EFFIGIES R. P. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Andrew's QVONDAM EPISCOPI WINTONIENSIS Obyt 1626. AEtatis suae 7●   

If ever any merited to be  
The universal Bishop, this was He  
Great Andrew's who the whole vast Sea did drain  
Of Learning, and distilled it in his brain;  
These pious drops are of the purest kind  
Which trickled from the limbeck of his mind.   
W.M. sculptit. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉   

The Private DEVOTIONS Of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrew's.  
Late Bishop of Winchester.  
Lord I have called daily upon ●hee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee. Psal. 88 9  
London, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Prince's arms in St Paul's Church yard. An. Dom. 1647.   

THE STATIONER To the Christian Reader.  
THe life of this Reverend Father, was a life of Prayer; Five hours in a day he spent in his Devotions, and for divers months before his dissolution he gave himself wholly up to converse with God; It is most remarkable, and may instruct Posterity, that when sickness had deprived him of his voice, yet his eyes and hands prayed; and when both they failed, his heart still prayed, till it pleased God to accept it as his last Sacrifice; This testimony and Character of his holy piety, we received from learned Bishop Buckeridge, who being well acquainted with his life, commended his precious memory to posterity in a funeral Sermon, one of the last offices which as men, and christians, we are wont to pay to Honour and Virtue; In the evening of his life he was seldom seen without these devotions in his hand; he penned them in Greek, and in that language presented them to his God; the reason, it is not for me to determine; whether it were for that the clearest evidences of our salvation are delivered to us in that tongue, or whether amongst those fifteen he was Master of, he chose this language as the most copious to express the fullness of his soul. It appears not as yet who translated this manual of devotions, some of his learned Friends, (to whom the world owes much for the benefit of of this publication) informed me, that they found them written with his own hand, from whence they had the happiness to transcribe them; it is not improbable that we are indebted to the same hand for the translation, to whom we owe the original; since I could never yet learn that any have laid claim thereunto; it being no new thing in this ambitious age, for men to endeavour to translate fames, as well as books, it may seem strange in these ex-tempore times, for me, to send these Set forms to the press, since I am not ignorant, how of late it hath been hotly disputed, whether it be better to pray to God with consideration, or without, against this wild fancy I conceived I could not oppose any argument above the example of this learned Doctor of our Church.  
Who though he was so universal in allholy dimensions, you may be pleased to observe the reverential addresses of his soul, in these his approaches to the highest Majesty; he well knew the distance betwixt heaven and earth, betwixt God and himself, which I hope will be a motive to every pious Christian, as Solomon saith, not to be rash with his mouth, Ecles. 5. 2.  
I must clearly confess, when these Copies came first to my hand, I resolved to imprint them in my own heart; but considering with myself that no man might better excuse the divulging of so usual a book, than one of my profession, and withal that there were divers manuscripts dispersed abroad, and the Church might be deprived of this genuine Edition, and I of mine own right, I thought this publication absolutely necessary, being confident that no man could justly except against this Reverend Author, who both abroad & at home was acknowledged for his piety and learning, to have been one of the Oracles of the church; much less against these his devotions, which are for the most part selected out of the holy Scripture.  
And whereas he freely wrote his controversies and Sermons for the benefit of others, these pieces I suppose cannot be too well thought off, which he kept peculiar to himself, having appropriated and consecrated them, to his private use for the employment of his own soul.  
This treasure, so piously laid up in his life time, I thought good not to keep wrapped up in a napkin from the public, enjoy it thankfully, to the glory of that God, who kindled these holy fires in his soul, and let the memory of the devout Author, in spite of ignorance and malice, be perpetuated and blessed by after ages, as for me, I shall never desire any higher recompense, then to be in some measure serviceable to the Church, and to be esteemed.  
Your faithful servant HUM. MOSELEY.   

An Index of the heads contained in this book.  
A Meditation at your entrance into the church before public worship. 
Pag. 1.  The Horolege or dial of prayer 
3  Morning prayer 
17  The hymn 
20  A paraphrase upon the Lord's prayer. 
25  A confession of sin 
31  A prayer for the performance of the Law 
44  A confession of faith 
50  A prayer for faith 
53  A confession of hope 
56  Intercession 
59  A deprecation or prayer against evil. 
64  Prayers against evils temporal 
69  Against evils in the Church ibid. Against evils political 
71  Comprecation or Hosanna in the highest 
73  Comprecation of temporal blessings. Hosanna in Terrenis 
77  A Thanksgiving 
81  A thanksgiving in particular 
92  Praises 
96  Praises in particular 
105  Evening Prayer 
109  A prayer after divine service 
119  At the approaching to the holy sacrament 
122  In the time of Receiving 
124  After the receipt of the Eucharist 
129  Mourning and weeping 
131  A prayer on the meditation of the great work of our redemption 
132  A meditation on Canticles, 5. 10 
134  A prayer after the holy Ordidinances on Whitsunday 
137  Light from heaven 
138  An imprecation against the enemies of the Church 
142  Prayer for King James, after the Sermon of Gowry's conspiracy 
144  Thanksgiving after the deliverance from the gunpowder treason 
 A prayer for Magistrates Eccleciasticall and civil 
150  Before Sermon 
151  The form of bidding of prayer used by Bishop Andrew's after the opening of the Text 
152  Another exhortation to prayer used by Bishop Andrew's after his opening of his Text. 
   
EPHE. 6. 18. Pray always with all manner of Prayer and Supplication in the Spirit. 

Confessio.  In Prayer there are considered, 
 The species or kinds, 
 As confession of our 


Sins, pag. 31  
Demerits, ibid.  
Faith, p. 51.  
Hope, p. 56.     

Deprecation, page 64.  Petition for the aversion of 
 evils 


Eternal.  
Internal, or  
Spiritual.  
External.     

Comprecation.  The conferring of blessings. 
 eternal, Hosanna, 
p. 73.  internal, In Altis, 
p. 69.  external, In Terrenis. 
77.   

Retribution of thanks Eucharistica.  Praise, Conf. laudis 
page 87.  The circumstance of persons, it being for 
 ourselves called Oratio, 
pag. 25.  Others also, Intercession. 
pag. 59   

Time,  
Place,  
Manner.   

The time of Prayer.  In general, always, Luk. 
18. 11.  In particular, and that Most ordinary twice a day, at morn, Even, Numb. 
18. 3.   

More extraordinary,  Twice a day, at morn, noon and Night. psalm 
55. 1.  Seven times a day. Dan. 
6. 11.   

The horologue.  1 Before day, Mar. 
1. 31.  2 At Sun-rise, Psal. 
63. 1.  3 At the third hour, Act. 
2. 15.  3 At the sixt or noon, 
10. 9  4 At the ninth hour, 
3. 1.  5 At sunset. 
P. 134  6 After it at night, 
P. 134  7 At Midnight, 
Ps. 139. 62   

The place of Prayer.  In general in every place. Exod. 
20. 24.  In special for 1 Tim. 
2. 8.   

Public Prayer.  In the Congregation or Temple, Psal. 111. 1. Acts 
3. 1. and 22. 17.   

Private Prayer.  At home. Esa. 
26. 20.  In the Chamber, Mat. 
6. 6.  On the house top or leads, Acts 
10. 9  abroad. 
 In the Garden, Joh. 
18. 2.  In the field, Gen. 
29. 63.  In the Desert, Mar. 
1. 35.   

The manner of Prayer. in respect of  The Posture, 
 Standing, Mar. 
11. 25.  Kneeling, Luke 
22. 41.  Falling on the face, Mat. 
26. 29.   

The Gesture.  Lifting up the eyes, Psal. 
123. 1.  Lifting up of the hands, 1 Tim. 
2. 8.  Smiting the breast, Luke 
18. 13.  uncovering the head, 1, Cor. 
11. 4.    

At your entrance into the Church before public service, say O LORD,  
IN the multitude of thy mercies I will approach thine house, and I will worship towards thy holy Temple in the reverence of thee.  
Lord, hear the voice of my prayer when I call unto thee, when I lift up my hands towards thy Sanctuary.  
Remember these my brethren also which stand about me and pray together with me, remember their endeavours & their zeal.  
Remember them likewise which for just causes are absent, and O Lord have mercy upon them and us, according to the abundance of thy goodness.  
I have loved the beauty of thine house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth, that I might hear the voice of thy praises, and publish all thy wonders.  
One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will still entreat. That I may dwell still in the house of the Lord, and visit his holy Temple.  
To thee O Lord my heart hath said, I will seek the Lord. Thee (O my God) have I sought, & thy face. And thee will I seek.   

The horologue or dial of Prayer.  
THou which hast put the times and seasons in thine own power, Acts 1. 7. Grant that we may pray unto thee in a fit and acceptable time, and save us, Mar. 4. 38.  

1.  
Thou which for us men and for our salvation wert borne at Midnight, Lu. 2. 7 Grant that we may be daily regenerate by the renewing of thy holy Spirit until Christ be perfectly found in us, and save us, Lu. 3. 5.   

2.  
Thou which early in the morning whilst the sun was rising didst rise again, Mar. 16. 2. Raise us up daily to newness of life, prompting us unto those means of repentance which thou best know'st, and save us, Rom. 6. 4.   

3.  
Thou which at the third hour didst send thy holy Spirit upon thy Apostles, Acts 2. 15. Take not thy Spirit from us, but renew it daily in us, and save us, Psal. 51. 10. 11.   

4.  
Thou which at the sixth hour, and on the sixth day didst fasten the sins of the world, and crucify them on the same cross with thyself, Mat. 27. 45. Col. 2. 14. Cancel the hand-writing of our sins which is against us, and take it clear away, and save us.  
Thou which at the sixth hour didst let down the great sheet from Heaven and Earth as a type of thy Church, Acts 10. 11.  
Receive us sinners of the Gentiles into the same, and with it take us up into Heaven and save us, Gal. 2. 15. Acts 10. 16.   

5.  
Thou which at the ninth hour didst for us sinners and our sins, take that bitter and cursed death, Mar. 15. 34. Heb. 2. 9  
Mortify in us our earthly members, and whatsoever opposeth thy will, and save us. Col. 3. 5.   

6.  
Thou which at even wouldst be taken down from the cross, and laid in the Sepulchre. Mar. 15. 42.  
Bury our sins in thy grave and with thy righteousness cover the evil which we have committed and save us. Rom. 6. 4.  
Thou which late at night gavest to thine Apostles the power of remitting or retaining sins. Jo. 2. 23.  
Make us partakers of that benefit unto remission good Lord, and not unto retention, and save us.  
Thou which at midnight didst raise the Prophet David, and the Apostle Paul to praise thee. Ps. 119. 62. Act. 16. 25.  
O give us also Songs in the night, and make us mindful of thee upon our Beds, and save us. Ps. 63. 6.  
Thou which by thine own mouth hast foretold, the coming of the bridegroom at midnight. Mat. 5. 6.  
Grant that we may ever have that cry in our ears, the bridegroom cometh and so be never unprepared to meet him, and save us.  
Thou which by the cock crowing didst admonish thy Apostle Peter, and made him return to repentance, Matt. 26. 74. 75.  
Grant that we also weep bitterly for the things wherein we have sinned against thee, and save us.  
Thou which at the Seventh hour didst cure the ruler's son of a fever. Jo. 4. 52.  
If any fever or sickness remain in our souls, take that away also, and save us.  
Thou which at the 10. hour wouldst have thy Apostle (which found thy son) to cry with great joy, we have found the Messiah. Jo. 1. 41.  
Make us find the Messiah likewise, and having found him to rejoice in like manner, and save us. Jo. 1. 41.  
Thou which vouchsafest to call those which stood all day idle and (with promises of reward) to send them even at the 11. hour into thy vineyard Matt. 20. 6.  
Show us the same favour, and though we return late unto thee (as at the 11 hour) graciously yet deny not to entertain us, and save us.  
Thou which at Supper time didst institute the holy mysteries of thy body and blood. Jo. 13. 3. Matt. 26. 20.  
Make us mindful and partakers of them, and not to our perdition, but to the remission of sin, and our obtaining the legacies of the new Testament, and save us.  
Thou which hast foretold thy coming to judgement, on a day which we expect not, and in an hour which we knew not. Luk. 12. 46. Matt. 24. 50.  
Make us ready every day And hour that we may with joy attend thy coming, and save us.  
Thou which sendest forth the light, which createst the morning, and makest the Sun to rise upon thee good, & bad, enlighten the blindness of our minds with the knowledge of thy truth. Ps. 43. 3. 74. 16. Eph. 1. 18.  
Lift up the light of thy Countenance upon us, that in thy light we may see light, in the light of grace, the light of glory, and save us. Ps. 4. 7. 36. 9  
Thou which givest food to all flesh, which feedest the young Ravens which call upon thee, and hast nourished us from our childhood. Fill our hearts with food and gladness, and with thy grace establish our hearts, and save us, Ps. 136. 25. 147. 9 71. 5. Acts 14. 17. Heb. 13. 9  
Thou which makest the Evening an end to the day, that it may put us in mind of the evening of our life. Psalm 104. 23.  
Grant that we may ever consider that as the day, so our life vanisheth, Eccl. 8. 13. Grant that we may ever remember the days of darkness which are many, & that the night cometh when we cannot work, that so we be not cast out to utter darkness, And save us, Mat. 25. 3c.    

O Lord my God,  
WHose Essence is above all Essence, and whose Nature is uncreated; whose handiwork the whole World is. I set thee before mine eyes, Ps. 16. 9 I lift up my soul unto thee, I worship thee, falling down upon my knees; I draw near unto thee, and humble myself under thy mighty hand, I stretch forth my hands unto thee, my soul gapes to thee, as the thirsty land. I smite upon my Breast and say with the Publican, O Lord be merciful to me a si●●er, To me more sinful than the Publican, be merciful as to the Publican, o Father of Mercies, Psal. 16. 9 25. 1. 95. 6. 134. 2. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Psal. 143. 6. Lake 18. 13.  
I beseech thy paternal bowels of compassion despise me not (though I be an unclean worm) a dead dog, a stinking carcase, Psal. 216. 2 King's 9  
Despise me not, the work of thine hands, Psal. 138. 8. Despise me not the likeness of thine own Image, though I bear the brands of mine iniquity, Gen. 1. 26. Col. 3. 10. Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean, Mat. 8. 2. O Lord say but the word and I shall be cleansed, ver. 8.  
And thou o Saviour Christ, o Christ my Saviour, Saviour of sinners of whom I am chief, despise me not, redeemed by the price of thy precious blood 1 Tim. 1. 15. Luke 22. 23.  
Despise not o Lord, but look upon me, look upon me with thine eyes, such eyes as thou didst upon Mary Magdalen at the Feast, St. Peter in the high priest's Hall, and the thief on the cross. That with the thief I may call upon thee, saying, Remember me O Lord when thou art in thy kingdom, Luke 7. 44. 22. 55. 23. 43. 23. 42.  
With Peter I now weep bitterly, ver. 22. 62. And o who will give my head a fountain of tears, that therewith I may weep both day and night.  
With Mary Magdalen I may hear thee say, thy sins are forgiven thee, Lu. 9 48. And with her I may love thee much, because my many and manifold misdeeds are remitted, ver. 9 47.  
And thou all holy and gracious, and life-giving Spirit, dspise me not. But turn thee again O Lord at the last, and repent thee concerning thy servant.  
For those thy paternal bowels, the bleeding wounds of thy son for the unutterable groans of thy holy Spirit.  
O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord consider and do it, defer not for thine own sake, o my God. Dan. 9 19   

Morning Prayer.  
BLessed art thou O Lord our God, the God of our fathers which hast turned the shadow of death into the morning, and hast renewed the face of the earth. Am. 5. 8. Ps. 104 30. Which hast made sleep to depart from mine eyes, and slumber from mine eyelids, Psal 132. 4.  
Which hast lightened, mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. Ps. 13. 4.  
Which hast delivered my soul from the night fears, from the pestilence which walketh in the dark. psal. 91. 4, 5, 6.  
Which makes the out goings of the morning & evening to praise thee. v. 65. 8.  
For I laid me down and slept, and rose again, for it was thou O Lord which didst sustain me. psal. 4. 5. For I waked and beheld and lo my sleep was sweet. Ier. 31. 26.  
O Lord do a way as the Night, so my sins, scatter my transgressions as the morning cloud. Esa. 44. 22.  
Make me a child of the light and of the day, cause me to walk soberly, chastely and decently as in the day time. 1 Thes. 5. 5. Rom. 13. 13.  
O Lord uphold us when we are fallen into sin, and raise us up when we are fallen. Ps. 145. 14.  
That we harden not our hearts as in the provocation or with any deceitfulness of sin. Heb. 3. 8. 13.  
Deliver us also from the snare of the hunter, evil allurements, cross words, the Arrow which flieth by day. Ps. 91. 3. 6.  
From the evil of the day preserve me O Lord, and me from doing evil in it. Mat. 6. 34.   

The hymn.  
O Let me hear of thy loving kindness betime in the morning, for in thee is my trust. psalm 143. 8.  
Show me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee,  
Deliver me o Lord from mine enemies, for I fly unto thee for succour, vers. 9  
Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God; Let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the Land of righteousness, v. 10.  
Quicken me o Lord for thy name's sake, and for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble, v. 11.  
Chase from my mind althoughts without understanding, Wisd. 1. 5.  
Turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanity, Psal. 119. 37.  
Hedge in mine ears with thorns, that they listen not to foolish discourses, Eccl. 23. 29.  
Set a watch before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips, Psal. 14. 3.  
Let me do nothing that may be scandalous or scrupulous to my soul, 1 Sam. 25. 31.  
Let the meditation of mine heart be ever acceptable in thy sight, Ps. 19 last.  
Let mine eyes behold, and let mine eyelids direct my way before me, Pro. 4. 25.  
Awaken mine ears in the morning to hear the word of instruction, Esa. 50. 4. 5.  
Let my speech be seasoned with salt, that it may edify and give grace to the hearers, Ephes. 4. 29. Col. 4. 6.  
O Lord prepare thou some good way for me to walk in, Eph. 2. 16.  
Into thy hands I commend my Spirit, my soul & body, thou hast created, thou hast redeemed, thou hast regenerated them o Lord thou God of truth, Ps. 31. 5.  
With myself I commend to thee all that have any relation to me. And all that is mine, thou o Lord hast graciously lent them me in thy goodness, Gen. 33. 5. O keep us all from all evil, keep our souls good Lord we beseech thee, Ps. 121. 7.  
Keep them all spotless, and present them guiltless in that day.  
Keep my outgoings and my comings in from this time forth for evermore, v. 8.  
Prosper thou thy servant this day, and give him favour in their eyes with whom he meeteth, Nehem. 1. 11.  
O Lord be near at hand to save me, o God make haste to help me, Ps. 90. 17.  
The glorious Majesty of our God be upon us. Prosper thou-our work unto us, yea prosper thou our handy work.  
Let not my days be spent in vanity; let not my year wast in doing nothing, but let one day teach another let one night add knowledge unto another.  
Teach me good Lord so to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wisdom.  
From the morning watch until the evening let Israel trust in thee O Lord.   

A Paraphrase upon the Lord's Prayer.  
O Lord,  
I Have neither known thee as I ought & might have done, neither as I have known thee, have I glorified thy name, or been thankful unto thee; and woe is me that I have not.  
But with sorrow I confess and humbly I crave pardon, and would to God I had done it, nay would I might now hereafter so know thee, and live so holily, that both in me and by me, and by others for my sake thy name might be hallowed.  
O let me so serve and so promote thy kingdom here upon earth in the state of grace, that I may attain unto some place, though the lowest, even under the feet of thy Saints in Heaven, in the state of glory.  
Thy will which is holy and just and good be done by me; thy merciful and gracious will be done with me (me earth as I am)  
As it is in Heaven. Give us this day those things which may conduce to our welfare, our quiet, and our contentment.  
Forgive me my debts. That excessive score of my debts, my filthy slips & falls, my frequent relapses, & my long, long wallowing in abominable pollutions, even such as it is a shame to name or repeat these all, and those other also which are not so sensible, and yet perhaps no less grievious, and which sink me full as deep into perdition.  
Out of these depths I cry out unto thee good Lord, I beseech thee deliver my soul, deliver it from the nethermost hell.  
One deep calleth upon another, the depth of my misery, on the depth of thy mercy. psal. 42. 7.  
O let thy mercy be exalted above thy justice, let thy goodness overcome my wickedness, Jam. 2. 13.  
Where sin hath abounded, let thy grace much more abound, Rom. 5. 20.  
Take away my sins; take away the cause of my sins; my sins both those which are scandalous and scrupulous to my heart, and those also which are not so, and yet perhaps far more heinous, of which I desire thee o Lord that I may be enlightened, that so I may be humbled for them.  
In thy wrath remember mercy, and forgive me my sins, sins of mine own ends with others sins secret and manifest, sins ancient and fresh, of the world or of the flesh: As thou art most merciful, and indulgent, and compassionate.  
O Lord forgive them all, even as we forgive our debtors, and grant us this also that we may forgive them; and to that end infuse thy charity into our hearts.  
Lead me not, neither suffer me to be led, nor ●● enter into temptation, but remember & commiserate my frailty and weakness so often discovered.  
But deliver me from evil, from the evil Spirit and his suggestion, from the evil in myself that is in my flesh, and the enticement thereof, from the evil in the world, and the contagion of it.  
From all penal evils which most justly and worthily I have deserved, from the evils of the world to come, and spare me there, and fear and lance me here rather.  
From the evils of this present world; ptty me Lord, for I am but feeble; from the malice and evil of this day and of this disease (wherewith I now struggle) and from the evil ensuing.  
From all manner of evils past, present, and to come; from them all good Lord deliver me and keep me thy servant for ever.  
Amen.   

Confession of sin.  
TO thee (O Lord) I confess, for if I would I cannot hide it from thee, that I also am one of the number, for even my life discovereth my guilt.  
O Lord,  
I am a Sinner, a branch of the wild Olive tree, arising from the root of bitterness, Job 14. 4. For of unclean seed was I begotten, and in sin did my mother conceive me, Psal. 51. 1. And I have sinned, I have dealt unjustly, I have done wickedly even in thy presence. Psa. 106. 6. 51. 2.  
Impiously have I behaved myself in thy Covenant, and have cast off thy law, 1 King. 8. 34. And rejected thy correction, & oppressed thy spirit, and have gone a-whoring after mine own inventions and proceeded from bad to worse and have not feared thee. Esa. 5. 24. Pro. 15. 3. Esa 63. 10. Ier. 18. 12. Lev. 25. 43. Nor yet returned. Luk. 15. 18.  
No, not when I was called back. Pro. 13. 10.  
Not when I was afflicted. Heb. 3. 13.  
But have waxed hard. 1 Kings. 16. 33.  
And have provoked thee.  
And all this thou hast seen. Psa. 9 33.  
And yet hast held thy peace. La. 2. 59 Sam. 49. 21.  
O God.  
Thou knowest my foolishness, and my transgresssions are not hid from thee; I know it also, & my guilt is ever more before me. Ps. 69. 5. Ps. 51. 3. Job. 31. 33. Ps. 141. 4.  
And I hide not (O Lord) jincline not my heart to such wicked words, as to excuse the accusations of my sins.  
But against mine own self, I acknowledge mine iniquity and all that is within me, and all my bones say that I have sinned, I have sinned, O Lord against thee. Psa. 32. 5. & 103. 1. & 55. 10. & 106. 6. Dan. 9 19  
Like a lost sheep I have gone astray, and have been as froward, as an untamed Heifer; nay like a dog have I returned to my vomit, and like a washed Sow have I wallowed in the mire again, and rushed into mine own destruction, like a barbed steed into the battle. psalm 119. vlt. Ier. 31. 18. Pro. 26. 11. 2 Pet. 2. 10. Ier. 8. 6.  
And now (O Lord) all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee, thou know'st Lord my grief because I have thus sinned against thee, that I am become tedious to mine own self, because my sorrow is not greater, that earnestly desire of thee, a contrite heart unspeakable groans and tears of blood. Psa. 38. 9 Iob. 7. 20. psalm. 51. 17. Rom. 8. 26.  
And woe is me for my leanness, for the dryness of my eyes and the hardness of my heart. Esa. 24. 16. Ier. 9 1. Rom. 12. 5. Mar. 9 25.  
Yet Lord, I repent, I repent O Lord, O do thou help my want of penitence and still more and more bruise thou & rend, prick and smite this heart of mine. Psa. 51. 17. Ioel. 2. 13. Act 1. 2. 37.  
Behold O Lord I am angry with myself for my foolish unprofittable, nay hurtful & dangerous lust. 1 Cor. 7. Ps. 73. 22. Luc. 23. 34. 1 Cor. 6. 8. 1 Tim 6. 9  
Yea I even loath and abhor myself, for the absurdity the foolishness, the baseness of it. Job 42. 6. 2 Thes. 3. 2  
All the day long my shame is before mine eyes, and the confusion of face hath covered me. Ex. 5. 12. 13, 17. Psa. 44. 15  
Alas, Alas.  
That I have no more reverenced nor yet feared Ja. 1. 14.  
Thy 


Incomprehensible glory  
Awful presence  
Dreadful power  
Exquisite Justice  
Amiable goodness     
How have I been drawn away by mine own conconcupiscence that I am become a prey to the devil, to be taken of him at his will. 1 Tim. 2. last.  
Behold now therefore O Lord, I adjudge and profess myself most guilty and worthy of eternal punishment, yea and of all extremities here in this world also. Gen. 18. 19 Eze. 33. 9 1 Cor. 11. 31.  
Behold me O Lord already condemned by mine own Sentence. Tit. 3. 11. psalm 143. 2.  
Behold it, & O good Lord enter not thou into judgement with thy Servant. Tit. 3. 11. Ps. 143. 2. Gen. 30. 20. I acknowledge that I am far less than all, yea even the least of all thy mercies. Luk. 15. 19  
That I am not worthy to be made one of thy hirelings, not the very meanest of them. That I am not worthy of the scraps that fall from thy Table. Mat. 15. 15. Nor so much as to touch the hem of thy garment. Mat. 9 21.  
And now O Lord humbled under thy mighty hand, I bend my knees unto thee and fall prostrate on the earth, on my face. 1 Pet. 5. 6. Eph. 3. 14. Mat. 26. 29.  
I stretch forth my hands unto thee, and my soul is as the land that wanteth water before thee. psalm 146. 6.  
I dare not so much as lift an eye towards heaven but I smite my breast, and from the depth of it doth my soul call and cry out unto thee. Luk. 18. 13. Psal. 35. and 79. 9  
O for thy name's sake, for the glory of thy name be merciful to my sin for it is very much, for it is exceeding great, and for thy mercies, thy sweet and tender mercies. psal. 25. 10, 11. Luke 1. 18.  
For the greatness, the multitude, the vast multitude, the riches, the abundance, the over abundance of them. ps. 69. 16. 119. 156 and 51. 1. and 130. 4. Eph. 1. 6. 1 Tim. 1. 14. Rom. 5. 20.  
Be merciful O Lord to me a sinner, o Lord be merfull to me the chief of all sinners.  
O remember and consider what my substance is, that I am but as grass or the flower of grass, but flesh & a wind that passeth away and cometh not again. Esay 40. 6. Psal. 73. 40. Job 17. 14.  
But a worm and rottenness, but dust and ashes. Gen. 18. 27. psal. 35. 13. Job 4. 19 Gen. 41. 9 prov. 27. 1. Esa. 38. 13.  
That I am a stranger and Pilgrim upon the earth, that I dwell in an house of clay, that my days are few and evil, that I am here to day, and not tomorrow, in the morning and not at night, now and not anon, that I live in a body of sin and death, in a world of corruption and which is set upon mischief or lieth in wickedness. Rom. 6. 6. 1 pet. 1. 4. 1 Jo. 15. 19 psal. 74. 18.  
Remember this O Lord and discharge, remit and forgive me all those my transgressions, which as a man bearing about me this flesh, and dwelling in such a world, I have committed against thee.  
Reprove me not o Lord in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy displeasure, Psal. 6. 1.  
For unto thee I confess my wickedness, o pardon thou the ungodliness of my heart, psal. 6. 1. 32. 5, 6. 38. 9  
All my desire o Lord is before thee, and my groaning is not concealed from thee.  
Pity me therefore according to thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of thy compassions do away all mine offences, psal. 51 1  
Rise o God and have mercy upon me, for it is time to have mercy on me, yea the time is come, psal. 102. 13.  
For if thou shouldst strictly examine our iniquities o Lord what man were able to subsist, psal. 33. 3.  
Enter not thou into judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight no flesh can be righteous, psal. 14. 32.  
O Lord, Thou which camest into the world to save sinners, save me which am the chiefest of all Sinners, 1 Tim. 1. 15. 24.  
Thou which takest away the sins of the whole world, be pleased to take away my sins also, 1 Iob. 1. 24.  
Thou that camest to redeem that which was lost, Lu. 19 10. Suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed.  
That which was so dear to redeem, suffer not to be lost as a thing of no value.   

A Prayer for the performance of the Law.  
I Lift my hand o Lord to thy commandments which I have loved, open mine eyes and I shall understand, incline my heart and I shall affect, direct my steps and I shall walk in the path of thy precepts, Ps. 119. 48. 18. 36. 133.  

1.  
O Lord God. Grant that I May know thee for the true God, and knowing it, that I may acknowledge thee and no other, nor any thing else with or beside thee, John 17. Rom. 1. 21.   

2.  
Grant that I may worship & adore thee in truth of spirit, Jo. 4. 14.   

3.  
In the decent habit and gesture of my body, 1 Cor. 14. 40.   

4.  
In the benediction of my mouth, Jam. 3. 9 in public and private, 1 Cor. 14. 26.   

5.  
Grant also that I may render honour to my superiors. That I may be persuaded and ruled by them, love to all those which belong to me, that I may be careful and provident for them, Heb. 1. 13. 17. 1. Tim. 5. 8.   

6.  
That I may overcome malice with goodness, Rom. 12. 21.   

7.  
That I may possess my Vessel in holiness and honour, 1 Thes. 4. 4.   

8.  
That being content with what I have, my conversation may be void of all covetousness, Hebr. 13. 5.   

9  
That I may speak with charity, Ephes. 4. 15.   

10.  
That I covet not inordinately, nor pursue any covetous desires, Rom. 7. ult. Col. 3. 5. Eccles. 8. 30.    

Good Lord,  
Remove from me all,  

1.  
Atheism & hypocrisy.   

2.  
Idolatry & will-worship.   

3.  
Perjury and Blasphemy.   

4.  
Superstition and profaneness in thy service.   

5.  
Stubborness and carelessness.   

6.  
Strife and malice.   

7.  
Lust and uncleanness,   

8.  
Injury and cozenage.   

9  
Lying and slandering.   

10.  
And all wicked desires and base Concupiscence.  
Grant me O Lord thy grace.  
To remember the latter end, Deut. 32. 29.  
To bruise the serpent's head, Gen. 3. 15.  
To cut off occasions of sin.  
To covenant with my sense, 2 Cor. 11. 13.  
To prevent scandals Iob. 31. 1.  
To subdue my body. Ez. 14. 4.  
Not to sit idle. 1 Cor. 9 8.  
To shun wicked company. Mat. 24. 6.  
To consort with the righteous. Psal. 26. 4.  
To select times for prayer. 1 Cor. 7. 5.  
Stop up my paths with thorns that I find not the way to vanity. Hos. 2. 6.  
Hold me in and rain me with bit and bridle, when I keep not near thee. Psal. 32. 9  
And constrain me to come to thee, If inviting will not serve. Luc. 14. 34. 39  
Vouchsafe (O Lord) to give me the knowledge and belief of thy justice, that it may breed in me.  

Fear,  
Humility,  
Repentance,  
Prayer, and  
Fasting,  
Hope,  
Charity,  
Thanksgiving,  
Praise and  
Alms.     

Confession of Faith.  
Lord I believe in  
the Father, one God. Word, Spirit.  
In the Father.  
THat by his infinite power all things were created.  
In the son.  
That by his goodness and his love, mankind was redeemed to which purpose the world became flesh. And was Conceived and Borne, Suffered, and was Crucified Dyed, and was buried, Descended, & rose again, Ascended, and sat at the right hand of God, from whence he shall return & reward every one according to his work.  
In the Holy Ghost.  
That by his illumination and his sacred inspiration, his elect people are called out of the whole world, to the belief of the truth, and to holiness of conversation.  
In whom we are made partakers of the communion of Saints, and the remission of sins, in this present world.  
And in whom we faithfully expect, the resurrection of the flesh, and life eeverlasting, in the world to come.  
This I believe. Iob. 11. 26  
O Lord help thou my unbelief. Mar. 9 24.  
But above and before all, I believe that thou wert Christ the son of the living God. Mat. 16. 16.   

Prayer for Faith.  
ANd o Lord grant that I may love thee as a Father, for thy indulgence, adore thee as Almighty, for thy power, and by good works, commend my soul unto thee, as a faithful creator. 1 Pet. 4.  
Grant also that I may receive, From Jesus Salvation, anointing, From Christ From the only begotten Son. Adoption.   

That I may worship and serve him in faith  
For his conception,  
For his nativity in humility.  
For his sufferings, in patience.  
For his cross in my crucifying all occasions to sin.  
For his death, in the mortification of my flesh.  
For his Sepulture in burying my bad purposes by good works.  
For his descent in my meditation upon hell.  
For his resurrection, in newness of life.  
For his ascension, in my contemplation of heavenly things.  
For his Session, in my choice of the better part on the right hand.  
For his return, in the fear of his second coming.  
For his future judgement in the judging of myself, before I come to be judged.   
And grant me further the inspiration of saving grace, from thy most holy sceptre, that I may participate of vocation, & Sanctification in the holy Catholic Church.  
And that I may have my Communion in 

The Mysteries,  
The grounds,  
The watchings,  
The prayers,  
The tears,  
The Fastings.   and all the sufferings of the Saints.  
To my firm persuasion of the remission of my sins, and to the confident hope of my Resurrection, and translation to life eternal.   

Confession of Hope.  
O Thou which art the Hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them which remain afar off in the Seas, Psal. 65. 6.  
Thou upon whom our forefathers did depend, v. 22. 4.  
And thou deliveredst them, upon whom they only relied, and were not confounded, v. 5.  
Thou which art my hope from my youth, from the breasts of my Mother, and to whom I have been entrusted from the very womb, v. 9 10.  
Be thou my hope still and still, ever and ever, and my portion in the land of the Living.  
I hope on thy Nature, thy Name, thy Word, thy practice.  
O let me not be confounded by this hope of mine.  
Tou Lord shalt save both Man and Beast, Psal. 36. 7.  
How excellent is thy mercy o God, therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow dow of thy wings. v. 39 8  
And now Lord what is my hope, truly my hope is even in thee.  
My soul fainteth with longing for thy salvation. Psal. 119. 81. Yet have I good hope because of thy Word.  
O think upon thy Servant as concerning thy Word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. v. 49.  
Why art thou so full of heaviness o my soul, and why are thou so disquieted within me; O put thy trust in God, for I will yet praise him which is the help of my countenance and my God. Psal. 42. 14, 15.  
Against hope I will believe in hope, Rom. 4. 18. And though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, Job 13. 15.   

Intercession.  
HEar our prayers (good Lord we beseech) the for thy creatures, For Healthful, times & seasons. Fruitful Peaceful  
For mankind, for the succour and comfort of all that are in distraction of mind, In sickness, in poverty, in perplexity.  
For the sobriety and thankfulness of all that are in mind quiet, sound in body, in estate wealthy, and free from all trouble.  
For the conversion of all Turks, Jews, Pagans, Atheists.  
For all Christians. They which continue in truth & grace, may be established.  
That they which wander in error and sin, may be reduced into the right.  
For all churches throughout the whole world, their unity and confirmation.  
For this Church of ours, that the defects thereof may be supplied, that all Heresies and scandals both public and private may be removed, that the Clergy may deliver the Word sincerely, and walk in it uprightly.  
For the Laity, that they be not overweined with their own understanding, but rather be persuaded by the instruction and obedience to the authority of their superiors.  
For all commonwealths, their establishment and tranquillity; for this Realm of ours, for all Incorporations in it; for this City, that they may be freed and preserved from all danger and distress.  
For our King and his Queen, and for their safety and prosperity.  
For the council and their prudence.  
For the Judges and their uprightness.  
For our forces and their fortitude.  
For the communality and their temperance and holy simplicity.  
For our Husbandmen, Merchants, Artificers, Even to the baser Tradesman, even to the Beggars.  
For our Posterity now springing up; for the good education of the Issue royal, the young Nobility & Gentry, of all Students and learners in the Universities, in the inns of court, in schools and Trades; that as they grow in years, so they may increase also in wisdom and in favour both with God and men.  
For all such as are recommended to our prayers.  
By nearness of Kindred and affinity. By beneficense towards us.  
Moral friendship.  
Christian charity.  
Familiar neighbourhood.  
Fellowship in Household.  
Or mutual promise.  
For those that are in their last extremity, or in any eminent danger.  
For those which have undertaken any great work for the glory of thy Name, or the peace of the Church.  
For those which are bountiful towards any holy designs, or towards the poo  
And lastly, but most especially for all those whom in word or in deed I have any ways, at any time wronged.   

Deprecation or Prayer against evils.  
O Father of Heaven which hast created us.  
O son of God which hast redeemed us.  
O sacred Spirit which hast regenerated us.  
Remember not our offences, nor the transgressions of our forefathers.  
Neither take thou vengeance for their sins, and ●ine upon me.  
But spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, & in thy people, thy servant whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.  
Be merciful, be merciful O Lord and spare us, and be not angry with us for ever.  
Be merciful, be merciful o Lord and pity us, and be not angry with me to my ruin.  
Deal not with me o Lord according to my transgressions, neither reward thou me according to my sins.  
But according to thy mercy deal thou with me. And according to the multitude of thy compassions reward me. According to that great mercy of thine, And according to that exceeding multitude of thy compassions. By whatsoever is dear and acceptable to thee. From all evil and misfortune at all times of necessity.  
Rise up Lord, defend, and save me, preserve me good Lord, and destroy me not.  
But most especially in the time of extremity, in the hour of death, in the day of judgement, in that fearful day, good Lord deliver me.  
From beholding the stern countenance of the Judge. Apo. 6. 6.  
From my standing on the left hand. Mat. 25. 41.  
From hearing that terrible sentence depart from me you wicked. Mat. 8. 12.  
From being bound in the chains of darkness. Jude. 5. 6.  
From casting out into utter darkness. Mat. 8. 12.  
From being thrust into the bottomless pit of fire, and Brimstone, where the smoke of the fire ascendeth up for ever.  
Be merciful O Lord & spare me,  
Have pity O Lord and deliver me,  
And confound me not for ever.  
And to this end and purpose, from a blinded and a hardened heart, tending to impenitence. Eph. 14. 19  
From a wanton and brazen face tending to impudence, Acts. 28. 27.  
From a seared conscience. Pro. 7. 13.  
From a reprobate mind, Esa. 48. 4.  
From the sin unto death, Tit. 1. 16.  
And against the holy Ghost. Jo. 5. 16. Mat. 12. 13. Be merciful good Lord, and deliver me.   

Prayers against evils temporal.  
FRom all evil and misfortune, and all perilous accidents in this world.  

From the pestilence,  
Famine, and war.  
From great fires, inundations, & Earthquakes,  
From excessive rain, drought and mil-dew;  
From all blastings, lightning and Thunder,  
From Temptations, storms, infectious diseases, and sudden death  
Be merciful good Lord and deliver us.    

Against evils in the Church.  
FRom all Innovations, private interpretations difference in doctrine, contending about vain and fruitless questions; endless desputations, and controversies.  
Heresies both public and private. Schisms Scandals  
From the pernicious flattering of Princes. Acts. 12. 22.  
The partiality of Saul. 1 Sam. 14. 18.  
The contempt of Michal. 2 Sam. 6. 16.  
The priesthood of Micha. Judg. 17. 10.  
The fleshhook of Hophni. 1 Sam. 2. 16.  
The fraternity of Simon Magus, and Judas Iscariot. Act. 8. 17. Mat. 26. 17.  
From such as are corrupted in mind, unstable and unlearned. 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 3. 16.  
From the arrogance of young scholars. 1 Tim. 36.  
And from People that contradict their Minister, speaking according to the word of God, Be merciful good Lord and deliver us. Hos. 4. 4.   

Against evils political.  
FRom anarchy or want of Kings.  
From the multitude of Princes.  


From Tyranny,  
From Princes, like  
Ashur.  
Jeroboham.  
Roboam.    
From the cruel insolency of Hamon. 2 Sam. 15. 31.  
From the councillors of Zoan. Esa. 14. 11.  
From the perilous counsel of Achitophel. 1 Kings. 21. 13.  
From the Judges of Jesrael.  
From the laws of Omri. Micha. 6. 16.  
From the Torrents of Belial. Psa. 18. 4.  
The plague of Per●. Num. 25. 5.  
The vale of Achor. Josh. 7. 26.  
From effusion of blood, deadly fiend.  

Treason,  
Foreign invasion,  
Civil war.   
For the displacing of good Magistrates and the raising of evil, be merciful good Lord and deliver us.  
From whatsoever may make against the tranquillity of our souls.  
The health of our bodies, our estates, our liberty, or our credit.  
Be merciful good Lord and deliver us.   

Comprecation or Hosanna in the highest.  
REmember me O Lord in the favour which thou bearest to thy People, and visit me with thy salvation, that I may see the felicity of thy chosen.  
And rejoice with the gladness of the Saints.  
And give thanks with thine Inheritance.  
For certainly there is a glory to be revealed hereafter.  
And when the judge cometh, some shall behold his joyful countenance. Job. 33. 16.  
And be placed on his right hand. Mat. 25. 32.  
And here that most sweet voice, come ye blessed. v. 34.  
And be taken up to meet Christ in the Clouds. 1 Thes. 4.  
And enter into his joy, his full joy. Mat. 25. 21.  
His joy which shall never be taken away. v. 22.  
And enjoy that beatifical vision of him.  
And remain with him for evermore,  
And they only, only they of all the sons of men are blessed.  
To grant me, the vilest of men, the meanest place there, a place even under their feet, under the feet of thine elect, and of the lowest among them, and to this purpose.  
Let me find grace in thy sight, that I may obtain the grace to serve & please thee with fear and reverence. Gen. 6. 8. Heb. 12. 8.  
And give me yet a second grace that I may not receive that grace in vain. 2 Cor. 6. 1.  
So far forth as to neglect it, or to be wanting to it. 1 Tim. 4. 14. Heb. 12. 15.  
But that I may stir it up rather, so as to increase in it, and to remain therein. to my lives end, 1 Tim. 4. 6. 1 Pet. 3. 18. Acts. 13. 43.  
And O Lord, supply thou the defects of thy graces in me, help my weak faith, confirm my faint hope, inflame the smoking flax of my charity.  
And kindle it so in my heart, that I may learn to love thee, first & above all, and my friends in thee, & any Enemies for thee, and thy sake.  
As I would have men to deal with me, so give me grace to deal with them.  
One thing only let me fear, that is, to fear any thing more than thee.  
And let my heart so rejoice in the fear of thee.  
That this fear of mine may be my hope.  
Lastly, thou which givest grace to the humble. Give me so much grace, as to be humbled.   

Comprecation of temporal blessings. Hosanna in Terrenis.  
REmember O Lord to crown the years with goodness, and let thy providence distil plenty, For the eyes of all things wait upon thee, o Lord and thou givest them food in due season. Thou openest thy hands, and fillest every Creature with thy blessing. Psal. 145. 15.  
Vouchsafe us therefore o Lord the blessing of the heavens, and of the dew from above, and of the fountains of the deep beneath. Deut. 33. 13. 14.  
The precious things returned by the Sun, and the precious fruits put forth by the moon. v. 15  
The choicest things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills; the precious things of the earth, and fullness thereof.  
O make peace within our borders. And fasten thou the bars of our gates. v. 19  
But clothe our enemies with confusion, and bless our children among us.  
Let our sons grow up as the young plants, and our Daughters be as the polished corners of the Temple. v. 144. 12.  
Lord bless our victuals with increase, and fill us with the flower of wheat, and satisfy our poor with bread. Psal. ●32. 6.  
Let our Garners be full and abounding with all manner of store, let our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets, And let our Oxen be strong to labour. v. 13.  
Let there be no decay, no leading away into captivity, nor no complaining in our streets.  
Two things I desire of thee (O Lord) deny me not them before I die. Pro. 30. 7, 8, 9  
Vanity and lying words, remove far from me. v. 8.  
Beggary and abundance give me not.  
Give me only what is needful for my life, least being full, I be tempted to deny thee and say, who is the Lord. verse. 9  
Or being forced by want I steal, & so forswear the name of my God.  
Teach me O God to abound, & to want, Phil. 4. 11. that everywhere and in all things, in what condition soever I shall be, I may learn to be content, v. 12.   

Thanksgiving.  
LEt all thy works confess unto thee o Lord, and let thy Saints bless thee. Psal. 34. 96. 103. 107.  
It is a good thing to praise the Lord, and to sing unto thy Name O most high. Psa. 91. 1.  
To declare thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy truth in the night season. v. 2.  
I will exalt thee O God my King, and bless thy Name for ever and ever, every day I will bless thee and extol thy Name for ever and ever. Psal. 145. 1. v. 2.  
For it is thou which callest the things which were not, as if they were, and by whom all things are made in Heaven and on Earth, visible and invisible. Rom. 4. 17. Col. 1. 16.  
And it is thou which sustainest all things by the word of thy power, and by thy ordinance they continue to this day. Heb. 13. Psal. 119. 91. for all things serve thee.  
Which leavest not thyself without a witness, in doing good from heaven; giving us rain and fruitful seasons and filling our hearts with food and gladness. Acts. 14. 17.  

1. It is thou which by thy wisdom and power didst (thy self)  
2. With thine own hands make man of the mould of the earth.  
3. And didst breath into his nostrils the breath of life. Acts. 1. 26.  
4. And didst honour him with thine own Image.  
5. And didst give the angels charge over him, Psal. 91. 11.  
6. And dost place him over the work of thy hands, Psal. 8. 7.  
7. And didst seat him in the paradise of pleasure. Gen. 2. 15.   
And when he had despised thy commandments, didst not yet despise him, but didst open to him a gate to repentance and life, Acts. 11. 18.  
Giving to him that great and precious promise of the seed which should save us, 2 Pet. 1. 4.  
It was thou which didst instruct us.  

1. By that which is known of God.  
2. By the Law written in our hearts.  
3. By the services of sacrifices and oblations.  
4. By the Oracles of the Prophets.  
5. By the melody of the Psalmer.  
6. By the wisdom of the Proverbs.  
7. By the experience of the sacred story.   
It was thou which when the fullness of time came didst send down thy son who emptying himself, and taking the form of a Servant, of the feed of Abraham, Heb. 12. 6.  
Being made of a woman and subjected to the law. Gal. 4. 4. Phil. 2. 7. Heb. 21. 6. Ga. 4. 4.  
By his active obedience fulfilled the Law, and by his death took away the curse thereof, Eph. 5. 1.  
Redeeming by his death, and by his resurrection reviving our nature, and leaving nothing undone that was needful to do, that we might be made partakers of the divine nature, who likewise manifested himself to be our Saviour in all places by the preaching of the gospel. Rom. 4. last. 2 Cor. 2. 14.  
Bearing witness thereunto by divers signs and miracles. Heb. 2. 4.  
By the admired holiness of life in his Saints, and  
By their wonderful patience even to the effusion of their blood. Heb, 11, 36, 37.  
And by the incredible condition of the whole world to the faith. 1 John, 5, 4.  
It is thou also which hast made us the sons of Saints and heirs of the same vocation.  
Which hast given thy Church power, to be the pillar and foundation of Truth. 1 Tim, 3, 15.  
It is thou which hast granted to our Church ability, to keep that which was committed to her. 1 Tim. 6. 20.  
To teach us the way of peace, and to retain certain ordered steadfastness and decency, Rom. 3. 22. Col. 2. 5.  
It is thou which hast established the throne of thy Servant our sovereign, 1 Ch. 17. 13.  
Which hast instructed our Princes, & hast taught our Magistrates wisdom Psal. 105. 22.  
Which hast vouchsafed us pastors according to thine own heart, to feed us with knowledge and learning, Jer. 3. 15.  
It is thou which hast made peace in our enclosure, and hast satisfied us with the flower of wheat, Psalm 106. 13, 14. Which hast strengthened the bars of our gates, and hast blessed our Children among us.  
Which hast turned our swords into Mattocks, and our spears into scythes, Esay 2. 4.  
Which hast clothed our enemies with confusion, and hast given us for a blessing for ever and ever, and made us glad with the joy of thy Countenance, Psal. 21. 7.  
It is thou which hast brought me into this life, and hast led me to the lavar of regeneration and renewing by thy holy Spirit, and hast revealed to me the paths of life. Tit. 3. 5. Psalm 16. 11.  
Which hast connived at my sins for my repentance. Wisd. 11. 12.  
And hast not crushed me under the hands of mine iniquity. Esa 64. 7.  
Which hast even waited to show mercy on me. Esa. 30. 18.  
And hast not suffered my heart to harden. Rom. 2. 9  
But hast left me in the compunction of heart, and memory of my latter end, and conscience of my former sins. Acts 7. 37. Deut. 32. 29. Hebr. 10. 3.  
Which hast not cut off my life like a weaver in the beginning, Psa. 16. 29. nor from morning to night hast made and of us. Jo. 20. 22.  
Which hast not called me away in the midst of my days. psalm 102. 25. But hast holden my soul in life, and hast not suffered my feet to slip. psalm 66. 9  
Therefore for all these benefits, and for many more, through their multitude and our forgetfulness omitted;  
Glory be to thee o Lord, glory and honour & praise and blessing and thanks with the tongues of Angels and men.  
The meanest of thy work by reason of our sin now every hour and every day, Even to our latest gasp, To the end of the world, and to all Eternity.  
Amen.   

Thanksgiving in particular.  

O Lord my God, For my being.  
living, endowment with reason.  
For my nourishment, preservation, ingenuous education.  
For thy gifts to me, of nature, of the world, of grace.  
For my redemption, regeneration, christian instruction. For thy calling of me, calling again, often reiterated calling.  
For thy patience, long-suffering, long, long-suffering of these many times, these many years, even until now.  
For the good which I have received.  
For the good (if any) which I have done.  
For the use and comfort of thy prudent benefits.  
For the promise, and my hope of enjoying thy future blessing.  
For my good and honest Parents.  
My kind and mild Master and Teacher.  
My ever memorable Benefactors.  
My trusty friends.  
My faithful companions.  
My loving and careful Wife.  
My obedient and towardly children.  
For all those which have any way furthered and profited me, 

By their writings,  
Sermons,  
Discourses,  
Proverbs,  
Examples,  
Reproofs,  
Injuries.    
For all these and for all other, known & unknown. manifest and secret, remembered and forgotten.   
Wherewith willingly or against my will I have been affected and bettered.  
I praise, and will praise. Bless. Bless. Thank. Thank thee. All the days of my life.  
What am I (Lord) or what is my father's house, that thou shouldst vouchsafe to look on such a dead dog as I am? Psal. 3. 4.  
What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath bestowed upon me?  
What thanks can I repay unto my God for all the things which he hath forgiven, which he hath given me to this instant.   

Praises.  
IT is good to sing psalms unto our God.  
For sweet and decent is his praise: Therefore will I confess unto the Lord with my whole heart.  
In the counsel of the Saints, and in the Congregation.  
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us elevate his Name.  
Let all his works bless the Lord, in all the places of his Dominion, from the Sun rise to the fall thereof.  
Let all that breath praise the Lord.  
Let all flesh bless his holy name for ever.  
Praise the Lord o all ye Nations, and praise him only o all ye people.  
Give unto the Lord (all ye Kindreds of the earth) give unto the Lord honour and glory.  
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his Name.  
Being your offerings, and come into his Courts.  
Praise thou the Lord o Salem, and thou o Zion, praise ye the Lord.  
All ye that stand in the Lord's house, in the courts of the house of our God, lift up your hands towards his Sanctuary, o lift them up and praise the Lord.  
My soul praiseth the Lord, him will I praise all my life long.  
To my God will I sing whilst I have any being.  
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee.  
Thou art my God, and I will exalt thee.  
Be thou o God exalted above the Heavens, and thy glory above the Earth.  
Praised be the Lord for his great goodness towards all his Creatures.  
All mankind in general.  
The kingdom of the whole world.  
The Catholic Church.  
The kingdoms and Churches in several.  
This Church and kingdom of ours.  
The orders and degrees in each.  
And the particular persons in them.  
Towards this City.  
This Parish wherein I dwell.  
Towards all that are mine.  

Mine Household.  
Kindred.  
Benefactors.  
Friends.  
Wellwillers.   
Towards my poor self.  
My soul and body in the gifts of grace.  

Nature.  
The world.   
Now to this present, and which shall be at my time hereafter.  
We lift our hearts up to the Lord,  
For indeed it is most due and just.  
Most meet and convenient in all, and by all means, in all ●indes.  
Times and places.  
To memorize.  

adore.  
Confess.  
praise.  
Bless.  
Magnify and  
Thank thee.   
Which art the Creator, 

Nourisher,  
Preserver,  
Governor,  
Restorer,  
Promoter and  
Perfecter of all  
Creatures.    
Their Lord and Father.  
Their King and God.  
The fountain of life and Immortrlity.  
The treasury of eternal blessing.  
Whom the heavens applaud, and the heaven of heavens, the Angels and all the celestial powers each to other, and we most unworthy and humble sinners under the feet of them, with them.   

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabbath, Esa 6. 3.  
The whole heavens and all the Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.  
Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of his own place, Ezek. 3. 12.  
Glory be to God on high, in earth peace and good will among men.  
Blessed and praised and magnified, extolled and glorified and hallowed be thy Name O Lord.  
The memorial, mention, and remembrance thereof.  
For the faith of the Patriarchs.  
The hope of the Prophets.  
The labours of the Apostles.  
The truth of the Evangelists.  
The blood of the Martyrs.  
The zeal of the Confessors.  
The study of the Doctors.  
Glory be to thee, O Lord, glory be to thee.  
Glory be to thee for the glorifying of them. In whom we also glorify thee. Amen.  
Glory and wisdom, Honour and Virtue, Praise and Riches, Blessing & Power, Thanksgiving and Dominion.  
Holiness and Salvation, be ascribed to our God which sitteth upon the Throne and liveth for ever, and to the lamb which was slain. Amen.  
Great and wonderful are thy works o Lord Almighty, true and just are thy ways o thou King of Saints. Rev. 15. 3.  
Who will not fear the Lord, and glorify thy Name, for thou only art holy, and all the Nations shall come and worship thee, for thy judgements are made manifest.   

Praises in Particular.  
COme and hearken unto me, o all ye that fear the Lord, and I will show you what thing he hath done for my soul, he hath created me, he hath brought me into life, and hath so disposed of me that I am, A living soul, and not a senseless thing; A Man, not a Beast; civil, not barbarous; freeborn, not a slave; legitimate, not a bastard; Of honest parentage, not of base or Ignominious; Of understanding, not blockish; Sound in senses, not blind or deaf; Sound in Limbs, not lame or maimed; Well brought up, not forlorn or exposed. A Christian, not a Pagan; Peaceable not quarrelsome; clear of dangers, not swallowed up by them; clear of infamy, not wounded in credit; Of sufficient estate, not forced to flatter; or borrow.  
And living in the days of PEACE, not turmoiled with hurly-burly.  
To thee O Lord,  
Which according to thy abundant mercy hast regenerated us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Pet. 1. 3, 4.  
To an Inheritance, immortal, undefiled, and never fading, reserved in heaven for us, which hast blessed me with all spiritual blessings, in heavenly things in Christ, Eph. 1. 3.  
Which comfortest me in all my tribulations, that as the sufferings of Christ abound in me, so through Christ my consolation aboundeth.  
To thee O Lord,  
The God of my fathers, I make my confession; to thee I give praise, because thou hast granted me wisdom and courage in some measure, and hast showed me the things which I desired thee, and hast opened thy Word unto me.  
Unto him which  
Is able to do superabundantly above that which is desired or understood, according to the power which worketh in us. Eph. 3. 29.  
To him be glory in the Church of Christ, through out all generations for ever and ever.  
As with marrow and fatness shall my soul be satisfied and with joyful lips shall my soul praise him. Psal. 63. 5.   

Evening Prayer  
HAving passed through this ●●● I give my thanks to t●●e o Lord.  
The Evening approacheth, o bless that also to me, an evening there is as of the day, so of our life, that Evening is old age, & age hath now surprised me, Lord prosper thou that likewise unto me.  
Tarry with me o Lord, for the evening grows upon me. Luck. 24. 29:  
And my day is much declined, cast me not off now in min age forsake me not now when my strength faileth me. Psal. 71. 8, 9  
But rather let thy strength be made more perfect in this my weakness, 2 Cor. 12. 9  
O Lord the day is vanished and gone, so doth this life.  
The night doth now approach, so doth death also, death without death, the end both of our day and of our life, is near at hand.  
Remember this therefore we beseech thee o Lord, make the end of all our lives Christian-like and acceptable to thee, peaceable, and if it like thee, painless, translating us among thine elect, unto thy heavenly kingdom.  
O Lord thou hearest prayer, to thee shall all flesh come.  
In the morning, at noon, and in the evening I will call, I will cry out, and thou shalt hear my voice.  
In the night will I lift up my hands to thy Sanctuary, and will bless thee o Lord, Psal. 133. 4.  
The Lord hath showed his mercy in the day, therefore at night I will sing of him, and pray unto the God of my life, psal. 42. 9, 10.  
Thus will I praise thee all my life long, and in thy Name will I lift up my hands, Psal. 63: 4, 5.  
O let my prayers be directed as the incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Psal. 141. 2.  
Blessed art thou o Lord my God: the God of my Fathers. Psal. 144. 20.  
Which hast created the Changes of night and of day. v. 22.  
Which givest rest to the weary, and refreshest the weak. Esa. 40. 29.  
Which givest Songs in the night. Job. 35. 10. And makest the outgoing of the Morning and Evening to praise thee. psalm. 65. 9  
Which hast delivered us from the malice of this day. Matt. 6. ult. And cuttest not off our lives (like a weaver) neither from Morning to Evening makest an end of us. Esay. 38. 12.  
As we add days to our days, so we add sins to our sins, Eccles. 5. 8.  
The just man falls seven times a day. Frov. 24. 16. But we wretched sinners seventy times 7 times. Mat. 18. 22.  
But we return to our hearts. Esa. 46. 8. And with our hearts we return to thee. Deut. 30. 2.  
To thee o Lord we return, and all that is within us, saith, Ps. 103. O Lord we have sinned against thee. 2. Sam. 12. 13.  
But we repent; alas we repent, spare us good Lord, Luke. 17. 4.  
Be merciful and spare us.  
Be propitious to us.  
Have pity upon us, and spare us o Lord.  
Forgive us the guilt, Rom. 13. 19  
Take out the stains, Psal. 51. 3. 9  
Cure the faintness in us by reason of our sins, psal. 146. 3.  
and heal our souls O God, for we have sinned against thee, psal. 41. 4.  
Deliver me from my unavoidable sins, psal. 27. 17.  
Cleanse me from my secret offences, psalm. 19 13.  
And for my Communion with the transgression of others, pardon thy servant o Lord.  
All our good deeds thou hast wrought in us, Esay. 26. 12.  
If we have done any thing well, mercifully regard it o Lord.  
Our sin and our distraction is from our own selves, Hosea. 13. 9  
Whatsoever we have done amiss, graciously pardon it.  
Thou which givest thy beloved secure rest, grant that I may pass this night without fear, Psal. 3. 6.  
Enlighten my eyes that I sleep not in death. p. 13. 4.  
Deliver me from the mighty fear, from the business that walketh in the dark. psalm. 91. 5.  
Thou which neither sleepest at any time, nor slumberest, keep me this night o Lord from all evil: chiefly o Lord keep and preserve my soul. psalm. 121. 4. 7  
Visit me o God with the visitations of thy Saints: open mine ears in the visions of the night. Job. 33. 15, 16.  
At least let my sleep be a cessation from sins, from labour, and let me dream of nought that may offend thee, or defile myself. Prov. 4. 6.  
Let not my loins be filled with illusions, but let my reins chasten me in the night. psalm. 38. 8. and 16. 7.  
Let me remember thee upon my bed, and let me meditate with my heart, and search out my spirit. psalm. 63. 6. and 77. 6.  
And when it shall be time for me to rise, let me wake with the light to thee o Lord, to thy praise and thy service. Rom. 13. 11. Psal. 63. 1.  
O Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit, my soul and my body. Thou hast created, thou hast redeemed them o Lord, thou God of truth. Psalm. 31. 5.  
And with myself I commend to thy merciful protection, all those that belong to me, and all that is mine: Thou o Lord of thy goodness hast bestowed them upon me, Gen. 33. 5.  
O keep us all from evil, chiefly good Lord keep and preserve our souls. Keep them o God, keep them all spotless, and without guilt present them in that day, Psa. 121. 7.  
I will lay me down and sleep in peace. For thou only makest me dwell in safety, Psal. 3. 5. and 4. 8.   

After divine service.  
O Lord thou which hast suffered me this holy day, and hour to raise my soul, and give praise unto thee and offer up the glory due to thee; accept then, from my soul, this sacrifice spiritual, and send into me the grace of thy most sacred spirit, o visit me in thy great goodness, forgive me all my sins both wilfully and unwillfully committed, deliver me from the reward of them, that is from everlasting punishment, yea, and from all distresses in this world, change my thoughts into Piety.  
Sanctify my spirit,  
My soul and my body, Oh, give me grace to adore and please thee in godliness and holiness of life, to the utmost end of all my days.  
Amen.   

Before thy Approaching the Holy Communion, say  
O Lord, I am not worthy, nor prepared for thee to come under my sordid roof, for it is wholly desolate and ready to drop down quite, neither canst thou with me have any fitting place for thy reposal. Mar. 8. 8.  
But as thou deniest to rest in the Stable and manger of bruit beasts. Luk. 2. 7.  
As thou didst not disdain Simon. the kepers' house, and entertainment. Mat. 26. 6.  
As thou didst not forbid the adulterous Sinner to come and touch thee. Luk. 7. 19  
Nor didst abhor her impure and profane mouth, Nor yet the thieves confession of thee upon the cross. Luk. 7. 23.  
Vouchsafe O Lord to receive me likewise (an overworn and most unworthy sinner)  
Amen.   

In approaching the Holy Sacrament.  
O Lord with all thanks we commemorate the saving passions of thy Christ our Saviour.  
This life-restoring cross,  
His precious death,  
His 3. days' Sepulture,  
His resurrection,  
His ascension to heaven  
And his sitting on thy right hand,  
His glorious and most  
Dreadful return thence to the last judgement.  
And we beseech thee that with the sincere witness of our conscience receiving part of these thy holy Mysteries we may be therewithal incorporated into the sacred body of thy son, and so communicating, worthily may dwell in him and he again in us, and be his members as he is our head, and become Temples of his holy Spirit.  
And o good Lord scour out the stains of my old and fresh sins, and let not such foul spots continue there, where thy pure Sacrament shall have entered, but o Lord make not any of us guilty of these most dreadful and celestial mysteries, nor weak or feeble either in Soul or body, for our receiving them unworthily.  
But grant that to our last gasp, we may retain the hope and comfort of this ever blessed Sacrament of thine.   

In the time of Receiving.  
ATtend O Lord from thy most sacred dweling, and from the throne of glory, in thy kingdom and come and hallow it, o thou which visitest on high with the the Father, and yet invisible art present with us, come near and consecrate these gifts of thine, and all those both by whom, and for whose sake, and the end also to which they are consecrated.  
And yet that we may so participate of these thy mysteries that they may prove to us according to thy institution.  
The monuments of our Lord's dispensation, and a memorial of his sacrifice, and the means of renewing our covenant with thee. Act. 2. 4. Luk. 22. 18. 2 Cor. 11. 26. Pet. 5. 1. 5.  
According to the manner of receiving by eating and drinking.  
The souls food for our strength and nourishment. 1 Cor. 10. 2.  
Her medicine to purge and to restore her. Heb. 9 14.  
According to the effects o Lord let them like seals confirm our pardons to us.  
To the remission of our transgressions, and cancelling of all our debts and sins Mat. 26. 28. Col. 2. 14.  
Let them take out the stains that sin leaves in us and cure the weakness in our souls bred by it. Heb. 9 14. Esa. 6. 7. 1 Pet. 2. 14.  
Let them keep from us the destroying angel, as did the lambs blood in the Passeover.  
Do thou by them communicate to us the body and blood of Christ, and knit us unto him that we may participate his Spirit. 1 Cor. 10. 16. and verse. 12, 13.  
Let them like Conduit-pipes convey to us the graces of that most holy Spirit, Hebr. 13. 19 1 Cor. 12. 13.  
That so they may enlighten our dark minds, and prick our hearts with the compunction of true repentance, and cherish our weak faith, and prop our hope, and become bands to us of Charity, occasions to us of our liberty, and the awaker of all our thankfulness, Luke. 24. 31. 1 Cor. 11. 20. John. 13. 35. Psalm. 116. 12.  
And let them arm us against transgression to the increase of all effectual grace, and the augmentation of our Consolation, and the tranquillity of our Conscience. 1 Pet. 4. 1. Hebr. 13. 9 Psalm. 104. 15. 1 Cor. 11. 28.  
That even we together, with the rest of all the Saints, which ever have been gracious in thy sight, may be partakers of those incorruptible and everlasting gifts prepared by thee for all that love thy blessed Name: In whom thou art, and ever shalt be glorified.   

After the receipt of the Eucharist.  
IT is good for me to adhere to God, to place the hope of my salvation in thee o Lord, o Christ our God.  
We have now finished all within our performance that concerns this mystery of thine own dispensation.  
For we have had memorial of thy death.  
And have had an earnest of eternal life, and tasted these thy most sweet delicacies. Whereof there can be no satiety.  
And o good Lord let it stand with thy pleasure, to grant that to us in the World to come, Amen.  
The LORD be merciful to every one that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord of our Fathers, though he be not prepared according to the cleanness of thy redemption, 1 Cor. 30. 19   

Mourning and weeping.  
OH that my head were full of water, and mine eyes fountains of tears, Jeremiah 9 1.  
He which turneth the flint stone into a springing well, vouchsafe me gratiam Lacrymarum,. some small portion of the grace of repentance; that though weep I cannot, yet wish and pray for it I may, at least complain and bemoan myself as the Prophet. My leanness, my leanness, woe is me my dryness, my dryness, woe is me the transgressors have o●fended, the transgressors have grievously offended. Esay. 24. 16. Grievously offend I can, grievously lament I cannot, my dryness, my dryness woe is me, but I humbly beseech thee my merciful God and Father, in default of my contrition to accept of the strong crying and bitter tears, which in the days of his flesh, thy blessed son in great agony shed for me.   

A Prayer on the meditation of the great work of our redemption.  
O Lord which hast set before us thy Passion and Throne, one to awake our love, the other to quicken our hope, that we may this day, and ever, lift up our eyes and heads, that we may this day, and ever carry them in our eyes and hearts, look up to them both, so look that we may love the one, and wait and hope for the other; so love, and so hope, that by them both we may move, and that swiftly, even run to him, and running, not faint, but so constantly run, that we faint not finally, to attain the happy fruition of himself, and of the joy and glory of his blessed throne, that so we may find and feel him as on the cross the Author, so there the finisher of our faith, by the Son our Lord Jesus Christ.  
Amen.   

A meditation on Canticles, 5. 10.  
THe Spouse in the Canticles. asking of her beloved's colours, saith of him, my Beloved is white and red, white of his own proper, so he was when he showed himself in kind transfigured on the mount, his apparel then so white, no Fuller in the earth could come near it, Math. 17. 2. Mar. 9 3. white of himself, how comes he red then, not of himself, but for us, that is our natural colour, we are born polluted in our own blood, it is sin's colour, that for shame, that for shame is the colour of sin; our sins saith Esay,. Ch. 1. are as Crimson, of as deep dye as any purple, this the true tincture of our sins the Edomites. colour right: for Edom. is red. The tincture of our sin original, died in the Wool; and then again of our sins actual, died in the cloth too, twice dried, so was Christ twice, once in his own, again in his enemies. Right dibaphus,. a perfect full colour, a true purple, of a double dye, his too. So was it meet for crimson sinners to have a crimson Saviour: a Saviour of such a colour it behooveth us to have. Coming then to save us, off went his white, on went our red: Laid by his own righteousness, to be clothed with our sins. To wear our colours; that we his, he in our red, that we in his white. So we find (Apoc. 7.) our robes are not only washed clean, but died a pure white, in the blood of the lamb. Yea he died and rose again, both in our colours, that we might die, and rise too, in his, he in mount Golgotha, like to us, that we in mount Tabor, might be like to him.   

His Prayer after the holy Ordinances on Whit-Sunday.  
O LORD we have heard thy word, the outward means, and received the inward, we began with one sacrament, baptism; we end with the other, the Eucharist, we began with that where we heard of him; and we end with the other, where we may, and shall (I trust) receive him, and Almighty God grant, we may so receive him at this good time, as in his good time, we may be received by him thither, whence he this day came of purpose to bring us, even to the holy places made without hands, which is his heavenly kingdom, which God the Father who prepared it, God the son who purchased it, To whom three Persons, &c.   

Lights from Heaven.  
THere are seven lights, whereof God is the father, acknowledging them all for his children, and to his children, will vouchsafe them, in their order.  

1. The light of nature, for rebelling against which all that are without Christ, suffer condemnation, Solomon calls it the candle of the Lord, searching the very bowels. Pro. 20. 25. which though it be dim, and not perfect, yet good it is, though lame yet as Mephibosheth, it is Regia proles, of the blood royal.  
2. There is the light of God's Law, Lex, Lux (saith Solomon) totidem verbis. Pro. 6. 23. and his father calls it, a lantern to his feet, nay in the 19 psalm. what he saith at the fourth verse of the son, at the eight he saith of the Law of God, lights both.  
3. The light of prophecy, as of a candle, that shines in a dark place. 2 Pet. 1. 19  
4. There is the wonderful light of the gospel (so Saint Peter calls it) the proper light of the day. 1 Pet. 2. 9 the tongues that descended, so many tongues, so many lights, for the tongue is a light, & brings to light, what before was hidin the heart.  
5. And from these other is the light of grace, whereby God which commandeth the light to shine out of darkness, he it is that shineth in our hearts, by the inward anointing, which is the oil of this lamp. 2 Cor. 4. 6. the light of his holy Spirit, chasing away the darkness, both of our hearts, and minds.  
6. There is the light of comfort, of his holy spirit, a light sown for the righteous, here in this life.  
7. There is the light of glory, where the Saints shall reap light, where God dwelleth, and where we shall dwell with him, even the inheritance of the Saints, in light, where the righteous shall shine as the Sun, in the kingdom of their father, the Father of lights, Moses Candlestick, with seven stalks & lights in each of them. Gal. 1. 12. Mal. 13. 43.    

The imprecation against the Enemies of the Church.  
THe Serpents curse be upon them, and let their heads be trod to pieces, they that are zions malignant enemies, Oh Lord, let them be as grass, upon the house top, as those that perish at Endor and become dung for the earth, let them be as stubble scattered, or wax melted, smoke driven, no man can tell whither, let them perish, perish as Sisera, and Oreh, as, Absalon, Jael's bammer on their heads, Gideon's Axe on their necks, Joab's Dart in their hearts, one, nay three, one for the enemies of God, another for the enemies of mankind, a third for the enemies of Zion, Psal. 12. 1. Let their sword go throw their own hearts, and their mischief light upon their own heads.  
Amen.   

His Prayer for King James, after his Sermon of Gowry's Conspiracy.  
Even so Lord let it be, set up thy mercy, for ever, for ever, stablish the truth, of this thy Covenant, with thy servant our sovereign, that it may never fail him, as not this day, so not at any other time, let thy hand be still upon him, and thine arm about him for ever, between him, and his harms, violence, and hurt, never come near him, the sins of wickedness be ever far from him, let them be none proficients, all the sort of them that study to practise this wicked lesson, never lose thou him, nor suffer him to be lost, ever find him good Lord, to succour and save him, and let thy right hand find out his enemies, to smite and plague them, with the same blows thou didst smite, and with the same plagues thou didst power, on those of this day, the destiny of this day come on them all, and for him, Let his anointing still be fresh on him, and his crown still flourish on his head, let him all the day walk in the light of thy countenance, and at night, rest in the covering of thy wings, this day as once it did, so let it rise prosperous and happy to him this day, and all days, that he, that we, all may sing thy mercies, and set forth thy truth, all the days of our life, hear us o Lord, and grant it for thy son's sake our Saviour,  
Amen.   

His thanksgiving for the deliverance from the Gunpouder-Treason.  
O God, with all the powers, thou hast distributed in our souls, the breath of life, thou hast breathed into our nostrils, the tongues thou hast put into our mouths, behold, all these shall break forth and confess, and bless, and thank, and praise, and magnify, and exalt thee, and thy mercy for ever, yea every mouth shall acknowledge thee, every tongue, be the trumpet of thy praise, every eye lookeup, and every knee bow down to thee, and all hearts shall fear thee, and all that is within us, even our bowels, those our bowels, that but for thee, had flown, we know not whether; even our bones, those bones, that but for it, had been ●●i●er'd, bone, from bone, one from another, all shall say, who is like unto thee O Lord, in mercy who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders, wonders of mercy, as this day, upon us all, to be held by us, and our posterity, in an everlasting remembrance; glory be to thee O Lord, glory be to thee, and glory to thy mercy, yea super omnia yea most glorious, of thy great, and high perfection, glory be to thee, and glory to it, to it, in thee, and to thee for it, and that, by all thy works, in all places, and at all times, and of all thy works, and above them all, by us here, by the hearts and lungs of us all, in this place, this day, for this day, for the mercy of this day, for the mercy of it, above all mercies and for the work of this day, above all the works of it, & not this day only, but all the days of our life, even as long as thy mercy endureth, and that endureth for ever, in the world to come, through the cistern, and cunduit, of all thy mercies Jesus Christ.   

A Prayer for magistrates Ecclesiastical and civil.  
LORD by whose almighty power all governments do stand, those especially wherein the people are led in the way of his sanctuary, as he hath graciously begun to lead us in that way, so leave us not, till we have finished our course with joy; knit the hearts of Moses and Aaron, and that they may join lovingly. Teach their hands, and fingers of their hands, that they lead skilfully, touch the hearts of the people, that they may be lead willingly, That by means of this happy conduct, surely without error, and safely without danger we may lead & to be led forward until we come to the fruition of his promise, the expectation of our blessed hope; even the eternal joys of his celestial kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.   

Before Sermon.  
BLessed art thou O Lord Teach me thy Statutes, open my eyes that I may understand the wonders of thy law.  
O Lord remove thou the veil from my heart whilst that I either read or hear thy word.   

The form of Prayer used by Bishop Andrews after the opening of the Text  
THat the Word of God may at this time, obtain in us that end to which it was appointed, and this our whole action may be advantaged (Reverend Fathers and Brethren in CHRIST) let us by our prayers invite hither the Divine Majesty, acknowledging in the first place, from the bottom of our hearts our unworthiness, even to draw near to him, much more to pray to, & yet much more to obtain any thing from him. But that all our worthiness depends upon his acceptation, and that all our confidence to pray and hope to obtain, depends upon his intercession. By him let us deprecate the present punishment most due to our former unthankfulness for, and carelessness in his word. Let us pray that the grace of his Spirit may now prevent us; and that what my heart hath profitably meditated, he would bring into my tongue, thence into your ears, thence into your H●●r●●, thence into your life study and manners, to the salvation of us all, and his eternal glory.  
And lest we should be unmindful of the Church of CHRIST in our prayers, which is never unmindful of us in hers, let us interceded, with our most merciful Father, for his Church militant, on earth, scattered far and wide through all Nations That God would preserve unto her his truth, not long since recovered out of the most thick darkness of error, that he would restore unto her, when it shall seem good unto him, her unity, now almost lost through the dissensions of the christian World.  
And let us commend unto him, not without groans, that part thereof, which beside and above the rest, stands in special need of our prayers: that part I say, which is afflicted and oppressed either with the outward cross, for the testimony of a good, or the inward for the testimony. of a bad conscience. Let us pray for a happy issue of their calamities, and in the mean time, while the issue is uncertain, so much patience, as shall be necessary for the bearing of their crosses, (as is meet) meekly and courageously. For that part of the Church flourishing with peace, and by name, for this our Church of England, that God would give us to know the day of our visitation, and to walk worthy of his so great mercy, that we indeed have, but before us no Nation, no age ever had experience of.  
For the principal members of our Church and State, the Queen's most sacred majesty, that she may be enriched and adorned with all virtues, fit for so great a place, so great a Person, that in this her kingdom, the kingdom of CHRIST may daily more and more be propagated: and that she may be as cordial to us as careful, of all things which are God's as God hath confirmed; by many, great, former, later arguments that he is cordial to, and careful of her.  
For the Honourable peers of the kingdom: those especially who are of her majesty's Privy council; that God would proceed (as he hath done long) to suggest to them whatsoever shall be for the peace of this Church, and kingdom, that what is good may be effected, that what is hurtful may be removed.  
For the English Clergy: to which whi●e I desire to pray all happiness, what other things should I beg of the Lord, then that they may once be of one mind and judgement in all things.  
For our Magistracy, that they may discharge their Office purely and entirely: neither turning Justice into wormwood, by corrupt sentence; nor into vinegar by long suspension and delay of Causes.  
For the People, even the lowest part of the kingdom: (so it is, but yet precious, being bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ) that they may hear such as they have, and have such as they should hear, men fit to teach both now and hereafter.  
That this may be, and ever be, and that there may daily spring up a great supply of Learned men, which may be able to plead our causes, and minister to the health of our bodies, and procure the salvation of our souls, that God would be good and gracious to all schools of good Learning: To both the Universities, and especially to this of Ours, and all the Magistrates thrreof. To the Right Honourable the Lord Treasurer of the kingdom, our chancellor: To the Right worshipful Master vicechancellor, Master Proctors, Master Taxors, and the rest who have any Office among us.  
Lastly, that he would plentifully pour out his blessings upon our Colleges; and (as my special duty calls me) upon the whole Society of Pembroke Hall; that we in gracing our Predecessors who have been always famous in this Church, may follow their iudustry, considering the end of their conversation.  
For all these (Fathers and brethren) let us humbly offer up to CHRIST our Intercessor, his own Prayer, to be presented to his Father in our name, that he would graciously bestow upon us these things, and what ever else shall be necessary for us.  
Our Father which art in heaven, &c.   

Another Exhortation to Prayer, used by Bishop Andrew's after his opening of the Text.  
IN the handling of which Particulars, that the Word of God may at this time obtain in us the end to which it was by him ordained, and that this our whole action may be profitable, let us by our Prayers hither invite the Holy Spirit, Invoaking to that end the Father by the son. And lest we should be forgetful of her in our Prayers, which in hers is never unmindful of us; let us make intercession to the most merciful Father, for his Church Catholic, not Roman but universal, militant upon Earth, scattered over the face of the World. That God would preserve unto her, his Truth, now long since recovered out of the thickest darkness of errors: that when it shall seem good unto him, her Unity, now almost lost through the dissensions of the Christian world, may be restored.  
And let us not without groans commend unto God, that part thereof, which besides and above the rest, stands in special need of our supplications; I mean our Brethren, for what reason soever oppressed, and afflicted with any kind of cross.  
Let us pray for an happy end of their trials, and while the issue is uncertain, for so much patience as shall be necessary to the meek and constant sufferance of their troubles.  
For the portion of the Church flourishing in peace, namely for the Churches in great Britain and Ireland, and for that in both the Palatinate. And (as our special duty binds us) for the most peaceable and powerful Prince, James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and throughout his Dominions, over all conditions and orders both ecclesiastical and civil, supreme governor. Let us pray for his long life, &c. multitude of years, and that he may live long, daily more and more to increase the kingdom of Christ, see it propagated and rejoice. For the incomparable Queen Anne.  
For our springing hope the most noble Prince Charles. For the bridegroom and the Bride, the most Illustrious Frederick Prince Elector of the Roman Empire, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the most Excellent Lady, the Lady Elizabeth, the King's only Daughter, our only Princess.  
For the most Noble, the peers of the realm, those chiefly of his majesty's most hovourable Privy council. For this our Order, for the Clergy and for all the people. But in our prayers first and last, we earnestly beg of God that he would be good and gracions to the late Marriage, especially that Zion may be glad therein, in whose Joy God always shares: that he may so bless them out of Zion, that they may see (the clause in the marriage song) their children's children, and (what we all do wish for) Peace upon Israel. For which blessing let us prostrate, offer up to Christ our intercessor his own prayer, in our name to be presented to his Father, that he would most mercifully and bounteously bestow upon us these things, and what else he knows expedient for any of us. Our Father, &c.