ALmighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him:

Have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodne •… , and bring you to everlasting life, through Iesus Christ our Lord,

O COME, let us humble Psal. 95. our selves, and fall down before the Lord with reverence and fear.

2. For he is the Lord our God, and we are his people, and the sheep Psal. 100. •… f his pasture.

3. If a man will not turn, Psal. 〈◊〉 . God will whet his sword, he •… ath bent his bow, and made it •… eady.

4. Let us repent and turn from •… r wickedness, and our sins shall be Acts 3. •… given us.

5. Let us turn, and the Lord •… ill turn from his heavy wrath, Jonah 3. •… d will pardon us, and we shall •… t perish.

6. For we acknowledge our Psal. 5 •… •… ults, and our sins are ever before.

7. We have provoked thine •… ger, O Lord, and thy heavy Lam. 4. displeasure is kindled against us.

8. But there is mercy with thee, Psal. 130. that thou mayst be feared, and t •… art full of compassion.

9. Thy hand is not shortned, Isaiah 65. that thou canst not help, neither is thy goodness abated, th •… thou wilt not hear.

10. Thou hast promised, O Lord, that before we cry thou wilt hear 〈◊〉 , and whilst we yet speak, that th •… wilt have mercy upon us.

11. They that trust in th •… shall not be confounded, neith •… shall any that call upon thee 〈◊〉 despised.

12. For thou art the only Lord who woundest, and dost heal aga •… Tob. 3. Job 5. Ose. 6. who killest and revivest, bring •… even to hell and bringest back 〈◊〉 gain.

13. Our fathers hoped in th •… they trusted in thee, and tho •… Psal. 22. didst deliver them.

14. They called upon thee, a •… were helped, they put their trust thee, and were not confounded.

15. O Lord, rebuke not us in thiue indignation, neither chasten Psal. 6. us in thy heavy displeasure.

16. O remember not the sins and offences of our youth, but according Psal. 25. to thy mercy think thou upon us, O Lord, for thy goodness.

17. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, for we are weak: O Lord, heal us for our bones are vexed.

18. And now in the vexation of our spirits, and the anguish of our Baruch 3. Jonah 2. fouls, we remember thee, and we cry unto thee, Hear, Lord, and have mercy.

19. For thine owne sake, and for thy Holy Names sake, incline Dan. 9. thine ear and hear, O mercifull Lord.

20. For we doe not pour out our prayers before thy face, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy great and manifold mercies.

21. Wash us thoroughly from our wickednesse, and cleanse us Psal. 51. from our sins.

22. Turn thy face from our sins, and put out all our misdeeds.

23. Make us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us.

24. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy name sake.

25. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

26. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Ierusalem.

27. So we that be thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever: and Psal. 79. will alwayes be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

HEar our voice, O Lord, out of thy holy Temple, let our complaint come before thee, let it enter even into thy eares

Our heart is in heavinesse, O let 〈◊〉 make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time.

Lord our iniquities are against us, our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee: But we confess our wickednesses, and are sorry for our fins.

Our confusion is daily before us, fearfulness and trembling are come upon us, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us, and it is thy great •… rcy only that we are not consumed, for we have sinned, O Lord, we have transgressed and done wickedly, yea we have rebelled, and departed from thy precepts, and from thy Commandements.

Innumerable troubles are come about us, our sins have taken hold upon us, that we are not able to look up, yea they are more in number then the hairs of our heads, and our hearts have failed us. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, because of all the offences we have committed against thee.

Yet compassion and forgiveness is with thee, though we have rebelled against thee. O Lord, according to thy goodness, we beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from us, and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants. Incline thine ears and hear, open thine eyes and behold our afflictions; for we doe not present our supplications before thee, in our own righteousness, but for thy manifold and great mercies.

We have sinned against heaven and against th •… e, and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons.

Yet, O Lord, hear, O Lord forgive, •… nsider and doe it, deferre not for thine own sake, O our God.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghost:

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

1. HAve mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences.

2. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.

3. For I acknowledg my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

4. Against thee onely have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.

5. Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.

6. But lo •… , thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdome secretly.

7. Thou shalt purge me with Hysope, and I shall be cleane: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than Snow.

8. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnesse, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce.

9. Turne thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeed •…

10. Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

11. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take n •… thy Holy Spirit from me.

12. O give me the comfort of t •… help again; and stablish me with t •… free spirit.

13. Then shall I teach th •… wayes unto the wicked; and sinners shal be converted unto th •…

14. Deliver me from bloodguiltinesse, O God, thou that 〈◊〉 the God of my health; and 〈◊〉 tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse.

15. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall shew thy praise.

16. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt offerings.

17. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

18. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt offerings and oblations: Then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine Altar.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

Minister, O Lord, save thy servants.

Answer, Which put their tru •… in thee.

Min. Send unto them help fro •… above.

Answ. And evermore mightily defend them.

Min. Help us, O God, our Savio •…

Answ. And for the glory 〈◊〉 thy names sake deliver us, b •… mercifull unto us sinners, fo •… thy names sake.

Min. O Lord, hear our prayer.

Ans. And let our cry come unt •… thee.

O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those which confess their sins unto thee; that they (whose consciences by sin are accused) by thy mercifull pardon may be absolved, thorough Christ our Lord, Amen.

O Most mighty God and mercifull Father, which hast compassion of all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made; which wouldest not the death of a sinner, but that he should rather turn from sin and be saved: Mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive and comfort us which he grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins. Thy property is to have mercy, to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, O Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed; Enter not into judgement with thy Servants, which be vile earth, and miserable sinners; but so turn thine ire from us, which meekly knowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults; so make hast to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Then shall the people say thi •… that followeth, after the Minister.

TUrn thou us, O good Lord, a •… so shall we be turned; be favo •… rable, O Lord, be favourable to t •… people, which turn to thee, in weepi •… fasting and praying: For thou art mercifull God, full of Compassion, l •… suffering, and of great pity. Thou sp •… rest▪ when we deserve punishment, 〈◊〉 in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy •… Spare thy people, good Lord, sp •… them, and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great, and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us.

O Lord God of thine inheritance, who conveyest many blessings to the children of men, by the prayer and Ministery of thy Church, let our prayers obtain of thee mercies and deliverances for her.

O Lord, thou hast planted thy Church in the humility, and poverty, and death of thy Sonne; thou hast watered it with the blood of thy Apostles and Martyrs; thou hast made it flourish and spread forth its branches, by the warmth and heat, and graces of thy Holy Spirit; and hast according to thy promise, still preserved it in the midst of all enmities and disadvantages.

Thy Lawes and righteous Commandments have been a scorne and derision to Iews and Gentiles; the flesh of thy servants hath been meat for the beasts of the land; And still she wears the purple robe of mockery, and the crown of thorns, which at first she took from the head and side of her dearest Lord.

At last, O Lord, be gracious unto thine inheritance; help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; let not thine enemies devoure the Church, and lay wast her dwelling places: Be mercifull unto our sins, preserve all those that by malice of their enemies are appointed to death, or prison, or any other misery.

Let us still enjoy the freedome of thy Gospel, the food of thy Word, the sweet refreshings of thy Sacraments, publick Communions in thy Church, and all the benefits of the society of Saints; and let not our sins cause thee to remove the Candlestick from us. But make thy people and the sheep of thy pasture secure and glad in thy salvation; that we may shew forth thy praise in this world, and in the world to come, through Iesus Christ our Lord,

HEar our voice, O Lord, out of thy holy Temple, let our complaint come before thee, let it enter even into thy ears.

Our heart is in heaviness, O let us make our Prayer unto thee in an acceptable time.

Lord, our iniquities are against us, our rebellions are many wherewith we have transgressed against thee: But we confess our wickednesses, and are sorry for our sins.

Our confusion is daily before us, fearfulness and trembling are come upon us, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed us, and it is thy great mercy onely that we are not consumed, for we have sinned, O Lord, 〈◊〉 have transgressed and done wickedly, yea, we have rebelled, and departed from thy precepts, and from thy Commandments.

Innumerable troubles are come about us, our sins have taken hold upon us, that we are not able to look up, yea, they are more in number then the hairs of our heads, and our hearts have failed us. O Lord, righteousnesse belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, because of all the offences we have committed against thee.

Yet compassion and forgivenesse is with thee, though we have rebelled against thee. O Lord, according to thy goodness, we beseech thee, let thine •… ger and thy wrath be turned away from us, and cause thy face to shine upon thy servants Incline thine ears and hear, open thine eyes and behold our afflictions, for we do not present our supplications before thee, in our own righteousness, but for thy manifold and great mercies.

We have sinned against heaven and against thee, and are no more worthy to be called thy Sons.

Yet, O Lord, hear, O Lord, forgive, consider and do it, deferre not for thine own sake, O our God.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne, and to the holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end,

I Believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: and in Jesus Christ his onely Son our Lord, which was conceived by the holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Ponce Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, he descended into Hell, the third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into heaven, •… teth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: from thence he shall come, to judge 〈◊〉 quick and the dead. I bel •… ve in the holy Ghost, the holy Catholike Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgivenesse of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting,

OUr Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them th •… trespasse against us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evill,

O Lord! this is a day of trouble, of rebuke and blasphemy, a day wherein a wonderfull and horrible thing was committed in our land, most sacred •… nnocent blood, shed with more barbarous aggravations, then we know where to parallel on this side the murder of thy dear Son; And because sentence against this evill work hath not been ex •… ed speedily, the hearts of this people are wholy set in them to do evill; this respite, which thou hast given us to work our Repentance, hath served onely to compleat our sin, by adding an obstinate impenitency to the former Guilt; and so fitting us, for that finall excision which thou hast threatned to obdurate sinners. And now, (O Lord,) this fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation is all that remains unto us, who have thus despised the riches of thy mercy: Yet (O Lord) out of these depths do we desire to call upon thee: Lord hear 〈◊〉 voice; and (if that finall 〈◊〉 tence be not irreversibly g •… out against us) be pleased 〈◊〉 turn thy wrath away, 〈◊〉 to suffer thy whole displeas •… e to arise? To this end, thou O 〈◊〉 who breakest the gates of 〈◊〉 and smitest the bars of 〈◊〉 sunder; be thou pleased to 〈◊〉 these unrelenting hearts of 〈◊〉 to work in every one of us 〈◊〉 sense of our horrid abom •… ons (especially, that of this day) as may cast us down in the 〈◊〉 est degree of Humiliation and Contrition before thee: that 〈◊〉 we may be capable of that •… tation which thou hast promi •… to the humble, that Comfort which thou hast assigned to Mourners, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

O Lord God Infinite in Power, by whom the Thrones of Kings are established, and their persons made sacred; Take we beseech thee, into thine immediate and divine protection, thine anointed Servant the King; that no sacrilegious profane hand may come near to touch him: In all his wayes let thy Spirit guide him; and thy holy Angels pitch their tents about him.

O Lord! comfort him in his troubles, defend him in his dangers, support him in his cause, shew some token on him for good; even now, O God, when the Sons of violence are in their pride, and triumph over him whom thou hast exalted; designing and rejoycing to root out that religion which thine own right hand hath planted. Defeat their purposes O thou preserver of men, and let not their mischeivous imaginations any longer prosper, but blast all their Counsels, wither away all their Armies like grass, scorched by the Sun. Bow down at last their stiff necks, and obdurate hearts, to a desire of that peace which hath so long been an abomination to them:

That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own ruin, but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thine anger for this unnatural division may at last be reduced within their first obedience, to the glory of thy Name, the vindication of our defamed religion, the comfort of our afflicted King, and the happiness of this yet bleeding dom. And confirm all this to Us, O Lord, by the merits and through the mediation of thine own dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord,

O Thou blessed and only Potentate, most just in thy Judgements, and wonde •… ull in thy mercies: we thy sinfull Creatures cast our selves down before thee, desiring in all humility to adore that Justice of thine, which hath suffered our iniquities to prevail against the cause and enterprises of our Soveraign; and yet to praise and magnifie that mercy which hath 〈◊〉 suffer'd them to prevail •… inst his person; but hath in 〈◊〉 midst of the greatest and •… ost amazing dangers, provided him a way of escape; plucked him as a brand out of the fire; and by thine own gracious pro •… ction, at once defeated both the fears of his friends, and •… nd the hopes of his Enemies: Praised be the Lord, which hast not given him over for a prey unto their teeth: And since thou hast been pleased thus far to condescend to the prayers and groa •… of thy servants: O 〈◊〉 not our Lord be angry, and we will speak, beseeching thee, who hast thus powerfully rescued him from Egypt, not to suffer him to perish in the Wilderness, but though his passage be through the red sea, yet at last to bring him to a Canaan: O thou whose wayes are in the great deep, who madest Iosephs imprisonment the way to hi •… advancement, and the impoverishing of Iob, the means of doubling his wealth; let the same over-ruling Providence dispose of all late adverse events, to those ends, which all Loyall hears gasp after: Lord! be thou pleas'd to breathe upon the •… •… y bones, and they shall 〈◊〉 liv •… in thy sight. In the mea •… time, O Lord! let thy comforts refresh his soul in the midst of these sad calamities: sanctifie them unto him, that he may come out of these tribulations, like gold out of the fire, purified, but not consumed; that so, whatsoever becomes of his transitory Crown here, he may by a constant enduring of temptations be secured of that Crown of life which fadeth not away; grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour,

O Thou King of Nations, who dost according to thy will in all the Kingdoms of the Earth: who hast made us drink deep of the Cup of trembling, and yet seemest to have bitter dregs behinde for us: We thy wretched Creatures, that have highly contributed to that common weight of sin, under which the Land sinks, humbly prostrate our selves at thy feet, desiring with all sincere contrition, to confesse that thou art Righteous in all that is hitherto come upon us: All that we have hitherto sufferd, being but the sad arrears of the sins of our Peace, when we waxed fat and kicked against thee. And that thou shalt likewise be most just in the utmost of thy future inflictions, which (what ever they prove) cannot exceed the sins of our calamitous dayes, who, in the time of our distress have sinned yet more against the Lord; who have passed through the fire to Moloch with an undaunted obstinacy, suffer'd all the flamings of thy wrath, rather than we would renounce any of our detestable things: Nay (as if our old were too infirm) we have made new Leagues with death, new agreements with hell, proceeding from evil to worse, and making every new Calamity, thou sendst to reclaim us, the occasion of some fresh impiety. And now, O Lord, wilt thou not visit for these things? shal not thy soul be avenged on such a Nation as this? We are they, O Lord! that have perverted all thy dispensations toward us, grown wanton under thy mercies, and desperate under thy Judgements, and is there any third method left for those that have frustrated both these? Behold, O Lord! these desperate, these gasping Patients at thy feet, who have lost sense and motion to all things, but the resistance of their remedy: O give us not utterly over! but continue to administer to us whatsoever may remove this stupefaction, and bring us to a feeling of our own condition: And what sharpnesse and severity soever thou disceruest necessary for that purpose, forbear not, O Lord! to give us those wounds of a friend: O say not concerning us, why should ye be smitten any more? but rather cast us into the place of Dragons, and cover us with the shadow of death, if by so doing we may be brought to remember the Name of the Lord our God: Lord! this is the one great necessary wherein we are principally concern'd to sollicite thee; that our Eyes may be opened, that we may see every one the plague of his own heart, that so (instead of those Athe •… cal disputes we make of thy providence) we may all •… oyn in an humble Adoration of thy Justice; and (confessing that our destruction is of our selves) abhorre our selves and Repent in dust and ashes: And when by th •… greater deliverance thou hast put us in a Capacity of the lesse; then, be thou pleased to be jealous for thy Land, and p •… y thy people. Consider the troubles we suffer of them that hate us; and let not all the evils 〈◊〉 little before thee, that 〈◊〉 come upon us, upon our Kings, upon our Priests, and upon all this people. Restore us our Judges as at the first, and our Councellors as at the begin •… ing; and Comfort us again •… ter the time wherein thou hast •… agued us; And for the years •… erein we have suffered adversity: But if in recompence of having made thee serve with our sins, servants must Rule over us, though they have dominion over our Bodies and goods at their pleasure, yet O Lord! let them not have dominion over our souls: Let not all our oppressions make us act any thing contrary to our Christian profession, much less wholly renounce it; But what ever other judgements we must groan under, Lord deliver us not up to that Barbarism and irreligion which hath already made so great a breach upon us.

We cannot but confess it most just in thee to permit Us; who have so long resisted the power of Godliness, to proceed now to Cast off the very form; and that we who would not receive the Love of the truth, should be given over to strong delusions to believe Lyes: And this saddest effect of thy wrath hath already overtaken many among us, and doth universally threaten the rest: for since thou hast laid waste the wall of thy Vineyard, what can we expect, but that it should be trodden down? Thou hast broken our two staves, Beauty and bands; all Order and Unity (the necessary supports of a Church 〈◊〉 at once perishing from amongst us: the solemn feasts are forgotten in Sion; her Elders sit upon the ground and keep silence, while they •… om thou hast not sent, run; while they, to whom thou hast 〈◊〉 spoken, prophesie; and 〈◊〉 these is prophaness gone into all the Land. We, O Lord! which might once have gone with the multitude to the house of God, are now driven into se •… ret Corners to celebrate the most solemn parts of thy service, whilest it is become more safe to blaspheme, then to adore thee publiquely: This, this, O Lord, is the unsupportable pa •… of our afflictions, the sting of all our miseries: If we had been only sold for Bondmen, and Bondwomen, we could have held our peace; but, thine abhorring thine Altar, and casting off thy Sanctuary, this is for a Lamentation, and must be for a Lamentation: Thy servants think upon the stones of Sion, and it pityeth them to see her in the dust; O Let not all those tears & prayers that are poured out for her, return empty: And because thou thy self hast recommended unto us the efficacy of importunity; be thou pleased to give us that grace, to •… cite and stirre up all that make mention of the Lord, that they may give thee no rest, till thou establish our Ierusalem again a praise upon Earth: To that end, O Lord, give us Pastors af •… thine own heart, such Priest whose lips may preserve knowledge, and make us diligently to seek the Law at their mouths, and grant that we, being by this deprivation taught the value of such precious advantages, and the sin of our former contemning them, may unanimously contend for the regaining them; by a cordiall universall forsaking of those sins which have turned away these good things from us: Extend the same mercy to those who have been the most actively instrumentall to this sad devastation both of Church and State: Withdraw from them those treacherous prosperities which make them think, that thon art even such an one as themselves, and by unravelling that webb of strange successes, wherewith they have hid their shame, discover them to themselves, and to all whom they have seduced: O let not the temporall ruines, which they have brought upon us, become the eternall Ruin of any one soul among them, but convince them of the horror of their guilt, and let that convincement work that godly sorrow, never to be repented of: That so thou mayst give them their portion, not with Hypocrites, but with Penitents; and that for his sake, whom thou hast set forth to be our Propitiation, Iesus Christ our Lord,

O Mercifull God, we thy wretched sinfull Creatu •… es, who have no other qualification for thy mercy; but that one of extreme misery, do yet presume to approach thee, humbly beseeching thee, to look not on our merits, but our wants, and by removing all those obstacles, which our sins have interposed against our succours, to render us accessible to thy comforts and reliefs; and then dispense them to us, O Lord! in such order and measure, as thy wisdom shall see expedient, and when thou seest us fit to be again entrusted with our outward peace, be pleased to restore it to us: but in the mean time deny us not the inward, nor any of those means which are necessary to the procuring or maintaining of it: To this end, O Lord! continue to us the light of thy truth and let not all these unfruitfull works of darkness, which we have hitherto committed in that light, provoke thee to extinguish it.

Avert O Lord, all those sad portents that threaten destruction to this Church: And though thou hast given Satan and his instruments power over all that she hath, yet, O Lord, spare her life; Let there still be a remnant left to praise thee, and when by these sharp tryalls, thou hast vindicated her integrity, be pleased to bless her, as thou didst Iobs latter end, by giving her a double portion of all real advantages: And though thou hast now violently removed thy Tabernacle, yet O Lord, let not one pin of it be lost, but erect it again (amongst us) in the wonted order and beauty; and though she have lyen among the pots, yet let her be as the wings of a Dove, which is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold; let her builders make haste, and her destroyers, and those that have laid her waste, go forth of her: Deliver her from those Bruitish Pastors which have made this thy pleasant portion a desolate wilderness, but give her such guides, as may by their doctrine build us up in our most holy faith, and by their example, shine as lights in this perverse generation; and make us so to obey them which watch for our souls, that they may give an account of them with Joy and not with grief; Grant this, mercifull Lord, for his sake, who is the Shepheard and Bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord,

ALmighty and everlasting God, which hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that be penitent; create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthyly lamenting our sins, and knowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission & forgiveness, through Jesus Christ,

GRant we beseech thee Almighty God, that we which for our evill deeds are worthily punished, by the Comfort of thy Grace may mercifully be relieved, through our Lord Jesus Christ,

ALmighty and Everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole Body of the Church is governed and sanctified, receive our supplications and prayers, which We offer up before thee for all e •… ates of Men in thy holy congregation, that every member of the same in his vocation and Ministery may truly and godly serve thee, through our Lord Jesus, Christ, who liveth and reigneth, &c.

Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting salvation, that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help, through Christ our Lord,

O Blessed Lord God, who by thy Wisdom guidest and orderest all things most sutably to thy Justice, and performest thy pleasure, allwayes in such manner, that thou canst also appeal to us, whether thy wayes be not equall: We, thy poor afflicted People, fall down before thee, acknowledging the Justice of thy proceedings with us, and that the amazing Judgement, which as this day befell us (in thy permitting cruel men, sons of Beliall to execute the fury of their Rebellion upon Our late Gracious Soveraign, and to imbrew their hands in the Blood and Mur der of the Lords Anointed) was drawn down by the great and long provocations of this Nations sins against thee: For all which, and our own parts in which, we sinfull wretches here met together, desire to humble our selves before thee, and to tremble at thy presence in this dayes fore vengeance, the effect as well as desert of our impieties, the work of our own hands upon our selves, thy heavy Judgement, but our most horrid sin, for which alone (did not multitudes of other sins cry out against us) thou mightest justly descend down upon us all, as thou didst in Sodom, and leave us no other memorial than to be the frightfull Monuments of thy Indignation and fury to all Posterity. Gracious is the Lord, and mercifull, therefore it is, that We are not consumed! O let thy longsuffering and patience lead us to repentance: And now Lord, looking on this particular signal Judgement, as thy last Trump, warning us to fly from the wrath to come; We come forth to meet our God, mourning in our prayers before thee, and begging the aversion of thy further displeasure, and the removall of these plagues of long continuance from us, for the all-sufficient merits of the death and sufferings of our blessed Saviour. O forgive our great and manifold transgressions, and for his bloody Passions sake, deliver this Nation from blood-guiltinesse, that of this day especially, O God of our Salvation. Let not our crying sins intercept our Prayers, or thy blessings; but hear the voice of our tears, and hearing forgive and heal us, retire not quite from us into thine own place, laugh not at our calamities, neither mock in this day of our visitation: Vindicate thine own Cause, and thine own Providence, that it may appear unto men that thou bearest up the Pillars of the earth; and that by thee Kings do reign. And though thou hast suffered our Enemies to proceed to that high pitch of violence against our late King, even to kill and take possession of his Throne and Revenews: Yet frustrate now at length their bold hopes and desires; let not their mischievous imaginations prosper, least they be too proud; let them not be able to establish themselves in that prosperity and greatness they have fancied; let them not say of his Family, God hath forsaken them, let us persecute them: shew some good token on his seed for good, that their enemies may see it, and be ashamed: because, thou Lord, hast holpen and comforted them. Bow the hearts of the Subjects of this Land, as thou didst those of Israel to David, that they may acknowledge and receive joyfully the heir of these Kingdoms; and fasten thou him as a nail in a sure place; behold his injuries, and have compassion on his Innocency; and let the desire of his enemies perish like that of the Hypocrite; but bring him, maugre all their oppositions, to a peaceable possession of that Throne, to which by his Birthright thou hast designed him, and establish him in the Just Rights of his Family. O Lord, we wait on thee this day for this blessing; make no long tarrying, but according to the time thou hast plagued us, send us deliverance. Snatch the prey out of the Lyons teeth, and pull us out of the burnings like a firebrand: We beseech thee, that We may this day spread before thee the words of Rabshekah, the proud railings, and scornfull reproaches of our enemies. Behold this day their exaltation, and our mourning: O Lord, our eyes are towards thee! for whom nothing is hard; let it not seem a small thing to thee, that we suffer, but concenter our Prayers with the many thousands that call on thee: That salvation may come to our King, and through him thy blessing of peace unto thy People. Think upon all those that are peaceable, and faithfull in the Land, and deal thou with us according to thy Word, wherein thou hast caused us to put our trust; Let the world see that there is a God that judgeth the earth, and will send deliverance to his people in their needfull time of trouble. But whatsoever thy purpose is, let not us behave our selves frowardly, but with all Christian humility, run the race that thou settest before us, and patiently bear the indignation, of the Lord, because we have sinned against him. And we meekly beseech thee, that if the Divine Decree of thy Justice withstand our Petitions, our prayers may return into our own bosomes; and that thou wilt make thy judgements temporal and not spiritual upon us; but assist us with strength proportionable to our temptations; that we be not delivered to evil: but that in wel-doing, we may commit our selves to thee our God, as unto a faithful Creator: And that both our King and we, may say with all Christian submission and cheerfulness: It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good.

And here, O Lord, we offer unto thee, all possible praise and thanks for all the Glory of thy Grace, that hath shined forth in thine Anointed, our 〈◊〉 Soveraign, and that thou wert pleased to own him (this Day especially) in the midst of his Enemies, and in the hour of death, and to endue him with such eminent Patience, Meckness, Humility, Charity and all other Christian Virtues, according to the example of thine own Son, suffering the sury of his, and thine Enemies, for the preservation of thy Church and People.

We Praise thee also for the Courage and Comfort thou hast given unto us of his Party, by that owning and assisting him, or any that have suffered in that Righteous Cause.

And we beseech thee give us all grace to Remember and provide for our latter end, by a Careful, studious imitation of those blessed patterns of thy Saints and Martyrs, that have gone before us, that we may be made worthy to Receive benefit by their prayers, which they, in Communion with thy Church Catholick, offer up unto thee for that part of it here Militant, and yet in sight with, and danger from the flesh, that following the blessed stepps of their holy Lives and Deaths, we may also shew forth the Light of a good example, for the Glory of thy Name, the Conversion of Enemies, and the improvement of those Generations we shall shortly leave behind us; and then with all those that have born the Heat and burthen of the day (thy Servant whose Sufferings and Labours we this day commemorate) receive the Reward of our Labours, the Harvest of our Hopes, even the Salvation of our own souls, and that for the merits, and through the mediation of thy Son, our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ,

O Most mightie God, terrible in thy judgements, and wonderfull in thy doings towards the Children of Men, Who in thy heavie displeasure hast suffered this day, that execrable thing to be done among Us, which We cannot mention without horror, nor remember without astonishment.

We thy poor afflicted Creatures, 〈◊〉 dejected looks, and bleeding hearts, humblie confesse in the behalf of all the people of this wretched land, that our crying sins have •… en the Cause that the Crown is th •… fallen from our head, and an innocent King given up to the rage of cruell and bloudie men.

But O Gracious God, lay not the guilt of this bloud (the shedding of which none but thy blood can expi •… e) lay it not on the whole Nation; for thou hast yet a remnant among Us, who having neither hands nor •… earts defiled with it, do still mourn in secret, and bewail the committing of that fact, which heaven and earth •… ors.

But if thy justice must be satisfied, Let the thunder of it light upon their heads, and theirs alone, who •… ot only contrived and acted so foul a murther, but are as yet so far from being touched with any remorse or repentance for it, that they justifie their sin, and in an high blasphe •… ie pretend thy Name, and Glorie, for all that they have done.

Lord in thy good time consider •… is; Consider not only what they •… ve done to that royall Martyr, who 〈◊〉 raignes with thee in Glorie; But with what eagernesse they have since pursued him, To whom Thou hast given the Crown, saying, with those wicked Husbandmen, This is the Heir, let us kill him that the Inheritance may be Ours.

But, O mercifull God, let not this wicked imagination of theirs ever take effect; but set thy watchfull Providence as a continual fence about him: shew some token on him for good even now; O Lord, when they have swallowed him up in the pride of their strength, and think they have made their hill so strong, that thy can never be moved.

This is thine hour, O Lord; this is thy time; Now shew thy self: O Th •… who art the Iudge of the W •… 〈◊〉 , judge equally between hi •… and those sons of Belial.

Thou seest thy Church is laid waste, thy People oppressed, thine Anointed cast out, as an unprofitable Branch; his Armies overthrown, 〈◊〉 Friends ruined, his Enemies mighty, his Hopes vanished, and all human remedies consumed.

But Thou art the same God that fittest between the Cherubims, be the Earth never so unquiet. Hear Us therefore in the midst of our confusions. Restore to Us the light of our eyes, the King whom thou hast given Us.

Be from henceforth his Guide and his Counsel, and his mighty Deliverer, and never leave him till Thou hast made the Stone, which those Builders have set at nought, the headstone of the Corner; That We may evermore rejoyce in the felicitie of thy Chosen, and falling down before thine Altars, give thanks to Thee in the great Congregation. Grant this, O God, for his sake that pleads for Us, even Iesus Christ the righteous,

O God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long? why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

O think upon thine Inheritance, which thou hast purchased, and Redeemed of old.

Lift up thy feet, that thou mayst utterly destroy every Enemy that hath done Evil in thy Sanctuary.

For behold, they break down all the ca •… ed Works thereof, with Axes and Hammers.

Yea, they have said in their hearts, Let us make havock of them altogether; And thus have they designed to ruin all the Houses of God in the land.

But O God, how long shall the Adversary do this dishonour? how long shall the Enemy Blaspheme thy Name, for ever?

Arise, O God, maintain thine own Cause; Remember how the Foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.

But, O deliver not the soul of thy Turtle Dove into their Hands: For the Presumption of them that hate. Thee, increaseth more and more. O God make speed to save us. O Lord make haste to help us.

O Lord God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy People that Prayeth?

How long wilt thou feed us with the Bread of Tears? and give us plenteousnesse of Tears to drink?

O Turn us again, Thou God of Hosts; shew us the Light of thy Countenance, and we shall be whole.

Remember that Thou didst once plant a Vine amongst us: And when it had taken Root, it filled the Land.

Our Hills were covered with the shadow of it: and the Boughs thereof were like the Goodly Cedar Trees.

But now, thou hast broken down her Hedge, so that all they that go by, pluck off her Grapes.

The wild Boar of the Wood doth root it up, and the Beasts of the Field devour it.

Yet turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts; shew us the Light of thy Countenance, and we shall be whole.

For we will not go back from thee; O let us live, and we shall •… ll upon thy Name. O God make speed to save us. O Lord make haste to help us.

O God thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad; Thou hast been displeased at us, O Turn thee unto us again.

Thou hast moved the Land and divided it: O heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh.

Thou hast shewn Thy People heavy things, and given us a Drink of Deadly Wine.

Thou hast made us to turn our backs upon our Enemies, so that they which hate Us spoil our Goods.

Thou makest us to be rebuked of our Neighbours, to be laugh'd to scorn, and to be had in derision of them that are round about us.

But though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget Thee, nor •… ave our selves frowardly in Thy Co •… ant.

Our heart is not turned back, nor our steps gone out of thy Way.

No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of Dragons and covered us with the shadow of Death.

Up Lord, Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from Us for ever?

But O why hidest Thou Thy Face; and forgettest our Misery and Trouble?

For our soul is brought low, even unto the Dust, and our Belly •… eaveth unto the ground.

Arise, help us and deliver us for Thy Mercies sake. O God make speed to save us. O Lord make haste to help us.

O My God, why hast thou forsaken Thine Anointed, and art displeased with him?

For Lo Thou hast broken the Covenant of thy servant; and cast his Crown to the Ground.

Thou hast overthrown all his Hedges, and broken down his strong holds.

So that all they that go by spoil him, and he is become a Rebuke to his Neighbours.

For thou hast set up the Right hand of his Enemies, and made all his Adversaries to rejoyce.

Thou hast put out his Glory, and hast cast his Throne down to the Ground.

The Dayes of his Youth hast Thou seasoned with Bitternesse, and covered him with dishonor.

But Lord, how long wilt thou •… ide thy self, for Ever? and shall thy Wrath still burn like Fire?

Remember, O Lord, the rebuke that Thy Servant hath, and how he doth bear in his Bosom, the Rebukes of many People

And let his Adversaries be clothed with sham; But upon his Head let his Crown flourish.

O help him against his Enemies; for vain is the help of Man. O God make speed to save Him: O Lord make haste to help Him.

O That thou wouldst hear me O God! that thou wouldst so prepare my Heart, that thou maist hear me! that thou wouldst hear me once more, though I am but Dust and Ashes! That thou wouldst hear me for all those, whom by the Bonds of Duty, and Charity, or Affection, I am bound to Pray for! O Lord hear my Prayers. And let my cry come unto thee.

THat it may please thee to Bless the whole Catholick Church of thy Son Christ, as it hath been planted in his Death, and watered in his Blood, so it may be still nourished by his Sacraments, and governed by his Word; That the Uncharitablenesse of men may not make the Rents and Divisions of it wider, and that howsoever we may differ in the superstructions, the Foundations of Christian Faith may never be cast down.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to look compassionately on this persecuted part of thy Church, now driven from the Publike Altars into Corners and secret Closets, that thy Protection may be over us where ever we shall be scatteted, and a Remnant prefervcd among us by whom thy Name may be Glorified, thy Sacraments Administred, and the souls of thy servants kept upright in the midst of a corrupting and of a corrupted Generation.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to be Gracious to Him, who was once defigned by Thee to be the Nursing Father of this thy Church; But for the sins of both Priests and People is now cast out as an unprofitable Branch; And that in thy due time thou wouldst deal with him, according to the Innocency of his Person & the Justice of his Cause.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to comfort him in the sadnesse of his spirit, and Guide him in the Perplexities of his Mind, and support him in the straits and necessities of his Fortunes. To raise him Friends abroad, and to Convert or confound the hearts of his Enemies at Home; To do some mighty thing for him, which I in particular know not how to Pray for, and by the secret Working of thy Providence, to make the Stone which the foolish Builders among us have refused the Head-stone of the Corner.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to preserve him with an unspotted soul, and an unshaken Faith and that no splendor of any Earthly Crown may so dazle him, as to make him forget either himself or thee; or do any unworthy thing to lose that Heavenly Crown which thou hast prepared for him, and nothing but his own sins is able to keep from him.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to shew Mercy to the Queen his Mother, the Dukes his Brethren •… in Exile with him, and the rest of that scattered and oppressed Family; to guide them thy Counsels, to defend with them with thy Power, to provide for them in thy Mercy, and to make them in their severall ways, Instruments of thy Glory and our Happiness.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to deal Graciously with that Remnant left of the Loyall Nobility, and all others of that ruined side, who have chosen rather to suffer in thy Cause, then to participate with the sins of a more successefull Party.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to spread the wings of thy Protection over all those whom thou hast made near and dear unto me; to preserve them safe in body and soul from the snares of their enemies, and the iniquity of the times, that no sin may lay waste their Consciences, nor no evill come neer their dwellings.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to recompence all those whom thou hast raised to be Instruments of any good unto me; such as have taken care of my soul, and instructed me in the way to heaven; such as have counselled me, when I have gone astray, supplyed me in my wants, comforted me in my heaviness, and have had that high Charity for me, as to Reprove me when I have sinned.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake

That it may please thee to let the day-spring from on high, shine upon all those who sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death; who either do not know thy Name, or knowing it, are carried by strong delusions into the wayes of Error and false Perswasions.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to confirm those, who as yet stand fast on the foundations of thy Holy Truth; that neither the persecution of the Church in which they were Baptized, nor the temptations of the times, nor the snares of cunning men, who watch all advantages, may make them fall from their first Faith, and miserably wander after their own imaginations.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to comfort and raise up those weak and dejected spirits, which are ready to sink under the burthen of a troubled or Afflicted Conscience, that as thou hast shewed them their sins, and the punishments due for them, so thou wouldst shew them their Saviour; and, by directing them to lay hold on his Cross, keep them from a Finall and Everlasting ship wrack.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to hear the groans and cries of all those that are Afflicted, either outwardly or inwardly, in body or soul; Especially such, who being oppressed for Conscience sake, have no place to fly unto, nor no man careth for their souls.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to listen Compassionately to the deep sighing of the Prisoners, and by thy mighty Power to deliver such, who for obeying thee and a good Conscience, are or shall be designed to death or ruin.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to soften the hearts of all unrighteous Judges; who now have the Power over us, and to make them know with trembling that there is a Judge higher than they.

O hear us for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to forgive all who more particularly are Enemies to me & mine, all that way have any traduced or slandered me, even to turn their hearts and to extend their Charity to them, in all those degrees of mercy which I desire may be shewn to my own soul.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

That it may please thee to hear all those servants of thine, who either have the Charity to pray for me, or desire my Prayers for them: But above all, that it may please thee to hear the Prayers of thy Son Jesus Christ, who now fits gloriously on thy Right hand, to intercede both for me, and them.

O hear me for thy Son Iesus sake.

O Lord, hear my Prayers; and let my cry come unto thee. O Lord, pardon my prayers, and let not my sins and mine unworthinesse interpose between thy Mercy-seat and me,

O That thou wouldst hea •… me, O God, that tho •… wouldst hear me once more, wh •… am but Dust and Ashes, while presume, yet with all humbl •… Rerence, to expostula •… with thee the great and Glor •… ous God, in behalf of this pe •… secuted and afflicted Church!

RIghteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet Jer. 12. 1. let me talk with thee of thy Judgements: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Thou hast planted them, yea they have taken root; they grow, yea 2. they bring forth fruit [such as it is, the Apples of Sodom and the Grapes of Gomorrah] Thou art near in the mouth, but far from their reins.

But wherefore hath the Lord done this unto this Land? what meaneth the heat of this great Deut. 29. 24. anger?

O my Lord, if thou the Lord art with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all thy Mercies Judg. 6. 13. and deliverances, which our Fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us out of Egypt? did he not deliver us from superstition, ignorance and prophanesse, from persecutions of the right hand, and separations on the left?

Did he not save us from our open and professed enemies? and wilt thou now suffer us to be destroyed by our own selves?

Say Lord, hast thou quite forsaken us, and wilt thou deliver us over into the Midianitish hands of our own Mothers sons?

How long shall Iijm and Ziim, the beast of the Island be let Isa. 34. 14. alone to leap upon thy Mercyseat, which was wont to be fenced with Cherubims?

Or art thou weary of our service, that thou thus goest about to disgrace the Throne of thy Glory, and seemest Jer. 14. 21. to abhr both the cry of our Prayers, and the voice of weeping?

For behold Lord, we have Psal. 126. 5. sown in tears: when is it that we shall reap in Joy?

When wilt thou turn again the Captivity of Sion. 4.

Is it not enough that she hath Cant. 2. 2. been so long, as a Lilly among the Thorns, but wilt thou now suffer the Thorns to overtop and to choak up this Lilly?

Or shall the envious mans tares •… roy the wheat, which hath been Mat. 13. 25. •… en in thy field.

If there be a necessity that He •… s should be, yet, is there any 1 Cor. 11. 19. •… ity that they should bear sway? yea, there is no necessity but that thy Truth should prevail.

O Lord God, terrible in thy judge •… s, but yet most fatherly in thy •… cies; when shall we hear thee say in this Church of ours, as thou didst sometimes to thy afflicted Israel.

Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord, and thy God, that pleadeth the Isa. 51. 22. cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand, the cup of trembling, even the •… egs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again. But I will put it into the hands of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, bow down that we may go over?

Arise O Lord, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time that thou Psal. 102. 13. have mercy upon her, yea the time is come.

And why thy servants think upon her stones, and it pitieth 14. them to see her in the dust. It pittieth them to see, that there is none to guide her among all the sons that she hath brought up. Isa. 51. 18.

It pittieth them to see the Priests of the Lord s •… lenced, and those lips Mal. 2. 7. sealed up, which preserve knowledge.

It pittieth them to have their Teachers removed into a corner, and that their eyes cannot Isa. 30. 20. see their Teachers?

It pittieth them; and yet doth it not pitty thee, O Lord, who art the God of pitty and compassion.

Art thou not satisfied with the blood already spilt among us, but standest thou still •… ith a sword upon thine Altar?

Must Aarons rod be suffered to •… ther in thine own house, in thine, Numb. 17. 〈◊〉 sight, while Corah's and, Da •… han's do bud and blossom? Canst thou, O God, look on, and see the golden pot ravish'd from thine own Tabernacle? Heb. 9. 24.

Canst thou endure to be in Mat. 5. 14. the Temple, and see those Lights of the Sanctuary put out, which thou thy self hast light up?

Wilt thou suffer the Labourers to be driven out of thy own Vineyard, after their working so long there by thy Divine appointment?

Shall thy House of Prayer become at length a den of Theives; Mat. 21. 1 •… . and thou thy self stand by as unconcernd? whilst they rob thee of thine Honour?

Thou that saidst to the waves, Mat. 8. 26. be ye still, wilt thou suffer the winds to arise, the contrary winds of false Doctrine, and to Eph: 4. 14. blow against this Ship, which thy self hast so long been in •… wilt thou sleep in the Ship, while thy Disciples are cast over board? Lord, carest thou no •… we perish?

When shall thy Ministers tak •… down their Harps from the Wil •… Psal. 137. 2. upon which they hang.

When shall they be permitted 〈◊〉 . openly to sing the Lord •… song, though in this strang •… Land?

When, O when shall we see the 1 Sam. 7. Ark of God to return back from the House of Dagon, and David 2 Sam. 6. 14. dancing before it?

When wilt thou open the mouths of thine own Zacharias's, the Priests Luke 1. of the Lord, that were called to wait upon thee at thine Altar, but who are now struck dumb, from of •… ating before thee?

When wilt thou extend mer •… Ezra. 9. 9. into us in the sight of those •… at hate us, who are set over us, 〈◊〉 give us a reviving, to set up the •… ouse of God, and to repair •… he Desolations thereof, and to give a Wall in Iudah and in Ie •… salem?

When shall we accompany the Tribes, even the Tribes of the Lord Psal. 122, 4. unto the Lords House, there to testifie unto Israel, to give thanks un •… the Name of the Lord, for the •… ation of our Religion in the 〈◊〉 of so many fiery trialls, and the restauration of our Liberties af •… r so sharp a captivity?

When Lord, shall we be allowed to eat bread again freely in thy House; yea, though it be but to gather the •… rums that fall from our Masters table?

How long shall it be, ere thou bid 〈◊〉 look with joy vpon Zion, the Citty Isa. 33 20. of our Solemnities, as thou didst bid thy People the Jews.

When wilt thou comfort us, and say, your eyes shall see Ierusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that shall not be taken down, not one of the stakes thereof shall be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken?

O how amiable are thy Dwellings, thou Lord of Hosts? Psal. 84. 1.

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into thy 2. Courts, and to go unto thine Altars.

But Lord, It is not for us to know the times and seasons, which the Father hath put in his own Power. Acts 1. 7.

And therefore I desire humbly to submit the successe of all our Prayers and Supplications, of our actions and sufferings, together with the time of our deliverance, unto thy sole pleasure, earnestly beseeching thee, for thy Grace (which is alone sufficient for us) that 2 Cor. 12. 9. we may cheerfully wait upon thee (without thinking thy stay too long) till thou have mercy •… on us.

The Lord our God is a God of Jer. 51. 56. •… compences, and shall surely requit •… •… r Enemies. But

The Lord is our Judge, the Isa. 53. 22. Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King, he will save us.

Thou art the Lord; and therefore, 1 Sam. 3. 18. Lord, even when thou pleasest, and what thou pleasest.

Not our time, but thy time:

Not our way, but thy way:

Not our Will, but thy Will Mat. 26. 30. be done.

Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is Heaven, Mat. 6. 10.

O Lord, look down in mercy and compassion upon o •… dear Mother, the afflicted Church of England, to whose breasts thou hast applyed us, And grant, that we may draw from thence neither blood nor wind, but the sincere milk of 1 Pet. 2. 2. thy word of an holy Conversation.

Behold Lord, she is none of those Mothers, which are for the dividing 1 King. 3. 26. of their children; O preserve thou her children, that they also may none of them be for the dividing of their Mother!

Make her yet once more happy in a Moses and an Aaron: in Isa. 49. 23. nursing Fathers to go in and out before this People, and holy Ministers to stand before thee our God: and suffer not •… e sins of this Nation to be •… onger, to pull down the walls •… our Sion and Ierusalem, then •… s thy goodness and mercy to •… ild them up again.

O that this Church of England Genes. 17. 18. •… ay live in thy sight!

For which end, behold her Priests, how they keep silence, Psol. 39. 2. even from good words, which is pain and grief unto them; and are denied even a place between the Porch and the Altar, though only to weep there for the sparing Joel. 2. 17. of the Temple.

Behold her Virgins, how they Prov. 29. 18. 〈◊〉 , least for want of a Vision, the People perish; and her Widdows, 〈◊〉 they make Lamentation, to see Iudgement begin so severely at the 1 Pet. 4. 17. House of God.

Behold, how she her self, like another Racheb, weeps for her Ier. 31. 85. Mat. 2. 11. children, because they are not; because they are not suffered to comfort their own Mother, and to defend her from all such wh •… mock at her Sabbaths and s •… lemn Feasts, and make her se •… vice and Devotions their de •… sion and scorn.

O Lord, behold her Afflictions for the Enemy hath magnified him self Lam. 1. 9. against her.

See, O Lord, and consider •… for she is become very vile:

But we trust, by how much she i •… become vile in the eyes of man, she 2 Sam. 16. 12. shall be the more precious in the sight of thee her God. And, though others set light by her blood, yet thou hast promised not to despise her team especially, when thou thy self hast washed them in the blood of thy Son.

O therefore we beseech thee, put thou her Tears in thy bottle; Psal. 56. 8. and let not her sighs and her groans seem little in thy sight. Accept of those Humiliations, and graciously answer the Prayers which are offered up in secret for her. Visit, O visit her in Mercy and Compassion, now after the time that thou hast afflicted her, and for Psal. 90, 15. the many years wherein she hath suffered Adversity.

Let that purple Robe of mockery, wherewith first thy self wert clad, and now of late this Church of thine, be changed at length into garments of joy and gladnesse.

Let that Crown of thorns, which was taken from thy Temples and platted upon hers, be now taken from both: and crown her instead thereof, with Roses out of her own Sharon.

Let the Print of the nails in thy Cant. 2. 1. hands and feet, be as the Balm of Gilead to heal and close up the wounds which are made in hers. And let the hole in thy precious side, be a safe hiding-place and Sanctuary, till this Persecution be overpassed.

Though this year be begun in bitterness, yet O suffer it not, to end so. But cause it to be proclaimed the acceptable ye •… Isa. 62. 1. of the Lord to all that mou •… in Sion.

As thou hast given unto t •… Church an Head of gold, so don •… Dan. 2. 13. let her stand like Nebuchadneza •… Image upon feet of clay. Thoug •… she be made to lie among the po •… yet thou canst cover her again wi •… silver wings, making her feather •… Psal. 68. 13. like gold.

Thou art Almighty, and can •… do it: yea thou art Almerciful •… Psa. 86. 17. and wilt do it: O then shew he •… (now especially) some toke •… for good, that they which hate her may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, O Lord, ha •… holpen her and comforted her.

Give her instead of a Rent, a Girdle, instead of vain Repetitions, the Holy Spirit and Office of Prayer •… for the bread of Adversity, the blessed Manna of thy Word and Sacraments; and for the cup of trembling and astonishment, the cup of salvation. Suffer not Pharaoh's thin and •… sted Ears of corn to de •… Gen. 41. 24. those full and good Ears, which have sprung up here in Gods field. Neither do thou punish our former (slighted) •… nty with a succeeding famine of thy Word.

Give unto her beauty for ashes, the 〈◊〉 Isa. 61. 3. of Ioy for mourning, the gar •… Prayer for the spirit of bea •… ss.

Give her the custody of Angels, the Patronage of Kings and Princes, the hearts and •… ds of Nobles, the prayers and tears of Priests, and the de •… ce of the whole secular Arm.

O thou that hast the Key of Da •… Rev. 3. 7. that openest and no man shut •… , open thou the mouths of thy Mi •… rs, and suffer no more any man 〈◊〉 them. Open thou the doors of 〈◊〉 own House for thy servants to 〈◊〉 in, and let no one dare upon 〈◊〉 p •… ill of their souls to keep us out.

And since we have taken upon us to speak unto our Lord (not for the sparing of a Sodom but of this thine own Sion) le •… not our Lord be angry and w •… Gen. 18. 32. Judg. 6. 39. will speak unto him once more

Preserve her, and all her sons an •… daughters in all storms, and again •… all temptations; in this present storm •… and against the present and all future temptations, that we may do nothing to scandall our holy Calling, by sacrificing our Consciences to the purchase of our case. Give us innocence mixt with prudence, the Doves eye in the Serpents head. And teach us to Ne devoret Serpens Columbam. Mat. 10. 16. beware of the Dragons Poyson, even when we are made to feel the Dragons sting

And when the winds shall blow fiercest against thine Ark, yet then we beseech thee to preserve the Vessel, though thou shalt change the Pilots; And however in thy secret wisdom thou mayst suffer many of the Lights to be blown out, yet we pray thee Lord, be not so severe upon our justly-deserving sins as to remove the Candlestick

All this, and whatsoever else thou •… e more needfull for our bleeding Mother, or for any of her persecuted Children, we beg at thy mercifull hands, for thy Sons sake who purchased this Church with his own blood, Iesus Christ our Saviour; To whom with thee, O Father, and the ever blessed Spirit, be all Honour and Glory, Submission and Adoration in all places, at all times, in all Estates and Conditions by all men and Angels, World without End,

O Most mercifull Lord God, and Lover of souls, who hast given Commandment to thy Priests to weep and to pray between the Porch and the Al •… n, and to cry, spare thy people, O Lord, spare them.

O most blessed Jesu, who art •… n everlasting Priest, and the great Shepheard and Bishop of our souls.

O most holy Spirit, who dost sanctifie and preserve us, building us up into an holy Temple, for thy self to dwell in.

O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three Persons, and one God, who delightest in the Conversion of sinners, and to see souls daily added unto thy Church.

Bless this whole Congregation, and have mercy upon this Parish, who are committed to my charge to take care over their souls.

Lord, I am unworthy of so great an honour, and too unfit for so great a Burthen, yet in obedience to thy Call, I have undertaken it; and I trust by thy Assistance, to be able to feed both thy sheep and thy Lambs.

Keep them always within thy Fold, that they may never wander nor go astray; preserve them from Wolves, though they should be set in the very midst of them.

Teach them to know thy voice, and to be obedient to thy Call. And when any of them shall straggle into the Wildernesse, yet then Lord, do not thou leave them 〈◊〉 their own way; But be thou gratiously pleased to look after •… hem; and when thou hast found them, give them a ready willingness to accept of thy shoulders, and to be carried •… ome.

With thee there is Balm for their wounded consciences: and in thy side there is oyl for for their broken hearts.

Let thy staff, O Lord, be a support to the weak, and let thy rod instruct and correct the refractory.

And so bless them all in their bodies, in their souls, in their Estates, both with thy temporall and spirituall mercies, that, here in this life, they may live in Love, Peace, Plenty, and all Godliness; that so in the Life Eternall they may be made joynt Partakers of Glory, and raign for ever with the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.

To whom, be all honour and glory, power and praise from this time forth and for evermore,

Psalm. 6. 25. 32. 38. 51. 10 •… 130. 143.

For Protection from our Enemies and from the punishment of sins.

Psalm 3. 7. 9. 10. 11. 13. 17. 27. 31. 35. 54. 56. 57. 141.

For the Church and all faithfull People.

Psal. 53. 74. 79. 80. 94. 137.

IUdgments upon Rebellion. 2 Sam. 18. Saint Iudea Numb. 16. Epist.

Idgements up •… Tyrants and •… lse Prophets. Mic. 3. Mat. 7. 23. Mar. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 3.

The Iudgement of re •… ving the Candle •… ick, and threats of it. 1 Sam. 4. Mat. 21. Ezek. 3. Rev. 2.

Threats against Disobedience and Promises to the Obedient. Deut. 28. Luke 6. Joshua. 23. sa. 59. Jer. 5.

Lamentation for Iudge •… ent on a •… nd. Lam. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Mat. 20. Isa. 64. Luke 13. Jerem. 4. 9. Baruch. 2. 3. 2 Esdras 3. 4.

Exhortation to Repentance and Faith. Deut. 4, 6, 8, 11. Mat. 6. Isaiah 58. Hosea 4, 6.

Exhortaion to Fasting and Obedience. Joel 2. Jonah 3. Jerem. 〈◊〉 , 3, 7, 6.

Examples for patient sufferings, and Exhortations thereto. 2 Sam. 15. Heb. 12. 2 Mac. 6, 7. 1 Pet. 〈◊〉 , 3, 4. Jam. 4, 5.

Temporary Prosperity and Eternall Punishment of the wicked. Job 21. Jer. 12. Act. 12. Habbac. 1. Mal. 3. Wisdom 5.

Persecution of the Church. Exod. 5. Revel. 12, 13.

Comforts to the Penitent and Holy. Ezek. 9. Mat. 5. Revel. 7.

O Lord God, who hast commanded us to pray for Kings, and all that be in Authority, that under them we •… ay lead a quiet and peaceable •… fe in all godliness and honesty; •… esse thy Servant our King, •… at he may use that Sword •… ou hast put into his hands, for •… e protection and reward of •… he good, and the punishment •… f them that do evill, and give grace unto us, and all other his Subjects to fear, reverence, and •… bey him as thy Minister, not •… nly for wrath, but for consci •… ce sake, least contemning •… ine ordinance, we incur that damnation thou hast threatne •… to all those that resist the high •… powers. Hear us, O Lord, f •… his sake, who is the Prince 〈◊〉 the Kings of the Earth, eve •… Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

O Most gracious Lord God the Ruler of Princes whe •… they are in their thrones, an •… their Protector, when they a •… in perill, look down mercifull •… from Heaven, we most humbly pray thee, upon the low estate 〈◊〉 thine anointed our King; comfort him in his troubles, defen •… him in his dangers, strengthen him in his good resolutions, and command thine Angels to pitc •… their tents round about hi •… that he may be defended fro •… the hands of all those that desire his hurt, and may be reestablished in the just rights o •… his throne, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

O God the Father of Heaven, have mercy upon him and de •… er him. O God the Father, &c.

O God the Son Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon him •… nd deliver him. O God the Son, &c.

O God the holy Ghost pro •… eeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon him •… d deliver him. O God the holy Ghost, &c.

O holy, blessed and glorious •… rinity, three Persons and one God, have mercy upon him and deliver him. O holy, blessed and glorious, &c.

Remember not Lord his offences, nor the offences of his fore-Fathers; neither take thou •… engeance of his sins; spare him good Lord, spare thy servant •… om thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood; and •… e not angry with him for ever. Spare him good Lord.

From all evill and mischief, from the Insurrection of wicked doers, from the frowardness and madnesse of the People. Good Lord deliver him.

From mouths full of cursing and bitternesse, from all thos •… that speak evill of dignities, and from those that slander the foot steps of thine Anointed. Good Lord deliver him.

From them that are confederates, and speak so disdainfully against him, and from all thos •… that hate him without a cause. Good Lord deliver him.

We sinners do beseech thee t •… hear us, O Lord God, and tha •… it may please thee to look upo •… the face of thine Anointed, and to visit him with thy salvation.

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to plead his cause against them tha •… strive with him, and to figh •… against those that fight again •… him. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee to hear him in these dayes of his trouble, and to send him help from thy Sanctuary. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee to arise and maintain his cause, and to remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee to give him patience in this time of adversi •… y, untill the pit be digged up for the ungodly. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee in the multitude of the sorrows that he hath in his heart, to let thy comforts refresh his soul. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee not to deliver him over to the will of his adversaries, nor to false witnesses risen up against him; or to such as speak wrong. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee, to defend him under thy wings, and that thy faithfulnesse and truth may be his Shield and Buckler. We beseech thee, &c.

That it may please thee to satisfie him with thy mercy, and that soon, so that he and we may rejoyce all the dayes of our life.

We beseech thee to hear us good Lord.

LOrd, who hast promised to thine Apostles to be with them alwayes unto the end of the world, and for a supply of their mortality, hast in thy gracious providence over thy Church, continued a perpetuall succession of Bishops and Pastors to feed their severall Flocks, whereof the Holy Ghost hath made them overseers: Inspire them by thy grace, that their lips may preserve knowledge, and the people seek thy Law at their mouth. Bless them, O Lord, with the blessings of Levi; blesse their substance, and accept the work of their hands; smite through the loyns of them that rise up against them, and of them that hate them, that they rise not again, that they may shine forth as lights before us, holding forth the word of life, till we all come in the unity of Faith, and the knowledge of Jesus Christ, unto that perfection and fulnesse of thine everla •… ing Kingdome, Amen.

ALmighty God, and gracious Father, we confess against our selves, that we are most worthy of all the Judgements that thou hast threatned against us, these Kingdomes, and this Church, which is now under the Crosse, and neer to utter ruin and extirpation, unless thy mercy step in between thy fierce wrath and our hainous sins. And howsoever the voice of our crying sins hath ascended into thine ears, and stirred up destroyers to root us out, that we be no more a people, and that thy name be no more called upon, nor hallowed by us; yet we most humbly beseech thee to hear the prayers and supplications, with strong cryings and tears which once our blessed Saviour offered for us upon the Crosse, and in the garden, and which he daily represents unto thee. And for his all-sufficient merits, which speak better things than the blood of Abel, hear not the cry of our sins, but the cry of his blood, and therein wash all our sins. Let our great miseries and dangers suffice for that which is past, and let that Oratour in thy own bosome, even thine own fatherly goodness perswade and prevail for us, and purchase our deliverance and safety. Hear us for our selves and others, Look upon us with the eyes of pitty and compassion, consider our enemies how many and how mighty they be, and they bear a tyrannous hate against us. Our goods, our lands, our lives will not suffice their boundlesse ambition: our religion, our souls, and if it were possible, our God, is that they strike at: curse thou their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel. Divide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel: As, for us, deliver us out of their hands, and unite us together in the bond of peace, that being freed from our many and tyrannous enemies, we may ever bless thy sacred and holy name, and evermore serve thee without fear in all holiness and righteousness all the dayes of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to our defence against all our enemies, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

GRant we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we which for our evill deeds are justly punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved, through Christ our Lord, Amen.

ALmighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities and miseries, and in all our dangers and necessities, stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us, through Christ our Lord, Amen.

ALmighty God, which art more ready to hear, than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things, whereof we are afraid, and giving unto us that, that our prayers dare not presume to aske, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

O Lord our God, mercifull and gracious, and abundant in goodnesse and truth, who dost according to thy will in the Armies of Heaven, and rulest over all the Kingdomes of the Earth, in whose hand is power and might, and none is able to withstand thy Arm; we most vile sinners approach before thy Throne of grace, bewayling those manifold transgressions that have provoked thy wrath and indignation against us, We know, O Lord, that affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, but it is thou that with rebukes dost chasten man for sin. We confess that we were a wealthy and a carelesse Nation, and our Land was as the garden of Eden; our deliverances were great, and thy blessings were multiplied: we dwelt alone without fear of evill, and were become the envy of those that were round about us. Peace was within our Walls, and plenteousnesse within our Pallaces. But when we had eaten and were full, and had waxen fat, we kicked against thee our Maker, who hadst done so great things for us: our heart was lifted up and forgot thee our God, and lightly esteemed the rock of our salvation. We loathed the Manna that rained down upon us; our Peace became a wearinesse, and we snuffed at our happinesse; we murmured against Moses in our Tents, and made light of thine Annoynted, whom thou hadst set over us. Therefore hast •… ou recompenced our wayes upon our own heads, and suffered our destruction to proceed from our selves: our wickednesse doth correct us, our backsliding doth reprove us, and our iniquity is become our ruine. Thou hast broken us with a grievous breach: thy anger hath divided us, and thy fury hath dashed us one against another. Thou hast mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of us; and made us a Nation void of Counsell and understanding: instead of Peace thou hast sent bitternesse, and hast sent a fire into our bowells; and it is kindled round about us. And now, O Lord, behold, the sword is drunk with our blood, and we are numbred to the slaughter: the high-wayes are unoccupied, and the Travailers go through by-paths: our fields are divided our inheritance is for a spoil, and our substance to the robbers. We are become a reproach to the foolish people, and servants •… ar rule over us. The mean man is risen against the Honourable, and the fire out of the •… amble devoureth the lofty •… dars; our Women are cast out of their pleasant places, and the robe is pulled from the •… ged; there is no respect had to the Priests, nor favour to the Elders. Thy Sanctuaries, even the excellency of thy strength, are prophaned, and they have defiled the places where thine honōur dwelleth, and yet still the seat of wickednesse frameth mischief by a Law; and it turn •… h judgement backward, and •… ddeth justice stand afar off; •… d deviseth deceitful matters against those that are quiet in the Land. Nay, there is a lying Spirit gone out into the mouth of the Prophets; they prophecy falsely, and the people delight to have it so, and they strengthen the hands o •… evill doers, that they turn 〈◊〉 back from their wickednesse. Thus are we covered with a cloud in thine anger, and our beauty is cast down to the ground. But, O Lord, shall thine Indignation be poured out for ever? shall thy jealousie burn like fire? O passe by the transgressions of the remnant of thine heritage, and take away the rebuke of thy people! O remove from us reproach and contempt; and strengthen the spoyled against the destroyers! Bow down thine ear, and consider the oppression of the poor, the sighing of the needy, the groaning of the Prisoners, that are fast bound in misery and Iron. Lift up thy self, because of the rage of thine Adversaries; consider the desolation they have made in thy Courts, and all that the Enemy hath done wickedly in thy Sanctuary. And yet still they are compassed with pride, and doath themselves with violence as with a garment. How long, O Lord, shall they boast themselves in mischief? how long shall they decree unrighteous decrees, and write grievousnesse which they have prescribed? O make not a full end with us, but correct us in mercy, though thou leave us not altogether unpunished. Helps us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and under the shadow of thy wings, shall be our refuge untill this Tyranny be overpast. Disappoint therefore the devices of the crafty; let not the Rebellious exalt themselves any more, and suffer not the Tabernacles of the Robbers to prosper. And as thou hast begun to shew thy Servants thy greatnesse, and thy mighty hand, so continue thy marvellous loving kindnesse to those who put their trust in thee. The Battail •… is thine, O Lord, thou hast preserved us from the Arm of flesh; yea, it is thou that hast wrought all our works in us, even when there was no might against that great company that came against us. When we were few in number, and there was none to help us, then thine own Arm brought salvation, and thy righteousnesse sustained us. O perfect therefore thy handy work! Give salvation to our King, and deliver CHARLS thy Servant from the perill of the Sword, bind up his soul i •… the bundle of life, gird him with strength to the Battail, contend with those who contend with him, subdue thou the people under him, and suffer no weapon formed against him to prosper. O deliver him at length from the strivings of the People, and lift up his head above his Enemies round about him, give him the shield of thy salvation, and let thy gentlenesse make him great: put a stop at last to the madnesse of the people, say to the destroying Sword, it is now enough: send us a seasonable and quiet calm: visit us with the joy of thy Countenance, and make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us. O restore to us our solemn Assemblies: bring us back into thy Courts to praise thee, and let us once more worship thee in the beauty of thy holinesse! Save us, O Lord, from our Enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us. That so we may serve thee without fear, living a quiet and a peaceable life, in all godlinesse and honesty, looking for the blessed appearance of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. To whom with thee and the holy Spirit, be all honour and praise, world without end,

O Lord of heaven and earth, God of the spirits of all flesh, we a most sinfull, and therefore now a most miserable People, do in the bitternesse of our afflicted Souls, humbly fall down at the foot-stool of thy grace, most sadly bewailing our many and most hainous sins. We have multiplied our iniquities into a violation of thy whole Law, having neither performed to thee our God, nor to man, the duties thou requirest of us, so that by onr wicked works, we have denied that most holy faith, whereof our Mouths have for so long a time made profession. These things, O Lord, have we done, and because in goodnesse thou wert pleased to •… eep silence, how many of us have thought wickedly, that thou •… ert altogether such an one as •… ur selves; which either didst approve, or at least wouldst not punish the Crimes that we do •… ed on. And now in thy just judgments thou hast set our sins in order before our eyes; in the continued scourge of this •… sting Rebellion, we may well perceive, that the sins we have done, have not been barely infirmities, but Rebellions against thee. In the Rapines, acted upon the substance thou hast given 〈◊〉 , we cannot but consider, that by Oaths and Blasphemies, we have robbed thee of thine Honour, and have oft-times stollen much of that precious time which should have been spent in thy service. Nay we have added sin to sin, so that one Crime hath brought forth another Transgression, and thou hast shewed us even this in thy Judg •… ments we now feel, in that th •… present War hath brought forth an infectious disease, and dot •… now threaten famine to us. We confesse, O Lord, with all thankfulnesse of heart, that thou hast been pleased to sweeten the bitterness of this Cup by many strange successes, by frequent and unexpected Victories, and yet thou hast so allayed each favour of thine hand, with the mixture of some sudden crosse, that herein, thou hast set our Repentance too before the sight of our eyes, and lets us see 'tis mixt with so much coldnesse & Hypocrisie, that there may be as much guilt in such a kind of Repentance as before there was in our sins. Yet return, O God, in great mercy, return unto the many thousands of thy people: do thou accept, and increase in our hearts detestatiō of all wickedness, that our sorrows for sin may be as compleatly perfect, 〈◊〉 we desire thou shouldst make •… ur Peace, and that for times •… ereafter, our hearty observance of thy whole Law may still run along with such sorrows. O let •… ot thy scourge end in a desolation, nor thine anger go on unto the height of an everlasting mine: But hear us, mercifull Father, hasten the aversion of these thy sharp judgements from us, and let not the noise of this accursed Rebellion be any longer heard in our streets. Scatter thou the People that delight in War, and let the blessing of Peace be upon the Heads of all those who strive and pray for this blessing; and that for his sake, by whose hand thou givest every blessing, Jesus-Christ our Lord

O Lord God, infinite 〈◊〉 power, by whom th •… thrones of Kings are established, and their Persons made sacred; Take, we beseech thee, into thy immediate and divine protection, thine Anointed Servant the King, that no Sacrilegious prophane hand come near to touch him: in all his wayes, let thy Spirit guide him, and thy holy Angels pitch their T •… s about him; Comfort him in his troubles, defend him in his dangers, support him in his Cause, blesse him in the confusion of all those that rise up against him; shew some token on him, even now, O God, when the Sons of Violence are in the highest of their Pride, when they have joyned Nation •… o Nation, Covenant to Covenant, and Army to Army, to •… ull down him whom thou •… ast exalted, and to Root out •… hat Religion which thine own •… ght hand hath planted. De •… t their purposes, O thou preserver of men, and let not their mischievous imaginations •… ny longer prosper; but blast •… ll their Counsells, wither away their Armies like grasse •… orched by the Sun, bow down a last, their stiff necks, and obdurate hearts to a desire of that Peace which hath so long been 〈◊〉 abomination to them, That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own Ruine, •… d take pleasure in shedding their own blood; but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thy Anger for this unnaturall division, may at last be reduced within their first obedience, to the glory of thy Name, the vindication of o •… defamed Religion, the joy 〈◊〉 our afflicted King, and the hap •… pinesse of this yet bleedin •… Kingdom. And confirm all th •… to us, O Lord, by the merits and through the mediation o •… thine own dear Son Jesus Chris •… our Lord,

ALmightyGod, terrible in thy Iudgements, but more wonderfull in thy Mercies, who turnest man to Destruction, and again, thou sayst, Come again ye children of Men; we miserable sinners, prostrate this day before thee, humbly confesse, with Horror in our Hearts, and Confusion in our Faces, that every one of us hath, more or lesse, contributed to that vast heap of crying fins, which hath now in so high a measure draw down thy vengeance on us; that we have abused thy Patience so long, till we have at last turn'd it into Fury, compelling thee, by our often provocations to visit us in blood, to make us tear out our own bowells, and by a strange unnaturall War, raised we know not why, (thy Iustice and our Sins excepted) to become executioners of our selves, and so to sin afresh in the very punishments of sin. But alas! what profit is there in our Blood? or what Glory can come to thee by our Ruine? Let it suffice, O God, that thou hast thus far rebuked us in thine Anger; but consume us not utterly, for we are all thy People. Say to the destroying Sword, It is enough, and let it be no longer drunk with the blood of thine Inheritance; But look down upon our unfamed Humiliation, hear the Prayer which in the bitternesse of our Souls we pour out this day before thee, accept of our Repentance, and where it is defective, let thy Holy Spirit make it up with Groanes that cannot be expressed. Look upon thy Moses who standeth in the gap, beseeching thee to turn thine anger from thy People; remember what he hath suffer'd, and the heavy things that thou hast shewn him; and in the day, when thou makest Inquisition for Blood, forget not his desires of Peace, the endeavours which he hath used, and the Prayers which he hath made to thee for it. Return all this, O Lord, with comfort into his Bosome. And since thou hast already wrought so much for him, as to bring these unhappy entangled differences to a Treaty, take not off thine hand, till thou hast untied every knot, and cleared every difficulty. Send thy Spirit into their hearts, who are entrusted with this great work, give them Bowels of Compassion, toward their bleeding and •… piring Country; strike a Sense into them of the blood already shed, and the Desolation to come, which threatneth all if they prevent it not. But above all, let thy feare run through all their consultations, that remembring the sad account, which in the last great day will be required of them, they may lay aside every Sin, and every Interest that may divert them from the wayes of Peace; and by the guidance of thy Wisdom (for in this all humane wisdom failes) find out those blessed expedients as may restore the voice of Joy and Peace into our Dwellings, in such a way, as may be most to the Glory of thy Great Name; the Settlement of the true Religion so long professed among us, the Honour and Safety of the Kings Sacred Person, and the Good of all his People. Hear these our Prayers, and perfect this great work, through the mediation of thine own dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord,

O Most just and powerfull Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, we cannot but acknowledge, that the manifold miseries which have befallen us, are the due reward of our deeds, and that we have deserved, that the things which belong to our Peace should still be hid from our eyes. For when of thy own free mercy thou wert pleased to grant us a long time of plenty and prosperity, more then thou gavest to any the Nations that are about us, we became weary of our happinesse, and by our ingratitude pulled down upon us those judgements which now threaten desolation to this late flourishing kingdom. And since the time of our affliction, thou hast given us space to repeat, and we repented not; Iniquity hath still more and more abounded. As heretofore thy mercies did not allure us, so now thy judgements have not humbled us to a serious consideration of our misdeservings. Now, O Lord, we finde our selves intangled, and wearied by our own Counsells; The troubles of our heart are in larged; Our iniquities and the punishments which attend upon them, are a burden too heavy for us to bear. And therefore in the anguish and bitternesse of our souls, we return unto thee, humbly beseeching thee, in whom alone is our help, to have respect unto the Prayers of thy servants. O shut not up thy loving kindnesse in displeasure, let not thine anger burn against the sheep of thy pasture: But bind up the breach of this People Let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee, Behold the tears of the distressed Orphans and Widdows, and of all such as are oppressed and have no comforter. How long, O Lord, holy and true, doest thou forbear to command deliverances? Remember thy tender mercies which have been ever of old, and save us as thou hast done heretofore. Remember thy promise of deliverance to those who call upon thee in the day of trouble. And when the blood that hath been shed calls aloud for verigeance, O then hearken unto the voice of thy Sons blood, which speaks better things; behold the Lamb of God, who was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. And to this end, regard the sincerity of thine Anointed, maintain thine own cause, and preserve unto him that power which thou hast given him: bind his soul in the bundle of life, let mercy and truth preserve him, and let his Throne be established for ever before thee. Blesse them that are peaceable and faithfull in the Land: And as for those that have risen up against him, we beseech thee, melt and mollifie their hearts to the entertainment of compassion and love; reclaim them to obedience, lay not their sin to their charge, but guide their feet into the way of Peace. Give to those that have done wrong, the grace to repent, and to those that have suffered wrong, minds ready to forgive. And if any shall be averse from Peace, O thou that art the wonderfull Counsellor, turn their wisdome into foolishness, confound their practises, and let their mischief return upon their own heads. And when thou hast vouchsafed to give us that tranquillity which we beg at thy hands, give 〈◊〉 grace to embrace it with all thankfulnesse, to obey our Governours, to live at unity among our selves, evermore blessing thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

LOrd raise up we pray thee, thy power and come amongst us, and with great might succor us, that where as through our sins, and wickednesse we be sore let and hindred, thy bountifull grace and mercy through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, may speedily deliver us, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end,

ALmighty and everlasting God, which dost govern all things, in heaven and earth; mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the dayes of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

GOd who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that for mans frailnesse; we cannot alwayes stand uprightly. Grant to us the health of body and soul; that all those things which we suffer for sin, by thy help we may well passe and overcome, through Christ our Lord,

WE beseech thee Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to be our defence against all our enemies, through Jesus Christ our Lord,