The fifth Psalm.

1. POnder my words, O Lord: consider my Meditation.

2. O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I make my Prayer.

3. My voice shalt thou hear be­times, O Lord: early in the Morn­ing will I direct my Prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickednesse: neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

5. Such as be foolish shall not stand [Page 25] in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitfull man.

7. But as for me, I will come into thine House, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple.

8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righte­ousnesse, because of mine Enemies: make thy way plain before my face.

9. For there is no faithfulnesse in his mouth: their inward parts are very wickedness.

10. Their throat is an open Se­pulchre: they flatter with their tongue.

11. Destroy thou them, O God, let them perish through their own imaginations: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

[Page 26] 12. And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoyce: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou de­fendest them; they that love thy Name, shall be joyful in thee.

13. For thou, Lord, wilt give thy Blessing unto the righteous: and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou de­fend him as with a shield.

Then humbly kneeling upon your knees, say,

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, A­men.

Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever, Amen,

BLessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scripture to be written for our learning, grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlast­ing life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first Coming didst send thy Mes­senger to prepare thy Way before thee, grant that the Ministers and Stewards of thy Mysteries, may like­wise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the dis­obedience to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world, we may be found an ac­ceptable People in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the [Page 28] holy Spirit, ever one God, world with out end, Amen.

PRevent us, O Lord, in all our do­ings, with thy most gracious fa­vour, and further us with thy conti­nual help, that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorifie thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, God of Patriarks, and Prophets, God of Apostles and Martyrs, God of Virgins, and of all Believers: I beseech thee have mer­cy on us, thou who didst send thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to re­deem us, thy Son, born of the Vir­gin Mary by the operation of the Holy Ghost, by the Annunciation of the Angel, deliver us from eternal death.

I beseech thee, O Lord, have com­passion on thy Servant, judge me not according to my works, for I have been disobedient to thy Command­ments, but thou, who lovest Repen­tance, have mercy on me, who be­fore thy face make confession of all my sins, and for the love of thy holy Name, wipe away all my offences.

Make me to abide in thy holy Ca­tholick Church, with an undefiled Faith and pure Heart, with a firm de­votion, and continual love of thee, and perseverance in good works to my lives end. Deliver me from the eternal pains and everlasting torments which thou hast prepared for the wicked: Grant this for our good and blessed Saviours sake, by whom, and in whom, be ascribed to thee, all Honour, Power, and Glory, for e­ver and ever, Amen.

O Almighty and most merciful Fa­ther, we most humbly beseech thee that we may keep this Day according to the commandment of thee and thy holy Church: Give me, O Lord, true contrition of all the sins I have com­mitted against thee, and my neigh­bour, by thought, word, or deed, or by omission of good works which I ought to have done.

And I most humbly beseech thee, most sweet Jesus, not to consider the multitude of my sins, but remember thy infinite mercy, grant me grace to spend this week following without of­fending thee; and for thy death and Passion sake, give to all sinners know­ledge and grace, to be penitent in this world, and particularly we intreat thee, have mercy on all those; for whom thy holy Church commands we should this day pray; that with her we may be made partakers of the infi­nite merits of thy sacred Passion, Amen.

The Litany.

O God the Father, Creator of the world. Have mercy on us.

O God the Son, Redeemer of Man­kind Have mercy on us.

O God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the Elect. Have mercy on us.

O Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God. Have mercy on us.

Behold we were Conceived in sin, and in Iniquity our Mothers brought us forth: Have mercy on us.

As we have grown in years, we have multiplied the number of our offences, and every day thy goodness adds to our lives, our wickednesse in­creases the heap of our transgressions; Have mercy on us.

The Law of our body makes War against the Law of our mind, and brings us into subjection to Sin, that [Page 32] the good which we would, we do not, and the evil which we would not, that we do; have mercy on us.

We have sinned in the vain thought and unlawful desires of our hearts, in the idle talk, and perverse words of our mouths, in the wicked works and fruitlesse course of our lives; have mercy on us.

We have sinned against thee by our Ingratitude for thy Blessings, and im­patience of thy Chastisements, by preferring our selves, and the satisfa­ction of our own inordinate desires before Thee and the observance of thy holy Comandments; have mercy on us.

We have sinned against others, in not doing to them, as we would they should do to us; and against our own Souls, in pursuing more eagerly the things of this life, than those that belong to our eternal felicity; have mercy on us.

We have sinned in delaying our Repentance, and breaking the so­lemn promises of amending our lives, in exposing our selves to the danger of temptation, and often omitting the opportunities of thy Service, and e­ven our best endeavours are full of imperfections; have mercy on us.

We have sinned in not profiting with the talents of Grace and Nature which thy bounty has committed to our improvment, but idly spent that precious time, and unthankfully neg­lected those gracious means, which thy goodnesse allows us for the work of our Salvation; have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us most merciful Father, and according to the multi­tude of thy tender Compassions, par­don the multitude of our grievous offences: Remember what our sub­stance is, that we are but as the grass of the field, or a vapour that pas­seth away and returns not again; Re­member [Page 34] what thou art, Infinitely glo­rious in thy Self, and Infinitely good to the least of thy Creatures: Remember thy gracious Promises in Jesus Christ, and for the Merits of his sacred Passion, from all our sins, O Lord deliver us.

From the Evils of this present world, from War, Pestilence, and Famine, from all disastrous mischances in our Bodies, Minds, or Estates, from suddain Death, and all other thy hea­vy Judgments, O Lord deliver us.

From the Evils of the world to come, from the dreadful Sentence of condemnation, and the chains of ever­lasting darkness, from the Worm that dies not, and the Fire that shall never be quenched, O Lord deliver us.

From the evil of Sin, which is the onely cause of all Misery, from the temptations to which by nature or custom, we are most exposed; from ignorance of thy Will, and neglect to perform what we know to be our duty, O Lord deliver us.

From Pride, Covetousnesse, and Luxury, from Envy, Gluttony, and Anger, from a slothful Coldnesse in what concerns our Salvation, and from those enormous sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance, O Lord deliver us.

From Slander, rash Judgment, and Flattery, from self-love, vain-glory, and hypocrisie, from stubbornness and irreverence towards those that are a­bove us, from disdain and oppression of such as are below us, from the great guilt of inducing other to sin, and from the unhappinesse of being perverted by them our selves, O Lord deliver us.

From Error, Schism, and Heresie, from denying thee before men, for worldly respects, from new and fa­ctious interpretation of thy Word, and from proudly preferring our pri­vate Conceits, before the Judgment of thy Church, O Lord deliver us.

In the first motions to sin, and the renewed assaults of any temptation, in the time of our tryal, when thou seeemest to withdraw from us thy Grace, in health and prosperity, in sicknesse and adversity, in the hour of Death, and in the day of Judgment, O Lord deliver us.

Deliver us, O Lord, and in all our Necessities, when we call on thee, in the Name of thy beloved Son, and for the Merits of our onely Saviour Jesus Christ, who sits at thy right hand to make Intercession for us sin­ners, We beseeh thee hear us.

That it would please thee to govern and defend thy Catholick Church, to blesse and preserve all Ecclesiastical Persons in unity of truth and holi­nesse of life; We beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee to endue all Christian Princes and Magistrates, with the Spirit of Justice, Piety, and [Page 37] Wisdom, and all Subjects with a true reverence of their Superiours, and chearful obedience to their just Commands, that all the World may live in the beauty of Order, and the blessings of Peace; We beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee to reduce into the union of thy Church, all those whom Malice, Passion, or In­terest, have divided from thy Faith. And with a more particular tender­nesse, to Compassionate all simple and Unlearned People, who by mis­instruction are seduced into Error, and by unhappy Education settled in a prejudice against thy Truth; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee to con­vert all Jews, Turks, and Infidells, to thy holy Faith, and all dissolute Christians to a vertuous life: That none of those, whom thou hast made may perish, but all the Nations of the [Page 38] Earth adore thee here, and be happy with thee hereafter; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee to have compassion on the Miseries of humane life, and especially on the Afflictions of such as suffer for a good Consci­ence; Let thy pitty lighten their bur­dens, and thy grace strengthen their weaknesse, that every sad dejected Soul may praise thee, either for re­leasement from their pressures, or en­ablement to bear their crosses; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee, to en­large our hearts with true Charity one towards another, to Feed the Hungry, and Cloth the Naked, to visit the Sick, and Comfort the di­stressed, to forgive our Enemies, and pray for our Persecutors; and in all occasions to do good to every one ac­cording to our Capacities; VVe be­seech thee hear us.

That it would please thee, to open thy full hand, and mercifully bestow on us the necessaries of this life, with grace so to use all thy temporal Bles­sings, that we rest not in the Conve­nience or Pleasure, derived from a­ny Creature, but apply them as In­struments to cultivate our minds, and prepare us for thee, and thy eternal joys, VVe beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchasafe us the grace to know thee; that we may fear and hope in thee, as absolute Ma­ster of Punishment and Reward; that we may serve and worship thee, as Soveraign Lord of Life and Death, that we may love and praise thee, as a most Indulgent Father, and bounti­ful Benefactor; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace to know our Selves, that re­membring we are but dust and ashes, subject to a thousand infirmities, tem­ptations, [Page 40] and miseries, we may humble our proud thoughts, and sincerely acknowledge our own unworthinesse, yet being created after thy Image, and capable of eternal happiness, we may aspire to Heaven, and value our Souls above all the transitory enjoy­ments of the earth; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace, frequently to examine, and clearly to see the state of our Consci­ences, humbly to confess, and earnest­ly to repent us of our sins, carefully to avoid all occasions of relapse, and diligently practise those Vertues which most avail to the Cure of our In­firmities; We beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace to keep a strict watch over our Senses, lest they solicite our hearts to sin, to remember continually thy pre­sence with us, wheresoever we are, [Page 41] especially in the offering up our Pray­ers with a reverend gesture of our Bodies, and devout attention of our Minds; We beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace to attend with diligence the employment of our Callings, yet e­very day to set apart some time for thee and our Souls, to live in peace and Charity with all the world; free­ly forgiving their injuries to us, and readily satisfying our trespasses a­gainst them; VVe beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace to remember alwaies the end of our Creation, and the vanity of this world, the shortnesse of our lives, and the incertainty of our deaths, the misery of such as die in their sins, and the unspeakable joyes of those, who with their last breath, give up their Souls into the hands of thy An­gels; [Page 42] We beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace, to live and dy in the Faith and Communion of thy Catholick Church, to enjoy the benefit of thy holy Sacraments, and participate in the Prayers and good works of all thy Servants throughout the world: We beseech thee hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe us the grace in the last hour of our lives, willingly to render our Bodies to the Earth from whence they came, and joyfully return our Souls to thee that gave them; that in the blissful vision of thy Glory we may for ever adore thy Majesty, and in the happy Com­pany of thy Saints and Angels for ever sing praises to thy Name; We beseech thee to hear us.

Son of God, We beseech thee hear us.

O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world:

Spare us O Lord.

O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world:

Hear us, O Lord.

O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world:

Have mercy on us.

O Lord hear our prayers: And let our Supplications come to thee.

MOst gracious God, the Foun­tain of all Mercy and Blessing, who desirest not the death of a Sin­ner, nor despisest the tears of the penitent, favourably receive this free Confession of our sins, and effi­caciously move our hearts to a true Contrition for all our offerces, that being pardoned the evils we are pre­sumed to do, we may be delivered from the evils we deserve to suffer, and obtaining of thy Bounty the Gra­ces petitioned in our Prayers, we may bestow the short remainder of our dayes in a more perfect denial of our [Page 44] own corrupt Inclinations, and more constant tendance to thy glorious Pro­mises; through our Lord and Sa­viour Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reign­eth, one God, world without end, Amen.

The Blessing of God Almighty, Fa­ther, Son, and Holy Ghost, descend upon us, and remain in our hearts for ever, Amen.

A Prayer in Tribulation.

O God, who despisest not the tears of the Contrite, nor contemn­est the Sighs of them that mourn, attend to the Prayers which we pour out before thee, in our distresse and tribulation, and clemently hear them, that whatever the malice of Man, or subtilty of Satan can work against us, may, by the wisdom of thy Piety, be dasht and brought to nothing; so as [Page 45] being hurt by no Adversities, but de­livered from all Affliction and sor­row, we may joyfully yield thanks to thee in thy Church. Forgive, O Lord, our sins, and bestow on us thy mercy, look down upon our low and sad condition, pity our many miserys, and break asunder the bonds that lie heavy on us, and in all our necessi­ties graciously hear thy Suppliants: through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who with thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God, world without end, Amen.

ALmighty God, the Fountain of all Wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ig­norance [Page 46] in asking, we beseech thee to have Compassion upon our Infir­mities, and those things which for our unworthinesse we dare not, and for our blindnesse we cannot ask, vouch­safe to give us, for the Worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. A­men.

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the felloship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore, Amen.

I Shall not undertake to trouble you with the particular Opinions con­cerning the keeping of this day holy, since some are of one Opinion and some of another; and many Learn­ed Treatises being thereupon al­ready written, to which when you shall by the good pleasure of God attain to a more mature judgment, I shall refer you; but rather advise you to sollow the Order of holy Church [Page 47] therein, and withal to assure you of my own Experience and observations of that day, which have been, that when ever I have been so unhappy, either by the perswasions of others, or my own evil Inclinations, to undertake or meddle with any Affairs of the World upon that day, any more than of necessity, they have alwayes had a very ill Successe, and a most unhappy Conclusion; therefore, since it is the Command of God and holy Church, that this day should be kept holy, I would advise you not to be singular in neglecting your duty upon that holy day: which the God and Fa­ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the great God of all the holy Saints and Angels in Heaven, who keep a holy and perpetual Sabboth, grant you may perform with all holy devo­tions, and pious works. Amen.

The sixth Psalm.

1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither cha­sten me in thy displeasure.

2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

3. My Soul is also sore troubled: but Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?

4. Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my Soul: O save me for thy mer­cies sake.

5. For in death no man remem­breth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the Pit?

6. I am weary of my groning, e­very night wash I my Bed: and [Page 51] water my Couch with my tears.

7. My be [...]uty is gone for very trouble: and worn away because of all mine enemies.

8. Away from me, all ye that work vanity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9. The Lord hath heard my petiti­on: the Lord will receive my Prayer.

10. All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.

The 32. Psalm.

1. BLessed is he whose unrighteous­nesse is forgiven: and whose sin is covered.

2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin: and in whose Spirit their is no guile.

[Page 52] 3. For while I held my tongue: my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

4. For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night; and my moisture is like the drought in Summer.

5. I will knowledge my sin unto thee: and mine unrighteousnesse have I not hid.

6. I said, I will confesse my sins unto the Lord: and so thou forgavest the wickednesse of my sin.

7. For this shall every one that is godly, make his Prayer unto thee in a time when thou mayst be found: but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

8. Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trou­ble: thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance.

9. I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go: and I will guid thee with mine eye

[Page 53] 10. Be ye not like to Horse and Mule, which have no understanding: whose mouths must be holden with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee.

11. Great plagues remain for the ungodly: but who so putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.

12. Be glad O ye Righteous, and rejoyce in the Lord: and be joyful all ye that are true of heart.

Then say,

By the sign of the holy Crosse, O Lord deliver me.

Then kneeling devoutly upon your knees, say,

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever.

The Collect for the first Sun­day in Lent.

O Lord, who for our sakes didst fast forty dayes, and forty nights: give us grace to use such abstenence, that our flesh being sub­dued to the Spirit, we may ever o­bey thy godly motions in righteous­nesse and true holinesse, to thy ho­nour and glory, which livest and reignest, &c.

The Collect for the third Sunday in Lent.

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

The Collect for the fourth Sun­day in Lent.

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

O Merciful Jesu, Redeemer of the World, whose sacred Head was Crowned with Thorns, whose Hands and Feet were extended on a Cross, cruelly bored with Nailes, whose Side was pierc'd with a Spear, and immediately there gusht out Water and Blood; whose whole Body was ignominiously Crucified between two Thieves: What tongue can express those Innumerable pains which thy Innocence suffered, we beseech thee for these so exceeding great torments illuminate our Souls with the light of thy knowledge, and moderate our unruly passions, strengthen our hands to good works, and convert our foot­steps into thy wayes, direct our thoughts words and deeds according to thy holy Law, and in the end of our lives bring us to thy everlasting Kingdom, where with thy holy An­gels we may praise thee for ever, who livest and reignest with the Father and [Page 57] the Holy Ghost, ever one God wo [...]ld without end, Amen.

BEhold, O holy Father, thy dearly beloved Son so cruelly torment­ed for me. Behold most merciful King who it is that suffers, and re­member for whom he suffers. Is it not, O Lord, thy most innocent Son whom thou hast given to Death that he might Redeem thy Servants? Is it not the Authour of Life, who being led as a Sheep to the Slaughter, was made obedient even to death, and that the most cruel kind of death?

Call to mind, O eternal Authour of all goodnesse, that this is he, whom thou hast begotten of thy Divine Power and vertue, yet hast thou made him partaker of my Infirmity and weaknesse: Verily, this is thy Son, the Son of the living God, who being clothed with my nature, ascended the Gibbet of the Crosse, on which he [Page 58] suffered a most dolorous Death.

O Lord, cast the eyes of thy Ma­jesty on the work of thy ineffable bounty; behold thy most sweet Son, with his whole Body stretched out, behold his innocent hands besprinkled with his precious Blood, and merciful­ly pardon those faults which my hands have committed: Look up­on his naked Side pierced with a Spear, and bath my Soul in that sacred Foun­tain which I believe issued from thence: Consider his holy Feet, which never stood in the way of sin­ners, but alwaies walked in thy Law, with sharp and long Nails fastned to the Crosse, and guid my steps in the path of thy Commandments: O my God make me hate the wayes of Ini­quity, and alwayes choose those of truth and Piety.

O King of Angels and Saints, I be­seech thee, for this Holy of Holies, for this my Redeemer, make me con­tinually [Page 59] remember his excessive love, that I may be united to him in Spirit, who hath not disdained to be clad with my flesh.

Blessed Father, feest thou not the Head of thy dear Son, with his Neck bending to die: behold most meek Creator, the Humanity of thy be­loved Son, and have mercy on the frailty of thy Creature, his white and innocent Breast is naked, his Side red in his own Blood: his extended bow­els dried up, his fair and beautiful eyes grown dim and faint, his royal Vi­sage pale, and the streams of his most precious Blood water his pierced Feet.

Behold, O glorious Father, the torn Body of thy beloved Son, and graciously remember what my sub­stance is: behold the sufferings of Je­sus thy Son, and release the miseries of Man thy Creature: behold the punishment of the Redeemer, and [Page 60] forgive the offences of the Redeem­ed: This is he, O my Lord, whom thou hast smitten for the sins of thy People, although he was thy beloved, in whom thou wast well pleased: This is that Innocent in whom there was found no guilt, and yet was he re­puted among the wicked.

O Benign Lord, pour, we beseech thee, thy grace into our hearts: that we restraining our sins by volun­tary Chastisement, may rather be afflicted temporally, then deputed to eternal Punishments: through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who with thee, and the Holy Ghost, liv­eth and reigneth one God, world without end, Amen.

The short LITANY Of our Blessed Saviour JESUS.

LOrd have mercy on us.

Christ have mercy on us.

Lord have mercy on us.

Jesu receive our Prayers.

Lord Jesu grant our Petitions.

O God the Father, Creator of the World: have mercy on us.

O God the Son, Reedeemer of Mankind: have mercy on us.

O God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the Elect: have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God: have mer­cy on us.

Jesu, Son of the living God: have mercy on us.

Jesu, the expresse Image of thy Fathers glory: have mercy on us.

Jesu, the bright Candor of eternal Light: have mercy on us.

Jesu, the increated Wisdom, by whom all things are governed: have mercy on us.

Jesu, the Eternal Word, made Man for our Redemption: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most blessed Son of the Virgin Mary: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most powerful: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most Glorious: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most Humble and Meek: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most Patient and Obedient: have mercy on us.

Jesu, most Chast and Holy: have mercy on us.

Iesu, lover of Poverty: have mercy on us.

Iesu, lover of Peace: have mercy on us.

Iesu, lover of us ingrateful: have mercy on us.

Iesu, who camest down from Heaven to teach us with thine own sacred mouth the truths of Salvation: have mercy on us.

Iesu, who Conversed so long on Earth, to shew us by thine own holy Example, the way to Heaven: have mercy on us.

Iesu, who diedst even the death of the Crosse, to take off our aver­sion from whatever passage into Life: have mercy on us.

Iesu, who ascendedst into Heaven, to confirm our belief, and raise up our affections to the sure joyes of Eternity: have mercy on us.

Iesu, Author of our Faith, and Fini­sher of our Hope; have mercy on us.

Iesu, Supreme Object of our love, and over flowing satiety of all our desires: have mercy on us.

Iesu, our God blessed for ever: have mercy on us.

Have mercy, O Iesu, and spare us.

Have mercy, O Iesu, and hear us.

From all evil, deliver us O Iesu.

From all sin, deliver us O Iesu.

From everlasting death: deliver us O Iesu.

By the mistery of thy holy Incarna­tion, and humble Nativity: deliver us O Iesu.

By the sanctity of thy heavenly Do­ctrine and miraculous Life: de­liver us O Iesu.

By the Merits of thy bitter Passion, and All-reviving death: deliver us O Iesu.

By the joyes of thy victorious Re­surrection, and triumphant Ascen­sion: deliver us O Iesu.

By the glory of thy eternal Kingdom [Page 65] and Incomprehensible Majesty: deliver us O Iesu.

We Sinners beseech thee hear us.

That it would please thee to protect and govern thy holy Church, which thou hast purchased with thy pre­cious Blood: We beseech thee hear us.

That looking continually on thy ad­mirable Life, we may faithfully endeavour to follow thy steps: We beseech thee hear us.

That denying all vicious and inordi­nate Inclinations, we may live so­berly, justly, and piously: We beseech thee hear us.

That through thy love, the World may be crucified to us, and we to the world: We beseech thee hear us.

That whatever we ask in thy holy Name, we may receive through thy infinite Merits: We beseech thee hear us.

Son of God, we beseech thee hear us.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: Spare us O Iesu.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: hear us O Iesu.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Our Father, &c.

EVery day will we repeat thy Per­fections, O glorious Iesu; that every day we may grow in our esteem of thee. Every day we will atten­tively reckon over thy Mercies, that every day we may still increase in thy love.

All that we have and are, we re­ceived from thy Grace. Alleluia.

All we desire, and hope, we ex­pect in thy Glory. Alleluia.

O Lord hear our Prayers.

And let our Supplication [...] come to thee.

ALmighty God, and most merci­ful Saviour, the Light of this VVorld, and glory of the next; vouchsafe, we beseech thee to illumi­nate our understandings, and inflame our wills, and sanctifie all the facul­ties of our Souls, that whilest with our lips we recite these Prayers, we may inwardly with our hearts adore thy Person, and admire thy good­nesse, and conform our lives to thy holy example, till at length, by fre­quent meditation of the Blisse thou hast prepared for us hereafter, we break off our affections from all irre­gular adherence to this world, and place them entirely on the enjoyment of thee, who with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest, and reignest one God, world without end; Amen.

GLory, honour, and praise, be to our Lord Jesus Christ; may all the world adore thee, blessed be thy holy Name, who for us sinners vouchsafedst to be born of an humble Virgin; and blessed be thine infinite goodnesse who diedst on the Crosse for our Redemption.

O Jesu, Son of God, and Saviour of Mankind, have mercy on us, and so dispose our lives here by thy grace, that we may hereafter rejoyce with thee for ever in thy glory, Amen.

ASsist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our Supplications and Prayers, and dispose the way of thy Servants, towards the attainment of everlasting Salvation, that among all the Changes and Chances of this mor­tal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help; through Iesus Christ our Lo [...]d, A­men.

The Blessing of God Almighty, Fa­ther, Son, and Holy Ghost, descend upon us, and dwell in our hearts for ever, Amen.

And then devou [...]ly rising up and say,

The 38. Psalm.

1. PUt me not to rebuke (O Lord) in thine anger: neither cha­sten me in thy heavy displeasure.

2: For thine arrows stick fast in me: and thy hand presseth me sore.

3. There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure: neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

4. For my wickednesses are gone o­ver mine head: and are like a sore bur­then, too heavy for me to bear.

5. My wounds stink, and are cor­rupt, through my foolishness.

6. I am brought into so great trou­ble and misery: that I go mourning all the day long.

[Page 70] 7. For my loins are filled with a sore Disease: and there is no whole part in my body.

8. I am feeble and sore smitten: I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart.

9. Lord, thou knowest all my de­sire: and my groning is not hid from thee.

10. My heart panteth, my streng [...]h hath failed me: and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me.

11. My Lovers and my Neigh­bours did stand looking upon my trou­ble: and my Kinsmen stood afar off.

12. They also that sought after my life, laid snares for me: and they that went about to do me evil, talk­ed of wickedness, and imagined de­ceit all the day long.

13. As for me I was like a deaf man and heard not: and as one that is dumb, which doth not open his mouth.

[Page 71] 14. I became even as a man that heareth not: and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15. For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust: thou shalt answer for me, O Lord, my God.

16 I have required that they (e­ven mine enemies) should not tri­umph over me: for when my foot slipt, they rejoyced greatly against me.

17. And I truly am set in the plague: and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

18. For I will confess my wicked­ness: and be sorry for my sin.

19. But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.

20. They also that reward evil for good, are against me: because I followed the thing that good is.

21. Forsake me not, O Lord my God: be not thou far from me.

[Page 72] 22. Hast thee to help me: O Lord God of my Salvation.

The 51. Psalm.

1. HAve mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodnesse: according to the multitude of thy mercies, do away mine offences.

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

3. For I knowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me.

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

5. Behold, I was shapen in wick­edness, and in sin hath my Mother Conceived me.

6. But lo, thou requirest truth in [Page 73] the inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

7. Thou shalt purge me with Hy­sop, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than Snow.

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

9. Turn thy face from my sins: and put out all my misdeeds.

10. Make me a clean heart (O God) and renew a right Spirit within me.

11. Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

12. O give me the Comfort of thy help again: and stablish me with thy free Spirit.

13. Then shall I teach thy wayes unto the wicked: and Sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14. Deliver me from Blood guilti­ness, O God, thou that art the God [Page 74] of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousnesse.

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

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

17. The Sacrifice of God is a troubled Spirit: a broken and con­trite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

18. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Hierusalem.

19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the Sacrifices of Righteousness, with the burnt offerings and oblati­ons: then shall they offer young Bullocks upon thine Altar.

About two of the Clock in the [Page 75] Afternoon, upon every Friday, re­pair to the place of your Devotions, and standing up, say,

The 102. Psalm.

1. HEar my Prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.

2. Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ears unto me when I call, O hear me, and that right soon.

3. For my dayes are consumed away like smoke: and my bones are burnt up as it were a Firebrand.

4. My heart is smitten down and withered like grasse: so that I for­get to eat my bread.

5. For the voice of my groning: my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

6. I am become like a Pelican in the Wilderness: and like an Owl that is in the desart.

[Page 76] 7. I have watched, and am even as it were a Sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house top.

8. Mine enemies revile me all the day long: and they that are mad upon me, are sworn together against me.

9. For I have eaten Ashes as it were Bread: and mingled my drink with weeping.

10. And that because of thine In­dignation and wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

11. My dayes are gone like a sha­dow: and I am withered like grass.

12. But thou (O Lord) shalt en­dure for ever: and thy remembrance throughtout all generations.

13. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come.

14. And why? thy Servants think upon her stones: and it pittieth them [Page 77] to see her in the Dust.

15. The Heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord: and all the Kings of the Earth thy Majesty.

16. When the Lord shall build up Sion: and when his glory shall ap­pear.

17. When he turneth him unto the Prayer of the poor destitute: and despiseth not their desire.

18. This shall be Written for those that come after: and the People which shall be born, shall praise the Lord.

19. For he hath looked down from his Sanctuary: out of the Heaven did the Lord behold the Earth.

20. That he might hear the mourn­ings of such as be in Captivity: and deliver the Children appointed unto death.

21. That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion: and his his Worship at Jerusalem.

[Page 78] 22. When the People are gather­ed together: and the Kingdoms also to serve the Lord.

23. He brought down my strength in my journey; and shortned my days.

24. But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my age; as for thy years, they endure through­out all generations.

25. Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the Earth; and the Heavens are the work of thy hands.

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt indure; they all shall wax old as doth a garment.

27. And as a Vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

28. The Children of thy Servants shall continue; and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight.

The 130. Psalm.

1. OUt of the deep have I called unto thee (O Lord:) Lord hear my voice.

2. O let thine ears consider well: the voyce of my complaint.

3. If thou, Lord, wilt be extream to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it.

4. For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.

5. I look for the Lord, my Soul doth wait for him: in his Word is my trust.

6. My Soul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I say, be­fore the morning watch.

7. O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is Mercy: and with him is plenteous Redemption.

8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Then devoutly kneeling upon your knees, say,

And let our Cry come unto thee. Our Father, &c.

O Most mighty God, and merci­ful Father, who hast Compassi­on upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, who wouldest not the death of a Sinner, but that he should rather turn from his sin, and be saved: Mercifully forgive us our trespasses, receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burthen of our sins. Thy pro­perty is alwayes to have Mercy; to thee onely it appertaineth to forgive sins; Spare us therefore, good Lord, [Page 81] spare thy People whom thou hast re­deemed. Enter not into judgment with thy Servants, who are vile earth, and miserable Sinners; but so turn thine Anger from us, who meekly acknowledge our vilenesse, and truely repent us of our faults, and so make hast to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

The Collect for the Sunday next before Easter day.

ALmighty and everlasting God, who of thy tender love to­wards Mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take up­on him our flesh, and to suffer Death upon the Cross, that all Mankind should follow the example of his great humility; mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of his [Page 82] Patience, and also be made partakers of his Resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

The Collect for Easter even.

GRant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the Death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our cor­rupt affections, we may be buried with him: and that through the Grave and gate of Death, we may pass to our joyful Resurrection, for his Me­rits, who dyed, and was buryed, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

O Most sweet Lord, and my Re­deemer Jesus Christ, who by thy heavenly Father was sent down into this world, and willingly, of thine own accord, sufferedst most cru­el and bitter Pains on the Crosse, and [Page 83] carried it on thy blessed Shoulders, that thy Patience might be to us Sal­vation, and a most perfect Example; and finally, thou didst consent upon that tree to die, and by thy Death to Redeem us. I humbly beseech thee, for the incomparable patience thou shew­edst in the whole course of thy Life, and then especially, when thy malici­ous Enemies so raged against thee; when they mocked thee, and spit up­on thy Face; when they hood-wink­ed thine eyes, and with their most impure hands, buffeted thy Cheeks; when they cruelly scourged thee fast bound to a Pillar; when they did thrust upon thy sacred Head a Crown of Thornes, and prest their sharp points into thy Temples; when with Iron Nails they pierced thy blessed Hands stretched along upon the Cross; when thy blessed Side was transfixt with a Spear; when in thy great thirst and extreme Agony, they offered [Page 84] thee a spunge full of vinegar and gall; when with thy Head inclined down, thou saidst, It is Consummate; when thou didst commend thy Spirit into the hands of God the Father; and in the end, gavest up thy last breath, for the Redemption of Mankind.

For all these Pains and Passions, O most gracious Lord Jesus Christ, I poor and miserable sinner, humbly beseech thy infinite Majesty, not to forsake me, nor suffer me to be Con­demned in thy terrible Judgment; but let thy dolorous Passion so help me, that I may be brought to ever­lasting felicity; let thy holy Angels alwayes be in my Company, and specially at the hour of my death, that they may protect, defend, and keep me, so that the cruel [...]nfernal Enemy may never have any power over me; Amen.

O Jesu, who for the Redemption of the World, patiently en­duredst so many Injuries, Calamities, and Afflictions, and even Death it self: We humbly beseech thee, by all thy Sufferings, and by the effusion of thy precious Blood, deliver us from the dangers of this Life, from the pains of Hell, and from suddain and everlasting death, Amen.

O Holy Jesus, who for our sakes didst suffer Incomparable an­guish and pains, Commensurate to thy love and our miseries, which were infinite, that thou mightest purchase for us Blessings upon Earth, and an Inheritance in Heaven; dis­pose us by love, thankfulnesse, hu­mility, and obedience, to receive all the benefit of thy Passion, granting unto us and thy whole Church, re­mission of all our sins, integrity of mind, health of body, competent [Page 86] maintainance, peace in our dayes, a temperate air, fruitfulnesse of the Earth, unity and integrity of Faith, extirpation of Heresies, reconcile­ment of Schismes, destruction of all wicked Counsels intended against us; and bind the hands of Rapine and Sacriledge, that they may not destroy the Vintage, and root up the Vine it self. Multiply thy Blessings upon us, sweetest Jesus, increase in us true Religion, sincere and actual Devoti­on in our Prayers, patience in trou­bles, and whatsoever is necessary to our Souls health, or conducing to thy glory, Amen.

O Holy and eternal Jesus, who didst for our sakes Fast forty dayes, and forty nights, and hast left to us thy Example, and thy predicti­on, that in the dayes of thy absence from us, we thy Servants and Chil­dren of thy Bride-Chamber should [Page 87] Fast: teach us to do this act of dis­cipline so, that it may become an Act of Religion. Let us never be like E­sau valuing a Dish of meat above a Blessing, but let us deny our appetites of Meat and Drink; and accustome our selves to the yoke, and substract the fuel of our lusts, and the incentives of all our unworthy desires, that our bodies being free from the intempe­rances of nutriment, and our Spirits from the load and pressure of Appe­tite, we may have no desires but of thee; that our outward Man daily decaying by the violence of time, and mortified by the abatements of its too free and unnecessary support, it may by degrees resign to the intire dominion of the Soul, and may passe from vanity to piety; from weakness to ghostly strength, from darknesse and mixtures of impurity, to great transparencies and charity in the soci­ety of a beautiful Soul, reigning with [Page 88] thee in the glories of eternity, O holy, and eternal Iesu, Amen.

O God the Authour of peace, and lover of Charity, give to our Enemies peace and true Charity, grant them remission of all their sins, and deliver us from all their deceipts, through our Lord Iesus Christ, A­men.

O Almighty, everlasting God, the eternal Salvation of them that believe, hear us for thy Sick-Ser­vants, for whom we humbly crave the help of thy mercy, that health be­ing restored to them, they may yield thanksgiving to thee in thy Church, through our Lord Iesus Christ, A­men.

O Almighty everlasting God, the Consolation of the sorrowful, and the strength of those that travel, [Page 89] let the Prayers of all that call upon thee out of any tribulation, distress, or calamity whatsoever, come to thy ears, that they may rejoyce to find thy mercies present with them in their necessities; through Iesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

TUrn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall wee be turned; be fa­vourable, O Lord, be favourable to thy People, who turn to thee in weep­ing, fasting, and praying: For thou art a merciful God, full of com­passion, long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath think­est upon Mercy. Spare thy People, good Lord, spare them, and let not thine Heritage be brought to confu­sion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mer­ty is great, and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us; through the Merits and mediation of thy [Page 90] blessed Son Iesus Christ our Lord, A­men.

O God whose nature and proper­ty is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble Pe­titions, and grant that the tender mer­cy of thy piety may mildly absolve us, whom the chain of sin doth bind, through thy sweet Son Iesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellow­ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore, Amen.

Then devoutly rise from your knees, and say,

The 143. Psalm.

1. HEar my Prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire: heark­en unto me for thy truth and righte­ousness sake.

2. And enter not into judgment with thy Servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3. For the enemy hath persecuted my Soul, he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath laid me in the darknesse, as the men that have been long dead.

4. Therefore is my Spirit vexed within me: and my heart within me is desolate.

5. Yet do I remember the time past: I muse upon all thy works: yea I exercise my self in the works of thy hands.

6. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my Soul gaspeth unto thee, as a thirsty land.

[Page 92] 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my Spirit waxeth faint, hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8. O let me hear thy loving kind­nesse betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my Soul unto thee.

9. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: for I flee unto thee to hide me.

10. Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God: let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousnesse.

11. Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Names sake: and for thy righteous­nesse sake bring my Soul out of trou­ble.

12. And of thy goodness slay mine enemies: and destroy all them that vex my Soul, for I am thy Servant.

You are not to eate any thing upon Friday, or other fasting dayes, until the time of the Evening Service of the Church be past.

And if it should please God that at any time you shall be so unhappy as to fall into any Calamity, afflicti­on, or trouble, or lye under any op­pression, to all which as long as we are in this troublesom world we are subject (as my own unhappy ex­perience doth too much (if it had pleas'd God it might have been other­wise) manifest.

Therefore against that day of Ca­lamity, I thought fit to provide you a short Office fitted for your private use; as followeth.

The 54. Psalm.

1. SAve me, O God, for thy Names sake: and avenge me in thy strength.

2. Hear my Prayer, O God: and [Page 94] hearken unto the words of my mouth.

3. For strangers are risen up a­gainst me: and Tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek af­ter my Soul.

4. Behold, God is my Helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my Soul.

5. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth.

6. An Offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord: because it is so comfortable.

7. For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

IN the midst of life we are in death, of whom may we seek for suc­cour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased; yet O Lord God most Holy, O Lord most Mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal Death. Thou know­est Lord, the secrets of our hearts, shut not thy merciful ears to our Pray­ers, but spare us, O Lord, most Holy, O God most Mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Iudge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee, Amen.

O Most powerful, and glorious Lord God, at whose Command the Winds blow, and lift up the Waves of the Sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; we thy Creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help; save, [Page 96] Lord, or else we perish. We confesse, when we have been safe and seen all things quiet a­bout us, we have forgot thee our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy Word, and to obey thy Commandments. But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of Wonder, the great God to be feared above all; and therefore we adore thy divine Majesty, ac­knowledging thy Power, and im­ploring thy goodnesse. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercies sake in Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord, A­men.

Lord be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercies sake.

Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest all things, deliver us for thy Names sake.

Thou art a great God to be feared above all, O save us that we may praise thee.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Names sake.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deli­ver us for thine honour.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

From our enemies defend us O Christ.

Graciously look upon our Affli­ctions.

Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy People.

Favourably with mercy hear our Prayers.

O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us O Christ.

Graciously hear us O Christ.

Graciously hear us O Lord Christ.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy [Page 98] upon us. Save us now and evermore, Amen.

ALmighty God, who hast promi­sed to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name, we beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our Prayers and Supplications unto thee, and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked accord­ing to thy Will, may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessi­ty, and to the setting forth of thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen.

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.

The 70. Psalm.

1. HAst thee, O God, to deliver me: make hast to help me, O Lord.

2. Let them be ashamed and con­founded, that seek after my Soul: Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that wish me evil.

3. Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame: that cry over me, There, there.

4. But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy Salvation, say alway, The Lord be praised.

5. As for me, I am poor and in misery: hast thee unto me, O God.

6. Thou art my helper, and my Redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying.

Psalm 120.

WHen I was in trouble, I cal­led upon the Lord: and he heard me.

Deliver my Soul, O Lord, from lying lips: and from a deceitful tongue.

What Reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: even mighty and sharp Arrows, with hot burning Coals,

Wo is me that I am constrained to dwell with Meseck: and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.

My Soul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies to peace.

I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to Battel.

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

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

OUr Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for­give us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespasse against us. And [Page 137] lead us not into temptation: But de­liver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever, Amen.

WHat hast thou done, sweet Jesus, that thou shouldest have this Judgement? What hast thou done, that thou shouldest be thus straightly dealt with? What is thy offence? What is thy guilt? What the cause of thy death? What the occasion of thy Condemnation? I truly am cause of thy trouble, my fault hath made thee been slain; my wicked life has brought thee to this death, vengeance is taken of thee for my crimes: Thou art thus tor­mented for me, and I the occasion of all thy smart.

O mervellous order of Judgment! O strange and mysterious proceeding! the Wicked sinneth, and the Just is punished, the Guilty offends, and [Page 138] the Innocent is chastised, the Sinner transgresseth, and the Godly is con­demned; that which the Bad has de­served, the Good suffers; what the Servant has done amiss, the Master undertake, to recompense; and where miserable Man has committed the trespass, the Son of God layes down his own life to satisfie the debt. Whi­ther has thy humility descended? What has thy fervent love enforced thee to do? How far has thy mercy extended it self?

To what a point is thy compassion come? I have done wickedly, and thou art punished; I have commited a grie­vous fault, and it is laid to thy charge; I am the offender, and thou art put to the torture; I was puffed up with pride, and thou art made of no re­putation; I was disobedient, and thou sufferedst the punishment of my rebellion; I have pampered my self with delicacies, and thou wert often [Page 139] afflicted with hunger and thirst; my inordinate affections have made me to do things unlawful, thy perfect Charity has brought thee to suffer an ignominious death; I presumed to do what I was forbidden, and thou sub­mittedst thy self to rebukes, even for thy good works; I delight in liberty and pleasure, and thou art fastened to the Cross, with intollerable grief; I live at ease, and thy hands and feet are pierced with Nails; I tast the pleasant apple, and thou the bitter gall; Eve laugheth and rejoyceth with me, blessed Mary laments and sorrows with thee.

Behold O King of Glory what mine iniquity is, and what thy mer­cy! how excessive my wickednesse▪ and how infinite thy goodness! O my King and my God, what may I possibly offer thee in acknowledg­ment of thy Bounty? mans heart is not able to think, much less can his po­verty [Page 140] furnish a worthy Oblation for so great benefits. I beseech thee there­fore, for thy mercies sake, cause me from henceforth to renounce all the enticements of the World, and for love of thee, not to fear any adver­sities by it: but despise even Death it self, and having perpetually in re­membrance the blessednesse of Hea­ven, make no account either of the pleasure or afflictions of this transi­tory life.

Let nothing please me, but that which is acceptable to thee, nor any thing offend me but that which is dis­agreeable to thy Will: let all things besides thee seem tedious to me, and may I never be wearied in seeking after thee; let no joy delight me that is without thee, and let me rejoyce in all afflictions I suffer for thee: may the remembrance of thee be my consolation, and turn my tears into nourishment, whilst I seek thy Righte­ousness: [Page 141] let the Law of thy mouth be more precious to me than thou­sands of gold and silver: let it be my chief delight to obey thee, and greatest grief to displease thee.

I humbly beseech thee (my onely hope) that thou wilt be propitious to me and pardon all my iniquities; open my ears to hear what thou Commandest, and suffer not my heart to decline from thee, nor through words of wickednesse, to seek ex­cuse for my sins, but alwayes to keep my self in the paths of thy Com­mandments, that at my death I may be found in the true way to thy Fe­licity; who livest and reignest for ever and ever, Amen.

O God the Father, Creator of the World, have mercy on us.

O God the Son, Redeemer of Man­kind, have mercy on us.

O God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the Elect, have mercy on us.

O Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God, have mercy on us.

Jesu, eternal Son of the living God, have mercy on us.

Jesu, most blessed Son of the Virgin Mary, have mercy on us.

Jesu God and Man, in two Natures one divine Person, have mercy on us.

Jesu, the increated Wisdom of the Father, by whom all things were made, and by the Word of whose Power they are sustained, have mercy on us.

Jesu, who for us sinners, descendedst from thy Throne of Glory, and tookest upon thee the form of a Servant, choosing a poor Stable for the place of thy Birth, have mercy on us.

Jesu, who in thy holy Circumcision receivedst that blessed Name, and after wast declared for the Worlds Redeemer by the Tribute and ado­ration of Kings, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who in the tender age of a new born Child, was forc't to save thy life by flying into Aegypt, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who becamest subject to thy Parents, so much inferiour in dig­nity to thee, and disdainedst not to serve them in their humble life, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who after a long concealment of thy self, didst publish to the world thy admirable manner of life, tra­velling on foot, in poverty, hunger, and thirst, and begging, as an alms, even a Cup of cold Water, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who healedst every where the diseased, both in Soul and Body, and weariedst thy self to relieve [Page 144] our Infirmities, passing the day in Works of Mercy, and watching whole Nights in Prayer, often re­tiring alone, and Fasting many dayes together, to teach us the way and practise of Contemplati­on, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who for our encouragement, vouchsafedst to be tempted in the Desart, where having there sub­dued the Enemy of Mankind, thy Victory was celebrated by the ado­ration of Angels, have mercy on us.

Iesu, whose sacred Life was a conti­nual course of suffering evil for us, and doing good to us, opening by thy Doctrine an easie way to Hea­ven, and soliciting by thy Mira­cles our acceptance of Salvation, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who for our Example didst wash thy Disciples feet, and for our Comfort didst Institute thy blessed Sacraments, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who prostrate with thy face up­on the Earth, prayedst thrice to thy Father for deliverance, and in the fervour of thine Agony, swet­tedst drops of Blood, till thou wert relieved by an Angel, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who wast betrayed by one of thine own Disciples, and forsaken by all the rest, who forbadst the resistance of Publick Authority, and restoredst to thine Enemy the Ear he had lost in assaulting thee, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who for our Redemption deli­veredst thy self to the violence of thine Enemies, freely suffering them to bind thy hands, which e­ven for them had wrought so many Miracles, and to spit on thy Face, which the Angels behold with joy and adoration, have mercy on us

Iesu, who for us enduredst their ma­litious impiety, to blindfold thy [Page 146] eyes, and strike thee on the Cheeks, to accuse thee falsly, and condemn thee unjustly, to compare Barra­bas to thee, and prefer him before thee, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who for us enduredst their bar­barous insolence, to strip thee of thy Clothes, and mock thee with a purple Vestment, to wound thy Head with a Crown of Thornes, and all thy Body with cruel Scourgings, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who for us enduredst their insa­tiable fury, to load thee with a heavy Cross, and shamefully Cru­cifie thee between two Thieves, to affront thy thirst with Vinegar and Gall, and blaspheme thy meekness with bitter reproaches, all which thy incomparable patience chearful­ly received, and offered to thy Fa­ther even for thy Persecutors, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who having Conquered the [Page 147] power of Darkness, releasedst thy Servants from their long Cap­tivity, and overcoming Death, didst raise thy crucified Body to a glorious Life, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who by thy Triumphant Ascen­sion openedst the Kingdom of Hea­ven to all Believers, and Seated at the Right hand of thy Father, vouchsafedst to become our eternal Mediator, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who in thy tender Providence didst send miraculously the Holy Ghost, to lead thy Church into all truth, and comfort thy Servants in all their tribulations, have mercy on us.

Iesu, who at the great and general Day shalt judge severely every one according to his works rewarding thy Servants with Eternal Life, and Condemning Sinners to ever­lasting Death, have mercy on us.

Be merciful O Iesu, and pardon our sins.

Be merciful O Iesu, and hear our Prayers.

O Soveraign Lord and blessed Sa­viour of the World, who by the sole motive of thy Mercy, hum­blest thy self to Death for our Re­demption, and Ascendedst to thy Fa­ther for the full accomplishment of our peace, graciously apply to our Souls the infinite merits of thy sa­cred Passion, and with thy precious Blood cleanse us from all our sins; nail them to thy Cross, and bury them in thy Grave, that they may dye in us, and we live in thee, the life of Grace here, and be united to thee in thy Kingdom of Glory hereafter, where with the Father, and the Holy Ghost thou livest and raignest one God world without end, Amen.

The 121. Psalm.

I Will lift up mine eyes unto the Hills: from whence cometh my help, my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that helpeth thee will not sleep.

Behold he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord himself is thy keeper: and the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand:

So that the Sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the Moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy Soul

The Lord shall preserve thy going [Page 150] out and thy coming in: from this time forth for ever more.

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

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