A Prayer against sin and Sathan in ge­nerall.

MOST blessed and glori­ous LORD GOD, I be­seech thee of thine in­finite mercies, be piti­fully [Page 2] mercifull vnto mee, poore, miserable and most corrupted sinner: O Lord, cast out sinne and Sathan, let a greater than Sa­than enter (euen thine holy and good Spirit) and binde that enemie of thy glory, my salua­tion, that he may pre­uaile no longer against mee.

Thus thou didst deale (O my gracious God) most mercifully with Mary Magdalene, [...]uk. 8.2. casting seuen Deuils out of her: Good Fa­ther, I confesse that se­uenty [Page 3] times seuen doe grieue my poore and pensiue soule, for so many foule lusts, so many vncleane Deuils: Lord, in thy might and mercy, giue mee to preuaile against them. What will sinne afford mee, but shame in this world, and con­fusion in the world to come?

Lord therfore streng­then mee against these corruptions and chie­fest enemies of my soule: let mee be as willing euermore to put a Toad into my [Page 4] mouth, as to suffer a sinne to rest and reigne in my soule. O that my wayes were made so direct, that I might neuer sinne more. Lord heare my mournfull prayers, and let these my cries come vp vnto thee, for Iesus Christs sake, thy Sonne, my Sauiour.

Amen.

A Prayer against the worlds illusions.

MOst gracious and blessed heauenly Father, forasmuch as thou hast taught mee, that I must vse the world as not abusing it; and seeing also I finde my selfe by na­ture too too prone and ready to set my delight on things below, and to giue more affection to things seene, than things vnseene: O Lord (who art the only san­ctifier of thine elect) [Page 6] saue mee from immo­derate loue, and exces­siue delight of the same: grant that no worldly honour, plea­sure, profit, may de­ceiue me, but I beseech thee that thy lower blessings may be recei­ued of mee with a low­er loue, and thine hea­uenly graces, thine e­ternall glories, with the greatest glory, and chiefest delight of my soule. Lord for thy Christs sake heare mee herein. Amen,

Amen.

A Praier against Pride.

MOst deare and gracious God, I most humbly intreat thee so to assist mee with thy grace, that I may euermore take heed of that first and worst sinne, the sinne of the Deuill, namely pride: O Lord grant I may neuer be puffed vp in minde, nor haue a scornfull eye; for pride will haue a fearfull fall, and high-mindednesse [Page 8] alwayes goeth before destruction.

Dan. 4.27, 28. Nabuchadnezzar paid dearly for his vaine and foolish vaunting: and that proud and boast­ing Pharisee went home condemned for his sinne:Luk. 18.14. O Lord, then giue mee power and strength against this wicked lust, this base and senselesse sinne: Let not (O God of all goodnesse) this euill appeare in mee, by mine apparell, speech, looke, gate, or any other vnseemely beha­uiour: for thou (O [Page 9] God) resistest the proud, and giuest thy grace only to the hum­ble: Humble mee then (I pray thee) that I may in due time be euerla­stingly exalted of thee in the Lord IESVS.

Amen.

A Prayer against Enuie.

O LORD GOD, wheras thou hast taught me by thy bles­sed Apostle,Rom. 12.15. to reioyce with them that re­ioyce; [Page 10] I beseech thee saue and defend mee from that fearfull sinne of Enuy, the sinne of Sathan, for hee enuied the standing power of Adam: the sinne of Cain, Gen. 4.5. who vexed his soule at thy graces ap­parent in Abel: O God, of thy goodnesse, saue mee from this sinne and wickednesse.

Grant (most holy and heauenly Father) that I may abound in loue towards my bre­thren, and blesse thee as heartily for any mer­cie or blessing confer­red [Page 11] vpon others, as vp­on mine owne soule: As one member reioy­ceth in the glory and welfare of another, so grant that I may proue my self a true member of Christ Iesus, in de­lighting in the prospe­rity of thy Saints and seruants.

Lord keepe me from an hatefull soule, and fulfill mine heart with loue, to the glory of thy great name, and euerlasting saluation of my poore soule, in the merits of the Lord Ie­sus.

Amen.

A Prayer against Adultery.

MOst mighty▪ and most mercifull Father, for as much as thou hast shewen vnto me frō thy holy & hea­uenly word, that no vn­cleane thing shal enter into thy Kingdom, and no adulterer shall in­herit heauen,1 Cor. 6.9. such shall onely enter into thy glory as haue not defiled thēselues with women, as Saint Iohn [Page 13] declareth in his Reue­lations: Good Father (I pray thee) purge my soul from all foule and fleshly lusts: my body is the Temple of thy holy Spirit, Lord let mee neuer defile it: grant (Lord) that I may preserue and pre­sent it spotlesse to the comming of the Lord Iesus: turne away mine eies that I behold not vanity:Matth. 5.20. If mine eye of­fend mee, Lord grant that I may pull it out: better for me to go in­to that life with one eie, than to goe with two [Page 14] eies into the darknesse and damnation of hell.

Giue mee (O Lord) the helpe of thy grace, that I may conquer all beastly lusts, all vnclean desires, al polluted and polluting actions, and be freed from them, for the honor of thy name, in the worthinesse of the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer against Couetousnesse.

O Eternal & euerli­uing Lord God, thou hast reuealed vn­to me from thy blessed word,Psal. 10.3. that thou abhor­rest the couetous, and couetousnes is so foule an euill, as it is called, Spiritual Idolatry: O LORD of thy mercy saue my soul from this vile and earthly sinne, giue mee to take heed and beware of Coue­tousnesse, [Page 16] for a mans life stands not in his wealth and abundance: that man in the Gospel was rightly tearmed a foole for resting on his goods,Luke 12.20. & making them his God: O Lord, what greater folly can there bee, than to leaue thee the fountaine of liuing waters, and to trust in vaine and vncertaine riches: for as the Psal­mist tels me,Psal 49.7. A man by his wealth cannot re­deeme his brother, so precious is the redemp­tion of souls, and their continuance for euer.

Therefore let my con­uersation (O Lord) be without couetousnes, for thou hast promised, I will not faile thee nor forsake thee.Heb. 13.5. Lord raise mine heart from earth­ly mindednesse, and let my chiefe delight bee on heauen and heauen­ly things; giue me this couetousnesse, namely to couet after spiritual things, and let all my delight bee in thy sta­tutes: that my life be­ing holy and conuersa­tion heauenly, I may in the end obtaine the kingdome of heauen, [Page 18] and life euerlasting, through Iesus Christ mine onely Lord and Sauiour.

Amen.

A Prayer against hardnes of heart.

O Lord my God, I most humbly be­seech thee, in the Lord Iesus, to frame my soul according to thy will, to bring mine heart to the obedience of thy holy and heauenly law in all things: mollifie my stiffe and stubborne [Page 19] heart, giue me a teach­able and tractable spi­rit, that I may euer­more be guided by the motions of thy holy Spirit, and counsell of thy heauenly word in­to all goodnesse. Take away (good Father) the stoninesse of my heart (for I feele much hard­nesse in it) and giue me an heart of flesh:Ezek. 36.26. giue mee the spirit of good King IOSIAH,2 Chron. 34.27. whose heart melted within him at the reading of thy Law: giue mee (O Lord) to tremble at my sinnes, to mourne [Page 20] at thy iudgements, to bee comforted by thy mercies in the merits of the LORD IESVS. Create in me (O Lord) a new heart,Psal. 51.10. and renew a right spirit within mee: turne me, and I shall bee turned; con­uert me, and then shall my soule be conuerted vnto thee.

Thy mercies now I aske, Lord grant that I may haue: thy sweet graces now I seeke, grant (Lord) that I may finde: at thy hea­uenly gates I knock, Lord open vnto me the [Page 21] doore of saluation, for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Prayer against Drunkennesse.

MOst deare and gracious God, I thine vnworthy ser­uant, am bold vpon the multitude of thy mer­cies to present my selfe before thee, earnest­ly crauing pardon for my sinnes, and thy power and presence of grace, for the pre­uention of them in [Page 22] time to come.

In particular (O Lord) I beseech thee, that I may bee preser­ued from that swinish sinne of drunkennesse: fearefull are thy woes denounced against the same; many other most damnable transgressi­ons alwaies wait vpon the same; yea, a legion of deuils attends the same, as swearing, a­dulterie, quarrelling, and the like: Lord for thy mercies sake, saue me from excesse: whe­ther I eat or drinke, or whatsoeuer I doe else, [Page 23] let mee doe all to the glory of thy blessed name.

And (good Father) giue me to shun all oc­casions of this sinne; especially, I pray thee, to preserue mee from vaine and vngodly so­ciety, and let mee fre­quent euermore the company of thy saints: temper mine affecti­ons, moderate mine vnruly lust: giue mee alwaies to consider, that no drunkard shall inherit the kingdome of heauen: Also that vnsober persons are [Page 24] vnable to resist the de­uill, but hee workes his will and pleasure vpon them: preserue me then (my God) from this common, capitall, na­tionall euill: Lord giue mee a wise and mode­rate vse of thy crea­tures: let them not bee snares vnto me, but re­freshers of me; not de­stroyers, but suppor­ters of me, to thy glo­ry, and the eternall sal­uation of my poore soule in the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer against murther.

ALmightie and most mercifull heauenly Father, I thy poore seruant begge from thy throne of grace, grace & strength against all sinnes and transgressions whatso­euer; especially, against those crying sins spo­ken of in thy word, such as wil neuer leaue roaring in thine eares, till thy iudgments bee [...]hundred against the committers of them, [Page 26] one wherof is murther: a fearefull and diaboli­call sinne, for the deuill was a murtherer from the beginning: Lord saue me from taking a­way the name or life of any man; grant I may not harbour malice in mine heart,1 Iohn 3.15. for he that hateth his brother in his heart, is a manslay­er: giue mee to looke vpon thy iudgments executed vpon such malefactors as Cain, Ahab, others, that I may neuer offend in the same: Lord giue mee loue, patience, [Page 27] meekenesse, that I may in the moderation of my passions and affe­ctions, preserue my soule from this griesly euill, for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Prayer against Hypocrisie.

O Most gracious & merciful God, thy holy word hath re­uealed vnto mee thy heauie vengeance a­gainst such as are dis­semblers with thee, [Page 28] that deepe is their por­tion in hell, therefore is it said, Giue him his portion with hypo­crites: O my God, I craue hereupon thy mercifull assistance, that I may take heed of hypocrisie, that I may walke in vpright­nesse with thee, that I may with Nathaniel, John 1.47. be found a true Israelite, in whom is no guile: Lord grant in all good duties, I may seeke thy glory, and pleasure of thy will, not mine own ends, or glory of mine owne name.

O Lord saue mee from pride, one maine cause of this foule and foolish sinne, and giue mee sincerity, for that man shall be aduanced to thy holy hill, that speaketh the truth (without hypocrisie) and professeth it from the heart.

Lord let not the marks of this Pharisaical euill be foūd in me, as pride, malicious censuring, and the like: O Lord, though my graces be small, yet let them be true, and then the gates of hel shal not preuaile [Page 30] against mee: to this end, I beseech thee, vouchsafe mee a large and plentifull measure of humility, that so I may in vprightnesse serue thee in this life, and hereby bee sealed vp to thy glory euerla­sting in that blessed life to come, for Iesus Christ his sake, my only Sauiour and Redeemer.

Amen.

A Prayer against Reuenge.

MOst louing and gracious GOD, thy holy word hath taught mee,Rom. 12.19. that ven­geance is thine, thou wilt repay all offered wrongs whatsoeuer: whereupon I beseech thee, O Lord, in all a­buses and oppressions, giue mee patience and meekenesse of spirit,Rom. 12.17. that I may not render euil for euil, that I may [Page 32] not seeke maliciously to reuenge those that haue done wrong and iniury vnto me: to doe good for good, Publi­canes can do the same: to doe euill for euill, that is an act of flesh and blood: to doe e­uill for good, is egre­gious vngodlines: but to doe good against e­uill, this is onely pro­per to the righteous: when others curse, let mee blesse; let me pray when others persecute, as the first Martyr in the Gospell prayed for them that stoned him,A [...] [...].6 [...]. [Page 33] and my blessed Saui­our for those that moc­ked and killed him.

It is not possible but offences will come, man is so vicious, so malicious; How often shall I then forgiue? se­uen times? No Lord, more than so, seuenty times seuen:Matth. 18.34 hee that would not forgiue his brother the pence, his pounds, yea, talents were exacted from him to the vttermost farthing in prison: If I cannot heartily forgiue my brother, how shall I looke for forgiuenes [Page 34] of sinnes at thy hands?

Therfore (deare God) grant mee thy grace to conquer malicious and reuengefull thoughts, and possesse mee with the spirit of meeknes and loue, to my present peace, to mine euerla­sting saluation, in and through my Lord and Sauiour Ie­sus Christ.

Amen.

A Prayer against Theft.

O LORD and hea­uenly Father, whereas thine expresse commandment is,Exod. 20.15. that I shall not steale, O Lord giue me thy fear, that I may take heed that I oppresse not my brother, by vniust and deceitfull dealing, nor take away by violence that which is his, but as I would be done vnto, so let me euermore do, [Page 36] for this is the Law and the Prophets:Matth. 7.12. As I de­sire heartily thy grace to walke before thee in holinesse, so also I be­seech thee, giue mee in all things to carry my selfe to my neighbour in righteousnes: with­out shall be dogs, mur­therers, theeues, these wretched persons shall for euermore be expel­led and excluded thy kingdome of glorie: and who shall dwell in thy holy Hill?Psal. 15.3. euen he that hath not done euil to his neighbour, as in body and name, so in [Page 37] goods and estate.

A little that the righ­teous hath, being well got, is better than great riches of the vngodly, gotten by fraud, vio­lence, wrong: Giue me to know that I must one day giue an ac­count of my steward­ship,Luke 16.2. how I haue got­ten my goods, as well as how I haue spent them.

Therefore I beseech thee giue me thy feare and grace, to preserue my soule from these worldly and wicked er­rors here, and giue me [Page 38] euerlasting saluation when I die, in the Lord Iesus that freely died for me.

Amen.

A Prayer against Swearing.

MOST Mighty, most glorious, and most mercifull Lord God, great thou art in thy maiesty, won­drous in thy power, who is able to resist thy wrath? O Lord euer­more defend mee from taking thy great and [Page 39] mighty name in vaine,Exod. 20.7. for thou wilt not hold him guiltlesse that ta­keth thy Name in vain: Heauy are thy iudge­ments denounced a­gainst this sinne: thy curse shall not depart from the house of the swearer: Therefore my good God, grant I may neuer bee found culpable of this sinne, but giue me thy grace that I may serue thee in feare, & reioyce be­fore thee in reuerence all the daies of my life: Lord let mee neuer thinke or speake of thy [Page 40] great and holy Name, but with all feare, re­spect, reuerence, trem­bling.

Giue me also thy feare and grace, that I may not endure thy Name to bee dishonoured of others, but let it bee a Simeons Sword to pierce my soule,Luke 2.35. and giue mee euermore to reprooue and con­demne it.

Lord heare, helpe, and haue mercy vpon thy poore seruant, here and in heauen.

Amen.

A Prayer against Periury.

O Lord God, to whō vengeance belongeth, thou great Iudge of heauen and earth, to whom all se­crets are knowen; I most humbly pray thee that thy feare & grace may so assist me, that I may neuer swerue from the truth of thy Law: thou hast charged mee not to beare false wit­nes against my neigh­bour,Exod. 20.16. [Page 42] but to speake the truth impartially when I am thereunto called, for Lord thou knowest all secrets, though man cannot detect them: therefore keepe mee from false swearing, for as it is great wrong in iudgement, so is it odi­ous and abominable before thee, for thine infinite wisdome is dis­honoured; and he that dishonoureth thee in this desperate, impu­dent, and damnable manner, thou wilt dis­honour and condemne him for euer.

Lord giue me an ho­nest heart and faithfull soule, that in all things I may carry my selfe vpright, as in thy great and mightie presence, now and for euermore.

Amen.

A Prayer against Security.

BLessed and euer-glorious LORD GOD, I pray thee most humbly and earnestly in Christ Iesus, to keep mee from that dange­rous [Page 44] euill of security: many are the enemies of my soule, the deuill goeth vp and downe, seeking whom he may deuoure: the world by his allurements seeketh to ouerturne my soule: carnall concupiscence, and inbred corruption takes all aduantages to betray and ouerthrow mee: I beseech thy Ma­iesty (seeing my poore soule is thus dange­rously assaulted) giue mee all diligence and care to keepe my soule from sinning against thee: O giue mee the [Page 45] watch of thy Spirit of grace, to preuent these wofull enemies of my soule:Matth. 26.41. let mee euer watch and pray, and stand vpon my guard, lest I fall into temptati­on: let me be lesse care­full for the things of this life, & more care­full for thy glory, and the eternall saluation of my soule: that I glorifying thy great Name constantly in this life, may in IESVS CHRIST bee euer­lastingly glorified of thee in the life to come.

Amen.

A Prayer against Desperation.

O Lord my God most mighty and glorious, I most hum­bly intreat thee to assist me in all assaults of Sa­tan: this enemy is strong, I poore sinner weake, I pray thee then helpe me against all his most desperate and dis­mall temptations: I confesse my sins most odious, most damna­ble, yet vpon my true [Page 47] humiliation, I am bold to rest vpon thy re­nowned mercies for forgiuenesse of them; To whom wilt thou looke (O blessed Lord God) but to him that is of a contrite heart,Esa. 66.2. and trembleth at thy words: therfore in the confidence of this thy promise & mercy, giue mee resolution against all feares, and desperate harmes of my soule: not to beleeue thy pro­mise, who art truth it selfe, not to hope in thy performance, who art most faithfull and iust, [Page 48] it were to deny thy glorious Name, it were heauy and fearefull sin­ning against thee: I haue sinned (Lord thou knowest) too too much alreadie, shall I now by despaire adde sinne to sinne? O Lord God forbid it: though my sinnes bee many, yet thy mercies are more; though they bee as red as crimson, yet in the crimson Blood of Christ thy Sonne,Esa. 1.18. thou canst make them all as white as snow or wool. O Lord my God, who art so full of mercy, as [Page 49] thou delightest not in the death of the grea­test sinner,Ezek. 18.32. but rather that hee may conuert and liue, giue mee to breake mine heart for sinne, but not to de­spaire of thy mercies for the forgiuenesse of my sinnes, for thou gi­uest grace and saluati­on to the humble, and the Lord Iesus came to call none but bleeding sinners to repentance: In hope of which thy truth and mercy, I make bold to rest vpon thee (O Lord my God and Sauiour) for pre­sent [Page 50] peace, for euerla­sting saluation. Amen.

Amen.

A Prayer against Heresie.

O LORD and hea­uenly Father, see­ing there is but one truth, one faith, one way laid out for life, which is the Lord Ie­sus,Iohn 14.6. for he is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: saue me (O Lord) from all by-paths and errors, all false waies,Psal. grant (with Da­uid [Page 51] thy seruant) I may vtterly abhorre: espe­cially I beseech thee, keepe me that I drinke not of the cuppe of for­nication, which the Whore of Babylon holdeth in her hand, wherewith the greatest part of the world is deceiued, poisoned, drunke: a cup pleasing to flesh and blood,Reuel. 17.4. and therfore called, A gol­den Cup, yet within it is full of deadly poison and abomination.

Lord grant I may not bee misled in iudg­ment, nor obstinate in [Page 52] defending errours a­gainst thy truth, but giue mee an humble heart,1 Cor. 14.32. and let my spirit be euermore subiect to the iudgment of thy zealous Prophets: O Lord, giue mee to this end (with the Boroans) to examine all things,Acts. and to conferre Scrip­ture with Scripture, that so I may neuer swerue from thy most pure, holy, and sacred Truth.

And giue mee (my good Father) courage and magnanimity to defend and vphold thy [Page 53] glorious Gospell, a­gainst barking Papists, and cauilling Atheists, and all malicious op­posers of the same, to the losse and laying downe of my de [...]rest life and blood.

Thus grant me (gra­cious God) to stand for thy truth against al de­facers of the same, to my liues end.

Amen.

A Prayer against Lying.

MOST deare and gracious heauē ­ly father, who art truth it selfe, in whom no er­rour nor falcity can a­bide or dwell, grant me (of thy goodnesse) that I may abhor that vaine and vile euill of lying, let me euermore speake the truth with feare and care in a good conscience.

The iesting lye is [Page 55] meere vanity; the offi­cious lye, or lye for profit or aduantage, is grosse iniquity: the ma­licious lye, or lye to doe hurt, is most perni­cious and damnable impiety: Good Lord keep me from all these abominations, & giue me to know, that thine infinite wisdome, and all-seeing knowledge is most grieuously dis­honoured herein: for (Lord) thou knowest all secrets, nothing hid­den from thine all-see­ing eye; though man may bee deceiued, yet [Page 56] thy Maiesty can neuer bee deceiued: A lye then is most foolish, most odious; Lord keepe me from this va­nity, now and for euer­more.

Amen.

A Prayer against Sabbath-breaking.

O Eternall GOD, Creator and go­uernour of all things, seeing thou hast put a principall charge vpon thy fourth commande­ment,Exod. 20.8. Remember to [Page 57] keep holy the Sabbath day: O my God, grant me thy feare, thy grace, that that thy day may neuer bee neglected of mee: Lord grant I may spend it in prayer publike, priuate, in hea­ring and reading of thy holy word, in in­structing my family: Lord vouchsafe me so great a care, so heauen­ly a desire, as I may not therein speake mine owne words,Esay 58.13. nor think mine owne thoughts, and that I may make the exercise of that day my ioy, my soules de­light: [Page 58] No one shall en­ter thy Sabbath & rest of glory, but hee that hath been strictly care­full to keepe thy Sab­bath on earth: Grant I may deale with no worldly thing on this thy day, that I may go to thy Temple, and re­turne to mine house, and make no other walke on this thy day, that I may not doe or looke vpon any vaine pastimes on this thy day.

And (good Lord) stirre vp mine heart to blesse thy Name, for so [Page 59] blessed and happie a day, wherein thine hea­uenly instructions are imparted to my soule: Did not this day shine in thine ordinance most graciously vpon me, all the daies of the weeke, yea all the daies of my life would bee dismall vnto me: Lord continue this thine ho­ly day to the comming of the Lord Iesus in the clouds to iudg­ment, for thy mer­cies sake sweet LORD.

Amen.

A Prayer against Idle words.

MOst glorious and blessed heauenly Father, whereas thou hast shewen vnto mee from thy heauenly Word,Matth. 12.36. That of euery idle word that men shall speake, account shall bee giuen at the day of iudgment: O GOD of thy great goodnesse and mercy, so possesse me with thy power of grace, that I [Page 61] may alwaies say with thy good and godly seruant Dauid, Psal. 39.1. I will take heed vnto my waies that I offend not in my tongue.

Lord, if I speake,1 Pet. 4.11. giue mee that I may speak, as thy holy word prescribes mee, holily, profitably, to the glori­fication of thy great Name, the edification of the hearers, & con­solation of mine owne soule.

Moderate (I beseech thee) the rudenesse and rashnes of my tongue; it is but a little mem­ber,Iames 3.5, 8. [Page 62] but (Lord) I con­fesse, a very hard thing for me to rule & tame: grant therefore I may set a watch ouermore before the doore of my lippes,Psal. 41.3. that no vanity may bee vttered: the tongue (in the origi­nall) signifieth glory; Lord grant that I ther­by may glorifie thy great and godly name.

O Lord, giue me ne­uer to speake but holi­ly, modestly, heauenly, that I may in the end for euer in heauen with the same my tongue sing a most [Page 63] ioyfull and glorious Halleluiah to thee (O blessed Lord God) and to the Lambe, the Lord Iesus, for euer­more.

Amen.

A Prayer against euill Thoughts.

MY most holy and heauenly LORD GOD, I pray thee in and for the Lord Ie­sus, to reforme mine erroneous nature, and sanctifie my most sinful and polluted soule: [Page 64] Lord cleanse my heart within, and then the outside shall be cleane also: It is not (O Lord) that which goeth into man that defileth a man,Matth. 15.19. but that which commeth out of man that defiles him; for out of the heart com­meth murther, adulte­ry, and other vncleane euils: O my deare and blessed heauenly Fa­ther, purge the foun­taine, and the riuer shal be cleane: purge mine heart from vaine and euil thoughts and lusts, then shall my mouth [Page 65] praise thee, and mine actions bee in some measure sutable to thy holy will: O Lord,P [...]ou. 4.23. giue me to keep mine heart with all diligence, for therout commeth life: if I keepe it not with all diligence, thereout wil come death, that is, sinne, whose wages is death. Giue mee (my blessed Sauiour) to keepe a narrow watch ouer my thoughts, that no wicked thought, profane lust, or vngod­ly desire may nestle in my soule,Wisd. 1.9. for inquisiti­on shal be made for the [Page 66] very thoughts of the vngodly: Lord grant then that the thoughts of my heart may bee alwaies holy and heauenly, that so my soule being taken vp with holy meditati­ons, and heauenly con­templations here, I may bee admitted to that most excellent glorie of heauen, pur­chased in the blood of the LORD IESVS: to whom with thee and thine holy Spirit, my soule in her best thoughts desire to ren­der all glory in all reue­rence [Page 67] now and for e­uermore.

Amen.

A Praier against dis­obedience to Parents.

O Almighty God, as thou hast pro­mised long and happy life to those that honor their Father and Mo­ther,Exod. 20.12. so is it most cer­taine, that disobedient children shall not es­cape thy fearefull vin­dicts and iudgments: for hee that disobeyeth his father or mother, [Page 68] the Rauens of the val­lies shall pick out his eies, and deuoured shal he be of the young Ea­gles.Prou. 30.17.

O Lord, giue mee to consider, that I recei­ued from my Parents my being, my mainte­nance, mine education; how then shall I suf­ficiently expresse my dutie vnto them? bet­ter neuer beene borne, than to contemne or neglect them by whom I had my being: O good God blesse my parents, sanctifie them, giue them thy mercies [Page 69] in this life, thy saluati­on in the next, and me thy grace to doe vnto them all honour and helpe, while I liue. A­men.

A Praier against blas­phemy against the Holy Ghost.

O Blessed and gra­cious God, thy mercy is to be mighti­ly magnified, and euer­lastingly extolled, for thy compassion to humbled and penitent [Page 70] sinners, for there is mercie and saluation with thee that thou maiest bee feared,Psal. 130.4. and trusted to for life: yet notwithstanding, thou hast reuealed thine ir­reuocable Sentence a­gainst one sinne, and but one, that hee that committeth it, shal ne­uer bee pardoned, nei­ther here nor at the day of iudgment,Matth. 12.32. and that is, blasphemy a­gainst the HOLY GHOST, a sinne vn­to death, vnto damna­tion, not to bee pardo­ned, not to bee praied [Page 71] for: Lord giue me thy grace, that I may care­fully seeke to know it, and more carefully seeke to auoid it: when a man is enlightned to know thy truth, to pro­fesse thy truth, to giue good allowance of it, to reuerence & honor it, and then by the de­uils strong temptatiōs to fall off from the same, maliciously to oppose and persecute the same, and the pro­fessors of the same, to raile vpon it, and dis­gracefully blaspheme it, the conscience not­withstanding [Page 72] all this while conuincing him, this is that vnpardona­ble sinne, and it is im­possible for this man to repent and bee saued: Good Lord grant that I may neuer be thus o­uercome by Sathan, grant (sweet Iesus) I may take heed of the way of this fearfull of­fence and sinne: Lord giue mee grace that I may not bee vnreue­rent to thy Word, that I may not mocke, but make much of sincere professors of the same, that euermore I may [Page 73] haue a trembling re­spect to thy Maiesty and ordinance, that so I may bee graciously preserued from this fearfull sinne here, and the damnation of it hereafter in hell for e­uermore.

Amen.

A Prayer against Presumption.

O MOST blessed Lord God, I can­not while I liue in this body of sinne, be freed from sinne and corrup­tion, [Page 74] this world will af­ford me no perfection: therfore (good Father) seeing I cannot but sinne, grant me this fa­uour and compassion, that the sinnes which I daily do offend in, may be of infirmity, not of wilfulnesse, nor of ma­liciousnes, nor against the light of conscience; especially (with thy ser­uant Dauid) I pray thee keepe mee from pre­sumptuous sinnes,Psal. 19.13. that they may not preuaile ouer me.

Gracious heauenly Father, let not mee [Page 75] boldly offend thee, vp­on hope of mercie from thee, nor presume to sinne vpon expecta­tion of thy pardon: what greater abuse of thy mercie than this can there be?Rom. 2.4. thy mer­cy should lead mee from my sins, vnto re­pentance, not from re­pentance vnto sinne.

Lord, with griefe of heart I doe mournful­ly confesse before thee, that I haue too too much presumed in bold and wilful sinning against thee, vpon hope of pardon from [Page 76] thee: Lord humble me more and more for this my most dangerous sinne and offence, and let it not bee mee, but sinne in me, whensoe­uer I sin against thee.

LORD, aboue all things saue me from an impudent and shame­lesse soule, saue mee from sinning against thee with so high an hand, in so great a mea­sure: that my chiefest care being to master sinne in this life, it may bee thy good will and pleasure to free mee from damnation in the [Page 77] world to come, for Ie­sus Christ his sake. A­men.

A Prayer against the Plague.

O Lord my God, most mighty and glorious, whereas thy gracious promise is,Psal. 91.4.7. to saue mee from plague and pestilence, to hide mee vnder thy wings, and to keep me safe vn­der thy feathers, thou­sands shall fall on my right hand, and ten [Page 78] thousand on my left, and no plague shall come neere my dwel­ling: Lord for thy mer­cies sake saue me from this wrath of thine, and euermore defend mee.

And (heauenly Fa­ther) I pray thee to this end purge my soule from the leprosie of sinne, the cause of all thy iudgments present and to come; this fear­full affliction neuer commeth, but alwaies some or other sin pro­curing it: foure great and grieuous plagues thou sentest against the [Page 79] house of Israel, foure lamentable sinnes pro­curing the same, as bellicheare,Num. 11. Num. 16. Num. 25. 2 Sam. 24. contempt of thy Ministers, forni­cating, and putting confidence in the arme of flesh for victorie: O Lord preserue mee and this whole nation from these and al other transgressions, that so iniquity may neuer be our destruction.

Thus (I most humbly beseech thee) saue me from sins & iudgments in this life & from euer­lasting damnation in the world to come, for [Page 80] Iesus sake.

Amen.

A Prayer against the Sword.

ALmighty and most merciful Fa­ther, great are thy iudg­ments, and feare­full thy punishments appointed for sinners, yea, for thine owne people, if they sinne against thee: though thou wilt in the Lord IESVS, spare them in thine euerla­sting loue, from an e­uerlasting damnation, [Page 81] yet if they bee bold to sinne, thou wilt lash them with a tempora­ry correction: as thou didst threaten thine owne people Israel,Ezek. 21.4. that thou wouldest draw thy Sword, and cut off the righteous with the wicked: O Lord I beseech thee, saue me from this fear­full miserie, let the sword of thy law pierce and humble mee, that the sword of thy iudg­ments may neuer ouer­take me.

I blesse thee (O Lord God) for peace in our [Page 82] borders, wee haue no howling in our gates, no complaining in our streets,Psal. 144.14. no leading into captiuity, no defiling of Temple and City, blessed are the people that are so, happy are they that haue thee (O Lord) for their God.

O Lord God, giue mee and the whole na­tion grace to repent with Nineve of all our sinnes,I [...]. 3.10. that so wee may neuer bee deuoured by the sword, but in peace (if it bee meet for thy glory, and the good of thy church) we may [Page 83] passe to peace and glo­ry euerlasting.

Amen.

A Prayer against Famine.

O Most mighty and most glorious Lord God, I beseech thee saue me from mi­serie and destruction, which iustly for my sinnes might come vp­on me: O Lord in par­ticular, I pray thee for thy mercies sake, pre­serue me from famine, and perishing by hun­ger, [Page 84] that ruefull iudg­ment, and of all deaths the most miserable vn­der the Sun, for none like staruing to death: Lord grant I may dai­ly dye vnto my sinnes, that for them I may ne­uer in this terrible iudgment die: how heauie is it to my soule the remembrance of that distressed woman,2 Kings 6.28. who in that famine of Samaria, complained to her King, That her neighbour shared with her in the eating of her child, but she could not againe haue part with [Page 85] her neighbour: a la­mentable complaint, a distresse most misera­ble; O Lord of thy goodnes saue mee and this nation from the same.

And as we would be spared from these thy dismall iudgments, so (Lord) grant wee may labor to be freed from our wicked and abomi­nable transgressions: wee haue abused thy creatures vnto vanity, and thy comfortable mercies vnto riot and excesse: it were iust with thee to fulfill that [Page 86] heauy sentence vpon vs, Hee that hath not, it shall bee taken away that which he hath; he that hath not to a good and holy vse, it shall bee taken away that which he hath.

O Lord haue mercy vpon mee, and deliuer me from famine in this life, and destruction in the next to come, for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Prayer for grace in generall.

O Eternall GOD, and my most mercifull heauenly Fa­ther, who art Author and finisher of my faith, from whom eue­ry good and perfect gift descendeth, I most humbly intreat thee to sanctifie my soule with thy holy and heauenly grace, especially with those excellent gifts of thy holy Spirit, spoken of by thine holy Apo­stle [Page 88] Peter, proper onely to thine elect and cho­sen: as faith, vertue, knowledge, patience, temperance, godlines, brotherly kindnesse, loue: for if these things be in me, and abound, I shall neuer fall into the ditch of hell.

Lord, let me not do mine own wil, but giue mee alwaies to bee gui­ded by the motions of thine holy Spirit into all truth: let it bee my meat and drinke, the o­bedience of thy word: grant I may finde out that old and good way,Ier. 6.16. [Page 89] the way of thy feare and grace, that wal­king in it constantly and conscionably, I may finde euerlasting peace and rest to my soule: O Lord giue me to loath sinne, as the greatest enemy of my soule, for the wages of sinne is death, but the gift of thee (O my God) is eternall life,Rom. 6.23. through my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

If I bee not borne twice, better it had beene for mee neuer to haue beene borne: ex­cept I repent, I perish:Luke 13.3. [Page 90] Lord, who shall dwell in thy holy Taberna­cle? euen hee that lea­deth an incorrupt life, for no vncleane thing shall enter into thy kingdome, vnsanctifi­ed, vnsaued: and with­out holinesse I can ne­uer see thee, O God: therefore I beseech thine holy and heauen­ly maiesty, to mortifie sinne in mine earthly members, and to re­new mee in soule and body: giue me (O my God) a new minde, new will, new affecti­ons, new thoughts, [Page 91] new words, new waies, all new, for he that is a member of the Lord Iesus, is thus become a new creature.

O Lord, euermore delight my soule with holinesse, and let thy feare preserue mee al­waies from euill: thus giue mee (I pray thee) to liue purely in some good measure in this life, that I may haue the surer hope of happines in heauen, for blessed are the pure in heart, they shall see thee O God.

Blesse me then (good [Page 92] Father) with the bles­sing of sanctity in this life, and of euerlasting felicity in the life to come, for the Lord Ie­sus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Prayer for Know­ledge.

MOst blessed and heauenly Father, I confesse by nature I am a creature most mi­serable, so blinded and darkened by sinne, as I know not what may [Page 93] make for thy glory, or the comfortable salua­tion of my poore soule: the darkness of Aegypt was not so blacke, so palpable as the blind­nesse and darknesse of my soule: O Lord my God, my suit vnto thee is with blind Bartimeus that I may receiue my sight,Marke 10.51. send mee (Lord) some or other good A­nanias to vnscale mine eies that I may iudge and see the wonders of thy Law.

Acquaint me (good Father) by thy Law, with my wofull sinnes, [Page 94] thy fearefull curses due vnto mee for the same, that so I may bee bro­ken hearted for them, and made capable of remission and saluati­on: acquaint mee also with thy promise made vnto the hūbled in Ie­sus Christ for forgiue­nesse, for thou giuest grace to the humble: acquaint mee also with the way of the regene­rate, & affect my soule with holinesse, that so I may come to saluati­on in the end: this is life eternall to know thee thus, and him [Page 95] whom thou hast sent euen Iesus Christ.Iohn

Make good vnto me that thy gracious pro­mise,Psal. 25. thou wilt im­part thy secrets to them that feare thee: Lord discouer thy glo­ry vnto me, that I may answerably feare thy Name: reueale thy will (O Lord) most plenti­fully vnto mee, that I may strictly serue thee in holinesse and righte­ousnesse all the daies of my life, for Iesus sake.

Amen.

A Prayer for Hu­miliation.

MOst mighty and most glorious Lord God, seeing that thine holy Word hath taught mee, that the Lord Iesus came to saue none but sinners, grieued sinners, woun­ded sinners, such sin­ners as would neuer sinne more: and more­ouer thou wilt look to none but to such as are of a contrite spirit,Esay 66.2. and [Page 97] tremble at thy words: O Lord,Esay 66.2. breake mine heart for breaking thy commandements, and smite my soule for sin­ning against thee: grant I may bee asha­med of the filthinesse of my sinnes, grieue for offending so louing a God by them, and quake and tremble, lest thou shouldst condēne me in thy strict iustice for them for euermore: if my sinfull soule bee not thus rent, thus tor­mented for my wicked sinnes in this life, I can­not escape at the day of [Page 98] iudgement the damna­tion of hell: better ten thousand times to haue my hell here, than hereafter: Lord there­fore bruise my soule for all my vile trans­gressions, and fearefull abhominations.

And leaue mee not (good Lord) I pray thee, in these my soule afflictions & affright­ments, but when thou hast sufficiently corre­cted mee, then (Lord) turne again and reuiue mee,Psal. say vnto my soule thou art, thou wilt bee my saluation: for thou [Page 99] hast made this graci­ous promise, that the laden shall bee eased, and the wearied shall bee refreshed: Lord heare then these my mournfull praiers, and let these my groning cries come vp vnto thee, for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Prayer for Faith.

MOST deare and gracious God, I humbly beseech thee to cut mee off from the [Page 100] stocke of corruption and sinne, and that by sound humbling, and to plant mee (who art that heauenly husband­man) by the power of thy blessed Spirit, into that holy stocke the Lord Iesus, and that by effectuall beleeuing: Lord giue mee to liue by faith, and not by flesh; by grace, and not by sinne, for they that are in Christ Iesus walk not after the flesh,Rom. 8.1. but after the Spirit.

Grant (gracious God) I may rest vpon thee in thy Son Christ, [Page 101] for forgiuenesse of sin, and for life euerla­sting: grant vpon this my deliuerance I may liue to the praise of thee my blessed Redee­mer, in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of my life: grant (holy Father) I may not onely by faith de­pend vpon all thy pro­mises for this life, and for heauen, but likewise by the same faith labor to walke in the obedi­ence of all thy com­mandements.

O Lord increase my faith, for my heart is [Page 102] full of doubting, thou (O Lord) art faithfull and true, yea, truth it selfe, why should I then wauer? My soule is weake through my re­maining corruptions in obeying thy holy Word, Lord streng­then mee: my heart is faint, and ready to sink vnder the least triall and affliction, Lord for thy mercies support and comfort mee.

Giue me (my deare God) to beleeue be­yond beleefe, when I feele not, to rest vpon thee for comfort, as thy [Page 103] seruant Iob Iob. resolued, Lord if thou killest me yet will I put my trust in thee: Lord giue me by faith, clearely to see my sinnes pardoned, my life reformed, my soule reconciled with thee, and my name written in the booke of heauen.

Most louing Father, I pray thee grant mee thy grace, that I may deny my selfe, that I may wholly rest vpon Christ Iesus, and fol­low his heauenly com­mandements for life: grant that my faithIam. 2.26. [Page 104] may not bee a dead faith, but a liuely, wal­king, working faith: that is a dead and vaine faith that moueth not in the obedience of thy most holy commande­ments: thus (I pray thee) guide me by thy good Spirit into all truth, that thy power of grace possessing me in this life, I may haue the better hope of eter­nall saluation in the life to come, and that for the merits of the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer for Obe­dience.

O Lord God most mighty, most glorious, I most hum­bly craue thy gracious and louing fauour, that I may bee inabled by strength and power re­ceiued from thee, to walke in absolute obe­dience before thee: Lord let mee not doe my will, but thy will in all things:Luke 7.8. as the Cen­turion said of his ser­uants, [Page 106] He said to one, goe, and hee goeth; to another, come, and he commeth; to ano­ther, doe this, and hee doth it: Lord grant me the like obedience and tractability to thy will in all things.

1 Sam. 15.22.Lord giue me to vn­derstand that obedi­ence is better than sa­crifice, yea, to obey is the best of all sacrifices: let mee then obey thee in all thy commande­ments, and submit vn­to thee in all thy corre­ctions: not my will, but thy will most willingly [Page 107] bee yeelded vnto in all things, my Lord, my God.

O Lord vouchsafe me sincerity in this my most bounden duty & seruice, that I may obey thee in one comman­dement as well as in a­nother; let mee with thy godly seruant Da­uid, Psal. 119. euermore haue re­spect vnto all thy com­mandements: O then that my waies were made so direct, that I may neuer sinne more, but in all things do thy righteous iudgments: O let it bee my meat [Page 108] and drinke, the obedi­ence of thy will: O that I could finde out the old way, which is the good way, that wal­king constantly, and conscionably in the same, I may finde euer­lasting rest and peace to my poore soule: Lord, thus sanctifie me in this life with thy ho­ly feare, that I may not faile of saluation in the world to come, for thy loue in the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer for Zeale.

MOst blessed and glorious heauen­ly Father, my heart is grieued and much per­plexed within mee, be­cause I finde my soule so dead, so cold in all good duties w^ch thou hast appointed mee to walk in. O Lord quickē me, and make me more zealous, more feruent for the praise and glo­ry of thy great and hea­uenly [Page 110] Name: let (I pray thee) thy good pleasure be my chiefest glory, and the constant ser­uice of thee, the grea­test delight of my soule.

O Lord my God, grant I may neuer en­dure thy Name to bee dishonoured, nor thy holy Law disgraced by my selfe or others, but so affect my soule with thy feare, care, loue, that I may, euermore defend thee, and sup­port the glory of thy Name: giue mee to bleede in heart, and [Page 111] melt in soule at the great and grieuous e­uils of the time, let mine eies gush out in­to riuers of water, be­cause men keepe not thy Law:Psal. 119. let euery e­uill beholden of me, be as a goad in my side, and as a thorne in mine eie: grant (good God) I may most strictly walke before thee, and so burne in zeale of thy law and glory, that thy seruice, and the obedi­ence of thy will, may bee more precious, more delightfull vnto mee than the eternall [Page 112] saluation of my soule: Thus (Lord) inflame my soule with thy loue, feare, grace, that so my part and portion may be with thy Saints and Angels in ioy and glo­ry euerlasting, in and through my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

Amen.

A Prayer for bro­therly loue.

O Almighty and most mercifull Father, for as much as [Page 113] thou hast shewen vnto me,1 Ioh. 4.16. that he that dwel­leth in loue, dwelleth in thee, for thou art loue, and by this shall all men know, that we are thy disciples, if we loue one another; and againe, If I cannot loue him whom I see daily, how shall I perswade my self I loue thee,1 Ioh. 4.20. whō I neuer saw? good Lord I beseech thee then to fill my soule with loue, and to abound mee with charity and good­nesse toward my bre­thren: as the members of the body cary them­selues [Page 114] one to another, so (I pray thee) giue mee grace to behaue my selfe to my bre­thren, and fellow-members of the Lord Iesus: one member de­spiseth not another, grant then I may not be puffed vp: one mem­ber enuieth not ano­ther, grant I may not grudge at the prospe­rity of my brethren: one member is helpe­full to another, grant (Lord) that I may doe all the good I can vnto others while I liue: one member suffereth with [Page 115] another, grant that I may weepe with them that weepe: one mem­ber reuengeth not ano­ther, Lord grant that I may beare offered wrongs & iniuries, and neuer seeke reuenge.

Thus (I beseech thee) possesse me with thy Spirit of loue, for it is the ground and mother of all good­nesse, yea, the fulfilling of thy whole Law, and without loue I am as sounding brasse, and as a tinkling Cymball, I am nothing:1 Cor. 13.1. Thus giue mee to resemble [Page 116] thy Maiesty in loue and kindnesse in this life, that I may be ad­mitted to that place of happinesse, where loue shall neuer vanish a­way, and that for thy loue in the Lord Iesus, my most louing Saui­our and Redeemer. A­men.

A Prayer for hu­mility.

MOst holy and hea­uenly Lord God, for as much as thou [Page 117] hast reuealed vnto mee from thy holy Word, That thou resistest the proud,1 Pet. 5.5. & giuest grace to the humble, and none but the humble shall bee exalted: O Lord my God, endue me w^th the spirit of hu­mility, grant I may be far from vain thoughts and proud lookes, giue mee to learne of my blessed Sauiour Ie­sus Christ to bee hum­ble and meeke, so shall I finde rest to my soule: the humbled Publi­cane went home exal­ted, but the proud Pha­risee [Page 118] condemned.

O Lord my God, I cannot but confesse, that I haue deserued shame and confusion for my sinnes done a­gainst thee, yea, the best of mine actions are so corrupted, as I deserue no lesse than damnation for them, yea, when I haue done all that I can I am an vnprofitable seruant: what cause (holy Fa­ther) then haue I to boast my selfe before thee? If any good I doe, it is not I, but thy Spirit in mee, for what [Page 119] haue I that I haue not receiued? Giue mee then to bee glad of thy gifts of grace, but not proud:Act. 12.23. Not vnto mee (O Lord) not vnto me, but vnto thy Name, grant I may euermore giue the praise, lest for mine arrogance I bee smitten as was Herod, and the wormes, and thy wrath consume mee.

Lord possess me with meeknesse and lowli­nes here, that my por­tion may bee with thy Saints in glory euerla­sting hereafter, for thy [Page 120] Christs sake.

Amen.

A Praier for Pa­tience.

MOST louing and gracious GOD, seeing I am compassed about with so many miseries, some from thy Maiesty as corre­ctions, some from Sa­than as temptations, some from wicked men as persecutions, & some from concupi­scence as treacherous seductions: I beseech [Page 121] thee therefore giue me patience in this sinfull and sorrowfull world, let me possess my soule with patience,Heb. 12.1. and run the race that is set be­fore mee with comfort and patience. Thus the Lord Iesus possessed himselfe in patience, who when he was reui­led, reuiled not again, but praied for his per­secutors, and in his dy­ing afflictions opened not his mouth: thus thy seruants went qui­etly and gently thorow their sharpe afflictions, as Iob, Steuen, Act. 7.60. and o­thers: [Page 122] Lord grant I may gently and meek­ly goe thorow whatso­euer tribulation for the kingdome of heauen sake.

Grant I may not re­pine or murmure vn­der the crosse, whether it be want, or imprison­ment, or sicknesse, or banishment, or death of friends, or any o­ther affliction:Heb. 12.6. for whom thou louest, thou wilt chasten, and it is good for me to be in trouble, for thereby I learne better to keep thy Law: and as grace [Page 123] is the way of life, so is crosse the companion of this way, all that wil liue godly in Christ Iesus, must suffer per­secution: I must bee contented to suffer with Christ, and for Christ on earth, if euer I would reigne with Christ in heauen.

Thus submitting my soule to thy wil & plea­sure in this life, I shall haue the surer hope of admssion to life and saluation when I dye, in the merits of the Lord Iesus, thy Sonne my Sauiour.

Amen.

A Praier for In­nocency.

O Eternal and euer­liuing LORD GOD, seeing I must one day rise to giue an account for all things done in my body, I most humbly beseech thee therefore, to giue me grace to endeuour with thine holy Apo­stle Paul, alwaies to keepe a cleere consci­ence, both toward thee and man: Lord giue [Page 125] mee to bee innocent from all manner of of­fence, innocent to thee, innocent to man:Psal. 37.38. O that I could keepe in­nocency, and doe the thing that is right, this would bring me peace at the last.

Lord grant I may wrong no man, nei­ther in body, goods, nor name: grant I may say with Samuel, 1 Sam. 12.3. whose Oxe haue I bribed? whose Asse haue I ta­ken? whom haue I done wrong to? giue mee to doe good to all, hurt to none: giue me to be [Page 126] wise as the Serpent, but innocent as the Doue: that liuing harmlesly in this world, I may liue happily in the next, for the merits sake of the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Praier for mercy and compassion.

O Lord my GOD most mighty and glorious, seeing thou hast commanded mee to weepe with them that weepe,Rom. 12.15. and being also the godly practise [Page 127] of my Sauiour, for he wept ouer Ierusalem, and lamented their de­struction: grant (good Lord) I may compassi­onate the present mise­ries of thy Church a­broad, that my heart may melt within me to see thy vine thus stroy­ed, and thy Church thus trodden down by the enemies of thy truth: O Lord,Psal. 80.14. betimes look downe from hea­uen and visite this vine, though thou sufferest it to bee pruned, Lord let it neuer bee extin­guished.

I further intreat thee (O my God) that I may not only mourne ouer the afflictions of my brethren, but likewise bee pricked in heart at the falls and sinnes of thy people: and let not this my pitty bee in word and shew alone, but in deed and in truth, to pull them out of their impiety, and succour them in their aduersitie, to couer the naked, to feed the hun­gry, to visit the sicke and imprisoned,Matth. 25. to comfort and releeue them: if this pitty [Page 129] dwelleth not in me, no piety can possesse mee: Lord grant I may bee thus mercifull as thou (my heauenly Father) art mercifull: giue mee with thy holy Apostle to cry out, Who is af­flicted, and I mourne not? Keepe me from mercilesnesse, O Lord of thy goodnesse, for iudgement shall bee ministred without mer­cie,Iam. 2.13. to him that hath shewed no mercie: Thus I pray thee vouchsafe me a tender heart for thy glory, the good of the afflicted, [Page 130] and the eternall salua­tion of my poore soule, in the merits of the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer for peace of Conscience.

O Almighty and most mercifull God, I beseech thee to remoue from my soule all desperate feares, all vile corruptions, and giue me that great and heauenly blessing, namely,Prou. The peace of Conscience which pas­seth [Page 131] all vnderstanding, which is a most com­fortable and continuall feast.

And seeing this peace of conscience ariseth from thy reconcile­ment, remission of sins, and assurance of life e­uerlasting: good Lord, I pray thee, be at peace with mee through the Lord Iesus, let all my sins in the bloody pas­sions of thy Sonne bee discharged, and let my name be found written in the Booke of life.

And giue me further (I beseech thee good [Page 132] Father) to preserue this peace of conscience, and that by auoiding all, but especially knowen sinnes, by do­ing euery duty vpright­ly, though not perfect­ly, and by renewing my humiliation & repen­tance more throughly: Lord grant I may not sinne against the light of conscience, that I may neuer defile and wound my conscience by wilfull offending, that faith and holinesse may dwell therein, O helpe me (good Lord)Act. 4.16. thus to keepe a cleare [Page 133] conscience both to­ward thee and man: Saue mee (my God) from a benummed conscience, a desperate conscience, an errone­ous conscience, a pol­luted conscience, and giue me a pure consci­ence, a peaceable con­science, a good consci­ence, that this may mi­nister cōfort vnto me in the greatest afflictions, strongest temptations, at the houre of death, at the day of iudge­ment, and bee a sure seale to my soule of life and saluation euerla­sting, [Page 134] in the merits of the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer for ioy in the holy Ghost.

MOST deare and gracious GOD, for as much as thy diuine consolation is a sure marke and eui­dence of thy loue for life, for thy blessed A­postle affirmeth,Rom. 14.17. that thy kingdome standeth in righteousnes, peace, and ioy in the holy Ghost: Lord of thy good­nesse, [Page 135] fill mine heart with this thy heauenly ioy, let it not be hidden vnto mee as it is vnto those that are lost, but (I pray thee) shed a­broad this thy loue in mine heart: this sweet and heauenly ioy is thine owne wine, laid vp in thine owne seller, for thine owne spouse, the wicked of the world shall neuer taste thereof.

This ioy the wise men found when they found the Lord Iesus,Matth. 2.10. for they reioyced with an ex­ceeding great ioy: [Page 136] This ioy was in the blessed Virgin,Luke 1.47. for her spirit reioyced in Christ her Sauiour: So (good Lord) distill some sauing drops of this water of life into my thirsting soule: Lord shew me this thy glory:Psal. 4 6. some craue worldly goods, and ri­ches doe imbrace, but Lord grant mee thy countenance, thy fa­uour and thy grace; for thou thereby shalt make my heart more ioyfull and more glad, than they that of their corne and wine full [Page 137] great increase haue had.

O Lord, to this end, increase my faith, in­flame my zeale, better my obedience, morti­fie my corruptions, sanctifie my affections, that so I may euermore reioyce vnder the hope of saluation, in the LORD IESVS, yea, here and in heauen for euer.

Amen.

A Prayer for increase of Grace.

MOst blessed and heauenly Father, I read in thy holy word That thy Kingdome is like a graine of Mustard seede,Luk. 13.19. a lit­tle seede, yet in time it sendeth forth a mightie stalke, that the birds of the aire may nestle therein, thy Ma­iestie intimating ther­by the smalnesse of Grace at the first, and the great increase [Page 139] by degrees in the hearts of thy children at last: now (good Fa­ther) I pray thee, in­crease thy graces in mee; for I may say with that poore belee­uer in the Gospel, Lord I beleeue, but helpe mine vnbeleefe: Lord giue mee to increase in faith, in knowledge, in obedience, in all good­nesse, that so I going on from strength to strength, may in the end enioy thy face in Sion.

That tree that grow­eth not, is dead; if I [Page 140] grow not better and better, and bring not forth more fruit in mine old age, I cannot proue my selfe an impe of the Lord Iesus.

And as it fareth with the naturall birth, so doth it also with the spirituall, a child new born is weak and small, yet in time it groweth to be a tall and strong man; so the soule at first is weake and feeble in grace, as smoake to fire, as a bruised reed to a sturdie oake of Leba­non, but in time the conuert groweth to be [Page 141] a perfect man in the Lord Iesus: therefore my gracious GOD, grant I may (as a new borne babe)1 Pet. 2.2. desire the sincere milke of the word, that I may grow thereby: I confesse with a heauy heart (O Lord) that I grow but poore­ly in the power and might of grace, Lord quicken mee, Lord a­bound thy graces in mee:Ioh. 6.12. thou that madest bread grow, double thy graces in mee: as that oile increased,2 King. 4.6. Lord increase the oile of thy graces within [Page 142] mee:Ioh. 2.7. as those water pots were filled, so fill my soule with thy goodnesse, euen vp to the brim, and let my cup runne ouer with thine euer-flowing mercies, that hereby I may bee made more a­ble to serue thee in ho­linesse, and also more assured of euerlasting happinesse in Christ Iesus, to whom thou gauest the Spirit with­out measure, to whom with thee and thy holy Spirit bee all glorie re­turned, now and for e­uermore.

Amen.

A Prayer for perse­uerance in Grace.

MY most deare & gracious GOD, many are the troubles of the righteous; and those that truely pro­fess thy feare & Name, haue man and deuill a­gainst them, for Cain wil hate Abel for good, and Ismael mock Isaac for God; thus they per­secuted the Lord Iesus, and the Prophets: O Lord, hereupon I pray [Page 144] thee giue mee magna­nimity and courage, that nothing may draw me from thy law, thy loue, thy feare: grant I may hold the faith to the death,Reuel. 2.10. that so I may haue a crowne of life, for hee that endureth to the end,Matth. 10.22. the same shall be saued; but reuolters, and back-sliders shall goe vnder the earth, and great shall be their torment in hell.

Giue me to look vp­on the constancy and courage of thy holy Martyrs, who went as [Page 145] cheerefully to the flame, as to a delicate feast: my blessed Saui­our suffered ten thou­sand times more for mee than I can doe for him, therefore grant that I may lose my life, rather than thy loue, for hee that will saue his life shall lose it, and hee that loseth his life for thy Names sake, shall euerlastingly saue it: Come then tor­ment, come torture, come what will come, come & welcome, no­thing shal separate me from my Lord Iesus.

O Lord, giue me to this end to bee sincere in thy seruice, to be in­creased in thy graces, to be inflamed with the loue of thy Law, and zeale of thy glory, to consider the disgrace that is done to thy truth by reuolting, and the danger of back-sli­ding, and the incompa­rable glory laid vp in heauen for those that defend thy faith with their dearest blood, that so I may neuer bee daunted at whatsoeuer torment, but passe cou­ragiously and cheere­fully [Page 147] through the same to life and glory euer­lasting in the might and merit of the Lord Iesus, thy Sonne my Sauiour.

Amen.

A Prayer for prepa­ration to the Sacra­ment.

O Almighty and most gracious Lord God, great is thy mercy and rare is thy loue to mortal and mi­serable man, in that thou hast not onely gi­uen [Page 148] him thy Word to beget faith, but also the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord Iesus, to seal him to life and saluation: good Lord I pray thee so addresse my soule, and prepare my heart, that I may receiue the same thy holy and hea­uenly ordinance to my comfort, not condem­nation,1 Cor. 11.29. for whosoeuer eateth and drinketh vn­worthily, eateth & drin­keth his own condem­nation: therefore (holy Father) grant I may ne­uer come to this thy [Page 149] holy table without the wedding garment, without holy and due preparation: prepare then (deare God) my heart hereunto, especi­ally in these six and se­uerall Graces;

First, I beseech thee grant that I may come with knowledge; know­ledge of my self, know­ledge of my blessed Sauiour Iesus, know­ledge of this most re­uerend ordinance, and of the holy vse of the same, that I may graci­ously and wisely distin­guish that bread Sa­cramentall, [Page 150] from bread at home, it prefiguring the Lord Iesus, that Bread of my soule that came from heauen.

Secondly, grant I may come with humi­liation of soule, for the Lords breakings heale none but the broken heart, & contrite soule: If I cannot roar for my sinnes that killed the Lord Iesus, the roa­rings of the Lord Iesus cannot ease me.

Againe, prepare me by faith to rest vpon thy Son for mercy and forgiuenesse: If my [Page 151] heart be thus humbled for sin, what shall hin­der me to beleeue? for thy grace in Christ Ie­sus is giuen only to the humble; therfore grant as my mouth eateth the bread, my soule by faith answerably may bee comforted by the merits of Christ Iesus.

Fourthly, I beseech thee to giue me sound repentance, to die to sinne, to liue to my blessed Redeemer, in holinesse and righte­ousness all the daies of my life.

Fiftly, giue mee a [Page 152] thankfull heart to thy sweet Maiesty for the redemption of my poore soule, in the me­rits of thy Sonne.

Lastly, giue me loue to my brethren, as thou hast pardoned my sins, so giue mee thy grace, that I may freely and heartily pardon those that haue offended me, and wish the holy Sa­crament as effectuall vnto them as mine owne soule: Lord grant vnto me all these my requests for the ho­nor of thy great name in the worthy merits [Page 153] of the Lord Iesus. A­men.

A Prayer for the Go­spels continuance.

MOst holy & hea­uenly Lord God, of all thy mercies vouchsafed to thy Church on earth, none like that of thy word, therefore it is said by thine Apostle, shewing the prerogatiue of the Iew aboue the Gentile, that to them were committed the ora­clesRom. 3.2. [Page 154] of God, as though thy Law was the prin­cipall of thy blessings, their preferments: I pray thee then (good Father) continue thy Word & Sacraments vnto vs of this nation, and our posterities af­ter vs, till Iesus come in the clouds to iudge­ment.

To this end Lord giue vs that wee may walk in the light, while the light thus clearely shineth vnto vs,Reuel. 2.5. lest for our contempt and pro­phaneness thy candle­stick be remoued from [Page 155] vs: whatsoeuer iudge­ment thou wilt please to afflict thy Church withall, Lord saue vs from the famine of thy Word: the famine of bread brings but a bo­dily death, but that of thy Word brings per­petuall destruction to body and soule.

O Lord also conti­nue good and faithfull Pastors & Teachers of thy Flocke: grant a bright shining Lampe to euery candlesticke, and an able instructor to euery Congregati­on, that many hereby [Page 156] may bee drawen from darknes to light, from the power of sinne and Sathan, to the know­ledge and saluation of thee, O God, for thy mercies sake in the Lord Iesus.

Amen.

A Prayer for pre­paration to Death.

O Lord God most mighty and glo­rious, seeing I am of a mortall condition, and the time of my death vncertaine, and as I am [Page 157] found in death, so shall I bee in iudgement, if in sin impenitent, con­demned then for euer; if vigilant in godlines, then imbraced to hea­uenly saluation: Good Lord grant I may pre­pare for this day, and so liue here, as I may liue with thee in hea­uen for euer:1 Cor. 15.56. Death is a Scorpion, and the sting of this Scorpion is sin: now if the sting of a scorpion be pulled out, it can doe no harme, therefore giue me the wisdome of thy Spirit, that I may pull [Page 158] out the sting of death, which is sin, then death shall not affright mee: for as death to the wic­ked is dismall, and pac­keth to hell, so to the godly it is amiable, and passeth their soules to heauen: grant then (deare God) that death may be to mee as to all thy Saints & seruants, the gate to life, the end of sinning and sorrow­ing, and the passage of my poore soule to life and glory euerla­sting.

O Lord grant I may euer haue death in [Page 159] mine eie, that I may e­uermore desire it, ab­hor it neuer: that I may neuer doe any one act but that I durst doe if I were now dying, and called to thy strict tri­bunall to giue an ac­count for it in my per­son: thus grant mee grace to liue in thy feare, and dye in thy fa­uour, and obtaine that blessednesse spoken of in the Reuelations,Reuel. 14.13. Blessed are they that dye in the Lord: thus prepare me for the first death, and saue mee from the second, in the [Page 160] merits of the Lord Ie­sus.

Amen.

A Prayer for a wo­man in Child-birth.

MY most louing & gracious God, thy power is mighty, and thy goodnesse an­swerable, to them that feare thee: thou art so potent as thou canst doe more than euer thou wilt doe, from feare and danger thou canst and wilt deliuer all those that put their [Page 161] trust in thy mercy: thus thou sauedst Sydrach frō the fire,Dan. 3.27. and didst di­uide the Sea to saue the house of Iacob from the host of Pharaoh: Exod. 14.28. Lord I beseech thee, saue me from my present dan­ger of Child-bearing, and bring mee safely through my present straight and miserie: thou (O Lord) that canst make hard things easie, shew now thy might and mercy vpon mee:Matth. 19.26. that which is im­possible with man, is ea­sie with thee to bee ac­complished.

I confess (O my God) that the woman was first in the transgressi­on, and therefore this was her iudgment, that in sorrow should shee bring forth, yet not­withstanding euen through child-bearing she (being truely hum­bled for her sinne) shall bee saued,1 Tim. 2.15. if she conti­nue in faith with holi­nesse.

Giue me (O Lord) to rest comfortably vpon thee for deliuerance: Lord grant I may cleaue vnto thee in the extreamitie of my [Page 163] paines: If I perish, Lord, I will perish in thy bosome: Lord, mo­derate my torments, remember Lord I am but dust, vnable to beare thy heauy dis­pleasure for my sinne: lay no more vpon mee than thou wilt inable mee comfortably to beare: thus (good Lord) blesse me in my soule, in my body, in the fruit of my wombe, for Iesus Christs sake.

Amen.

A Prayer after Child-birth.

MY most deare & gracious God, whereas thou hast commanded me to call vpon thee in the day of trouble, and vpon deli­uerance to glorifie thy Name: O Lord, accor­ding to my bounden duty, from the bottome of my heart, I desire to magnifie thy Name, for that thou hast thus gra­ciously preserued mee [Page 165] from paine and peril of Child-birth: let me ne­uer (O Lord) forget this thine vnspeakable goodnesse and mercy, but let it lead mee into all obedience: as I liue yet by thee, giue mee grace to liue vnto thee, and the praise of thy great Name.

I thanke thee also (gracious God) for that thou hast made me a ioyfull mother of children: good Lord grant I may labour to bring them vp in thy holy feare, that as I am an instrument of their[Page 166] generation, which is sinfull and damnable, so make mee an happy instrument of their re­generation, without which neither I nor they can euer see thy Kingdome, O God.

And good Lord, I pray thee, grant that I may also submit vnto my husband in all due obedience, according to thy will: that I may be a comfort vnto him, liuing faithfully, lo­uingly, chastly, and godlily with him, till death vs depart, that so thy blessing may bee [Page 167] vpon him, my selfe, my children, and family, from this time forth for euermore.

Amen.

A Prayer for the Tra­ueller by land.

ALmighty GOD, by whose proui­dence all things are di­rected, supported and preserued, I pray thee blesse mee in mine out­goings, and incom­mings, make (I pray thee) this my iourney prosperous vnto mee, [Page 168] keepe me from sinning and bad society, and that by the watch of grace, keepe mee also from all outward pe­rills, from perill of theeues, peril by beasts, perill by lightning,Psal. 91.12. and from dashing my foot at any time against a stone, and that by the watch of thy holy and heauenly Angels.

And (good Father) as thou didst goe with Iacob, and defend him in his long & perillous voyage to Laban, Cen. 35.3. and didst bring him safely backe againe: so I pray [Page 169] thee preserue mee in this my iourney from all dangers bodily and ghostly, and bring mee safe home againe to my friends and fami­ly, for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.

A Praier for the tra­ueller by Sea.

O Most mercifull & gracious hea­uenly Father, I beseech thee in this my dange­rous voyage by Sea, to prosper & defend mee: Lord make it profita­ble and aduantageable vnto mee: to this end I pray thee, direct my course with safety, and giue mee fauourable and conuenient winds: defend mee from ra­ging [Page 171] tempests, that they may not ouer­turne mee: saue mee from all dangerous rocks and sands, that they may not despoile mee: keepe me safe al­so from piraticall and tyrannous enemies, that they may neuer preuaile against me.

To this end Lord giue me and my whole company, to bee con­stant and instant in praier with thee, to spend our houres in hearing and reading thy holy and heauenly Word, to flye and shun [Page 172] all euill: and when I come to the hauen where I would be, Lord giue mee to praise thee for my safe arriuall: and saue mee from the sins of the place and peo­ple whither I goe: and let me not bee corrup­ted or peruerted by them, but grant by my good counsel and holy conuersation, I may la­bour the conuersion of them: which mercy if thy Maiesty shall vouchsafe to grant, I shall more reioyce in heart than if I had won the whole world.

And good Lord, I pray thee, giue mee a safe and timely returne with credit, profit, comfort, that so I ta­sting of thy mercies in this life, I may not faile of saluation when I die, and that for Ie­sus Christs sake.

Amen.

A Prayer for the Church.

O Most glorious & mercifull Lord God, I pray thee for thy mercies sake be­hold from heauen thy Church and people: honor them Lord that honour thee, and con­found them that rise vp against thee: great is our present misery, the earth and world throughout, good Lord saue thy seruants [Page 175] from the hands of all their enemies: thy Church is euery where despised and despigh­ted, and trodden vnder foot of the wicked of the world, O Lord, sleepe not, but arise in thy power, and let all thine and our soes bee scattered.

Giue (O Lord) thy Gospell a free passage, for the enlargement of thy kingdome, all the world thorow, in de­spight of Turke and Pope, & all malignant enemies of the same: continue it where it is; [Page 176] where it is not, Lord (of thy goodnes) plant thy heauenly power: though wee haue failed and grieuously offen­ded, yet correct vs thou in thy mercy, and giue vs not ouer a prey vnto their teeth, whose ten­der mercies are cruell: downe with Dagon, and set vp the glorious Go­spell of Christ Iesus a­mong the sonnes of men.

Now (O Lord) thy Church is heauily as­saulted, I beseech thee fight out al our battels, and euermore defend [Page 177] vs: let them not say, There, there, so would we haue it; neither let them say, We haue de­uoured them: let them not mocke and vaunt, Where is now their God? they cry malici­ously, Downe with them,Psal. 137.7. down with them euen to the ground; but Lord, better than thy Church should bee extinguished, the whole army of Sathan to bee confounded: If it may bee, Lord con­uert the enemies of thy Church; if that cannot bee, Lord confound [Page 178] them. Thus (Lord) I pray thee power­fully protect, and graciously direct thy Church on earth, and make it one day triumphant in hea­uen, for Iesus sake a­lone, in whom thou art well pleased.

Amen.

A Prayer for the con­uersion of the Iew.

MOst gracious and blessed heauenly Father, there was a time wherein thou in thy mercy didst vouch­safe thy Law to Isra­el, all other nations of the world de­priued of the same: and now is the time where­in they for their con­tempt of thy Sonne Ie­sus Christ are depriued of thy Gospell, and the Gentiles of the world [Page 180] enlightened with the same: and there will come a time wherein Iew and Gentile shall bee of one fold and faith, and that is, when the time of the Gen­tiles be fulfilled.

O Lord, pitty the fall of thy first chosen, and let not thine anger bee euer against them: turne againe (O God of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob) and visit them with thy saluation, that are now scattered, and a despised people ouer the face of the whole earth: O Lord conuert [Page 181] them, and bring them to the faith of the Lord Iesus: dispell the mist of ignorance from their eies, and let not such multitudes goe to perdition: for Abraham thy seruants sake, looke vpon the desolate pro­geny.

And seeing contempt and vnbeleefe cast them off,Rom. 11.2. Lord giue vs to beleeue & obey thy truth, left wee also bee cast out and expelled: if thou sparedst not the naturall Oliue, how wilt thou spare the wilde branch?

Lord grant that Iew and Gentile may all the world thorow oyne in one faith and truth to thy glory and the saluation of in­numerable soules in the LORD IESVS.

Amen.

A Morning Prayer for a family.

O Lord our GOD most mighty, glorious, and in mercy abundantly gracious, wee thy seruants desire this morning and euer­more to blesse thy ho­ly and heauenly Name, for all thy blessed mer­cies first and last affor­ded vs in the Lord Ie­sus: In particular, wee blesse thee for thy safe protection and proui­dence [Page 184] ouer vs this last night past, in keeping vs aliue of thy good­nesse and mercy to this houre, & day: O Lord, as we liue by thee, giue vs all thy grace to liue vnto thee, and to the praise of thy blessed Name.

And we intreat thy Maiesty to blesse vs this day, and euermore to come: Lord saue vs from bodily perils, and that by the watch of thy good Angels: saue vs especially (O Lord) from sinning against thee, and that by the [Page 185] Power and residence of grace in our soules: thus blesse vs in body and soule in this life, that so wee may haue the surer hope of euer­lasting saluation in the life to come.

And (good Father) grant that wee may la­bour and striue against all corruption and sin, but most especially a­gainst those euils that haue most defiled our soules, let vs flie all oc­casions of them, and vse all holy helps a­gainst them, and in the might and strength of [Page 186] thine all—sufficient grace, vouchsafe vs dai­ly victory ouer them: O that wee could say with thy feruant Paul, I thanke my God,1 Cor. 15. con­cerning sinne I die daily.

And (good Lord) so bless vs with thy grace, that we may cheereful­ly and constantly goe on in the performance of all such duties as thou hast appointed for vs to walk in: grant that the concupiscence of the eie,1 Ioh. 2.16. the concupi­scence of the flesh, the pride of life may neuer [Page 187] corrupt and defile vs, but let euermore our conuersations be holy and heauenly: keepe vs also from idlenesse, grant wee may bee al­waies sound exercised in the duties of our cal­ling, either generall or particular: that when our Lord and Master commeth (being found thus vigilant) wee may enter with him into the ioy of the Lord.

Thus (gracious God) giue vs to walke in ho­linesse and vprightnes before thee, that so we may both saue our [Page 188] owne soules, and those that are about vs, for Iesus Christ his sake, thy Sonne our Saui­our.

Amen.

An Euening Praier for a Family.

MOST deare and gracious Lord God, wee thy humble seruants most earnest­ly desire thy mercy and compassion vpon vs, in pardoning all our sins, originall, actuall, and in giuing vs grace for [Page 189] the preuention of them in time to come: and so sanctifie euery of vs, that all our ends may be peace.

O Lord, to this end giue vs (we pray thee) to bee broken in heart for breaking thy com­mandements, & smite our sinfull soules for of­fending thee, that so wee may come within compasse of healing and refreshing: for none but the laden can be eased, and the wea­ried onely shall bee re­freshed.

And (good Father) [Page 190] seeing thou hast pro­mised saluation to the humble, grant that by faith wee may comfor­tably rest vpon thy promise for mercy and forgiuenesse, and also by power of the same faith, liue vnto the praise of thee (our Re­deemer) for euermore.

Vouchsafe (O Lord) vnto vs all those bles­sed graces of thy bles­sed Spirit, onely pro­per to thine elect and chosen, as knowledge, vertue, faith, patience, temperance, godlines, brotherly kindnesse, [Page 191] loue: if these things be in vs and abound, wee shall neuer fall into the ditch of hell.

Lord turne out sinne and Sathan, for wee confesse that wee are out of measure sinfull: sinfull by thought, sin­full by word, sinfull by worke, Lord bee mer­ciful vnto vs thus mise­rable sinners: and (good Lord) let thine holy Spirit make his residence in vs, that in this new righteousnes wee shall labour and learne to doe, in that wee may saue all our [Page 192] poore soules euerla­stingly aliue.

O Lord, blesse with vs thy Church vniuer­sall, Lord saue it from ouerthrow, and deli­uer it from the present calamity: more especi­ally wee beseech thy mercies vpon this na­tion whereof wee are members: this sinfull nation laden with transgression, iniquity, sinne; Lord heale the sores of it, pardon the sinnes of it, giue it the repentance of Nineue, from the Kings person, to the begger amongst [Page 193] vs, that so thy iudge­ments may be diuerted from vs.

Lord herein (wee pray thee) blesse the principall Member o­uer vs, CHARLES by thy good prouidence, King of great Britaine, France, and Ireland, giue him a long and la­sting life on earth, and an euerlasting in hea­uen: blesse our most noble and gracious Queene: the Prince and Princesse Palatine, and their Princely Is­sue: blesse all the true hearted Nobility, all [Page 194] the reuerend Clergie, the ciuill Magistracy, Gentry, Commonalty, all Schooles of lear­ning, the two Vniuer­sities, all afflicted per­sons, bodily or soulely tormented: O Lord, deliuer Israel from all their sinnes and sor­rowes.

And good LORD, blesse all that are deare and neare in nature vn­to vs, as father, mo­ther, brother, sister, husband, wife, child; LORD giue vs all thy grace in this life, thy saluation for e­uer [Page 195] in heauen.

And for our selues a­gaine, we beseech thee this night to blesse vs, in body, in soule; in basket and store, with­in doores, without: Lord saue vs from theeues, from windes, from fire, from all dan­gers, and giue vs a sweet rest and comfor­table sleepe: and for our soules, saue them (good Lord) from sin­full lusts and Sathans assaults: that so we be­ing preserued from sin and danger in this life, we may not faile of thy [Page 196] mercifull saluation in the end, and that for Iesus Christ his sake.

Amen.