Familia. Domus.

VIsita quaeso, Domine, habitatio­nem meam, et omnes insidias Ini­mici ab ea longe repelle: Angeli tui sancti habitent in ea, & nos in pace & sanitate custodiant, & benedictio tua sit super nos semper, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. A­men.

Linguae fraenum.

Ps. 19.14.LEt the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be alwaies acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.

Psal. 34. 12, 13.Lord, keep my tongue from evil, and my lips that they speak no guile: that so I may eschew evil and do good, seek peace and ensue it. Amen.

Ps. 37.31.O Lord, give me the mouth of the righteous, that it may be exercised in wisdom, and that my tongue may be talking of judgment. Amen.

Psal. 39. 1, 2.Lord, I have said in thy grace, I will take heed unto my waies, [Page 121] that I offend not in my tongue. Give me, O give me that grace, that I may take this heed, that I may keep my mouth, as it were with a bridle; especially when the ungodly is in my sight, be it never so much pain or grief unto me. Hear me, and grant, even for Christ Iesus sake. Amen.

Let the freewill offerings of my mouth please thee,Psal. 119. 108. O Lord, and teach me thy Judgments. Amen.

O Lord,Ps. 141.3. set a watch before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips, and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is e­vil. Amen.

O Lord,Ecclus. 22. 27. set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wis­dom [Page 122] upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them; and that my tongue destroy me not. Amen.

Afflictiones.

David fugiens 2. Sam. 15. 25.IF I find favour in thine eyes, O Lord, thou wilt bring me again, and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle, and set me right in thy service, and make me joyful and glad in thee. But if thou say, (O for Iesus his sake say it not,) I have no pleasure in thee; behold, here I am, do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes. Amen.

2 Cor. 4. 8.O Lord, though I be afflicted on every side, let me not be in [Page 123] distress: Though in want of some of thy comforts, yet not of all: Though I be chastned, yet let me not be forsaken: Though I be cast down, let me not perish: And though my outward man decay and perish,ver. 16. yet let my in­ward man be renewed daily, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 38. 10. whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will hold my peace, and not open my mouth, because it is thy doing and my deserving. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 119. 65. thou hast dealt gra­ciously with thy servant accord­ing to thy word. For before I was troubled I went wrong, but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law. And it is good for [Page 124] me that I have been in trouble, that so I may learn still to keep it better, in the mercies of Iesus Christ. Amen.

ver. 75.I know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are right, & that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Baruch 3. 1, &c.O Lord Almighty, O God of Israel, the soul that is in trou­ble, and the spirit that is vexed, cryeth unto thee. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art merciful, and have pity upon me, because I have sinned before thee. For thou endurest for ever, but [Page 125] unless thou have mercy I utterly perish. Have mercy therefore e­ven for Iesus Christ his sake. A­men.

O Lord,Ps. 9. 18. remember thy pro­mise, that the poor shall not al­wayes be forgotten; nor the pa­tient abiding of the meek perish for ever. Amen.

Lord,Psal. 31. 8, &c. I will be glad and re­joyce in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. A­men.

Have mercy upon me,ver. 10. O Lord, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea, my soul and my body.12. My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie, and [Page 126] my bones are consumed:14. I am even become like a broken Ves­sel:15. For I have heard the blas­phemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side.16. But my hope hath been and is in thee, O Lord, thou art my God, save and de­liver me for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Ps. 42. 6. Why art thou so full of heavi­ness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. O my God, my soul is vexed within me, therefore will I remember thee. Amen.

Psal. 44. 23.Up Lord, why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent [Page 127] from us for ever: wherefore hi­dest thou thy face, and forgetest our misery and trouble? For our soul is brought low even unto the dust, our belly cleaves unto the ground. Arise O Lord, and help us, and deliver us for thy mercies sake. Amen.

In thee, O Lord,Ps. 31. 1. have I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righ­teousness. Bow down thine ear to me, make haste to deliver me. Be thou my strong rock and house of defence, that thou may­est save me. Be also my guide, and lead me for thy Names sake. Amen.

O God, the enemy cryeth so,Ps. 55. 3. and the ungodly cometh on so [Page 128] fast, that they threaten to over­bear me, they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me. My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove, that I might flie away and be at rest: that I might make hast to escape the stormy wind and tempest. But be thou my helper, and I will mag­nifie thee, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.

Psal. 60. 11.O be thou my help in trouble, for vain is the help of man. A­men.

Pericula.Gracious Father, the life of [Page 129] man is a warfare upon earth, and the dangers which assault us are diversly pointed against us. I humbly beseech thee be present with me in all [...]e course and pas­sages of my life; but especially in the services of my Calling. Suffer no malice to be able to hurt me, no cunning to circum­vent me, no violence to oppress me, no falshood to betray me. That which I cannot foresee, I be­seech thee prevent: That which I cannot withstand, I beseech thee master: That which I do not fear, I beseech thee unmask and frustrate; that being delive­red from all danger both of soul and body, I may praise thee the deliverer, and see how happy a [Page 130] thing it is to make the Lord of Hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble. Especially, O Lord, bless and preserve me at this time from, [...]c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance also, and be safe in the merits and the mercies of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour. A­men.

Ps. 80. 5.O Lord, thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction, and given me plenty of tears to drink. I am become a very strife to my neighbours, and mine enemies laugh me to scorn. But turn thee again, thou God of Hosts, shew me the light of thy countenance, and I shall be whole. Amen.

Psal. 109. 25.Help me, O Lord my God, [Page 131] O save me according to thy mercy; and then the world shall know that this is thy hand, and that thou Lord hast done it. A­men Lord Iesu, Amen.

If my delight had not been in thy Law,Psal. 119. 92. I should have perished in my trouble. O continue my delight. Amen.

Pestilentia.

DEliver me, O Lord,Ps. 39. 9, 11. from all my offences, and make me not a rebuke to the foolish. Take, I humbly beseech thee, thy plague away from thy people, for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavy hand. And for Iesus Christ his sake lay nei­ther [Page 132] me nor mine under this un­comfortable disease. Amen.

Ps. 91. 3.O Lord, deliver me from the [...]nare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence: O defend me under thy wings, and keep me safe under thy feathers, that I may not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. Though thou­sands fall beside me, and ten thou­sands at my right hand, yet let it not come near me, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

ver. 10.O Lord, thou art my hope, I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me, neither let any plague [Page 133] come nigh my dwelling; but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my wayes, O Lord my strength and my Re­deemer. Amen.

O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee;Ps. 79.12. and according to the greatness both of thy pow­er and mercy preserve thou them that are appointed to die, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord,Domin. Septua­gesima. Si intre [...] Familiā. I beseech thee favou­rably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant; that I & my Fa­mily, which are justly punished for our offences, may be merciful­ly delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and body: that so we may [Page 134] live both to serve and to praise thee, to the glory of thy great Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

Liturg. Angl.O Almighty God, which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet remembring thy mercy didst save the rest: Have pity upon us miserable sin­ners, that now are visited with great sickness and mortality; and like as thou didst then com­mand thine Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

[Page 135]O Lord God,Liturg. Angl. Gratia­rum actio post Libe­rationem. who hast woun­ded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavy and long-continued Visitation, and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mer­cy, hast redeemed us from death: We offer up unto thee our selves, our souls and bodies (which thou hast now delivered) to be a living sacrifice unto thee. And here I offer up unto thee, most merci­ful Father, in the name of all thy people, all possible praise and thanks, and shall ever magnifie thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen.

Morbus.

Psal. 18. 3, 4, 5.O Lord, the sorrows of death compass me, and the snares of it are ready to overtake me. When thou wilt dissolve my ta­bernacle, thou alone knowest: therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee my Lord, and will complain unto my God. O be with me at the instant of my death, and receive me for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Psal. 31.6.Into thy hands I commend my spirit, for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of Truth.

Psal. 32.4.O Lord, thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is become like the [Page 137] drought in Sommer. I acknow­ledge my sin unto thee, O Lord, and my unrighteousness have I not hid. O Lord be merciful un­to me. Amen.

O Lord, hear my prayer,Psal. 39. 13. and with thine ears consider my cal­ling, hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my Fathers were. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen. Amen.

O Domine, media vita in morte sumus, unde aut a quo quaerimus auxilium, nisi a te Domine, qui ta­men pro peccatis nostris merito infen­sus es nobis? Sancte fortis, sancte misericors Salvator, amarissimis poe­nis [Page 138] mortis aeternae ne tradas me. Ne projicias me in tempore aegritudinis meae, quum deficit virtus mea ne de­relinquas me. Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum, & suspiria mea a te non sunt abscondita. Nosti, Do­mine, nosti intima Cordis mei; ne quaeso occludas precibus meis aures misericordiae tuae. Quin parce mihi ô Domine sanctissime, ô Omnipo­tens Deus, sanctus & Salvator ma­xime misericors, dignissime & aeter­ne Iudex, ne sinas me in hora mea novissima pro [...] quocunque terrore mor­tis excidere a te. Amen, O Domine Salvator Jesu.

Psal. 116. 2, 3.O Lord, the snares of [...] death compass me round about, the pains of hell get hold upon me. I have found trouble and heavi­ness, [Page 139] but will call upon thy Name, O Lord; O Lord deli­ver my soul. Deliver my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling: that I may walk before thee in the land of the living. Amen.

Thou, O Lord,Psal. 118. 18. hast chaste­ned and corrected me, but not gi­ven me yet over unto death. O­pen me the gates of righteousness, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. A­men.

There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath, neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin. Yet, O Lord, be merciful unto me and heal me, even for thy Names sake. Amen.

[Page 140] Liberatio à morbo gravissi­mo, in quē incidi Aug. 14. 1629.O Lord, I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing of me back from the bottom of my grave. What thou hast fur­ther for me to do or to suffer, thou alone knowest: Lord give me patience and courage, and all Christian resolution to do thee service, and grace to do it. And let me not live longer then to ho­nour thee, through Iesus Christ. Amen.

Bellum.

Esai. 8. 9, 10.O My God, though mighty Nations gather together on heaps, yet let them be broken in [Page 141] pieces: though they take counsel together, bring it to nought. For though they pronounce a decree, yet it shall not stand, if thou, O God, be with us. Be with us therefore, O God, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Blessed be thou,1 Macc. 4. 30. O Saviour of Israel, which didst destroy the assault of the Mighty man, by the hand of thy servant David, and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Ionathan; shut up this Army in the hand of Israel, and let them be confounded with their power, and with their horse­men. Make them afraid, and con­sume their boldness and strength, that they may be astonished at their own destruction. Cast them [Page 142] down by the sword of them that love thee; that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee. Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Ps. 18.37.O Lord of Hosts, give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them, and not return till we have destroyed them. O gird us with strength unto the Battail, that we may smite them that they may not be able to stand, but fall under our feet. And when thou hast thus blessed us, make us fall down at thy feet, and ever wor­ship thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Ps. 46. 9.O make the wars to cease in all the world, break the Bow, [Page 143] and knap the Spear in sunder, and burn the Chariot in the fire; that men may be still and know that thou art God, that thou wilt be exalted among the hea­ [...]hen, and in the earth. Amen.

Lord, be not far off,Ps. 44.10. put us not to confusion, but go out with our Armies and prosper them, that we may not turn our backs upon our Enemies, while they that hate us spoil our persons, our honour, and our goods. O sell not us thy poor people for nought; make us not a rebuke to our in­solent neighbours, nor a scorn to them that are round about us. Our confusion by reason of our sins is daily before us, and the shame of our face hath covered [Page 144] us. But, Lord, we humbly be­seech thee forgive us our sins and deliver us, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Psal. 108. 11.Hast thou forsaken us, O God? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our Hosts? O help us against the Enemy, for vain is the help of man. O Lord help us. Amen.

Liturg. Angl.O Almighty God, King of Kings, and Governour of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it be­longeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent: Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our Enemies, abate their pride, asswage their malice, [Page 145] and confound their devices, that we being armed with thy de­fence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorifie thee who art the only giver of all vi­ctory, through the merits of thy only Son our Saviour, Iesus Christ. Amen.

Almighty God,Liturg. Angl. Gratia­rum actio. who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies: We give thee praise and thanks for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed. We acknowledge it thy great goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them. And we humbly beseech thee to continue such thy mercies [Page 146] towards us, that all the world may know that thou art our Sa­viour and mighty Deliverer, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord, bless the King, all his Commanders under him, and all his Souldiers. Cover all their heads, his especially, in the day of Battail. Teach all their hands to warre, & their fingers to fight. And bless all the Guides and Conductors of his Armies under him, with wisdom and courage, and faithfulness, watchfulness and diligence, and whatsoever else may lead on good success. And set a happy end, we humbly be­seech thee, to all these Bloody di­stractions, and restore Peace and [Page 147] preserve Religion in integrity a­mong us, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Paupertas.

O Lord,Ps. 9. 12. when thou makest in­quisition for blood, remem­ber and forget not the complaint of the Poor.

Arise, O Lord God,Psal. 10, 13, 16. and lift up thy hand, forget not the Poor. Take his cause into thy hand, for he commits himself unto thee, and thou art the helper of the friendless. O be so still, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O praise the Lord ye that fear him,Psal. 22. 23 and magnifie him all ye of [Page 148] the seed of Iacob: For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor, he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him. O bow down thine ear and hear him still, O thou holy one of Is­rael. Amen.

Ps. 70.5.I am poor and needy, O God, make haste unto me: Thou art my helper and my deliverer, O Lord make no long tarrying. A­men.

Dolor.

Psal. 25. 15.LOrd, turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and in misery. The [Page 149] sorrows of my heart are inlarged, O bring thou me out of my trou­bles. Look upon mine adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sins, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hear my crying, O God,Psal. 61.1. give ear unto my prayer: from the ends of the earth, whither soever thou shalt cast me, I will call upon thee when my heart is in heaviness. O set me upon the Rock that is higher then I, to be my hope and a strong tower a­gainst my oppressors. Amen.

Save me, O God,Psal. 69. 1, 15. for the wa­ters are entred into my soul. I stick fast in the deep mire where no stay is, I am come into deep waters, and the streams run over [Page 150] me. They that hate me without a cause are more then the hairs of my head, and they which would destroy me causless are mighty. O let not these water­floods drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is great, turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble, but draw near unto my soul and redeem it, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Psal. 119. 28.My soul melteth away for ve­ry heaviness, comfort thou me according to thy word. Amen.

Psal. 119. 143. Tristitia.O Lord, trouble and heaviness [Page 151] have taken hold upon me [...]; pati­ence, good Lord, that for all this my delight may be in thy Com­mandments. Amen.

Infamia.

O Lord,Psal. 44. 14. my sins have made me a rebuke to my neigh­bours, and to be laughed to scorn of them that are round about me. O suffer me not longer to be a by-word among the people. My confusion is daily before me, and the shame of my face hath cove­red me. The voice of the slande­rer and blasphemer hath overta­ken me. And though all this be come upon me, suffer me not, O [Page 152] Lord, to forget thee, or to be­have my self frowardly in thy Covenant, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Psal. 55. 9, 16.Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them, for I have seen cruelty and strife in the City. But I will call upon thee, O Lord, and thou wilt save me. Amen.

Psal. 57. 3, 4.O Lord, send down from hea­ven, and save me from the reproof of them that would swallow me. Send out thy mercy and truth, for my soul is among Lions, I lie among the children of men that are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. O deliver me, and I shall magnifie thy [Page 153] Name for ever. Amen.

I am become a Monster to many,Ps. 71.7. but thou art my sure trust. O be my Anchor for ever. A­men.

O remember, Lord,Psal. 89. 49. the re­buke that thy servant hath, and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people. O re­member me. Amen.

Vis.

O Lord,Psal. 119. 95. the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me, yet make me the more thankful, and the more careful to consider thy testimonies. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 119. 150. they draw nigh that [Page 154] of malice persecute me; there­fore be thou nigh at hand to help me, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

ver. 157.Many, O Lord, they are that trouble me and persecute me, yet do I not swerve from thy Testi­monies: yes, Lord, I do daily swerve from them. Quicken me as thou art wont. Amen.

Psal. 119. 22.O take from me shame and rebuke, and I will keep thy Te­stimonies. O take away the re­buke that I am afraid of,ver. 39. for thy Judgments are good. O Lord do this for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Timor.

LOrd,Ps. 19. 9. make me remember that the fear of thee is clean, and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether. Amen.

O Lord, give me that grace that I may so carry my self, and that courage that I may so bear up my self, as that I may fear none but thee, nothing but that wherein I offend thee, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Fraudes. Dolus.

O Lord, watch over thy servant;Ps. 41. 9. for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me. Be [Page 156] thou merciful unto me, O Lord, and deliver me from them: that even in this I may know thou fa­vourest me, that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me. Amen.

Ps. 57. 5.Exalt thy self, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory upon all the earth. For men have laid a net for my steps, they have pressed down my soul, they have digged a pit before me. Lord, I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves, but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me, for thy mercy sake. Amen.

Psal. 71. 10.Mine enemies lay wait for my soul, and take counsel together: They pursue me out of an opini­on [Page 157] that thou, O God, hast for­saken me. But go not far from me, O God; my God, haste to help me. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 119. 85. the proud have dig­ged pits for me: They persecute me falsely, O be thou my help. They had almost made an end of me upon earth, yet suffer me not, I beseech thee, to depart from thy Commandments, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Lord,Psal. 141. 10. keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me, and from the traps of wicked doers. If they will not repent, let them fall into their own nets together, but let me e­ver escape them. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 142. 2, 7. I pour out my com­plaints [Page 158] before thee: Consider them, for I am brought very low. O deliver me from my persecu­tors, for they are too strong for me. Amen.

Templi ingressus.

Psal. 9.7.LOrd, I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies, and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple. O bless me that I may. Amen.

Ps. 28. 2.Hear the voice of my humble Petitions, O Lord, when I crie unto thee in this place, when I hold my hands towards the mer­cy-seat of thy holy Temple, even [Page 159] for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever,Ps. 61. 4. and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. O Lord, hear our desires, and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee, and fear thy Name. Amen.

O my God,Psal. 100. 3, 4. I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving, and in­to thy Courts with praise: I will be thankful unto thee, and speak good of thy Name: For thou, Lord, art gracious, thy mercy is everlasting, and thy truth endu­reth from generation to generati­on. Amen.

O Lord,Ps. 26. 8. I love the habitation of thy House, and the place where thine Honour dwelleth. O shut [Page 160] not up my soul with impenitent sinners, but give me plenty of thy grace, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Fames.

Psal. 37. 19.BE merciful, O Lord, and re­member us, that we be not confounded in these perillous times, and that in these daies of dearth we may have enough, and a free heart and hand to be­stow it upon thy poor ones, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Psal. 65. 3, 9.O Lord, our sins have prevai­led against us, yet be thou merci­ful unto our transgressions. O vi­sit the earth, and prepare corn [Page 161] for the Inhabitants thereof. Crown the year with thy good­ness, and let no cloud drop other then fatness; that the very Hills may rejoyce [...] every side; that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn, that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God heavenly Father,Liturg. Angl. who by thy Son Iesus Christ hast pro­mised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary for their bodily sustenance: Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people, and grant that the scarcity and dearth (which we do now most justly suffer for our [Page 162] sins) may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheap­ness and plenty, for the love of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Litan. Angl.O Lord, be m [...]cifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them, and praise thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pluvia.

Liturg. Angl.O God, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall, the Earth is fruitful, Beasts increase, and Fishes do multiply; Send us, we beseech thee, such moderate rain and [Page 163] showres, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our com­fort, and to thy honour, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Serenitas.

O Lord God,Liturg. Angl. which for the sin of Man didst once drown all the world except eight per­sons [...] and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to de­stroy it so again: We humbly beseech thee, that though we [...] for our iniquities have worthily de­served a plague of rain and wa­ters, yet upon our true repen­tance thou wilt give us such wea­ther, whereby we may receive [Page 164] the fruits of the earth in due sea­son; and learn both by thy pu­nishment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Poenitentiales. 6. 32. 38. 51. 102. 130. 143.Psalmi.

Psal. 90. 13.O Lord, turn thee again now at the last, and be gracious unto thy servant. O satisfie me with thy mercy, and that soon, so shall I rejoyce and be glad all the dayes of my life. And when thou hast forgiven my sins, O comfort me again after the time that thou hast plagued me, and [Page 165] for the years wherein I have suf­fered adversity, O Iesus Christ my Saviour, and be merciful. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 119. 116, 120. my flesh trembleth for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy Judgments; yet stablish me according to thy word, that I may live, and let me not be dis­appointed of my hope, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost;ver. 176. O seek thy servant, that I may not forget thy Com­mandments, bu [...] return to thee. Amen.

O Lord,Jer. 14. 7, 8, 9. our iniquities testifie against us; for our backslidings are many, and we have sinned a­gainst thee: yet, O thou hope of [Page 166] Israel, thou Saviour thereof in time of trouble, shew mercy fo [...] thy Names sake; and on me espe­cially. For why shouldest thou be as a stranger in my soul, or as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry but for a night? O Lord be and dwell in the midst of me, for thy Name is called upon me. Leave me not O God of my sal­vation, but have mercy for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Psal. 25. 10.For thy Names sake, O Lord. be merciful unto my sin, for it is great. Amen.

O Lord Almighty, I acknow­ledge and confess I am not worthy to lift up mine eyes to heaven, much less to present my self be­fore thee with any confidence [Page 167] that thou shouldest hear my pray [...]ers and grant my requests, if I consider my own deser [...]ing: For my Conscience accuses me, and my sins witness against me; and thou art a just and an upright Judge, and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions. O Lord, suffer me not to be swal­lowed up of death and desperati­on, but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me, O Lord, for thy goodness sake. For though I am a worm and no man, yet thou art my Creator, and I am the work of thy hands; yea, thou art my Father, and I thy Son: Thou my Shepheard, & I one of thy stragling Flock: Thou my Redeemer, and I one of thy Peo­ple [Page 168] whom thou hast dearly bought: Thou my God, and I thy Creature. O correct me not in thine anger, O Lord, neither punish me according to my de­servings, but remember my weak­ness as well as my sin, and have mercy upon me for my dearest Saviours sake Iesus Christ. A­men.

Coll. in die Ciner.Almighty & everlasting God, which hatest nothing that thou hast made, and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent; Create & make in me a new and contrite heart, that I may wor­thily lament my sins, and ac­knowledge my wretchedness, and obtain of thee the God of all mer­cie perfect remission and forgive­ness, [Page 169] through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty & everliving God,Dom. 12. post Trin. which art alwaies more ready to hear then we to pray, and usest to give more then either we de­sire or deserve; Pour down upon me most miserable sinner the a­bundance of thy mercy, forgiving me those things whereof my con­science is afraid, and giving me that which my prayer dares not presume to ask. Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake, our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

Grant,Dom. 21. post Trin. I beseech thee merci­ful God, to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace, that I may be cleansed from all my sins, and serve thee [Page 170] with a quiet mind, through Ie­sus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Dom. 24. post Trin.Lord, I beseech thee, free me from all my offences, and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance, frailty, or wilfulness I have committed. Grant this even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Coll. in fine Lit. Angl.O God merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a con­trite heart, nor the desire of such as besorrowful; Mercifully as­sist my prayers that I make be­fore thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they op­press me: and graciously hear me, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or [Page 171] man worketh against me be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness so dis­persed, that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptati­on, nor hurt by any persecution, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord,Lit. Angl. of thy great good­ness I beseech thee give me true repentance, and forgive me all my sins, negligences, and ignoran­ces, and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit, that I may amend my life according to thy holy word, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God,Liturg. Angl. whose nature and property is ever to have mercy [Page 172] and to forgive, receive my hum­ble petitions: And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose me, and that for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Exaudi quaeso, Domine, suppli­cis preces, & confitentis tibi parce peccatis, ut pariter mihi indulgentiam tribuas benignus & pacem, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.

Omnipotens Deus, qui aquam de petra produxisti, educ de duritia cor­dis mei compunctionis lachrimas; ut peccata mea ita plangere valeam, ut remissionem eorum te miserante ac­cipiam, per Jesum Christum Domi­num nostrum. Amen.

[Page 173]Almighty God,Liturg. Angl. in Commun. Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; I ac­knowledge and bewail my mani­fold sins and wickedness, which I have from time to time most grievously committed, by thought, word, and deed against thy divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indig­nation against me. I do earnestly repent, and am heartily sorry for these my misdoings, the remem­brance of them is grievous unto me, the burden of them is into­lerable. Have mercy upon me, have mercy upon me, most mer­ciful Father. For thy Son our Lord Iesus Christ his sake, for­give me all that is past, and [Page 174] grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Ibidem.Almighty God, and my most merciful Father, who of thy ten­der mercy hast promised forgive­ness of sins to all them which with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto thee; Have mer­cy upon me, pardon and deliver me from all my sins, confirm and strengthen me in all goodness, and bring me to everlasting life, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

S. Aug. Ser. 7. de Tempore. Piissime Domine, misericordissi­me Deus, sufficiat mihi quod hucus­que peccavi, quod contempsi, quod [Page 175] foetoribus carnis meae satisfeci, jam nu [...] te inspirante voveo me a ne­quitia mea conversurum. Adjuva, Domine, & des ut impleam, in & per Jesum Christum Dominum no­strum. Amen.

Gratiarum actio & Laudes.

I Will magnifie thee, O Lord,Pro libe­ratione ab Inimicis. Ps. 30. 1. for thou hast set me up, and not made my foes to triumph o­ver me. O Lord, my God I cri­ed unto thee, and thou hast heal­ed me, thou hast kept my life from them that go down into the pit. Sing praises unto the Lord, O my soul, and give thanks un­to him for a remembrance of his holiness. Amen.

[Page 176] Ps. 35.9.O my soul, be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Sal [...]i­on. All my bones shall say; Lord, who is like unto thee, which de­liverest the poor from him that is too strong for him: yea, the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoileth him. A­men.

Ps. 7. 18.I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, according to thy righte­ousness, and I will praise thy Name, O Lord most high.

Psal. 47. 2, 3. Post Vi­ctoriam in bell [...].O Lord, thou art high and ter­rible, a great King over all the Earth; thou hast subdued the people under us, and the Nations under our feet: therefore will I sing praises unto thee, O God, who art greatly to be exalted. A­men.

[Page 177]Thy Vows are upon me,Psal. 56. 12. O my God, I will render praise unto thee; for thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may yet walk before thee, O my God, in the light of the living, and bless thee. Amen.

Gratias tibi Deus; S. Aug. Orat. de 5. H [...]res. cap. 7. Gratias tibi vera & una Trinitas, una & tri­na Veritas, trina & una Unitas. Gratias tibi Deus Pater, qui & Fi­lium tuum ostendisti, & mihi Docto­rem dedisti. O & semper des in misericordiis antiquis. Amen.

My heart is ready, O Lord,Psal. 57. 7. my heart is ready, I will sing and give praise; yea, I will praise thee among the People, and I will sing unto thee among the Nations. [Page 178] O let thy Mercy which is great unto the heavens [...] and thy Truth which reacheth unto the clouds, imbrace me and preserve me to thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Psal. 9.1.I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will speak of all thy marvellous works: I will be glad and re­joyce in thee, yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou most highest. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause, thou art set in the Throne that judgest right. Lord, conti­nue to be my defence against the oppressor, and my refuge in due time of trouble, that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Iesus Christ. Amen.

[Page 179]My trust is in thee, O God,Ps. 13. 5. and my heart is joyful in thy sal­vation. I will sing unto thee, O Lord, because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me; yea, I will praise thy Name, O Lord most highest. Amen.

O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him,Psal. 22. 23. magnifie him all ye of the seed of Iacob. My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation, and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee. Amen.

What profit is there in my blood,Ps. 30. 9. when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee, or shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; Lord, be thou [Page 180] my helper. Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness: therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Amen.

Ps. 34. 1.I will alwaies give thanks un­to thee, O Lord, thy praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast of thee, O my God, and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. For I sought thee, O Lord, and thou heardest me, and didst deliver me out of all my fear, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Ps. 71. 8.Let my mouth be filled with praise, and with thy glory every day. Amen.

[Page 181]O Lord, who is like unto thee?Psal. 71. 20. For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversities [...] but thou wilt, I hope, return and quicken me, thou wilt return and take me out of this depth. Amen.

I will thank thee,Psal. 86. 12. O Lord my God, with all my heart, and will praise thy Name for ever: For great is thy mercy towards me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell. O de­liver it still for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord, I give thee humble and hearty thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast gi­ven me of thy truth; for giving me a love to it, and thy Church: for quieting my soul in the midst [Page 182] of thy Churches distractions; for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee, whereas no true content is found without thee. Lord, I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me; the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign: the place to which thou hast rai­sed me: the means which thou hast given me to do good. Lord, I cannot name all thy blessings, how shall I thank thee for them? Lord, I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them. O give a heart to desire all this, and grace to perform it; that my sins may be forgiven me, and that I may be thine, through Iesus [Page 183] Christ our Lord. Amen.

O praise the Lord,Psal. 135. 3. Psal. 138. 1. for he is gracious: O sing unto his Name, for it is lovely. I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will worship to­wards thy holy Temple, and praise thy Name; and that be­cause of thy loving kindness and truth, for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things. Lord, give me grace to obey thy Word, and to ho­nour thy Name for ever, in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pro Inimicis.

S. Mat. 5. 44.O Lord, I beseech thee, forgive mine enemies all their sins against thee; and give me that measure of thy grace, that for their hatred. I may love them, for their cursing I may bless them, for their injury I may do them good, and for their persecu­tion I may pray for them. Lord, I pray for them; forgive them, for they know not what they do. Amen.

Deus Pacis & Charitatis, da omnibus inimicis mihi pacem & cha­ritatem, omniumque remissionem pec­catorum, meque ab eorum insidiis potenter eripe; per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

[Page 185]O Lord,Psal. 25. 18. consider mine Enemies how many they are; and they bear a tyrannous hate a­gainst me. Lord, deliver me from them. Amen.

Almighty God,Dom. 3. Quadrag. I humbly be [...]seech thee, look upon the hearty de [...]ires of thy humble servant, and stretch out the right hand of thy Majestie to be my defence a­gainst all mine Enemies, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Be merciful unto me, O God,Ps. 56. 1. for mine Enemies would swallow me up, and many they are which fight against me, O thou most highest; they gather together and keep themselves close, they mark my steps, because they lay wait for my soul. But when I [Page 186] was afraid I trusted in thee and when I cry, then shall mine Ene­mies turn back. This thou wilt make me know, when thou art with me: Be with me therefore, O Lord, and let me see delive­rance. Amen.

Psal. 35. 19.O Lord, let not them that are mine Enemies triumph over me, neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me either without a cause, or for thy cause. Amen.

Psal. 7.1.O Lord God, in thee have I put my trust, save me from all them that persecute me, and de­liver me; lest they devour my soul like a Lyon, and tear it in pieces while there is none to help. Lift up thy self, O God, because of the indignation of mine Ene­mies: [Page 187] arise up for me in the Judg­ment which thou hast comman­ded, that my help may still be from thee, O God, who preser­vest them that are true of heart. Amen.

Have mercy upon me,Ps. 9. 13. O God, consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. Amen.

Hear my voice, O God,Psal. 64.1. in my prayer, preserve my life from fear of the Enemy; hide me from the conspiracy of the wick­ed, and from the rage of the wor­kers of iniquity. They have whet their tongues like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bit­ter words: Lord, deliver me from them. Amen.

Episcopatus.

Menev. Bathon. London. Dioecesis. DE [...]s omnium fidelium Pastor & Rector, me Famulum tuum, quem Pastorem Ecclesiae Cantuar. praeesse voluisti, propitius respice: Da mihi, humillime peta, verbo & exemplo quibus p [...]aesum proficere. Ut una cum Grege mihi credito ad vitam perveniam sempiternam, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

S. Aug. lib. 22. contra Faust. ca. 69. de Mose. O Deus mi, Pater clementissime, gratia tua ita in me operetur, ut sim humilis in recusando omne magn [...]m minist [...]ium, subditus tamen in sus­cipiendo, [...]idelis in servando, st [...]e­nuus in exequendo, i [...] regendo popu­lo vigilans, in corrigendo vehemens, [Page 189] in amando a [...]dens, in sustinendo pa­tiens, in moderando prudens: ut proiis quibus praesum Deo me interpo­nam consulenti, opponam i [...]ascenti, in fiducia & meritis Jesu Christi Salvatoris nostri. Amen.

O Lord,Esal. 55. 10. as the rain cometh down from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the Earth, and makes it bud and bring forth, that it may give seed to the sow­er, and bread to him that eateth: So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth, let it not re­turn to me void, but accomplish that which thou wilt, and pros­per in the thing whereto thou hast sent it, that the people commit­ted to my charge may go out with joy, and be led forth in [Page 190] peace to thy freshest waters of comfort, in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Son of God, thou which takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon me in this hea­vy Charge. Amen.

Rex.

Ps. 61. 6.O Lord, grant the King a long life, that his years may en­dure as many ages: Furnish him with wise and safe Counsels, and give him a heart of courage and constancy to pursue them. O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness for him, that they may preserve him; so will I [Page 191] alwaies sing praises unto thy Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 20.1. hear the King in the day of his trouble, that thy Name, O God of Iacob, may defend him. Send him help from thy Sanctuary, and strength out of Sion. Grant him his hearts de­sire, & fulfill all his mind. Set his heart firm upon thee, and upon o­ther things, but as they are in and from thee: that we his Ser­vants under thee may see with joy that thou helpest thine Anointed, and that thou wilt hear him from thy holy Heaven, even with the wholsome strength of thy right hand. And, O Lord, close not mine eyes till I see thy favour [Page 192] shine ou [...] upon him, even for Ie­sus Christ his sake. Amen.

Ecclesia.

Dom. 5. po Epist­phan.O Lord, we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion, that they which do lean only upon hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty pow­er: And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gracious Father, I humbly beseech thee, for thy holy Ca­tholick Church, fill it with all [Page 193] truth; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purge it: where it is in error, direct it: where it is superstitious, rectifie it: where any thing is amiss, re­form it: where it is right, streng­then and confirm it: where it is in want, furnish it: where it is di­vided and rent asunder, make up the breaches of it, O thou holy one of Israel. Amen.

O merciful God, since thou hast ordered me to live in these times, in which the rents of thy Church are grievous; I humbly beseech thee to guide me, that the divisions of men may not se­parate me either from thee or it, that I may ever labour the preser­vation of truth and peace, that [Page 194] where for and by our sins the peace of it succeeds not, thou wilt yet accept my will for the deed, that I may still pray, even while thou grantest not, because I know thou wilt grant it when thou seest it fit. In the mean time bless, I beseech thee, this Church in which I live, that in it I may honour and serve thee all the daies of my life, and after this be glo­rified by thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Psal. 80. 8.O Lord thou hast brought a Vine out of Egypt and planted it; thou madest room for it, and when it had taken root it fil­led the land. O why hast thou broken down her hedge, that all which go by pluck off her grapes: [Page 195] the wild boar out of the wood rooteth it up, and the wild beasts of the field devour it. O turn thee again thou God of Hosts, look down from heaven, behold and visit this Vine, and the place of the Vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self. Lord, hear me for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 127. 1. except thou buildest the house, their labour is but lost that build it: and except thou, O Lord, keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour to rise early, and take late rest, and to eat the bread of carefulness, if thou bless not the endeavours that seek [Page 196] the peace and the welfare of thy Church. Therefore, O Lord, build thy Church and keep it, and take care for it, that there may be no lost labour amo [...]g the builders of it. Amen.

Ecclesia Angl. post Possessio­nes dire­ptas. Nehem. 9. 32, 33.O Lord our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God; O thou which keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee that hath come upon us, upon our Priests, upon the Houses built and dedicated to thy Name, upon the Maintenance for them that serve at thy Altar, upon our Kings, State, and People since that day of affliction. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us: For thou hast done right, [Page 197] but we have done wickedly. Yet, O Lord, have mercy, and turn to us again, for Iesus and his mercy sake. Amen.

Respublica.

O Lord,Psal. 33. 10, 12. thou which bringest the counsels of the Heathen to nought, and makest the devices of the people to be of none effect, and castest out the counsels of Princes when they have offended thee: Have mercy upon this Kingdom, forgive the sins of this People; turn thee unto them and bless them, that the world may say, Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehovah, [Page 198] and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him to be his In­heritance. Lord, hear and grant for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Lord, bless this Kingdom, that Religion and Virtue may season all sorts of men: that there may be Peace within the Gates, and Plenty within the Pa­laces of it. In Peace I beseech thee so preserve it, that it cor­rupt not: In War so defend it, that it suffer not: In Plenty so order it, that it riot not: In Want so pacifie and moderate it, that it may patiently and peace­ably seek thee, the only full sup­ply both of Men and States; that so it may continue a Place and a People to do thee service to the [Page 199] end of time, through Iesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

O Lord,Dan. 9. 16, 17. according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee let thine anger be turned away from this City and thy People; and cause thy face to shine upon whatsoever is desolate therein, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Pro Afflictis.

O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee,Psal. 79. 12. Alias the Sick, the Afflicted. and according to the great­ness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die, even for Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Regnum Angliae.

BEnedic, Domine Deus omnipo­tens, Regnum hoc, ut sit in eo sanitas, castitas, victoria, virtus om­nis, & gratiarum actio Deo Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui Sancto: et haec Benedictio maneat super hoc Regnum, & super habitantes in eo, per Jesum Christum Dominum no­strum. Amen.

Iejunium.

Psal. 69. 9.O Lord, the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up, and the rebukes of them which rebu­ked thee, are fallen upon me: [Page 201] Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof. I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me: they that sate in the gate also spake against me, and the drunkards made songs upon me. But, Lord, I make my pray­er unto thee, &, I hope, in an ac­ceptable time. O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies, which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen.

Quadragesima.

O Lord,Dom. 1. Quadrag. which for our sake didst fast fourty days & four­ty nights; Give us grace to use [Page 202] such abstinence, that our flesh being subdued to the spirit, we may ever obey thy godly moti­ons, in righteousness and true ho­liness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Rogationes.

Dom. 25. post Trin.STir up, I beseech thee O Lord, the wills of thy faith­ful people, that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plente­ously rewarded, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Iejunia quatuor Temporum.

ALmighty God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church; Give thy grace, I humbly beseech thee, to all those which are to be cal­led to any Office and Admini­stration in the same: and so re­plenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and innocence of life; that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the be­nefit of thy holy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Consecrationes. Ordinationes.

O Lord, I am now at thy Altar, at thy work;1 Tim. 5. 22. keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man, lest I be partaker of o­ther mens sins: but that I may keep my self pure, in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, give me grace, that as oft as they shall come in my way,2 Tim. 1. 6. I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained, that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Dom. 5. post Trin. Pro Ec­clesia.Grant, O Lord I beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy [Page 205] Governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, I beseech thee,Dom. 16. post Trin. let thy continual mercy cleanse and de­fend thy Church. And because it cannot continue in safety with­out thy succour; preserve it ever­more by thy help and goodness, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, I beseech thee,Dom. 22. post Trin. keep thy Houshold the Church in conti­nual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Exilium.

Psal. 137. 1.LOrd, send me not to the wa­ters of Babylon, that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion: that no mans cruelty may lead me away cap­tive, nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness. But that in my Country where I learnd to serve thee, I may live to honour thee all the daies of my life, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Martyrium.

Psal. 141. 8.LOrd, make me remember the bones of thy Saints, how they lie scattered before the pit, [Page 207] even as when one heweth wood upon the earth. O Lord, mine eyes look unto thee, in thee is my trust, O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken, O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience, that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Eucharistia.

Quaecunque ab Infantia usque ad momentum hoc, Praevia. sciens vel ig­norans, intus vel extra, dormiens vel vigilans, verbis, factis vel cogi­tationibus, per jacula Inimici ignita, [Page 208] per desideria cordis immunda pecca­vi tibi, miserere mei, & dimitte mi­hi, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Almighty God and most mer­ciful Father, give me I beseech thee that grace, that I may duely examine the inmost of my heart, and my most secret thoughts, how I stand before thee. Lord, I confess all my sins, and my un­worthiness to present my self at thine Altar. But thou canst for­give sin and give repentance; do both, Gracious Father, and then behold I am clean to come unto thee. Lord, make me a wor­thy receiver of that for which I come, Christ, and remission of sin in Christ: And that for his [Page 209] own mercy sake and thine. Amen.

O Lord, into a clean, chari­table, and thankful heart, give me grace to receive the blessed Body and Blood of thy Son, my most blessed Saviour, that it may more perfectly cleanse me from all dregs of sin; that being made clean, it may nourish me in faith, hope, charity, and obedience, with all other fruits of spiritual life and growth in thee: that in all the future course of my life, I may shew my self such an ingrafted member into the Body of thy Son, that I may never be drawn to do any thing that may disho­nour his Name. Grant this O Lord, I beseech thee, even for his merit and mercy sake. Amen.

[Page 210]O Lord God, hear my pray­ers, I come to thee in a stedfast faith: yet for the clearness of my faith, Lord, enlighten it; for the strength of my faith, Lord, en­crease it. And, behold, I quar­rel not the words of thy Son my Saviour's blessed Institution. I know his words are no gross un­natural conceit, but they are spi­rit and life, and supernatural. While the world disputes, I be­lieve. He hath promised me if I come worthily, that I shall re­ceive his most precious Body and Blood, with all the benefits of his Passion. If I can receive it and retain it, (Lord, make me able, make me worthy) I know I can no more die eternally, then that [Page 211] Body and Blood can die and be shed again. My Saviour is wil­ling in this tender of them both unto me: Lord, so wash and cleanse my soul, that I may now and at all times else come pre­pared by hearty prayers & devo­tion, and be made worthy by thy grace of this infinite blessing, the Pledge and Earnest of eternal life, in the merits of the same Iesus Christ, who gave his Body and Blood for me. Amen.

Almighty God,Coll. pro Mundati­one Cor­dis. unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, & from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit, that I may per­fectly love thee, and worthily [Page 212] magnifie thy Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Litan. brevis. Pater de coelis Deus, qui uni­genitum tuum pro nobis ad mortem tradidisti.

Fili Redemptor mundi Deus, qui sanguine tuo pretioso nos a peccatis abluisti.

Spiritus Sancte Paraclete Deus, qui corda sanctorum tua gratia vi­sitas & confirmas.

Sacra, summa, sempiterna, bea­ta, benedicta Trinitas; Pater bone, Fili pie, Spiritus benigne: cujus o­pus vita, amor gratia, contemplatio gloria: cujus majestas ineffabilis, potestas incomparabilis, bonitas inae­stimabilis: Qui vivorum Dominus es simul & mortuorum: Te adoro, te invoco, & toto cordis affectu [Page 213] nunc & in seculum benedico. A­men.

O Domine Jesu, da vivis mi­sericordiam & gratiam: da tuis regimen & lucem perpetuam: da Ecclesiae tuae veritatem & pacem; da mihi miserrimo peccatorum poeni­tentiam & veniam. Amen.

O Domine, errantes oro corrige, incredulos converte, Ecclesiae fidem auge, Haereses destrue, Hostes ver­sutos detege, violentos & impoeni­tentes contere, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Misericors Pater, pro beneficiis quae mihi largiti sunt in terris Bene­factores mei, praemia aeterna conse­quantur in coelis. Oro etiam ut cum his pro quibus oravi, aut pro quibus orare teneor, & cum omni populo [Page 214] Dei, introduci mihi detur in Reg­num tuum, & ibi apparere in ju­stitia, & satiari gloria, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. A­men.

O Lord, consider my com­plaint, for I am brought very low. O Lord, how long wilt thou be angry with thy servant that prayeth? O Lord give me grace and repentance, and thou canst not be angry with my pray­er. O Lord, I am thine save me, and deliver me not into the will of mine enemies, especially my ghostly enemies. O Lord, I am thy servant, thy unprofitable wastful servant, yet thy servant. O Lord, set my accounts right before thee, and pardon all my [Page 215] mis-spendings & mis-reckonings. O Lord, I am thy son, thy most unkind, prodigal, run-away son, yet thy son. O Lord, though I have not retained the love and du­ty of a son, yet do not thou cast off (I humbly beg it) the kind­ness and compassion of a Father. O Lord, in thy grace I return to thee; And though I have eaten draugh with all the unclean swine in the world, in my hungry ab­sence from thee, yet now, Lord, upon my humble return to thee, give me, I beseech thee, the bread of life, the Body and Blood of my Saviour into my soul, that I may be satisfied in thee, and ne­ver more run away from thee, even for Iesus Christ his sake, [Page 216] that gave himself for me. Amen.

Coll. 3 in die Parasc. Misericors Deus, Creator omni­um hominum, qui nihil odisti eorum quae condidisti, nec vis mortem pec­catoris, sed magis ut convertatur & vivat; Miserere omnium Iudaeorum, Turcarum, Infidelium, & Haereti­corum. Aufer ab iis ignorantiam, duritiem cordis, & contemptum ver­bi tui: & reduc eos, misericors Do­mine, ad Gregem tuum, ut serven­tur inter reliquias veri Israelis, ut fiat unum Ovile, & unus Pastor, Jesus Christus Dominus noster, qui vivit & regnat, &c. Amen.

Dum Altari adsto, si fieri possit. Si non, tum mane, &c Tanquam pro Tribunali tuo tre­mendo (ubi nullus erit personarum respectus) reum memet peragens, ita hodie antequam praeveniat me dies judicii mei coram sancto tuo [Page 217] Altari prostratus, coram te & stu­pendis Angelis tuis a propria consci­entia dejectus, profero improbas & nefarias cogitationes & actiones me­as. Respice, oro Domine, humilita­tem meam, & remitte omnia peccata mea, quae multiplicata sunt super capillos capitis mei. Quodnam enim est malum quod non designavi in ani­ma mea: quin & multa & nefanda opere perpetravi. Reus enim sum, ô Domine, invidiae, gulae, &c. Om­nes sensus meos, omnia membra mea pollui. Sed incomparabilis est mul­titudo viscerum tuorum, & ineffa­bilis misericordia bonitatis tuae, qua peccata mea toleras. Quare, ô Rex omni admiratione major, O Domi­ne longanimis misericordias tuas mi­rificato in me peccatore: potentiam [Page 218] benignitatis tuae manifestato, clemen­tissimae propensionis tuae virtutem ex­erito: & me Prodigum revertentem suscipito, per Jesum Christum Do­minum nostrum. Amen.

Immedia­te ante perceptio­nem Pa­nis.O Lord God, how I receive the Body and Blood of my most blessed Saviour Iesus Christ, the price of my Redemption, is the very wonder of my soul, yet my most firm and constant belief up­on the words of my Saviour. At this time they are graciously tenderd to me and my faith: Lord, make me a worthy recei­ver, and be it unto me as he hath said. Amen.

Immedia­te po [...]t re­ceptionem utriusque speci [...].Lord, I have received this Sa­crament of the Body and Blood of my dear Saviour. His mercy [Page 219] hath given it, and my faith recei­ved it into my soul. I humbly be­seech thee speak mercy and peace unto my Conscience, and enrich me with all those graces which come from that precious Body and Blood, even till I be possessed of Eternal life in Christ. Amen.

O qui sursum Patri assides & hic nobiscum invisibiliter versaris, venito & sanctificato praesentia haec dona; eos item pro quibus, & eos per quos, & ea propter quae offeruntur. Amen.

Pro Duce Buckinghamiae.

GRacious Father, I humbly beseech thee, bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual [Page 220] and temporal blessings, but espe­cially spiritual. Make and con­tinue him faithful to his Prince, serviceable to his Country, de­vout in thy Truth and Church: a most happy Husband and a blessed Father; filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince, that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his poste­rity after him. Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast ho­noured in his eyes: Make my heart religious & dutiful to thee, and in and under thee true, and secret, and stout, and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me. Even so, Lord, and make him continu­ally [Page 221] to serve thee, that thou may­est bless him, through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Savi­our. Amen.

O most merciful God and gracious Father,The Spa­nish Jour­ney. the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure, I humbly beseech thee, make a clear way before him: Give thine Angels charge over him, be with him thy self in mercy, power, and protection: in every step of his journey: in every moment of his time: in every consultation and address for action, till thou bring him back with safety, ho­nour, and contentment, to do thee service in this place.

Bless his most trusty and faith­ful Servant the Lord Duke of [Page 222] Buckingham, that he may be dili­gent in service, provident in busi­ness, wise and happy in counsels: for the honour of thy Name, the good of thy Church, the preser­vation of the Prince, the content­ment of the King, the satisfacti­on of the State. Preserve him, I humbly beseech thee, from all envy that attends him; and bless him, that his eyes may see the Prince safely delivered to the King and State, and after it live long in happiness to do them and thee service, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Isle of Re, 1627.O most gracious God and merciful Father, thou art the Lord of Hosts; all victory over our Enemies, all safety against [Page 223] them is from thee: I humbly be­seech thee go out with our Ar­mies, and bless them. Bless my dear Lord the Duke that is gone Admiral with them, that wis­dom may attend all his Counsels, and courage and success all his Enterprises: that by his and their means thou wilt be pleased to bring safety to this Kingdom, strength and comfort to Religi­on, victory and reputation to our Country. And that he may re­turn with our Navy committed to him, and with safety, honour, and love both of Prince and Peo­ple. Grant this for thy dear Sons sake Iesus Christ our Lord. A­men.

O merciful God,His death Aug. 23. 1628. thy Judg­ments [Page 224] are often secret, alwayes just: At this time they were temporally heavy upon the poor Duke of Buckingham, upon me, upon all that had the honour to be near him. Lord, thou hast (I doubt not) given him rest, and light and blessedness in thee. Give also, I beseech thee, com­fort to his Lady. Bless his Chil­dren, uphold his Friends, forget not his Servants. Lay open the bottom of all that irreligious and graceless plot that spilt his blood. Bless and preserve the King from danger, and from security in these dangerous times. And for my self, O Lord, though the sorrows of my heart are inlarged, in that thou gavest this most honourable [Page 225] Friend into my bosom, and hast taken him again from me; yet blessed be thy Name, O Lord, that hast given me patience. I shall now see him no more till we meet at the Resurrection: O make that joyful to us and all thy faithful servants, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Senectus.

O Lord,Ps. 71.9. cast me not off in the time of mine Age, for­sake me not now my strength be­gins to fail me. Amen.

Forsake me not, O God,ver. 16. in mine old age, now I am gray-headed, until I have declared thy [Page 226] strength unto this Generation, and thy power to all them that are to come. Amen.

Psal. 89. 44.O Lord, though thou hast shortned the dayes of my youth, yet cover me not with dishonour. Hide not thy self from me for e­ver, but remember how short my time is, and make me remember it, O Lord. Amen.

Psal. 90. 12.O Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom. Amen.

Psal. 102. 2.O Lord, hide not thy face from me in the time of trouble;ver. 3. for my dayes are consumed a­way like smoke, and my bones are burnt up like a fire-brand. My dayes are gone like a shadow,ver. 11. and I am withered like grass. [Page 227] Thou, O Lord,ver. 23. hast brought down my strength in my journey, and shortned my daies. But,ver. 24. O my God, take me not away but in the timeliness of my age, that I may continue to serve thee, and be faithful in thy service, till thou remove me hence. Amen.

Tentationes.

O Lord, as thou art faithful, 1. Cor. 10. 15. so suffer me not, I beseech thee, to be tempted above that I am able, but give an issue with the temptation, that I may be able to bear it. Amen.

Omnipotens Deus, respice preces meas, & libera cor meum a malarum [Page 228] cogitationum tentationibus, ut te mi­serante dignum esse possim Spiritus Sancti habitaculum, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. A­men.

Deus, qui diligentibus te facis cuncta prodesse, da cordi meo invio­labilem charitatis tuae affectum & nulla unquam tentatione mutabi­lem, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.

Misericors Deus, da mihi in Fi­de tua constantiam, & in Charitate firmitatem, ut nullis tentationibus ab earum integritate possim divelli, per Jesum Christum Dominum no­strum. Amen.

Carcer.

O Lord, have mercy upon me,Psal. 142. 9. and bring my soul out of Prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name, even in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 146. 4, 6. blessed is the man that hath thee for his help, and whose hope is in thee. O Lord, help me and all them to right that suffer wrong. Thou art the Lord which loosest men out of Prison, which helpest them that are fallen. O Lord, help and de­liver me when, and as it shall seem best to thee, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord,Psal. 88. 6, 7. thine indignation lies [Page 230] hard upon me; and though thou hast not (for thy mercy is great) vexed me with all thy storms, yet thou hast put my acquain­tance far from me, and I am so fast in Prison that I cannot get forth. Lord, I call daily upon thee, hear and have mercy, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Ps. 68. 6.O Lord, thou which bringest the Prisoners out of captivity, while thou lettest the Runagates continue in scarceness; Have mercy upon me, and deliver me out of the Prison and affliction in which I now am: and give me grace, that being free, I may faith­fully and freely serve thee all the daies of my life, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Confessiones.

O Domine, in multis deliqui, & improbe egi, & tristitia affeci spiritum tuum sanctum. Exacerba­vi viscera clementiae tuae, cogitatione, sermone, opere, noctu & interdiu, palam & in occulto, consult [...] & in consulto. O si constituas peccata mea in conspectu meo; O si rationem a me exigas peccatorum in se non ig­noscibilium, quae scienter commisi, quid faciam? quo fugiam? Sed O Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, nec in ira tua corripias me. Miserere mei, non solum quia infirmus sum, sed quia figmentum sum tuum. Obsecro t [...], ne in­tres in judicium cum servo tuo: [Page 232] si enim iniquitates observaveris Do­mine, Domine, quis in judicio con­sistet? Non ego certe, si quis alius. Ego enim sum peccati pelagus, & non sum dignus in coelum suspicere prae multitudine peccatorum meorum, quorum non est numerus; probra, in­juriae, &c. et mille praeterea ne­fandae passiones sunt, a quibus non destiti. Quibus enim non corruptus sum peccatis? Quibus non sum con­strictus malis? Inutilis factus sum tibi Deo meo, & hominibus. Quis me in talia prolapsum suscitabit? In te, Domine, confido, qui es Deus meus: esto mihi Salvator secundum viscera compassionis tuae, & miserere mei se­cundum magnam misericordiā tuam, & ne retribuas mihi secundum opera mea, sed converte te ad me, me ad te. [Page 233] Remitte omnia quae in te peccavi: serva me propter misericordiam tu­am, & ubi abundavit peccatum, su­perabundet grat [...] tua; & laudabo & glorificabo te per omnes dies vitae meae. Tu enim es Deus poenitentium, & Salvator peccantium. Tibi gloria per Jesum Christum Dominum no­strum. Amen.

Anniversaria.

O Eternal God and merciful Father,Apr. 11. 1594. [...]ors Pa­ [...]ris. Dies erat Mercurii. with whom do rest the souls of them that die in thy faith and favour: Have mercy upon me,Et Nov. 24. 1600. Mors Ma­tris. and grant that my life may be a preparation to die, and my death an entrance to life with [Page 234] thee. As upon this day it pleased thee to take my dear Father to thy mercy, whe [...] I was yet young. O Lord, he was [...] servant, thy meek, humble, fai [...]hful servant: and I assure my self he is in rest, and light, and blessedness. Lord, while I am here behind in my pilgrimage, showre down thy grace upon me. Thou hast been more then a Father to me: thou hast not suffered me to want a Father; no, not when thou hadst taken him from me. O be plea­sed to be a Father still, and by thy grace to keep me within the bounds of a Sons obedience. Thou hast given me temporal blessings beyond desert or hope; O be graciously pleased to heap [Page 235] spiritual blessings on me, that I may grow in faith, obedience, and thankfulness to thee; that I may make it my joy to perform duty to thee. And after my painful life ended, bring me, I beseech thee, to thy joyes, to thy glory, to thy self: that I and my Parents, with all thy Saints and Servants departed this life, may meet in a blessed glorious resurrection, ever to sing praises and honour to thee, in and through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Deus meus, Decemb. 26. 1605. Dies erat Iovis, & Festum S. Stephani. [...]om. De­von. & E.M. An. 1609. respice servum tu­um, & miserere mei secundum vis­cera misericordiae tuae. Scandalum ecce factus sum Nomini tuo, dum ambitioni meae & aliorum peccatis servio. Quin & hoc licet aliorum [Page 236] suasu, oblatrante tamen Conscientia perpetravi. Obsecro, Domine, per misericordias Jesu, ne intres in judicium cum servo tuo, sed exaudi sanguinem ejus pro me perorantem: nec hoc Conjugium sit animae meae Di­vortium a sinu tuo. O quanto satius f [...]isset si vel hujus diei satis memor, Martyrium cum Proto-martyre tuo potius perpessus essem, negando quod urgebant, aut non satis fidi, aut non satis pii amici mei. Pollicitus sum mihi tenebras peccato huic, sed ecce statim evolavit, nec lux magis aper­ta, quam ego qui feci. Ita voluisti Domine prae nimia misericordia tua implere ignominia faciem meam, ut discerem quaerere Nomen tuum. O Domine, quam gravis adhuc est me­moria peccati hujus etiam hodie, eti­am [Page 237] p [...]st tot & toties repetitas preces a tristi & confusa anima mea coram te profusas. O Domine miserere; exaudi preces depressi & humiliati valde servi tui. Parce, Domine, et remitte peccata, quae peccatum hoc & induxerunt & sequuta sunt. Nam confiteor, Domine, iterum & eodem die revolventis anni, nec sa­tis adhuc cautus, aut satis humilis factus in aliud grave peccatum in­cidi; lapidatus iterum non pro, sed a peccato. Nunc plene suscita me, Domine, ne moriar ultra in peccatis meis; sed des ut vivam, & vivens gaudeam in te, per merita & mise­rationes Jesu Christi Salvatoris no­stri. Amen.

O merciful God,Iulii 28. 1617. Die Lun [...] E. B. thou hast shewed me much mercy, and [Page 238] done great things for me;Et Martii 6. 1641/ [...]. and as I was returning, instead of thankfulness, I wandred out of my way from thee, into a foul and a strange path. There thou ma­dest me see both my folly & my weakness; Lord, make me ever see them, ever sorry for them. O Lord, for my Saviours sake forgive me the folly, and streng­then me against the weakness for ever. Lord, forgive all my sins, and this; and make me by thy grace, thy most true; humble, and faithful servant all the daies of my life, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sept. 26. 1617. Die Vene­ris. Ignis & pericu­lum inde. O misericors Pater, quo me ver­tam? Qui & exeundo & rever­tendo peccavi contra te. Abii cum [Page 239] Prodigo p [...]digus in longinquam regionem. Dissipavi substantiam me­am, tuam luxuriose. Ibi primum sensi omnia consumpta, & me dig­num non meliori quam porcorum con­sortio: Nec tamen aut vita illa im­munda, aut fames gratiae, de reditu ad meliorem frugem vel cogitare fe­cit. Reversum jam ab itinere infausto ecce judicia tua, Domine, insequun­tur me. Ignis corripit tecta sub qui­bus sum; vidit enim Deus, nec mul­tum distulit, sed ignis accensus est in Jacob, & ira ascendit in Israel. Et scelera (non dubito) mea confla­grationem Collegio minitabantur, & mihi. Nam dum igni extinguendo intentior sum, parum abfuit, quin ab igne extinguerer. Quam ecce misericordia tua, Domine, vix sine [Page 240] miraculo me flammis [...]puit. Nam dum amica manus astantis me vi quadam amovit, eodem instanti ex eodem loco, ubi pedem figere decrevi, prorupit inclusus ignis, in flammas subsidunt gradus, & ego, st ibi inve­nisset incendium, una periissem. O peccata mea nunquam satis deflenda! O misericordia tua, Domine, nun­quam satis praedicanda! O poeniten­tia nunquam mihi magis necessaria! O gratia tua, Domine, humillime & jugiter imploranda! Surgo, ô Domine Pater, & ecce venio; lento quidem & instabili gressu, sed venio, & confiteor: peccavi enim in coelum & contra te, nec dignus sum vocarifi­lius tuus. Sim, ô Domine, quid vis, modo tuus. Ablue peccata mea in sanguine Filii tui, ut sim tuus. Et [Page 241] concede obsecro, ut sicut tum terror, ita quotidie memoria ignis hujus ex­urat faeces omnes & reliquias pecca­torum meorum: ut me cautiorē factum melior ignis charitatis & devotionis in amorem tui & in odium peccati accendat, per Jesum Christum Do­minum nostrum. Amen.

O Domine misericors, Febr. 5. 1628. die Martis Computo Iuliano Tendonē fregi, & iter. Mar. 6. die So­li [...] inter ambulan­dum in cubiculo in Turri London. Anno 1641/2. glorificetur beatissimum nomen tuum: Ecce enim ego, dum pro Officio Regem sequor, & tui, & humanorum casuum im­memor, & mihi praefidens, infausto in via saltu in terram infidam incidi, & Tendonem fregi. Levatus in cur­tum, Hamptoniam perveni. Cru­ciatus talis fuit, qualem nervi sen­tire solent. Et certe in febrem fer­ventiorem ipse angor conjecisset, nisi ingens defluxus sanguinis me ab illo [Page 242] metu liberasset. Magna infirmitate la­boravi, et fere per biennium claudus incessi. Infirmitatem aliquam adhuc sentio, sed, gratiae immortales tibi, O beatissima Trinitas, usum satis perfectum Crurium dedisti mihi, & confirmasti praeter omnium expecta­tionem, gressus meos. Dirigas nunc eos, O Domine, in viis mandatorum tuorum ut nunquam vel inter te & falsum cultum, vel inter te & mun­dum claudicem; sed recta pergam, & viam testimoniorum tuorum cur­ram, quum dilatasti cor meum. Oro ita (que) ne differas vel dilatationem cordis, vel confirmationem pedum in semitis justificationum tuarum, per & propter Jesum Christum Domi­num nostrum. Amen.

[Page 243]O Eternal God,Maii 11. 1640. My house at Lam­beth beset with vio­lent and hase peo­ple. and my most merciful Father, as this day the fury of the enraged multitude was fierce upon me and my house, to destroy me and to pil­lage it, it pleased thee in mercy to preserve both, and bring some of them to shame and punish­ment. I have sinned many ways against thee, O Lord, and this was a loud call of thine and a merciful to bring me to repen­tance, which I beseech thee give me grace to hear and obey. But what I have done to hurt or of­fend them, that should stir up this rage against me, I know not. Lord, in thy mercy look down upon me; fill my heart with thankfulness for this great delive­rance, [Page 244] and suffer me not to for­get it, or the Examination which I took of my self upon it. And as for them and their like, let them not have their desire, O Lord, let not their mischievous imagi­nations prosper against me, nor their fury lay hold upon me; lest they be too proud, and lest I end my wearie days in misery. Yet forgive them, O Lord, for they know not why they did it. And according to thy wonted mercy preserve me to serve thee, and let the same watchful Protection which now defended me, guard me through the remainder of my life. And this for thine own good­ness sake, and the merits of my Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen.

[Page 245]O Eternal God and merciful Father,Decemb. 18. 1640. I was ac­cused by the House of Com­mons of High-Treason. I humbly beseech thee look down upon me in this time of my great and grievous afflicti­on. Lord (if it be thy blessed will) make mine Innocency appear, and free both me and my Profession from all scandal thus raised on me. And howsoever, if thou be pleased to trie me to the utter­most; I humbly beseech thee, give me full patience, proportionable comfort, contentment with what­soever thou sendest, and an heart ready to die for thy Honour, the Kings Happiness, and this Chur­ches Preservation. And my zeal to these is all the sin (humane frailty excepted) which is yet known to me in this particular, [Page 246] for which I thus suffer. Lord, look upon me in mercy, and for the merits of Iesus Christ pardon all my sins many and great, which have drawn down this Judgment upon me, and then in all things do with me as seems best in thine own eyes: and make me not only patient under, but thankful for whatsoever thou dost, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.

Octob. 24. 1643. I received Additio­nal Arti­cles and Summōs to my Trial.O Eternal God and merciful Father, after long imprisonment I am now at last called to answer; I most humbly [...]eseech thee to strengthen me through this Try­al, to preserve the patience with which thou hast hitherto blessed me through this affliction. Suffer [Page 247] no course language, or other pro­vocation to make me speak or do any thing that may mis-become my person, mine age, my calling, or my present condition. And Lord, I beseech thee, make me able to clear to the world that Innocency which is in my heart concerning this Charge laid a­gainst me. Grant this, O Lord, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O merciful Lord,Nov. 1. 1644. I received Summōs to appear in the House of Commōs next mor­ning. I have had a long and a tedious Tryal: And I give thee humble and hear­ty thanks for the wonderful strength that I have received from thee in the bearing up of my weakness. Lord, continue all thy mercies towards me, for the storm gathers and grows black [Page 248] upon me, and what it threatens is best known to thee. After a long Tryal I am called to answer in the House of Commons; and that not to Evidence, but to one single man's report of Evidence, and that made without Oath. What this may produce in pre­sent or in future, thou knowest also. O Lord, furnish me with patience and true Christian wis­dom and courage, to bear up a­gainst this drift, and send not out thy storms to beat upon me also; but look comfortably upon me to my End, in and through the merits of Iesus Christ my Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

Prayers added since the restoring of this Book to me, which was taken from me in a search by Mr. Prinne May 31. 1643: and with much difficulty re­stored unto me Nov. 6. 1644.

O Domine,August. Ser. 193. de Temp. ad Adventum tuum secundum paratus sim, ne talem me non invenias, qualem volui­sti invenire, qui omnia pro me pas­sus es, ut invenires talem, cui non supplicia inferres, sed praemia red­deres sempiterna. Amen.

O Domine,Ibidem Ser. 198. cum Christi adjutorio sic agere studeam, ut te tam pium Dominum, non solum hospitem reci­pere possim, sed etiam perpetuum ha­bitatorem habeam, per Jesum Chri­stum [Page 250] Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Ibidem Ser. 202.O AEterne Deus, auxilium tuum imploro, ut veram discretionem, et perfectam charitatem praestare mi­hi pro tua pietate digneris, cui est gloria & imperium cum Patre & Spiritu Sancto in secula seculorum. Amen.

Ibidem Ser. 204.O Domine misericors, qui tanta mihi beneficia concessisti, des insuper mihi cum omni humilitate fidem re­ctam tenere, charitatem integram cum omnibus hominibus conservare, mun­do corde & casto corpore tibi Domi­no meo servire usque ad finem vitae serio laborem, ut post labores desi­derabilem illam vocem audire possim; Euge serve bone, intra in gaudium Domini tui. Amen.

Meditationes praeparantes ad Mortem.

O Lord, quicken and com­fort my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Lord, I call to mind all the years of my life past in the bitterness of my soul for my sin. My misdeeds have prevailed against me, O be thou merciful unto my sin; O for thy Names sake be merciful unto my sin, for it is great. Amen.

Namely and especially, O Lord, be merciful unto me, &c.

Herein O Lord be merciful unto thy servant. O Lord, lay not these, nor the rest unto my charge.

[Page 252]O let the depth of my sin call up the depth of thy mercies, of thy grace. Lord, let it come, that where my sin hath abound­ed, grace may supe [...]abound.

Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief.

O Lord, though thou kill me, yet will I put my trust in thee.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet will I fear no evil. For I hope verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

O let this Cup pass from me; nevertheless, if it may not pass from me, but that I must drink of it, thy will be done.

Thou art the Lord, do what seemeth good in thine own eyes.

[Page 253]For I will take it as the Cup of Salvation, and give thanks to thy Name, O Lord.

O Lord, grant that all the dayes of my appointed time up­on earth I may wait when my Changing shall come.

O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, and keep me secret until thy wrath be past, and ap­point me a time in which thou wilt remember me!

Say unto my soul, O say it now, I am thy Salvation.

Command my spirit, whene­ver thou wilt command it, to be received up to thee in peace.

O bid me come unto thee: say unto me, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

[Page 254]Lord thus, and now let thy servant depart in peace, that mine eyes may see thy Salvation.

O Lord, thou blessed Trinity, three Persons and one God, have mercy upon me.

I commend my self into thy hands as to a faithful Creator.

Lord, receive thine own Crea­ture, not made by any strange God, but by thee the only living and true God.

Psal. 138 8.Despise not, O Lord, the work of thine own hands.

Gen. 2. Eph. 4. 24.I am created to thine own I­mage and likeness; O suffer not thine own Image to be defaced, but renew it again in righteous­ness and true holiness.

[Page 255]I commend my self into thy hands, as to a most gracious Re­deemer: For thou hast redeem­ed me, O Lord God of Truth.

O Lord, I am the price of thy Blood, of thy most precious Blood; O suffer not so great, so unvaluable a price to perish.

O Lord, thou camest down from heaven to redeem that which was lost; suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed.

I commend my self into thy hands, as to my most blessed Comforter.

O Lord, I am weary and hea­vy laden, and I come to thee to be refreshed by thee. Behold, O Lord, I have been the Temple of thy holy Spirit; I have I con­fess, [Page 256] strangely polluted it; yet destroy me not, but dedicate me anew, and sanctifie me to thy self yet once again.

Dan. 9. 19.O Lord, I wear thy Name: 'tis thy Name that is called up­on me. For thy Names sake therefore be merciful unto me. O spare, Lord, if not me, yet thine own Name in me. And do not so remember my sin, O Lord do not, as that in remembring it, thou forget thine own Name. I have desired to fear thy Name,Neh. 1.11. to love and to honour thy Name. And I now desire to depart this life, in the Invocation and Con­fession of thy Name. Lord, I confess it and call upon it, O come Lord Iesu. Amen.

[Page 257]Peccavi O Domine!

1 Sed non negavi te: O nunquam praevaleat Inimicus ut negem.

2 Sed credo; O Domine adauge fi­dem, & non confundar in aeternum.

3 Sed spero; et quae spes mea nisi tu solus? suscipe me secundum elo­quium tuum, & non confundar ab expectatione mea.

4 Sed praeparavi & direxi cor me­um ad te quaerendum: & etiamsi non secundum munditiem Sanctuarii, ta­men linum fumigans, & quassam arundinem nec extinguas nec fran­gas, O Domine Jesu.

5 Sed patienter sustineo castigatio­nem tuam, & taceo quia tu fecisti.

6 Sed remitto debitoribus meis, et tu pollicitus es remissionem remittenti.

7 [Page 258] Sed projicio me in te; ne te sub­trahas, & venientem ad te ne ejicias foras.

8 Sed in Nominis tui confessione & invocatione opto decedere.

Quare non propter me, O Domine Jesu, aut quicquam mei, sed propter temetipsum. Propter Nomen tuum. Propter gloriam Nominis tui, & ve­ritatem tuam. Propter misericordias tuas multas, magnas, mirificas. Propter Christum Mediatorem, & Spiritum Paracletum, suscipe re­versum ad se, & revertentem ad te. Amen.

Et ideo ô Domine Deus meus!

Peccavi O Domine!

Sed non abscondo peccatum.

Sed non excuso.

Sed ultro fateor.

Sed recogito in amaritudine a­nimae.

Sed meipsum propter peccata in te odi: des gratiam, ut judicem & vin­dicem; ut non sine venia exeam e vita hac mihi miserrima. Amen.

Psal. 78. 40. O Lord, I have not only sin­ned, [Page 261] but provoked thee with ma­ny and grievous sins; yet, I be­seech thee, remember that I am bnt flesh, even a wind that passeth and cometh not again.

Et plus potest ad salutem mise­ricordia Servatoris, quam ad perni­ciem nequitia mei peccatoris. Amen.

O Domine Jesu, S. August. T. 3. in S. Iohan. non habebas tu quare morereris, & mortuus es pro me: ego habeo quare, des gratiam ne dedigner mori, et paratus sim. Amen.

O Domine Jesu, propter illam a­maritudinem quam pro me miserrimo sustinuisti in Cruce; maxime in illa hora, quando nobilissima anima tua egressa est de benedicto corpore tuo, deprecor te miserere animae meae in egressu suo, & perduc eam in vitam aeternam. Amen,

Pro Infirmis.

DEus, sub cujus nutibus vitaeno­strae momēta decurrunt, suscipe quaeso preces meas pro aegrotantibus famulis tuis, pro quibus humillime misericordiae tuae auxilium imploro. Ut reddita sibi sanitate, gratiarum tibi in Ecclesia tua referant actio­nes, per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.

Visitatio Infirmi.

EXistimas ne?

1 Nullum morbum aut crucem casu evenire cuiquam, vel temere.

2 Quin immitti a Deo, citra cujus Providentiā neminē morbo laborare?

3 Deum autem sapientissimum, ut [Page 263] nihil unquam permittat contingere, nisi quum expedit?

4 Expedire itaque tibi morbum hunc vel crucem, quem vel quam tibi nunc immisit Deus.

5 Porro Deum Paterno erga nos ani­mo esse. Patrem autem, sive indul­geat sive castiget, aeque Patrem esse: nec minore, & forsan majore hoc quam illud amore facere.

6 Bona tibi diu dedisse, nunc mala dare; sed nec mala haec, nisi ut majo­ris boni causa sint, nempe ut redeas ad illum.

7 Gratiae esse hoc, quod toties a te re­pulsus, tamen nec sic deferat; quin vi­sitet te denuo, & requirat te.

Si sic; subdes hac in re Divinae voluntati voluntatem tuam, sacrifi­cium omnium (post Christi) Deo gra­tissimum.

[Page 264] Confiterisne?

1 Non tam bene vixisse te quam o­portuit? imo vixisse te male, saepe­que & graviter peccasse?

2 Estne peccatum aliquod praeter vel supra caetera? vel suntne peccata a­liqua, quae gravent Conscientiam tu­am, ut peculiaris Absolutionis bene­ficio tibi sit opus?

3 Estne scrupulus aliquis circa ea quae sunt Fidei, vel Religionis?

4 Recogitasne annos elapsos vitae tuae in amaritudine animae tuae?

5 Cuperesne majorem pro iis amari­tudinem sentire, quam sentis? & gauderesne si sentires? & doletne quod majorem non sentias?

6 Petisne illuminari de iis quae ig­noras, vel oblitus es, ut de iis poeni­tere [Page 265] possis? & poenitetne id etiam quod vel ignoras, vel oblitus es?

7 Estne propositum si vixeris judi­candi [...]e, & vindicandi in teipsum quod deliquisti?

8 Estne propositum si vixeris emen­dandi vitam, & devitandi tum me­dia, tum signa eorum quae hactenus peccasti?

9 Hoccine sancte promittis?

10 An petis de hoc promisso admoneri te libere?

Credisne?

1 Quae in Symbolo sunt Fidei Chri­stianae semel Sanctis traditae?

2 Te servari non posse nisi ea credas?

3 Laetarisne & gratias agis Deo, quod in hac Fide natus es, vixisti, & jam morieris in ea?

4 [Page 266]Petisne ipse, & visne nos tuo no­mine a Deo supplices petere, ne defi­ciat in te Fides haec ad ipsum, atque adeo ne in ipso mortis articulo?

5 Petisne etiam ut fructus Fidei hujus, & praecipue Mortis Jesu Chri­sti, utcunque in vita tua periit, tamen ne pereat in morte?

6 Si te sensus defecerit, aut dolor seu debilitas eousque pertulerit, ut quaedam tibi excidant contra Religi­onem, seu Praecepta ejus, visne haberi pro non dictis? & renunciasne iis tanquam non tuis?

Remittisne?

1 Illis, qui te quocunque modo laese­rint, sicut tibi vis remitti?

2 Petisne a Deo ut ipse quoque illis remittat?

3 [Page 267]Remittisne illis satisfactionem ad quam tenentur ratione illorum, quibus te verbo vel facto laeserunt?

4 Visne hoc illis, qui in te peccarunt, tuo nomine significari; Te illis quan­tum in te est noxas omnes remisisse?

5 Remissurusne esses si graviora & plura in te deliquissent?

6 Gauderesne si plures jam haberes quibus remittere possis, quo inde u­berius tibi remissio peccatorum tuorum a Deo impertiri possit?

1 TU ipse si quos laesisti, petisne ab iis veniam, ut & tibi remittant?

2 Ecquos imprimis commeministi, & vis significari illis hoc tuo no­mine?

3 Quum remissio nulla sperari po­test peccatorum contra octavum [Page 268] vel nonum praeceptum Legis Divinae, nisi fiat restitutio. Paratusne es re­stituere illis rem, quibus in re fami­liari; & illis famam, quibus in fa­ma detraxisti: idque sine dolo, & dila [...]ione?

4 Recordarisne qui tandem sint?

Symbolum Apostolicum.

CRedo Domine (tu meae incre­dulitati subvenito) esse te Unum Deum, Patrem, Fili­um, Spiritum Sanctum.

Pro summa tua benignitate & potentia creasse Coelos & Terram.

Pro immensa charitate omnia in Christo recapitulasse.

[Page 269]Qui caro factus et conceptus est.

• Natus.
• Mortuus.
• Resurrexit.
• Revertetur.
• Passus.
• Sepultus.
• Ascendit.
• Retribuet.
• Crucifixus.
• Descendit.
• Assedit.

Virtute et operatione Spiritus San­cti, ex Universo vocasse Ecclesiam ad sanctitatem.

In ea nos consequi bonorum parti­cipationem, & peccatorum remissio­nem.

In ea nos expectare carnis resur­rectionem, vitam aeternam.

CRedo Domine (ôsupple defectus Fidei meae!)

Patris benevolum affectum.

Omnipotentis potentiam salutarem.

Creatoris providentiam in custodia, gubernatione, consummatione mundi.

[Page 270]Credo magnum Pietatis Mysteri­um, propter nos homines, pro nostra salute Deum in Carne revelatum, Filium Patris, Unctum Spiritus, Dominum Jesum.

Conceptum esse, et Natum; ad pur­gandam impuritatem Conceptionis & Nativitatis nostrae.

Passum esse; quae nos oportuit, (inexplicabilia) ne nos oporteret.

Crucifixum, Mortuum, et Sepul­tum, ne haec pro eo timeamus subire.

Descendisse; quo nos oportuit, & ne nos omnino.

Resurrexisse, Ascendisse, Consedis­se; ubi nihil nobis, et ut nos quoque.

Adventurum Iudicem mundi, ut nos assumat.

Credo eum esse.

In Conceptione & Generatione, Naturae Purgatorem.

[Page 271]In Passione Crucis, Mortis Sepul­turae, Redemptorem Personae.

In descensu, Triumphatorem In­ferni & Mortis.

In Resurrectione, Primitias Dor­mientium.

In Ascensione, Praecursorem.

In Sessione, Paracletum sive Ad­vocatum.

In secundo Adventu & Iudicio, Consummatorem Fidei.

Sic loco

• Abaddon.
• Satanae.
• Diaboli.
• Delatoris.
• Captivantis.
• Aculei.
• Jesum intueor.
• Mediatorem.
• Paracletum.
• Intercessorem.
• Redemptorem.
• Christum.

Credo autem et Spiritus vim vivi­ficam, [Page 272] sanctificantem.

Invisibiliter, extra, efficaciter, tanquam ventus.

In Increpatione, Compunctione, Doctri [...]a, Commone factione, Advoca­tione, Consolatione, Attestatione, Dif­fusione Charitatis, Illuminatione Cognitionis.

Credo praeterea Spiritus Sancti Cor­pus mysticum Vocatorum ex universo mundo, ad fidem veritatis & sancti­tatem vitae.

Membrorum vero Corporis reci­procam participationem.

Praeterea Remissionem peccatorum in praesenti, spem vero Resurrectionis et Translationis ad vitam aeternam.

DOmine, adde mihi fidem; non fi­dem quae legem annihilet.

[Page 273]Sed fidem

• per Charitatē operantem.
• Operibus efficacem.
• Vincentem mundum.

Sanctissimam denique, ut te amem ut Patrem, verear ut Omnipotentem.

Ut fideli Creatori animam in be­neficentia committam.

Ut in me Christus formetur; ego vero conformer imagini ejus.

Ut pro iis, quae pro me passus est, agam gratias; ipsi compatiar: pro ipso patiar, quodcunque ipsi visum fuerit.

Ut pro ejus Cruce, Morte, Sepultu­ra ulciscar, crucifigam, interimam, sepeliam, quod istis causam praebuit, peccatum.

Ut pro descensu ad Inferos, vi­vus frequenti meditatione descen­dam in Infernum.

[Page 274]Ut conformer Resurrectioni ejus, in novitatem vitae resurgens.

Ascensioni vero, quae sunt supra meditans, & quaerens.

Ut et Consessus sim memor, quoties dono aliquo Coelestis Consolationis egeo; & quoties in Invocatione frigeo.

Adventus autem, & Iudicii nun­quam obliviscar.

Tubae resonantis sonum semper audiam, & semper orem, donec ad Dextram constitutus sim. Amen.

Conscientiae Quotidianum Ex­amen.

O Anima mea!

1 An egisti Deo pro acceptis beneficiis gratias?

2 An petiisti gratiam a Deo pro cog­nitione & expulsione peccatorum?

3 An exegisti a te ipsa rationem de admissis praesenti die peccatis, cogita­tione, verbo, opere, per singulas horas ex quo evigilasti?

4 An expetiisti veniam de delictis? An proposuisti cum Dei gratia emen­dationem?

Benedicta sit sancta & individua Trinitas nunc & semper, & in se­cula seculorum. Amen.

Itinerarium.

O Domine, stellam ducem non sum meritus, tribue t [...]men quaeso mihi iter prosperum, tempus tranquillum, reditum felicem. Ut Angelo tuo sancto comite & custode, ad eum quo pergo locum, deinde ad do­mum propriam, & demum ad aeternae salutis portum, pervenire feliciter valeam, per Jesum Christum Domi­num nostrum. Amen.

Adesto, quaeso Domine, et me fa­mulum tuum custodi; esto mihi in lu­brico baculus, in naufragio portus. Ut te duce, quo tendo prospere per­veniam, & demum incolumis ad pro­pria redeam, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

[Page 277]Exaudi Domine supplicationes meas, & viam famuli tui dispone: ut inter omnes vitae & viae hujus va­rietates, tuo semper protegar auxilio, per Jesum Christum Dominum no­strum. Amen.

O Domine, salvum me fac ser­vum tuum sperantem in te. Mitte mihi auxilium de Sancto, & de Sion tuere me. Esto mihi turris fortitudi­nis a facie Inimici. Nihil proficiat Inimicus in me, & filius iniquitatis non opponat nocere mihi. O prospe­rum iter faciat mihi Deus salutari­um nostrorum. Domine exaudi ora­tionem meam, & clamor meus ad te veniat, per Jesum Christum Domi­num nostrum. Amen.

At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel.

Hammer­smith Chappel March 11. 1629. O Lord merciful and gra­cious, this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service: Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion, and make them perfect both in their present and future duty; that while thou givest them ease to honour thee, they may with the greater alacrity go on in thy Service. And now, O Lord, I have by thy mercy and goodness, put to my hand to lay the first stone in this Building: 'tis a Corner-stone, make it, I be­seech [Page 279] thee, a happy Foundation, a durable Building. Let it rise up, and be made, and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all ages; that thy Peo­ple may here be taught to believe in Iesus Christ the true Corner-stone, upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever. Grant this for the merit of the same Iesus Christ our most bles­sed Lord and Saviour. To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be ascribed all Power, Majesty, and Dominion this day and for ever. Amen.

Prayers upon sundry Publick Oc­casions.

For the H. Court of Parlia­ment, 1625. Tempore Iejunii ob Pestem gravissi­mam.MOst gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, un­der our most Religious and Gracious King at this time as­sembled; that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations, to the pre­servation of thy Glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, ho­nour, and welfare of our Sove­raign and his Kingdomes. Lord, look upon the humility and de­votion with which they are come [Page 281] into thy Courts. And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ (our blessed Sa­viour,) that thou wilt not deny them the grace and favour which they beg of thee. Therefore, O Lord, bless them with that wis­dom which thou knowest neces­sary to speed, and bring great de­signes into action; and to make the maturity of his Majesties and their Counsels, the happiness and the blessing of this Common-wealth. These, and all other ne­cessaries for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

[Page 282] For the Navy, 1625.O Eternal God and our most gracious Father, thou art the Lord of Hosts, and the strength of all Nations is from thee: If thou keepest not the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. And no Victory can wait upon the justest Designs, upon the wi­sest Counsels, upon the strongest Armies, if thou teach not their hands to warre, and their fingers to fight. Thou art the steady hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them which go and remain in the broad sea. Lord, at this time we need thy more special Assi­stance both by Land and Sea; and [...]or the mercy of Christ deny us neither. Be with our Armies, and the Armies of our Allies and [Page 283] Associates by Land; be with our Navy at Sea. Be not from the one, nor from the other in power and in great mercy, until thou hast brought them back with ho­nour and a setled Peace. Lord, turn our Enemies sword into their own bosome: For we sought Peace and ensued it; and while we did so, they did more then make themselves ready to battel. We are thy servants, truly and heartily sorry for our sins. Lord, forgive them, and then we will trust upon thee, that thou wilt pour down all thy blessings up­on this & all other designes and actions of this State, undertaken for thy glory, the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES, [Page 284] and the peace and welfare of this Church and Common-wealth. Grant this we humbly beseech thee, for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

In time of Pestilence & unsea­sonable Weather, 1625.Most gracious God, we hum­bly beseech thee pardon and for­give all our many, great and grie­vous transgressions. We may not hope thou wilt take off thy pu­nishments, until thou hast forgi­ven our sins. We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins, until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness. We have been too slow to come, and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercy in Justice, to force us to thee. Lord, we believe, but do thou increase [Page 285] our Faith, our Devotion, our Repentance, and all Christian Vertues in us. At this time the viols of thy heavy displeasure drop down upon us, and while we smart under one Judgment, thou threatnest the rest. The Pe­stilence spreads in our Streets, and so as if it sought whom to devour. No strength is able to stand against it, and it threatens to make Families, nay, Cities de­solate. While the Pestilence eats up thy People, we hear the sound of War, and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour. In the mean time the heavens are black over us, and the clouds drop leaneness; and it will be Fa­mine, to swallow what the Pesti­lence [Page 286] and the Sword shall leave alive, unless thou send more sea­sonable weather to give the fruits of the earth in their season. Our sins have deserved all this and more, and we neither do nor can deny it. We have no whither to go but to mercy. We have no way to that, but by the Alsuffici­ent merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour. Lord, for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants: Com­mand thine Angel to stay his hand, and remember that in death we cannot praise thee, nor give thanks in the pit. Go forth with our Armies when they go, and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is [Page 287] in thee. Clear up the Heavens o­ver us, and take not from us the great plenty with which thou hast crowned the Earth: but remem­ber us, O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee. Lord, we need all thy mer­cies to come upon us, and thy mercies are altogether in Christ, in whom, and for whose sake we beg them of thee, who livest and reignest in the unity of the Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

O Eternal God and most merciful Father,In danger of Ene­mies. 1626. we humbly be­seech thee be merciful unto us, and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threa­ten to bring upon us. Our Ene­mies [Page 288] are strengthened against us, by our multiplied Rebellions a­gainst thee. And we deserve to suffer whatever our Enemies threaten. But there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared. O Lord, shew us this mercy, and give us grace so to fear thee, as that we may never be brought to fear or feel them. And when­soever thou wilt correct us for our sins, let us fall into thy hands, and not into the hands of men. Grant this for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Re­deemer. Amen.

O Eternal God and most gra­cious Father, we have deserved whatsoever thy Law hath threat­ned against sinners. Our Con­tempt [Page 289] of thy Divine Worship is great, and we hear thy Word, but obey it not. Forgive us, O Lord, forgive us these and all o­ther our grievous sins. Give us light in our understanding, readi­ness and obedience in our will, discretion in our words and acti­ons; true, serious, and loyal en­deavours for the peace and pro­sperity of Ierusalem, the unity and glory of this Church and State: that so we may love it and prosper in it, and be full of grace in this life, and filled with glory in the life to come, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Gratia­rum actio pro Pesti­lentia ex­tincta. 1626.

O most merciful God, we give thee praise and thanks for the wonderful ceasing of the late [Page 290] raging Pestilence in the chief Ci­ty of this Kingdom and other places. Lord, shew us yet fa [...]ther mercy, and look upon all parts of this Land with tender compassi­on. Keep back the destroying Angel, that he enter not into pla­ces that are yet free, nor make farther waste in those which are already visited. Comfort them that are sick, preserve them that are sound, receive them that die to mercy, that living and dying, they and we may continue thy faith­ful servants, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In danger of Ene­mies. 1626.O most gracious God and lo­ving Father, we have felt thy ma­nifold mercies, no Nation more: and we have committed sins a­gainst [Page 291] thee, few Nations greater. Enter not into judgment with us, O Lord, but for Christ and his mercy sake, pacifie thine anger, and save us from the malice and cruelty of our Enemies. They are our crying sins that have cal­led them upon us. Let it be an addition to thy wonted mercy, to restrain their fury. To this end, Lord, p [...]t thy bridle into their mouths, and thy bit between their teeth. Frustrate their de­signes [...] and let them find no way in our Seas, nor any path in our Floods: but scatter them with thy tempest, & follow them with all thy storms; that we being delivered by thy hand, may bless and honour thy Name, devoutly [Page 292] serving thee all our daies, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1626. 1628.O Lord, thou gracious Go­vernour of all the Kingdoms of the Earth: Look down, we be­seech thee, in mercy upon this Realm, & upon all other Refor­med Churches. Save and deliver us and them from the hands of all such as threaten our destruction. Protect the person of our Gra­cious Soveraign, direct his Coun­sels, go forth with his Armies, be unto him and to us a wall of brass, and a strong tower of de­fence against his and our Ene­mies; that so we being safe through thy mercy, may live to serve thee in thy Church, and ever give thee praise and glory, [Page 293] through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Eternal God and merciful Father,For the s [...]fe child-bearing of the Queens Majesty, 1628. all peace and strength of Kingdoms is from thee: and li­neal Succession is thy great bles­sing both upon Princes and States; the great means to pre­serve unity, and confirm strength. We therefore give thee humble and hear [...]y thanks, as for all thy blessings, so especially at this time for thy great mercy and lo­ving-kindness to our dread So­veraign, his Royal Queen, and this whole State, in giving her Majesty hope of her long desired Issue, thereby filling their and our hearts with gladness. Lord, go along with thine own blessings to [Page 294] perfect them. Be with her in soul and in body, preserve her from all dangers. Keep her safe to and in the hour of Travel, that there may be strength to bring forth her Joy and our Hope. And make her a joyful Mother of ma­ny Children, to the glory of thy great Name, the happiness of his Majesty, the security of this State, and the flourishing of the Church and true Religion a­mongst us. Grant this, even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour. Amen.

For the safe child [...]bearing of the Q [...]eens Majesty. 1629.O Eternal God and merciful Father, since lineal Succession is under thee, the great security of Kingdoms, and the very life of Peace. We therefore give thee [Page 295] most humble and hearty thanks for the great blessing which thou1631. hast again begun to work for our Gracious King CHARLES and this whole State, in giving the Queens Majesty further hopes of a desired and happy Issue. And as we give thee humble and hear­ty thanks for this, so we pray thee to perfect this great blessing thus begun, to preserve her from all dangers, and to be with her by special assistance in the hour of Travel. Lord, make her a happy Mother of succesful Chil­dren, to the increase of thy glory, the comfort of his Majesty, the joy of her own heart, the safety of the State, and the preservation of the Church and true Religion [Page 296] among us. Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

A Thanks­giving for the Queens safe Deli­very, and happy Birth of Prince Charles 1630. May 29.O most merciful God & gra­cious Father, thou hast given us the joy of our hearts, the content­ment of our souls for this life, in blessing our dear and dread Sove­raign, and his vertuous Royal Queen with a hopeful Son, & us with a Prince in thy just time and his to rule over us. We give thy glorious Name most humble and hearty thanks for this. Lord, make us so thankful, so obedient to thee for this great mercy, that thy goodness may delight to en­crease it to us. Encrease, it good Lord, to more Children, the prop one of another against single [Page 297] hope. Encrease it to more Sons, the great strength of his Majesty and his Throne. Encrease it in the Joy of his Royal Parents, and all true-hearted Subjects. En­crease it by his Christian and hap­py Education both in Faith and Goodness: that this Kingdom and People may be happy in the long life and prosperity of our most Gracious Soveraign and his Royal Consort. And when ful­ness of daies must gather time, Lord double his Graces, and make them apparent in this his Heir and his Heirs after him, for all Generations to come, even for Iesus Christ his sake our Lord and only Saviour. A­men.

[Page 298] A Thanks­giving for the Queens safe Deli­very, and happy Birth of the Lady Mary, Nov. 4. 1631.O most gracious God and lo­ving Father, we give thee, as we are bound, most humble and hear­ty thanks for thy great mercy extended to us and this whole State, in blessing the Queens Ma­jesty with a happy Deliverance in and from the great pains and pe­rils of Child-birth. We humbly beseech thee to continue and en­crease this Blessing: to give her strength, that she may happily overcome this, and all dangers else: that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her happy life: that she may have joy in his Majesties prosperity; that both of them may have comfort in the Royal Prince Charles, the new-born Princess [Page 299] the Lady Mary, and with them in a hopeful, healthful and suc­cesful Posterity: that the whole Kingdome may have fulness of joy in them; and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God: that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed, and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life, and with eternal happiness in the life to come, even for Ie­sus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour. Amen.

O Eternal God and merciful Father,A Thanks­giving for his Maje­sties Re­covery from the Small Pocks 1632. we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles; both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise [Page 300] so troublesome and fearful. And for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off: so soon, and so happily. We know and acknow­ledge before thee our sins, and what grievous punishments they have deserved. But Lord we be­seech thee still to remember us in mercy, and long to bless our Gracious King with life and heal [...]h, and strength, and happi­ness; and above all with the fear of thy holy Name: that so he may continue under thee, and o­ver us, a Father of the State, a Patron of the Church, a Com­fort to his Royal Queen, till he see his Childrens Children, and peace upon Israel. Grant this good Lord, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

[Page 301]Most gracious God and loving Father,A Thanks­giving for the Queens safe Deli­very, and happy Birth of Iames Duke of York. we give thee all humble and hearty thanks for thy great mercy in blessing the Queen's Majesty with a happy Delive­rance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth. We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her, that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers; that his most Gracious Majesty may long have joy in her most happy life, & both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles, & the rest of their Princely Issue; particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York, that they all may prove a healthful, hopeful, and a suc­cesful Posterity; that both [Page 302] Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them. That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life, and with eternal happiness in the life to come. And this even for Iesus Christ his sake our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

A Prayer for the King's Majesty in his Northern Expediti­on, 1639.O Eternal God and merciful Father, by whom alone Kings reign, thou Lord of Hosts, and giver of all Victory, we humbly beseech thee to guard our most Gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles; to bless him in his Per­son with health and safety, in his Counsels with wisdome and pru­dence, and in all his Actions with honour and good success. Grant, blessed Lord, that Victory may [Page 303] attend his designes, and that his liege People may rejoyce in thee; but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies. Give him, blessed Fa­ther, so to settle his Subjects in Peace, and the true fear of thy Divine Majesty, that he may re­turn with joy and honour, and proceed long to Govern his King­doms in peace and plenty, and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies. These blessings, and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him, or for our selves, we humbly beg of thee, O merciful Father, for Iesus Christ his sake our only Mediator and Redeemer. A­men.

[Page 304] For the King in his Nor­thern Ex­pedition, 1640.O Eternal God and merciful Father, by whom alone Kings reign, thou Lord of Hosts and Giver of all Victory: We hum­bly beseech thee both now and e­ver to guide & preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King CHARLES. To bless him in his Person with health and safety; in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence, and in all his Actions with honour and good success: especially against those his Trai­terous Subjects, who having cast off all Obedience to their Anoin­ted Soveraign, do at this time in Rebellious manner invade this Realm. Grant, Blessed Lord, that Victory may attend his Ma­jesties designs, that his Liege Peo­ple [Page 305] may rejoyce in thee; but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Ene­mies, Enable him (blessed Fa­ther) so to vanquish and subdue them all, that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name, he may return with joy and honour, & continue to Govern his King­domes in peace and plenty, and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his daies. These blessings, and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him, or for our selves, we humbly beg of thee, O merciful Father, for Ie­sus Christ his sake, our only Me­diator and Redeemer. Amen.

Quotidie.

O Lord, forgive me all my sins that are past. O Lord, strengthen me against all Temp­tations, especially the Temptati­ons of, &c.

O Lord, fill my heart with thankfulness: and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude. O Lord, let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the daies of my life. O Lord, give me a faithful, a patient, a penitent, a persevering heart in thy service; that so I may with comfort dai­ly [Page 307] nay hourly expect when my Changing shall come. So Amen, Lord Iesu. Amen.

Absolutio.

OUr Lord Iesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to Absolve all sinners, which truely repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences. And by his Authority committed to me, I Absolve thee from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Admissio in Ecclesiam.

GOd, who of his mercy hath given you grace to give your self to his Church; Preserve aud keep you in his Truth, free both from Super­stition and Prophaneness. The Lord bless and keep you.Numb. 6. 24. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be merciful unto you. The Lord lift up his counte­nance upon you, and give you peace in Conscience, and con­stancy in Truth. And by the power of Ministration commit­ted to me by our Lord and Sa­viour Iesus Christ, I Readmit [Page 309] you into the Fellowship of his Church, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

His Grace's Speech, according to the Original, written with his own hand, and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill, Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne, now Lord Arch-Bishop of York.

THis is an uncomfortable time to preach; yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture, Heb. 12.2. Let us run with patience that race which is set before us: Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the Cross, despising the [Page 311] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I have been long in my Race, and how I have looked unto Iesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith, he best knows. I am now come to the end of my Race, and here I find the Cross, a death of shame. But the shame must be despised, or no coming to the right hand of God. Iesus despi­sed the shame for me, and God forbid that I should not despise the shame for Him.

I am going apace (as you see) towards the Red sea, and my feet are upon the very brink of it: An argument (I hope) that God is bringing me into the Land of Promise; for that was the way [Page 312] through which he led his peo­ple.

But before they came to it, he instituted a Passeover for them. A Lamb it was, but it must be eaten with sowre herbs, Exod. 12. 8. I shall obey, and labour to digest the sowr herbs, as well as the Lamb. And I shall remem­ber it is the Lords Passeover. I shall not think of the herbs, nor be angry with the hands that ga­thered them; but look up only to him who instituted that, and governs these. For men can have no more power over me then what is given them from above, S. Iohn. 19. 11.

I am not in love with this Pas­sage through the Red-sea, for I [Page 313] have the weakness and infirmity of flesh and blood plentifully in me. And I have prayed with my Saviour, Ut transiret calix iste, that this cup of red wine might pass from me, S. Luke 22. 42. But if not, Gods will, not mine, be done. And I shall most wil­lingly drink of this cup as deep as he pleases, and enter into this Sea, yea, and pass through it in the way that he shall lead me.

But I would have it remem­bred (Good people) that when Gods servants were in this boi­sterous Sea, and Aaron among them, the Egyptians which per­secuted them, and did in a man­ner drive them into that Sea, were drowned in the same wa­ters, [Page 314] while they were in pursuit of them.

I know my God, whom I serve, is as able to deliver me from this Sea of blood, as he was to deliver the three Children from the Furnace, Dan. 3. And (I most humbly thank my Saviour for it) my resolution is, as theirs was: They would not worship the Image which the King had set up, nor will I the Imaginations which the People are setting up. Nor will I forsake the Tem­ple and the Truth of God to fol­low the bleating of Ieroboams Calves in Dan and in Bethel.

And as for this People, they are at this day miserably misled: God of his mercy open their [Page 315] eyes, that they may see the right way. For at this day the blind lead the blind; and if they go on, both will certainly into the ditch, S. Luke 6. 39.

For my self, I am (and I ac­knowledge it in all humility) a most grievous sinner many ways, by thought, word, and deed: And yet I cannot doubt but that God hath mercy in store for me a poor penitent, as well as for o­ther sinners. I have now upon this sad occasion ransacked every corner of my heart; and yet I thank God I have not found a­mong the many, any one sin, which deserves death by any known Law of this Kingdom.

And yet hereby I charge no­thing [Page 316] upon my Judges: For if they proceed upon proof by va­luable witnesses, I or any other Innocent may be justly condem­ned. And I thank God, though the weight of the Sentence lie heavy upon me, I am as quiet within as ever I was in my life.

And though I am not only the first Archbishop, but the first man that ever died by an Ordi­nance in Parliament, yet some of my Predecessors have gone this way, though not by this means. For Elphegus was hurried away and lost his head by the Danes; Simon Sudbury in the Fury of Wat Tyler and his fellows. Be­fore these S. Iohn Baptist had his head danced off by a lewd Wo­man: [Page 317] And S. Cyprian Archbi­shop of Carthage submitted his head to a persecuting sword. Many examples great and good; and they teach me patience. For I hope my Cause in heaven will look of another die, then the co­lour that is put upon it here.

And some comfort it is to me, not only that I go the way of these great men in their several Generations; but also that my Charge, as foul as it is made, looks like that of the Jews against S. Paul, Acts 25. 8. For he was accused for the Law and the Temple, i. e. Religion. And like that of S. Stephen, Acts 6. 14. for breaking the Ordinances which Moses gave, i. e. Law and Reli­gion, [Page 318] the Holy Place and the Law, ver. 13.

But you will say, Do I then compare my self with the inte­grity of S. Paul and S. Stephen? No, far be that from me. I only raise a comfort to my self, that these great Saints and Servants of God were laid at in their times as I am now. And it is memorable that S. Paul, who helped on this accusation against S. Stephen, did after fall under the very same himself.

Yea, but here's a great cla­mour that I would have brought in Popery. I shall answer that more fully by and by. In the mean time you know what the Pharisees laid against Christ him­self, [Page 319] S. Iohn 11. 48. If we let him alone, all men will believe on him: Et venient Romani, and the Romans will come, and take a­way both our Place and the Nation. Here was a causeless cry against Christ, that the Romans would come. And see how just the judgment of God was. They crucified Christ for fear lest the Romans should come; and his death was it which brought in the Romans upon them; God punish­ing them with that which they most feared. And I pray God this clamour of Venient Romani, of which I have given no cause, help not to bring them in. For the Pope never had such a Har­vest in England since the Refor­mation, [Page 320] as he hath now upon the Sects aud Divisions that are a­mongst us. In the mean time, by honour and dishonour, by good re­port and evil report, as a deceiver and yet true, am I passing through this world, 2 Cor. 6. 8.

Some particulars also I think it not amiss to speak of.

• 1. And first, this I shall be bold to speak of the King our gracious Soveraign: He hath been much traduced also for bringing in of Popery. But on my Conscience (of which I shall give God a present account) I know him to be as free from this Charge as any man living: And I hold him to be as sound a Pro­testant according to the Religion [Page 321] by Law established, as any man in his Kingdom; and that he will venture his life as far and as free­ly for it. And I think I do or should know both his affection to Religion, and his grounds for it, as fully as any man in England.

• 2. The second particular is concerning this great and popu­lous City (which God bless.) Here hath been of late a fashion taken up to gather hands, and then go to the great Court of the Kingdom, the Parlia­ment, and clamour for Justice; as if that great and wise Court, before whom the Causes come which are unknown to the Many, could not or would not do Justice but at their appoint­ment; [Page 322] a way which may endan­ger many an innocent man, and pluck his blood upon their own heads, and perhaps upon the Cities also.

  And this hath been lately pra­ctised against my self: the Ma­gistrates standing still and suf­fering them openly to pro­ceed from Parish to Parish with­out check. God forgive the set­ters of this, withall my heart I beg it: but many well-meaning people are caught by it.

  In S. Stephens case, when no­thing else would serve, they stir­red up the people against him, Act. 6. 12. And Herod went the same way: when he had killed S. Iames, yet he would not ven­ture [Page 323] upon S. Peter, till he found how the other pleased the peo­ple, Acts 12. 3.

  But take heed of having your hands full of blood, Esai. 1. 15. For there is a time best known to himself, when God above other sins makes Inquisition for blood. And when that Inquisition is on foot, the Psalmist tells us, Psal. 9. 12. that God remembers; but that's not all, he remembers, and forgets not the complaint of the poor, i. e. whose blood is shed by Oppression, ver. 9.

  Take heed of this: 'Tis a fear­ful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Heb. 12. but then e­specially, when he is making In­quisition for blood.

  [Page 324]And with my prayers to avert it, I do heartily desire this City to remember the Prophecy that is expressed Ierem. 26. 15.

• 3. The third particular is the poor Church of England. It hath flourished, and been a shelter to other neighbouring Churches, when storms have driven upon them. But alas now it is in a storm it self, and God only knows whe­ther or how it shall get out. And which is worse then a storm from without, it is become like an Oak cleft to shivers with wedges made out of its own bo­dy. And at every cleft profane­ness and irreligion is entring in; While (as
  Lib. 2. de vitae contempt. cap. 4.
  Prosper speaks) men that introduce profaneness are cloa­ked [Page 325] over with the name Religionis Imaginariae, of Imaginary Religion: for we have lost the Substance, and dwell too much in Opinion. And that Church, which all the Jesuits machinations could not ruine, is fallen into danger by her own.
• 4. The last particular (for I I am not willing to be too long) is my self. I was born and bapti­zed in the bosome of the Church of England established by Law. In that Profession I have ever since lived, and in that I come now to die.

What clamours and slanders I have endured for labouring to keep an Uniformity in the exter­nal Service of God, according [Page 326] to the Doctrine and Disci­pline of this Church, all men know, and I have abundant­ly felt. Now at last I am accu­sed of High-treason in Parlia­ment, a crime which my soul ever abhorred. This Treason was charged to consist of two parts, An endeavour to subvert the Laws of the Land: and a like endeavour to overthrow the true Protestant Religion established by Law.

Besides my answers to the se­veral Charges, I Protested mine innocency in both Houses. It was said, Prisoners Protestations at the Barre must not be taken. I must therefore come now to it upon my death, being instantly [Page 327] to give God an account for the truth of it.

I do therefore here in the pre­sence of God and his holy Angels take it upon my death, that I ne­ver endeavoured the Subversion either of Law or Religion. And I desire you all to remember this Protest of mine for my innocen­cy in this, and from all Treasons whatsoever.

I have been accused likewise as an Enemy to Parliaments: No, I understand them, and the benefit that comes by them too well to be so: But I did dislike the misgovernments of some Par­liaments many wayes, and I had good reason for it; for Corruptio optimi est pessima. And that being [Page 328] the highest Court, over which no other hath jurisdiction, when 'tis misinformed or misgoverned, the Subject is left without all re­medy.

But I have done. I forgive all the world, all and every of those bitter Enemies which have per­secuted me; and humbly desire to be forgiven of God first, and then of every man. And so I heartily desire you to joyn in prayer with me.

O Eternal God and merciful Father, look down upon me in mercy, in the riches and fulness of all thy mercies. Look upon me, but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of [Page 329] Christ, not till thou hast bathed me in the blood of Christ, not till I have hid my self in the wounds of Christ; that so the punishment due unto my sins may pass over me. And since thou art pleased to trie me to the uttermost, I most humbly be­seech thee, give me now in this great Instant, full patience, pro­portionable comfort, and a heart ready to die for thine honour, the Kings happiness, and this Chur­ches preservation. And my zeal to these (far from arrogancy be it spoken) is all the sin (humane frailty excepted, and all incidents thereto) which is yet known to me in this particular, for which I come now to suffer: I say in [Page 330] this particular of Treason. But otherwise my sins are many and great; Lord pardon them all, and those especially (what ever they are) which have drawn down this present judgment upon me. And when thou hast given me strength to bear it, do with me as seems best in thine own eyes, Amen.

And that there may be a stop of this issue of blood in this more then miserable Kingdom, O Lord, I beseech thee give grace of repentance to all Blood-thirsty people. But if they will not re­pent, O Lord confound all their devices, defeat and frustrate all their designes and endeavours up­on them, which are or shall be [Page 331] contrary to the glory of thy great Name, the truth and sincerity of Religion, the establishment of the King and his posterity after him in their just Rights and Pri­viledges, the honour and conser­vation of Parliaments in their just power, the preservation of this poor Church in her Truth, Peace, and Patrimony, and the settlement of this distracted and distressed People under their An­cient Laws, and in their native Liberties. And when thou hast done all this in meer mercy for them, O Lord, fill their hearts with thankfulness, and with Re­ligious dutiful obedience to thee and thy Commandments all their dayes. So, Amen Lord Iesu, [Page 332] Amen. And receive my soul in­to thy bosom. Amen.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

The Lord Archbishop's Prayer, as he kneeled by the Block.

LOrd, I am coming as fast as I can. I know I must pass through the shadow of death, be­fore I can come to see thee. But it is but Umbra mortis, a meer sha­dow of death, a little darkness up­on nature: but thou by thy Merits and Passion hast broke through the jaws of death. So, Lord re­ceive my soul, and have mercy upon me: and bless this King­dome with peace and plenty, and [Page 333] with brotherly love and charity, that there may not be this effusi­on of Christian bloud amongst them, for Iesus Christ his sake, if it be thy will.

Then he layd his head upon the Block, and after he had prayed to himself, said aloud, Lord receive my Soul, which was the signal gi­ven to the Executioner.