &s;elf be overcome by thy ir|re&s;i&s;table Light; thou that art the God of all con&s;olation, grant that I may be mindful of the great account I have to make at the day of Judgment, and that I may bear in mind the reward which is due to
<PB N="120" REF="62"> the faithful, the end of mi&s;ery, and the beginning of all happi|ne&s;s; but to the &s;ecure and care|le&s;s, the beginning of eternal puni&s;hment.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>Strengthen my Faith, accept my penitential Tears, &s;peak peace to my Soul and Con&s;ci|ence; and &s;ay, Thou art my Salvation, then let thy holy Spi|rit de&s;cend into my Heart, with this expre&s;s, <HI>My Grace is &s;uffi|cient for thee;</HI> then &s;hall my Heart leap for joy, and my Soul &s;hall be exceeding glad, de|&s;iring to be di&s;&s;olved, and be at peace, that after this frail mor|tal Life is ended, I may enjoy the eternal fruition of they hea|venly Pre&s;ence.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>Suffer me not, O Lord, in this my trial, to be po&s;&s;e&s;s'd
<PB N="121" REF="62"> with a fear of Condemnation, or to de&s;pond of thy Promi&s;es; but in &s;ure con&s;idence of heart apply to my &s;elf the remi&s;&s;ion of all my Sins, that at the la&s;t hour, by Faith in Je&s;us Chri&s;t, I may enjoy a ta&s;t of eternal Salvati|on: Let not Death (if thou art plea&s;ed to &s;end it) be terrible or bitter unto me; but when it cometh, I may rejoicingly re|ceive the fame; and having e&s;ca|ped the &s;torm of Temptation, and the dangers of Satan, I may triumph like a Conqueror, and behold the Power and Pre&s;ence of thy holy Spirit.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>Let my la&s;t words be the &s;ame which thy Son did utter upon the Cro&s;s, &s;aying, <HI>Father, into thy hands I commend my Spirit;</HI> and when my Speech is departed from me, hear the
<PB N="122" REF="63"> groanings, and &s;ighs of my Heart, and the de&s;ire of my Soul, that at the la&s;t thy Ser|vant may depart in Peace, and reach tho&s;e heavenly Man&s;ions prepared for him: My Soul, O Lord, heartily de&s;ireth to at|tain to that &s;upernatural City whereof &s;uch glorious things are &s;poken.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<P>Breathe inward Comforts to my Heart; tho' my Body be going the way of all Fle&s;h, yet let my Soul go the way of all Saints. Lord, hear me and help me, &s;tand by me and &s;ave me, and if thou ha&s;t determined to lay my Body into the Grave, receive my Soul into thy King|dom, to re&s;t in joy and peace for evermore, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="123" REF="63">
<HEAD>A Prayer to be &s;aid by tho&s;e that vi&s;it the Sick.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t gracious God, who ha&s;t Compa&s;&s;ion upon all Men, and hate&s;t nothing that thou ha&s;t made, mercifully we be&s;eech thee to have Compa&s;&s;ion on this thy Servant, who by thy Vi&s;itation hath been &s;orely af|flicted, and by the &s;ame even brought to the end of his Days, and period of his Life; be plea|&s;ed therefore, good Lord, to have Mercy upon him, accept of him as the work of thine own Hands, a Lamb of thy Fold, thy Servant redeemed by Je&s;us Chri&s;t, who is willing, by thy appointment, to leave this mi|&s;erable World, in full a&s;&s;urance of thy Mercy in Je&s;us Chri&s;t, for the remi&s;&s;ion of his Sins.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="124" REF="64">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Guide him, good Lord, in this his la&s;t Journey, that he be|ing quit of all the troubles of this tran&s;itory Life, he may be &s;afely conducted by thy power to the Heaven of Eternal Hap|pine&s;s into the Arms of bound|le&s;s Mercy, to everla&s;ting Peace and perpetual Joys, there to reign with all the Company of ble&s;&s;ed Saints and Angels with thee in continual Bli&s;s for evermore.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>And, gracious God, we be|&s;eech thee, by thy abundant Goodne&s;s, by the multitude of thy tender Mercies, and Com|pa&s;&s;ions, by the Merits of thy bitter Death and bloody Pa&s;&s;ion, by thy glorious Re&s;urrection and A&s;cen&s;ion, and by the Co|ming of thy holy &amp; ble&s;&s;ed Spi|rit, have mercy upon him, de|liver
<PB N="125" REF="64"> him from the burthen and guilt of his Sins, from the fears and terrors of Death, and from the fury and power of Hell.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Lift thou up the light of thy Countenance upon him, that in all the pains of his Body, in all the agonies of his Spirit, let thy Comforts refre&s;h his Soul, and enable him patiently to wait till his Change &s;hall come: And grant, O Lord, that when this earthly Hou&s;e and Tabernacle of his Body &s;hall be di&s;&s;olv'd, he may have a Building of God, an Hou&s;e not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens; and that for his &s;ake, who by his mo&s;t precious Blood hath purcha&s;ed Salvation for all tho&s;e who truly believe in him, even Je&s;us Chri&s;t our only Lord and Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="meditations">
<PB N="126" REF="65">
<HEAD>Meditations after Recovery.</HEAD>
<DIV3 N="P&s;al" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>P&s;al. 116.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. I Am well plea&s;ed, that the Lord hath heard the voice of my Prayer.</P>
<P N="2">2. That he hath enclined his Ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.</P>
<P N="3">3. The Snares of Death compa&s;|&s;ed me round about; and the Pains of Hell got hold upon me.</P>
<P N="4">4. I &s;hall find trouble and hea|vine&s;s, and I &s;hall call upon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I be&s;eech thee deliver my Soul.</P>
<P N="5">5. Gracious is the Lord &amp; Righ|teous; yea, our God is merciful.</P>
<P N="6">6. The Lord pre&s;erveth the Simple: I was in mi&s;ery, and he helped me.</P>
<P N="7">7. Turn again then unto thy re&s;t, O my Soul, for the Lord hath rewarded thee.</P>
<P N="8"><PB N="127" REF="65">8. And why? thou ha&s;t deli|vered my Soul from Death, mine Eyes from Tears, and my Feet from falling.</P>
<P N="9">9. I will walk before the Lord in the Land of the Living.</P>
<P N="10">10. I believed, and therefore will I &s;peak, but I was &s;ore troubled: I &s;aid in my ha&s;t, all Men are Lyars.</P>
<P N="11">11. What reward &s;hall I give unto the Lord, for all the Bene|fits that he hath done unto me?</P>
<P N="12">12. I will receive the Cup of Salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.</P>
<P N="13">13. I will pay my Vows now in the pre&s;ence of all his People: right dear in the &s;ight of the Lord is the death of his Saints.</P>
<P N="14">14. Behold (O Lord) how that I am thy Servant. I am thy Ser|vant, and the Son of thine Hand|maid; thou ha&s;t broken my Bonds in &s;under.</P>
<P N="15">15. I will offer to thee the Sa|crifice of Thank&s;giving; and will
<PB N="128" REF="66"> call upon the Name of the Lord.</P>
<P N="16">16. I will pay my Vows unto the Lord in the &s;ight of all his Peo|ple; in the Courts of the Lord's Hou&s;e, even in the mid&s;t of thee, O Jeru&s;alem. Prai&s;e the Lord.</P>
<LG>
<L>Glory be to the Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
<L>As it was in the beginning, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving after Recovery.</HEAD>
<P>O Holy and immortal God, I Laud and Prai&s;e thy holy Name that thou ha&s;t been plea&s;ed to deliver me from the Jaws of Death, and the Pit of Corruption; and in &s;ome mea|&s;ure re&s;tored me again to my for|mer Health, crowning me with thy mercy and loving kindne&s;s, my Soul, and all that is within me, &s;hall magnifie thee; I will prai&s;e thee, O Lord, with my whole Heart, and will extol
<PB N="129" REF="66"> thee, O thou that dwelle&s;t in the Heavens.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>It is thou alone that ha&s;t pre|&s;erved my life from de&s;truction; thou did&s;t ca&s;t me down upon my Bed of Sickne&s;s, and ha&s;t rai&s;ed me up again by thy Al|mighty Power; thou ha&s;t cha|&s;tened and corrected me, but not given me over unto Death. My time is in thy hand, O God, thou art the God of the Spirits of all Fle&s;h; grant that this remnant of Life, that thou ha&s;t thus graciou&s;ly &s;pared, may be wholly dedicated to thy Ser|vice, that I may walk before thee in newne&s;s and amend|ment of Life.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>O thou that art the only Phy&s;i|cian of Soul and Body, thou ha&s;t once more permitted me to take
<PB N="130" REF="67"> up my Bed and walk; O make me &s;trictly careful, as the wat|ches of the Night, to be vigilant over all my Thoughts, Words, and Actions, that I may &s;in no more, le&s;t a wor&s;e thing happen unto me. Let not this great mercy thou ha&s;t now given me, make me &s;upine and negligent, and entertain tho&s;e Thoughts that my Lord delayeth his co|ming; but grant, I be&s;eech thee, that I may make a right u&s;e of this thy Fatherly Cha&s;ti&s;ement, and employ the remainder of my Life to thy Glory.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>I have found by experience of thine afflicting hand, what a dreadful thing it is to be &s;natch|ed away by the hands of Death, without our accompts, and un|prepared; O let it be a perpetu|al admonition to me, to &s;tand
<PB N="131" REF="67"> upon my Guard, and to watch for my Ma&s;ter's coming; and whenever the Plea&s;ures of Sin, which endure but for a Sea&s;on, &s;hall pre&s;ent them&s;elves to en|tice and allure me, make me to remember the bitterne&s;s of them at la&s;t. Lord, hear me, and grant me grace to work out my own Salvation, for thy dear Son's &s;ake.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer fit to be &s;aid at any time.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t glorious and powerful Lord God, who created&s;t all things out of nothing, and &s;up|port'&s;t the whole Univer&s;e by thy Providence; I confe&s;s, O Lord, I was conceived in Original Sin, now full of actual tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions; I was in the Womb a loath&s;ome Sub&s;tance; I am in the World a
<PB N="132" REF="68"> Lump of Corruption; and I &s;hall be in the Grave a prey for Vermin.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>But, I know (ble&s;&s;ed Je&s;us) thy Grace is &s;ufficient for me; thy Mercy can expre&s;s it &s;elf in my Mi&s;ery. I know and con|fe&s;s (O Lord) that my Sins are exceeding many, mighty, and heinous, yet thy Mercy is far greater; for thou art infinite in mercy, but I cannot be infinite in &s;inning; and the Righteou&s;|ne&s;s of Chri&s;t Je&s;us the Righte|ous is more prevalent for me than my own Unrighteou&s;ne&s;s can be again&s;t my &s;elf.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>The Fountain of thy Mercy (O God) hath quenched the fire of thy Ju&s;tice, and gracele&s;s Man falling from Goodne&s;s, is by thee repo&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of Great|ne&s;s.
<PB N="133" REF="68"> Wherefore I humbly be|&s;eech thee, O Lord, give me the Grace of continual Thank|fulne&s;s, &s;trengthen my Weak|ne&s;s, correct my Sinfulne&s;s, di|rect my future Frailty, and pro|tect me again&s;t the Adver&s;ary, kindle my Zeal, enlighten my Under&s;tanding, &s;often my &s;to|ny Heart, and &s;ave for ever my immortal Soul.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>And though my whole Life, O Lord, hath been impure and undefiled in thy &s;ight, yet through thy precious Blood and Pa&s;&s;ion, by thine all-&s;ufficient Sacrifice, Obligation, and Satis|faction, revert my de&s;erved Pu|ni&s;hment, and convert my pa&s;|&s;ed Evils, to pre&s;ent good and future joys, in thine eternal and mo&s;t glorious Kingdom.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="part">
<PB N="134" REF="69">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>Pardon, good Lord, my lo&s;s of Time, my abu&s;e of thy good Creatures, my negligence in my lawful Employment, my un|thankfulne&s;s for thy Loving|kindne&s;s; and what&s;oever is wanting in my Per&s;on, Practice, Prayer, or Thank&s;giving, make a &s;upply of it in the Merits of thy Son <HI>Chri&s;t Je&s;us;</HI> to whom with thee, and thy ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Spirit,</HI> be all Prai&s;e and Glory, now and evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<HEAD>Prayers for all Per&s;ons and Occa&s;ions.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for the Church.</HEAD>
<P>ALmighty and everla&s;ting God, who ha&s;t revealed thy Glory both to <HI>Jews</HI>
<PB N="135" REF="69"> and <HI>Gentiles</HI> in our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, extend thy hand of Pro|vidence and Mercy over all the World, that thy Church may &s;pread like a flouri&s;hing Vine, and enlarge her Borders to the uttermo&s;t Parts of the Earth, that all Nations partaking of the &s;weet refre&s;hments of thy Go&s;pel, thy Name may be glo|rified, the honour of our Lord Je&s;us advanced, his Prophecies fulfilled, and his Coming ha&s;tned.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s, O Lord, thy holy Ca|tholick and Apo&s;tolick Church with all Ble&s;&s;ings of Comfort, A&s;&s;i&s;tance, and Pre&s;ervation; ex|tirpate Here&s;ies, unite her Di|vi&s;ions, give her Patience and Per&s;everance in the Faith, and Confe&s;&s;ion of thy Name in de|&s;pite of all Enmities, Tempta|tions and Di&s;advantages; de|&s;troy
<PB N="136" REF="70"> all wicked Coun&s;els inten|ded or levied again&s;t her or any of her Children, by the Devil or any of his accur&s;ed In&s;truments; let the hands of thy Grace and Mercy lead her from this Vale of Mi&s;ery to the triumphant Throne of her Lord and Savi|our Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for the King.</HEAD>
<P>WE be&s;eech thee, O Lord, to ble&s;s and pre&s;erve thy Ser|vant <HI>William</HI> our mo&s;t gracious King and Governour, with the riche&s;t Ble&s;&s;ings of thy Grace and Favour; make him valiant and pro&s;perous as King <HI>David,</HI> wi&s;e and rich like <HI>Solomon,</HI> be unto him a Helmet of Salvation again&s;t the Face of his Enemies, and a &s;trong Tower of Defence in the Time of Adver&s;ity; as for
<PB N="137" REF="70"> his Enemies, let them be cloath|ed with Shame, but upon him|&s;elf let his Crown for ever flouri&s;h. Grant him a long and a pro&s;perous Reign; let Peace and Unity, Holine&s;s, and Ju&s;tice, Truth, and all Chri&s;tian Ver|tues flouri&s;h in his time. Let all his Subjects faithfully &s;erve him with Honour and due O|bedience; and let him &s;o tru|ly &s;erve thee his God, here on Earth, that he may here|after everla&s;tingly reign with thee in Heaven, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>A|men.</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for the Royal Family.</HEAD>
<P>O God, the Father of all Mer|cies, ble&s;s and pre&s;erve <HI>Ca|therine</HI> the Queen Dowager,
<PB N="138" REF="71"> the Prince&s;s <HI>Anne</HI> of <HI>Denmark,</HI> with all the re&s;t of the Royal Family; unite them unto thee with the Bands of Faith and Love, pre&s;erve them to their Lives end in thy Favour, make them In&s;truments of Glory to thy Name, of refre&s;hment to the Church, of joy to all faith|ful People of this Kingdom; pro&s;per them with all Happi|ne&s;s here on Earth, and crown them at la&s;t with an Eternal Weight of Glory, through Je|&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for our Parents.</HEAD>
<P>ALmighty God, who from the Loins of our Fir&s;t Pa|rents, <HI>Adam</HI> and <HI>Eve,</HI> did&s;t pro|duce Mankind, and ha&s;t com|manded us to Honour and Obey our Parents, in pur&s;uance of
<PB N="139" REF="71"> thy holy Will and Command|ment, and of our Duty to thee our God, and in thee to them, we do with all humility beg a Ble&s;&s;ing of thee for our Parents, who from thy Mercy and Plen|ty have conveyed many to us; pardon and forgive all their Sins and Infirmities, encrea&s;e in them all Goodne&s;s, give them Ble&s;|&s;ings of the Right Hand, and Ble&s;&s;ings of the Left, ble&s;s them in their Per&s;ons and Po|&s;terity, in their Goods and good Name, in the Comforts of thy Holy Spirit, in a per&s;evering Goodne&s;s, and at la&s;t in an eter|nal Weight of Glory, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="140" REF="72">
<HEAD>A Prayer of Parents for their Children.</HEAD>
<P>O God, the Creator of all the World, by who&s;e Provi|dence Mankind is propagated; I ble&s;s thy holy Name for be|&s;towing on me the Ble&s;&s;ing of Children. Lord, ble&s;s them with Life and Health, with good Under&s;tanding, fair Op|portunities, and Advantages of good Education; but above all, with the Gifts and Graces of thy Holy Spirit, that they may live and be ble&s;&s;ed under thy Protection, grow in Grace, and be in favour with God and Man, and at la&s;t may make up the number of thine Elect Children, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="141" REF="72">
<HEAD>A Prayer for our Friends and Benefactors.</HEAD>
<P>O Thou Fountain of all Good|ne&s;s, from whom proceeds all Excellency both to Men and Angels, extend thy favour and loving-kindne&s;s to all my Friends and Benefactors: Reward them and make them plentiful Com|pen&s;ation for all the Benefits which from thy merciful Hand of Providence they have con|veyed to me. Let the Light of thy Countenance &s;o &s;hine upon them as they may never enter into any De&s;olation or Afflicti|on, but &s;uch as may be in&s;tru|mental to thy Glory, and their Eternal Comfort, through our Lord and Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="142" REF="73">
<HEAD>A Prayer of a Wife for her Husband.</HEAD>
<P>BLe&s;&s;ed Lord, who ha&s;t been graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to call me to the holy State of Matrimony, ble&s;s me in it with the Grace of Cha&s;tity, Loyalty, Obedience, and a dutiful Complacency to my Husband. Ble&s;s him with a long Life, a healthful Body, and an under&s;tanding Heart, and furni&s;h him with all tho&s;e Gifts and Graces which may en|able him to be and continue thy Servant, that he may be a Supporter and a Guide to me his Wife, a Ble&s;&s;ing and a Com|fort to his Children, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="143" REF="73">
<HEAD>A Prayer of a Husband for his Wife.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t gracious God, who art a Father to us thy Children, a Spou&s;e to thy holy Church, a Saviour and Redeem|er to all Mankind; have Mercy upon thy Handmaid my Wife, endue her with all the Orna|ments of thy heavenly Grace; make her to be as Religious as <HI>He&s;ter,</HI> Loving as <HI>Rachel,</HI> Fruit|ful as <HI>Leah,</HI> Wi&s;e as <HI>Rebecca,</HI> and Obedient as <HI>Sarah,</HI> that be|ing filled with Grace and Bene|diction here, &s;he may be par|taker of thy Glory hereafter, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer of an Orphan.</HEAD>
<P>O God gracious and merci|ful, who art ready to &s;uc|cour
<PB N="144" REF="74"> all tho&s;e that are di&s;tre&s;&s;ed, and ha&s;t promi&s;ed to be a Father to the Fatherle&s;s. Have Mercy upon me, O Lord, I humbly be&s;eech thee, who am left a poor Orphan, and by thy heavenly will and plea&s;ure deprived of my earthly Parents: Supply, O Lord, all my Wants and Nece&s;|&s;ities, guide, govern and com|fort me with thy good Spirit, that in all my Words, Works and Actions, I may glorifie thee my heavenly Father. Let thy hea|venly Grace &s;u&s;tain me, and work in me Obedience to my Superiors, and tho&s;e which have the charge and care over me; that they di&s;charging a good Con&s;cience towards me, I may by thy ready help improve my time, to the Prai&s;e and Glory of thy holy Name, through Je|&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="145" REF="74">
<HEAD>The Widow's Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t holy Lord God, the Comforter of all tho&s;e who are in any affliction, &s;orrow or trouble The Bands of Death, by thy appointment, have made a &s;eparation between me and him whom thou gave&s;t to be my Husband, who was my Head and &s;upreme Governour, and the only Guide I had in this World next under thee. Grant me grace to bear this cro&s;s and lo&s;s patiently, and to put my whole Tru&s;t and Confidence in thee; let thy tender Care go along with me, in pre&s;erving me from all Oppre&s;&s;ion and Wrong, and deliver me from the Hands of tho&s;e who will devour Widows Hou&s;es. Ble&s;s me, O Lord, as thou did&s;t the poor Widow of <HI>Sarepta,</HI> let not
<PB N="146" REF="75"> the Barrel of Meal wa&s;t, but grant me a competency fit for my E&s;tate, neither let the Crui&s;e of Oil fail, but a&s;&s;i&s;t me with thy Grace, that I may walk worthily towards thee, and all the World. Let my continual Prayers and Supplications a|&s;cend up to thee; and hear, O Lord, and have mercy when I cry unto thee, for the alone &s;ake of thy dear Son, my only Saviour and Redeemer.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Servant's Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>O Mo&s;t mighty God, and the great Lord and Ma&s;ter of all the World, who beholde&s;t with thine all-&s;eeing Eye thy great Hou&s;hold and Family here on Earth; look upon me thine un|worthy Servant, I humbly be|&s;eech thee, with thine Eye of Providence; grant me a con|tented
<PB N="147" REF="75"> Mind in that &s;tate thou ha&s;t placed me in, &s;o &s;hall I en|joy a continual Fea&s;t: A&s;&s;i&s;t me, O Lord, with thy heavenly Grace, that I may perform O|bedience, and be &s;ubject to my earthly Ma&s;ters, whom thou ha&s;t been plea&s;ed to &s;et over me whether they be Good or Evil, Courteous or Froward. Pro&s;per all the De&s;igns I &s;hall take in hand, in this my Servitude, which are not in oppo&s;ition to thy Commands: Pre&s;erve and keep me from all Evil, that no Enticements may allure me ei|ther to embezel away any thing committed to my Cu&s;tody, or have Society with &s;uch who are Enemies to my Ma&s;ter's Hou&s;e: let me chearfully proceed in my Service, that the Gla&s;s of my Time may run out with Plea|&s;ure, and I in the end &s;hall be
<PB N="148" REF="76"> made Free of that City of thine, the <HI>New Jeru&s;alem,</HI> where I may re&s;t for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Maid's Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>O Holy Lord God, let thine Handmaid &s;peak in thine Audience, and hearken unto her when &s;he calleth upon thee, though I know not how to ask aright, yet teach me the know|ledge of thee, and how to beg tho&s;e things that are requi&s;ite and nece&s;&s;ary for me: Inlighten my Soul with thy divine In&s;pi|ration, that I may &s;ee and do tho&s;e things that appertain un|to Godline&s;s. Let me keep my hone&s;t Reputation in the Eye of the World, knowing that a <HI>good Name</HI> is better than <HI>pre|cious Ointment:</HI> But, e&s;pecially in thy &s;ight, let me be pure, ho|ne&s;t, and undefiled, &s;o &s;hall I
<PB N="149" REF="76"> not be a&s;hamed in the great Day of Account. Defend me from Sin, Satan, and the Poi&s;on of e|vil Tongues; a&s;&s;i&s;t me with thy directing hand, that the labours which this day I am to under|take may pro&s;per; grant me Grace to love, honour and &s;erve thee in Holine&s;s and Righteou&s;|ne&s;s all my days, that I may glorifie thy holy Name, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for one afflicted in Mind.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal Lord God, who art fearful in Prai&s;es, doing Wonders, I tremble, and am even at Death's Door; for alas! I am the vile&s;t of all Sinners, my Con&s;cience is &s;o clogged with Evil, that I cannot look up; my Wickedne&s;&s;es have gone o|ver my Head, and are as a bur|then
<PB N="150" REF="77"> too heavy for me to bear; my Spirit is &s;orrowful, my Heart is heavy, my words are &s;topp'd with Sighs, and my Plaints wa|tred with Tears: O Lord, what &s;hall I de&s;ire of thee, that de&s;erve nothing at thy Hand? What can I hope for, that am even hopele&s;s? My Con&s;cience is re&s;tle&s;s, and my Ungodline&s;s fettereth me: and even all my unrighteous Actions cry out for Vengeance again&s;t me; my Spi|rit is overwhelmed and weary of this Bondage, and I have bid my life farewell.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>O but let thy Maje&s;ty (O Lord) yet appear in thy Mercy; forgive my Sin, the unhappy ground of all this woe: Where my mi&s;ery hath thus abounded, there let thy Mercy much more abound. I dare not add this
<PB N="151" REF="77"> grievous Sin unto my other Sins to de&s;pair of thy Mercy: What were more Sacrilegious? for thou art a skilful Phy&s;ician and can&s;t cure all my Infirmities; thou art a merciful God, and can&s;t forgive all my Sins: To thee do I fly for refuge which art the Land of Safety, to thee do I lift up my Hands and my Heart, and to thee do I pray, de&s;iring thy Mercy. Let the power of thy Son's Death and Pa&s;&s;ion defeat all the Devices of the Devil again&s;t me.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>In&s;truct me in thy heavenly Wi&s;dom, lead me in thy Truth in this dangerous Sea of Di&s;con|tentment and Affliction: keep me from &s;hipwrack, and bring me &s;afe to the Land of Peace-Strengthen my Faith, &s;anctifie all tho&s;e good means unto me
<PB N="152" REF="78"> wherein I &s;eek relief, as Prayer, Conference, Reading, and hear|ing thy holy Word. Mitigate my Perplexities, grant me Pa|tience, heal my Imperfections: Thou that wilt not break a brui&s;ed Reed, &s;pare and have Mercy upon me: Thou that de|lighte&s;t not in the death of a Sin|ner, receive me. Though my Heart condemns me, yet do thou relea&s;e me. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord defer not, but even now &s;peak peace unto me: &s;ay unto my Soul, I am thy Salvation; to whom be a&s;cribed all Honour and Glory World without end.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving, for God's &s;end|ing his Son to &s;ave Mankind.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty and mo&s;t merci|ful Lord God, we might utterly de&s;pair, and be ca&s;t
<PB N="153" REF="78"> down, con&s;idering our manifold Sins and infinite Offences, had not thy Word been made Fle&s;h, and dwelt among us; but now we dare not de&s;pair, for if, when we were Enemies, we were re|conciled unto thee by the Death of thy Son; how much more, being reconciled, are we &s;aved by his Life? All our hope, and all our confidence is repo&s;ed in that precious Blood which was &s;hed for us, and for our Salva|tion.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>O how greatly are we wretches bound to fear thee, to love thee, to ble&s;s and prai&s;e thee, to ho|nour thee, and to glorifie thee, &s;eeing we are redeemed at &s;uch a price, &s;aved with &s;uch a gift, cheri&s;hed with &s;o many promi|&s;es and ble&s;&s;ings of the &s;ame, e|ven thy Son our Lord <HI>Je&s;us</HI>
<PB N="154" REF="79"> Chri&s;t! Stabli&s;h, O God, that which thou ha&s;t wrought in us; fini&s;h what thou ha&s;t begun, that we may be able to come in|to the fulne&s;s of thy Mercy; make us through thy holy Spi|rit to under&s;tand, and through thy Son to di&s;cern, and with due honour and reverence, this high My&s;tery of Godline&s;s, which is, how <HI>God was manife&s;t in the Fle&s;h, ju&s;tified in the Spirit, &s;een of Angels, preached unto the Gen|tiles, believed on in the World, and received up into Glory;</HI> where we doubt not but we &s;hall Reign with him for ever|more.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Prayer of a Woman with Child.</HEAD>
<P>O God, the Creator and Re|deemer of all Mankind, Comforter of all that call upon
<PB N="155" REF="79"> thee, and the only deliverer of &s;uch as are in danger; be mer|ciful, I be&s;eech thee, and look down in mercy from thy throne upon me thine Handmaid, and upon the Fruit of my Womb; behold, I &s;eek and &s;ue unto thee for a Ble&s;&s;ing at this time; my Sin is great, my Danger at hand not &s;mall; my Pains to come will be grievous, and my Life is now mo&s;t uncertain.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>A&s;&s;ure me, I be&s;eech thee, of the forgivene&s;s of all my Sins, mitigate my Fear, and a&s;&s;wage my Sorrows, &s;trengthen me with the refre&s;hing of thy Spi|rit, confirm me in the Faith of my Saviour, and ble&s;s all good means appointed for my Com|fort, that in due time I may be a joyful Mother, and &s;ee the Fruit of my Body, &s;afe, &s;ound&punc;
<PB N="156" REF="80"> and perfect, without blemi&s;h or deformity.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord, I know not how &s;oon my Travail will overtake me, when I mu&s;t encounter with Life or Death&punc; one drop of thy Mercy hath &s;overeign power to cure all the Wounds of tho&s;e Sorrows: Shed therefore (O holy Father) that drop of Grace upon me in that minute, when I am to encounter with &s;o &s;tern an Adver&s;ary: Strengthen me with Patience, pre&s;erve me that I peri&s;h not, and ble&s;s the work of my Midwife.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>Let not the Child yet unborn, the Babe in my Womb, be pu|ni&s;hed for mine Offences, but give it growth, form, and what thou &s;ee&s;t in thy good plea&s;ure to be fit and nece&s;&s;ary for it;
<PB N="157" REF="80"> and when the time is come that thou wilt call it out of this clo&s;e hou&s;e of fle&s;h, where it now inhabiteth, to dwell in the open World, &s;anctifie thy Creature; make it by <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> a Member of thy Church, a Lamb of thy Flock, and direct it in the ways of thy Commandments to its Life's End.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Midwife's Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t gracious God, who a|lone ha&s;t the power to produce Children from the Womb and bring them into the light of this World I thy mo&s;t unworthy Servant, whom thou ha&s;t appointed for this Of|fice, to be a help and comfort to all tho&s;e which are in Extremity and near the time of their Tra|vail, do in all humility pro|&s;trate
<PB N="158" REF="81"> my &s;elf before thee, be|&s;eeching thee to vouch&s;afe me thy divine A&s;&s;i&s;tance in the&s;e Performances.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Have Mercy upon me and ble&s;s me, guide me and govern me in all my Actions, pro&s;per all my Undertakings, grant that I may be as careful of the Poor as of the Rich, that I may do good and not hurt, &s;ave Life and not de&s;troy it by my negligence; help my Infirmities and Imper|fections, that I may neither be too timorious nor too ra&s;h in the performance of my Duty, but grant me art and judgment in the happy fini&s;hing all my O|perations.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Work in me an under&s;tand|ing and a tender Heart, and what&s;oever el&s;e is nece&s;&s;ary in
<PB N="159" REF="81"> my undertakings; and merci|fully grant, O Lord, that when|&s;oever my Duty calls me either by Night, or Day, I may be al|ways prepared; pre&s;erve and defend me from the infection of all contagious Di&s;ea&s;es; by thy mo&s;t gracious Favour grant me a pro&s;perous &s;ucce&s;s, that what&s;oever I do may tend to thy Glory, the comfort and help of all good Women (committed to my charge) and my own cre|dit, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer to be &s;aid by tho&s;e that are pre&s;ent with a Woman in Travail.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, we are here a&s;&s;embled for the comfort of this Woman, who travaileth in pain to be delivered of a Child. Through the tran&s;gre&s;&s;i|on
<PB N="160" REF="82"> of our fir&s;t Parents, &s;he can|not be delivered but with great &s;orrow; for thou ha&s;t laid thine heavy di&s;plea&s;ure upon us &s;inful Women, that in <HI>much &s;orrow &s;hall we bring forth Children;</HI> yet &s;ince thou ha&s;t given us Faith in thy Son, give us all (e&s;pecially to this Woman thy Servant now in this Extremity) patience; mitigate her Pains, pro&s;per our Work, ble&s;s our un|dertakings, that by our help &s;he may be delivered, and forget her pains, <HI>becau&s;e a Child is born into the World.</HI></P>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>We pray unto thee for this Child in her Womb; thou ha&s;t inrolled it in thy Book, thou ha&s;t made it in thy Frame, the Bones thereof are not hid from thee, all the Members of it are written in thy Volume. Thou did&s;t vi|&s;it
<PB N="161" REF="82"> it at the time of Life, vi&s;it it now at the hour of Birth, that thou mai&s;t receive glory by thy works and the Mother glad|ne&s;s in beholding her Infant, after all her Sorrows. Give her, we be&s;eech thee, neither a mon&s;trous, a maimed, nor a dead Birth; but as thou ha&s;t ble&s;&s;ed the Conception of this Infant, &s;o bring it with Perfe|ction into the World. Hear us, O Lord, and help this thy weak Servant, vi&s;it her as thou did&s;t <HI>Sarah,</HI> comfort her as thou did&s;t <HI>Rebecca,</HI> and chear her as thou did&s;t <HI>Leah;</HI> forgive her all her &s;ins, and whether &s;he be &s;ure to live or die, let her tru&s;t in thee, and let thine Angels pitch their Tents about her, now and for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="162" REF="83">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving by tho&s;e that are pre&s;ent after Delivery.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal God, infinite in Mercies towards all thy Sons and Daughters in affliction; we de&s;ire to prai&s;e and magnifie thy holy Name, acknowledging thy Goodne&s;s to us, and thy &s;pe|cial favour to this Woman thy Servant. We called upon thee, and thou heard'&s;t us; we peti|tioned for thy Favour to thine Hand-maid, and thou regarded&s;t her; we begg'd a Ble&s;&s;ing for her Child, thou ha&s;t ble&s;&s;ed it, and ha&s;t made her a joyful Mo|ther. We offer unto thee the Sacrifice of our Lips; let our thankfulne&s;s a&s;cend up unto thee like a &s;weet-&s;melling &s;avour.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Continue thy loving kindne&s;s to this thy Servant, keep her
<PB N="163" REF="83"> from all further peril and dan|ger of Child-Bed; give her &s;trength to recover her weak|ne&s;s, joy to forget her late &s;or|row, and thankfulne&s;s that &s;uch a Child is come out of her Loins, as one day &s;hall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Give thy Ble&s;&s;ing to the Infant now born that it may in due time increa&s;e in Wi&s;dom, Stature, and Favour with God and Man. Baptize i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> with <HI>Water</HI> and the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t,</HI> endue it with all heavenly Gra|ces, defend it again&s;t all Dan|gers, provide for it in this mor|tal Life, and crown it in the end with Life everla&s;ting.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Ble&s;s us, O Lord, that are here met together to behold the glo|ry of our Creation, and the won|ders of our Creator in this little Infant: Let us in all Sobriety,
<PB N="164" REF="84"> Cha&s;tity, and Godline&s;s, walk before thee all the Days of our Lives. Make us like <HI>fruitful Vines,</HI> and our Children like <HI>Olive Branches round about our Tables:</HI> Let our Husbands re|joice in us, and make us careful to love them, as thou ha&s;t com|manded us, that thy Kingdom may be increa&s;ed, the Bed un|defiled, and our Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t glorified, to whom be prai&s;e for evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving by the Woman after Delivery.</HEAD>
<P>BLe&s;&s;ed Lord God, I yield thee all Honour, Glory, and Prai&s;e, who ha&s;t now delivered me from the great pain and peril of Child-Birth, who ha&s;t taken away my reproach, and made me an In&s;trument to encrea&s;e thy Kingdom. It is in thy power
<PB N="165" REF="84"> to &s;trike death into my womb, but thou ha&s;t given me a double life; all mine angui&s;hes thou ha&s;t &s;weetened with gladne&s;s. Con|tinue thy Mercies and Favours to me thy Servant, that my lips may render thee hearty thanks.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Look upon this my Infant which thou ha&s;t given me; pre|&s;erve it in Health, quicken it with Grace, crown it with long Life, that it may grow up to be a Servant in thine hou&s;hold. Send the Father of it and me much Comfort by it, that it may be a Staff to our Old Age: Ble&s;s it with &s;tore of Friends in this World, and be thou a chief Friend to it for evermore.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>And for the better growth in Grace, feed it with the Milk of thy holy Word, defend it from
<PB N="166" REF="85"> all dangers gho&s;tly and bodily: Guard me, and regard this my Birth, that Satan rule not nor reign within us, but deliver us &s;till out of his Jaws as a <HI>Bird out of the &s;nare of the Fowler;</HI> let thy ble&s;&s;ing, O Lord, be upon me and my Children, and ever|more keep and defend us.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving after a delive|rance from any Calamity.</HEAD>
<P>ALmighty and everla&s;ting God, who ha&s;t &s;uffered thy Church &s;o to be tempted with Afflictions, that it is never free either from the Sword of <HI>I&s;h|mael,</HI> which is a reviling tongue, or the Sword of <HI>E&s;au,</HI> a per&s;ecu|ting hand, having taught us all to drink of the &s;ame Cup our Ma|&s;ter did; &s;o &s;trengthen me with Patience, direct me by thy Spi|rit,
<PB N="167" REF="85"> and uphold me by Faith, that all trouble may be as wel|come to my Soul, as afflicted <HI>Ruth</HI> was to the Field of <HI>Boaz.</HI> Though troubles are many and increa&s;e daily, yet thou, O Lord, knowe&s;t how to deliver us out of all: <HI>Heavine&s;s may endure for a Night, but joy will come in the Morning:</HI> Doubtle&s;s there is a Reward for the Righteous, and a Rod for the Wicked. Let one Plague follow another as one Quail &s;ings to another; yet as the Viper leaped on St. <HI>Paul</HI>'s Hand, and immediately leaped off again, &s;o one trouble &s;hall leap upon the Righteous, and in an In&s;tant &s;hall as &s;oon vani&s;h; though he fall he &s;hall ri&s;e a|gain; for the righteous &s;hall not be for&s;aken for ever.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>I have lately ta&s;ted of thy
<PB N="168" REF="86"> goodne&s;s, O Lord, I have now been &s;en&s;ible of thy Mercy in a great Mea&s;ure by this great deli|verance. I have had experience many times of thy loving-kind|ne&s;s, but never more than in thy late Favours. I chattered like a <HI>Swallow,</HI> I mourned like a <HI>Dove,</HI> I panted like a <HI>Hart,</HI> but thou ha&s;t put life again into my Soul; thou ha&s;t not dealt with me ac|cording to my Sins, nor reward|ed me according to mine Iniqui|ties: As high as the Heaven is above the Earth, &s;o great is thy Mercy towards them that fear thee; &s;ince thy Mercy, O Lord, hath been &s;o great towards me; grant that I may love thee more zealou&s;ly, fear thee more reve|rently, and obey thee more care|fully all the days of my Life. For as <HI>Elkanah</HI> was to <HI>Hannah</HI> in&s;tead of many Sons, &s;o be thou
<PB N="169" REF="86"> &s;till to me <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> God, in&s;tead of many Comforters. G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ve me therefore patience in trouble, a con&s;tancy in hope, rooted and grounded in love; and &s;o bring me, O Lord, from this valley of tears to life everla&s;ting.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer before taking of Phy|&s;ick, or any outward means for re&s;toring of Health.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t mighty God, the great Phy&s;ician both of Soul and Body, who by thy ble&s;&s;ing on a lump of dry figgs did&s;t heal <HI>He|zekiah</HI>'s Boil, that he recovered; and by laying thy hand upon the head of <HI>Peter</HI>'s <HI>Wife's Mo|ther,</HI> did&s;t cure her of her Fe|ver; and anointing the Eyes with Clay and Spittle, did&s;t re|&s;tore the Man that was blind e|ven from his Birth unto per|fect Sight, and by &s;even times
<PB N="170" REF="87"> wa&s;hing in the River <HI>Jordan,</HI> did&s;t clean&s;e <HI>Naaman</HI> the <HI>Syrian</HI> of his Lepro&s;ie; and by thine ap|pointment ha&s;t provided means for thy Children, for the curing of their Sickne&s;s, and recovery of their Health.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>I dare not, O Lord, without injury to my Soul, and indigni|ty to thine Omnipotency, de&s;pair of thy &s;ufficiency and power for the re&s;toring me to health, or not u&s;e that help, and expect a ble&s;&s;ing upon tho&s;e means which are requi&s;ite I &s;hould choo&s;e and u&s;e for the repairing of my Bo|dy, and the re&s;titution of my Strength. I dare not &s;end unto Sorcerers, Wizards, Charmers, or Inchanters for help; nor with <HI>Ahaziah</HI> go to <HI>Baalzebub,</HI> the God of <HI>Ekron,</HI> for relief, and leave thee the God of <HI>I&s;rael:</HI>
<PB N="171" REF="87"> But I renounce and reject all other help but from thee alone; and upon the bended knees of an humble heart I come unto thee, be&s;eeching thee to &s;ancti|fie what I am now to receive or apply to my ea&s;e and good, and to give &s;uch a ble&s;&s;ing thereunto, that it may remove &s;uch pain &amp; &s;ickne&s;s as doth afflict my Body.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord, grant me in all my Sickne&s;s, patience, and not to murmur or repine at thy affli|cting hand: and in health give me a provident care to prevent all &s;uch maladies, as by rea&s;on of my manifold Sins thou mai&s;t ju&s;tly inflict upon me. And as <HI>David</HI>'s Troubles made him pray, <HI>Hezekiah</HI>'s Sickne&s;s to la|ment, the <HI>Prodigal</HI> return home, and <HI>I&s;rael</HI> under <HI>Aegypt</HI>'s bur|thens cry unto thee, &s;o I be&s;eech
<PB N="172" REF="88"> thee, that every Cha&s;ti&s;ement of thine may compel me the rather to &s;ue unto thee for thy &s;aving Health, Pity, Compa&s;&s;ion and Grace: And as Chri&s;t told his Di&s;ciples, that <HI>Lazarus's &s;ickne&s;s was not unto Death, but for the glory of God,</HI> &s;o I be&s;eech thee that none of my afflictions may be unto the death of my Soul, but rather for the good both of Body and Soul. And as <HI>Noah</HI>'s Ark, the higher it was to&s;&s;ed with the <HI>Flood,</HI> the nearer it mounted towards Heaven, &s;o my Soul being &s;anctified by Grace, the more it is exerci&s;ed with the water of affliction, the nearer let it be lifted up towards thee, O God; grant this, O holy Father, for thy dear Son's &s;ake, to whom with Thee and the Holy Gho&s;t be all honour and glory, both now and evermore.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="173" REF="88">
<HEAD>A Prayer before a Journey or Voyage.</HEAD>
<P>ALmighty God, who pre&s;er|ve&s;t thy Servants in all their ways, and did&s;t protect and di|rect <HI>Jacob</HI> in his way to <HI>Laban, Jonah</HI> in his Voyage, and the Children of <HI>I&s;rael</HI> in the Wilder|ne&s;s, and Travels over <HI>Jordan:</HI> Guide me thine unworthy Ser|vant in the Journey that I am now to undertake: Lord, walk with me, be about my Bed, and about my Paths; keep me from all dangers both of Body &amp; Soul, refre&s;h me when I am weary, comfort me when I am &s;olitary, and &s;end me health and &s;trength of Body to perform it. Deliver me from Thieves, Robbers, and &s;avage Bea&s;ts; furni&s;h me with all nece&s;&s;aries, and &s;end me home again in &s;afety.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="174" REF="89">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Send me, I be&s;eech thee, good &s;ucce&s;s in all my undertakings; and grant that I may undertake nothing but what &s;hall be plea|&s;ing in thy &s;ight. If I meet with Company, grant they may be &s;uch as I may receive good by, rather than harm; if I am alone, let thy Law be my delight; grant that I may then meditate &s;uch things as &s;hall be for the benefit and &s;alvation of my Soul; and grant that after my bu&s;ine&s;s is fully accompli&s;hed, when I return home, I may find my Friends, Wife, Children and Fa|mily in perfect Health; and though my whole Life be but a continual Travel here, yet &s;end me everla&s;ting peace, with thee and thy Son <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="175" REF="89">
<HEAD>A Prayer upon return from a Journey or Voyage.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t merciful and gracious Lord God, keeper of <HI>I&s;|rael,</HI> the well-&s;pring of Life, and the alone pre&s;erver of all Mankind; I render unto thee all hearty Thanks and Prai&s;e for thy provident care, and graci|ous protection of me in this my Journey, whereas I might have peri&s;hed, e're I had &s;een a|gain this my Habitation; but that thou ha&s;t walked before me, <HI>by day as a pillar of a Cloud</HI> to guide me in the way, and by <HI>night in a pillar of Fire</HI> to give me light. Thou directe&s;t me in all my paths, O lead me into the way of Life.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Give me an humble and thank|ful heart; let me not bury this
<PB N="176" REF="90"> and other thy Favours in forget|fulne&s;s; but let my Soul &s;till prai&s;e thee; and thy good Spirit lead me into the Land of Righ|teou&s;ne&s;s. As thou ha&s;t brought me, O Lord, through this Jour|ney and Voyage, and kept this Tabernacle of my Body un&s;plit: So in thy good time bring my Soul home to the Land of Pro|mi&s;e, the Everla&s;ting Haven of eternal Re&s;t, and that for thy Son's &s;ake, <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Mariner's Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal God, who rebuke&s;t the Winds, and &s;tille&s;t the raging of the Sea, and the noi&s;e of the Tempe&s;t, who&s;e way is in the Waters, and thy wonders in the Deep, we are in danger every moment of peri&s;hing, un|le&s;s by thy miraculous Power thou deliver us from death, when
<PB N="177" REF="90"> with thy Servant <HI>Peter</HI> we cry out, <HI>Help, Lord, we peri&s;h;</HI> let thy hand be &s;tretched forth to command the Waters to be &s;till. Fill our Sails with gentle and al&s;o pro&s;perous Gales; &s;ave us from Shipwrack, defend us from Pyrates and Robbers, pre&s;erve us from Lightning, Tempe&s;t, and Captivity; hold the Winds in thy right hand, and the Waves in thy left, keep us from Thun|der who&s;e fearful Crack may rend us in pieces; &s;ave us in the bitterne&s;s of Fro&s;t, Hail, Ice, Snow, or Whirlwind; let us be prepared for Death, and medi|tate upon tho&s;e things that con|cern our better Life.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Send us the Prayers of tho&s;e that are upon Land, and ble&s;s all our Friends that are now parted from us. Save our Souls
<PB N="178" REF="91"> from the great <HI>Leviathan</HI> who&s;e Jaws are ready to devour us. Make good our Provi&s;ion for Bodily Su|&s;tenance, as well as Furniture for our Ships. Let thy Peace be among&s;t us; &s;ave us, &s;uccour, and defend us, O Lord, thou Anchor of our Hope, for thy Glory, and for thy Name's &s;ake, to whom be Prai&s;e and Glory, World without end.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving for a &s;afe arrival upon the Land after a Storm.</HEAD>
<P>O Almighty God, who ha&s;t now delivered me out of the Pri|&s;on of the raging Sea, and brought me to a Port of re&s;t; O make me truly thankful unto thee for this thy favour and mercy, and in thy due time lead me al&s;o from out of the trouble&s;ome Sea of this World, unto the longed for Haven, and eternal Bli&s;s and Happine&s;s. Thou ha&s;t brought me out of a great deal of danger, which I was liable to
<PB N="179" REF="91"> whil&s;t I was among&s;t the boi&s;terous Waves and foaming Billows of the Waters. I am &s;ubject, O Lord every hour to as many Pe|rils being now at Land, how &s;e|cure &s;o ever I may think my &s;elf to be; my feet are &s;till &s;lipping into the Grave, I be&s;eech thee to up|hold me; to &s;ave, pre&s;erve and keep me, that I may &s;till glorifie thee, the God of my Salvation.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Give me Wi&s;dom, Sobriety, and Temperance when I now come a|mong&s;t my old Lovers &amp; Friends; Cau&s;e me to make a right u&s;e of tho&s;e things which I have ob&s;er|ved and beheld in Foreign Parts; free my Soul and Con&s;cience from any &s;tain of Corruption and Infecti|on which may hurt or de&s;troy me; keep me in all my ways; &s;end me Health, and all things nece&s;&s;ary for this Life, that having pa&s;&s;ed the Waves of this trouble&s;ome World I may at la&s;t &s;afely arrive at the
<PB N="178" REF="92">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="179" REF="92">
<GAP DESC="duplicate" EXTENT="1 page">
<PB N="180" REF="93"> harbour of everla&s;ting re&s;t, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer for Rain.</HEAD>
<P>BLe&s;&s;ed Lord, who commande&s;t the former and the latter Rain; who in the time of <HI>Elias</HI> did&s;t &s;o &s;hut up the Flood-gates of Hea|ven, that <HI>it rained not on the Earth for the &s;pace of Three Years and &s;ix Months;</HI> and yet when he prayed, the Heaven gave Rain, and the Earth brought forth her Fruit; be|hold us thy People, who mourn for want of moi&s;ture; the Rivers of Waters are dried up and the Trees of the Field are withered: &s;end now, we be&s;eech thee, a gracious Rain upon thine Inheritance, and refre&s;h it now it is weary; make the Springs as Milk to moi&s;ten and to water the Valleys, &s;o &s;hall the Earth bring forth her increa&s;e; our Land have a plentiful &s;upply, and our Garners be furni&s;hed with &s;tore: our Baskets &s;hall be repleni&s;hed,
<PB N="181" REF="93"> our Cattle increa&s;ed, and thy holy Name for ever magnified.</P>
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<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>We do confe&s;s and acknowledge, O Lord, that our Sins call for no|thing but death and de&s;truction; and con&s;idering our de&s;ervings, we cannot expect any ble&s;&s;ing at thy hands. Pardon, we be&s;eech thee, what is pa&s;t; give us Obedience and Grace to do thy Will for the time to come, and to &s;atisfie the lawful de&s;ires of us thy Servants, that we may not be wanting of our Food and daily Bread, but may be p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rtakers of thy heavenly Ble&s;&s;ings, and wait upon thee for our Meat in due &s;ea&s;on. Oppre&s;s us not with too much Poverty, O Lord, neither puff us up with too much Plenty, but give us a competent &s;tore of things nece&s;&s;ary for this life, and grace to u&s;e them &s;oberly to thy glory and our comfort, through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
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<HEAD>A Prayer for fair Weather.</HEAD>
<P>O Lord God, who feede&s;t with thy ble&s;&s;ing every living thing, and &s;atisfie&s;t the lawful de|&s;ires of thy Servants, with thy bountiful Goodne&s;s, we wretched Sinners, unworthy of the lea&s;t of thy Benefits, humbly be&s;eech thee, that thine Anger may cea&s;e which is threatned again&s;t us, by this <HI>Rain</HI> and <HI>Tempe&s;t.</HI> Defend us from tho&s;e Evils which we are now likely to &s;uffer: make our Habitations like the Land of <HI>Go&s;hen,</HI> in the times of the Plagues of <HI>Aegypt.</HI> Cau&s;e not the Waters, O God, thus to &s;well; let not thy thunder go forth again&s;t us.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Pre&s;erve our Bodies, Hou&s;es, and Goods; keep us from Deluge and Inundation, and &s;hew us &s;ome &s;peedy token of Peace: Send us a Remedy in this our pre&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nt mi&s;ery; turn our Dearth into Cheapne&s;s,
<PB N="183" REF="94"> and our Scarcity into Plenty. Give a ble&s;&s;ing to that which we &s;hall reap; ble&s;s our &s;tore; furni&s;h us wherewithal to relieve others; let not thy hand be &s;hortned at this time, but rebuke the Wind and Storm, that we may have a plea|&s;ant Calm.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>At thy Word, O Lord, the <HI>Mountains</HI> &s;moak, the <HI>Heavens</HI> tremble, and the <HI>Earth</HI> quakes; at thine Anger the <HI>Sea</HI> roareth, and makes a noi&s;e, and the fearful <HI>Depths</HI> are broken down and trou|bled; thou commande&s;t the Clouds and they obey: O &s;hut them up for a time, and let thy puni&s;hing Angel be no more &s;een. Hear us, O Lord, in the&s;e our Prayers, that with joyful and thankful Hearts, we may &s;ing Prai&s;es unto thee, who rule&s;t all things, world with|out end.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
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<HEAD>A Prayer of a Child before he goes to School.</HEAD>
<P>ALmighty God, who has pro|mi&s;ed, that out of the mouths of Babes and Sucklings, thou wilt have thy Wonders expre&s;&s;ed; be|hold I am a Child, and cannot &s;peak unto thee, or call upon thee as I &s;hould; but open thou my Lips, that my Mouth may &s;hew forth thy Prai&s;e: Pour into my Lips the Wa|ters of the Well of Life, that I may learn tho&s;e things that may lead me unto the knowledge of thy holy Laws.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Let me remember thee, my Cre|ator, in the days of my youth, while the evil days come not. Teach me, O Lord, how to lead my life ac|cording to the Rule of Godline&s;s. Make me obedient to my Parents, dutiful to my Teachers, proud to|wards no man, but rightly affecti|oned towards all People. Add un|to me length of Days, &s;upply me
<PB N="185" REF="95"> with vertues, guide my feet in thy ways, direct my mind, &s;anctifie my &s;tu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ies, govern all my actions, pre|&s;erve my Body in health, my Soul from uncleanne&s;s; take from me all dulne&s;s and incapacity, that may hinder my growth in knowledge, and bring me to life everla&s;ting, through <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t,</HI> my only Lord and Saviour.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer in time of War.</HEAD>
<P>O Eternal God, who rule&s;t and beholde&s;t all the World, and ha&s;t many times miraculou&s;ly pre|&s;erved &amp; defended us; we be&s;eech thee to &s;hew thy power in the&s;e needful and perillous times, whil&s;t there is nothing but Wars, and ru|mours of Wars among&s;t us. Save us, O Lord our God, from our Ene|mies, and put them to &s;hame that hate us, turn the weapons of our Adver&s;aries and their Accomplices into their own Bo&s;oms. Ble&s;s tho&s;e that are abroad for the defence of
<PB N="186" REF="96"> our Country; and &s;anctifie us at home to plea&s;e thee, that what&s;o|ever they or we do, it may pro&s;per.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Be pre&s;ent and pre&s;ident among&s;t us in all our Con&s;ultations; &s;end us wi&s;e Coun&s;ellors and Commanders, who may prudently fore&s;ee, and valiantly defeat the devices and &s;tratagems of their Enemies. Ble&s;s tho&s;e that are prepared to fight for us; command the Winds and the Seas to favour them, and let the Land &s;peak peace unto them. Let neither the Sun nor Moon an|noy them, nor alteration of diet or place di&s;able them; anoint their Shields, hallow and con&s;ecrate all their Engines of War, with happy &s;ucce&s;s to do thy will.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>Refre&s;h both Prince and People with the &s;weet &s;avour and harmo|ny of Peace, rather than the bitter howlings &amp; clamours of War, that we may every one in our due or|der
<PB N="187" REF="96"> &s;it under our own Vine, and under our own Fig-tree, that there may be no <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">eading into Captivity, nor no complaining in our Streets; grant, O Lord, the&s;e things we have begged, for thy Son, our Sa|viour's &s;ake.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Thanksgiving after Victory.</HEAD>
<P>VVE prai&s;e and ble&s;s thy holy Name, O Lord, that thou ha&s;t &s;aved us from our Enemies, and ha&s;t put them to &s;hame that hated us. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy Name be given the glory; for if thou had&s;t not been on our &s;ide, when men ro&s;e up again&s;t us, they had &s;wallowed us up quick.</P>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>Thou, O God, wa&s;t plea&s;ed to do mighty and marvellous things for us, whereof we rejoice, thine Angel encamped round about us whil&s;t we were in great fear, and hath delivered us. O Lord, more
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<PB N="188" REF="98"> and more encrea&s;e our Thankful|ne&s;s; maintain &s;till thine own cau&s;e, keep us from all Plots &amp; Con|trivances of the wicked: And as thou ha&s;t at this time by a hand unexpected, put <HI>Si&s;era</HI> to flight, and brought our Foes to an end, &s;o de&s;troy their Armies evermore, and di&s;per&s;e their Forces, that we may know thou art the Lord, who&s;e Name is <HI>Jehovah;</HI> to whom be Prai&s;e, now and for evermore, World without end.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen</CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>THE TABLE.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>A <HI>Preparatory Prayer again&s;t wan|dring Thoughts, and vain Ima|ginations</HI> Page 7</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Sunday 11</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Morning Prayer for the Wor&s;hip of God</HI> 15</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer at our Entrance into the Church</HI> 21</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sunday <HI>Noon; for Per&s;everance</HI> 23</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Than&s;giving after Evening Prayer, for the Word preached</HI> 24</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sunday <HI>Even. for pardon of Sin</HI> 25</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Monday 29</ITEM>
<ITEM>Monday <HI>Morning; for a holy Life</HI> 30</ITEM>
<ITEM>Monday <HI>Noon; for forgivene&s;s of Sins</HI> 33</ITEM>
<ITEM>Monday <HI>Night; for God's pre&s;er|vation</HI> 35</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Tue&s;day 36</ITEM>
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<ITEM>Tue&s;day <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rn. for Protection from our Enemies</HI> 39</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tue&s;day <HI>Noon; for God's Grace and Favour</HI> 41</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tue&s;day <HI>Night; a Thanksgiving for God's Mercies</HI> 43</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Wedne&s;day 44</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wedne&s;day <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rn. for Repentance</HI> 47</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wedne&s;day <HI>Noon; for God's parti|cular care of us</HI> 49</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wedne&s;day <HI>Night; for deliverance from Sin</HI> 51</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Thur&s;day 53</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thur&s;. <HI>Morn. a Sacrifice of Prai&s;e</HI> 55</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thur&s;. <HI>Noon; for God's Ble&s;&s;ing</HI> 58</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thur&s;day <HI>Night; for Deliverance from &s;udden Death</HI> 59</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Friday 62</ITEM>
<ITEM>Friday <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rn. a Confe&s;&s;ion of Sin</HI> 65</ITEM>
<ITEM>Frid. <HI>Noon<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">, for God's Direction</HI> 69</ITEM>
<ITEM>Friday <HI>Night; again&s;t Carnal Se|curity</HI> 71</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for</HI> Saturday 75</ITEM>
<ITEM>Saturd. <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rn. for God's Providence</HI> 78</ITEM>
<ITEM>Saturd. <HI>Noon; for Tranquillity of Spirit</HI> 81</ITEM>
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<ITEM>Sat. <HI>Night; for Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins</HI> 84</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A confe&s;&s;ion of Sins before the Sacra|ment</HI> 87</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer before the Sacrament</HI> 94</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thank&s;g. after the Sacrament</HI> 95</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Morn. Prayer for a priv. Per&s;on</HI> 98</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>An Even. Prayer for a priv. Per&s;on</HI> 101</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Morn. Prayer for a priv. Family</HI> 104</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>An Even Prayer for a priv. Family</HI> 109</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations for the Sick</HI> 115</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer in time of Sickne&s;s</HI> 117</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Pray. by tho&s;e that vi&s;it the Sick</HI> 123</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meditations after Recovery</HI> 126</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thank&s;giving after Recovery</HI> 128</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer fit to be &s;aid at any time</HI> 131</ITEM>
<ITEM>Prayers for all Per&s;ons and Occa&s;ions.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for the Church</HI> 134</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for the King,</HI> &amp;c. 136</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for the Royal Family</HI> 137</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for our Parents</HI> 138</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of Parents for their Chil|dren</HI> 140</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for our Friends,</HI> &amp;c. 141</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of a Wife for her Husb.</HI> 142</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of a Husb. for his Wife</HI> 143</ITEM>
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<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of an Orphan</HI> ibid.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Widow's Prayer</HI> 145</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Servant's Prayer</HI> 146</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Maid's Prayer</HI> 149</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer when afflicted in Mind</HI> 149</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thank&s;g. for our Redemption</HI> 152</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of a Woman with Child</HI> 154</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Midwife's Prayer</HI> 157</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer by tho&s;e that are pre&s;ent with a Woman in Travail</HI> 159</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A thanksgiving by tho&s;e that are pre|&s;ent after Delivery</HI> 162</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A thank&s;giving by the Woman after her Delivery</HI> 164</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thanksg. after any Calamity</HI> 166</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer before taking of Phy&s;ick</HI> 169</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer before a Journey,</HI> &amp;c. 173</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer upon return from a Journey or Voya<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e</HI> 175</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Mariner's Prayer</HI> 176</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thanksgiving after a Storm</HI> 178</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for Rain</HI> 180</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer for fair Weather</HI> 182</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer of a Child,</HI> &amp;c. 184</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Prayer in time of War</HI> 185</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Thank&s;giving after Victory</HI> 187</ITEM>
</LIST>
<TRAILER>The End of the Table&punc;</TRAILER>
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