TWO PRAYERS; ONE For the safety of His majesty's Person; THE OTHER For the Preservation of this University and City of OXFORD.  
To be used in all Churches and chapels.  
OXFORD, Printed by LEONARD LICHFIELD, Printer to the university. M.DC.XLIV.    

A PRAYER FOR THE KING.  
O Lord God, infinite in Power, by whom the Thrones of Kings are established, and their Persons made Sacred; Take, we beseech thee, into thy immediate and Divine protection thine anointed servant the King, that no Sacrilegious profane hand may come near to touch him: In all his ways let thy Spirit guide him, and thy holy angels pitch their Tents about Him; Comfort him in his troubles, defend him in his dangers, support him in his Cause, bless him in the happy Delivery of his Queen, in the safety of the PRINCE, in the confusion of all those that rise up against him; show some token on him for good, even now, O God, when the sons of Violence are in the highest of their Pride, when they have joined Nation to Nation, Covenant to Covenant, and Army to Army to pull down Him whom thou hast exalted, and to root out that Religion which thine own right hand hath planted. Defeat their Purposes, O thou preserver of men, and let not their mischievous imaginations any longer prosper; but blast all their counsels, wither away their Armies like grass scorched by the sun, bow down, at last, their stiff necks, and obdurate hearts to a desire of that Peace which hath so long been an abomination to them; That this miserable Nation may no further pursue their own ruin, and take pleasure in shedding their own blood; but being by so many bitter punishments made sensible of thy Anger for this unnatural Division, may at last be reduced within their first obedience, to the Glory of thy Name, the vindication of our defamed Religion, the joy of our afflicted King, and the happiness of this yet bleeding Kingdom. And confirm all this to us, O Lord, by the merits, and through the mediation of thine own dear son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

A Prayer for the Preservation of this university and City.  
O Almighty God, who art the only sure Refuge and strong Tower of defence to all them that put their trust in thee, receive our humble Petition; Save this City, This Nursery of thy Church, and thy afflicted People, from the hand of their Enemies. We know that unless thou keep the City, the Watchman watcheth but in vain; unless thou defend us, our Foundations, which are laid in dust, cannot stand firm. We acknowledge our own weakness, and that which makes us weaker, our sinful demerit; But thou art both the Lord of Hosts and Prince of Peace, able to destroy the strongest Army with an Army of most despicable Creatures, with things of nothing, with sudden weakness and follies, with a Rumour or Imagination. Thou canst bring us to the brink of destruction, and call us back again; Look down therefore, most merciful Lord, upon this Place, and according to thy wonted goodness resist the Proud, and give grace to the humble that run to the shadow of thy wings for succour: Thou that stillest the raging of the Sea and the madness of the People, say to the one as to the other, hither shall thy proud waves come and no further. Suffer not the purpose of our Oppressors to stand, nor their counsels to prosper, nor their Force to prevail; But set thy hook into their nostrils, to turn them back, or confound them, according to thy good pleasure and secret wisdom by which thou disposest all Events beyond the means and reach of man; But arm thy lowly servants with Faith and Patience, raise our Spirits, guide our Consultations, strengthen our Hands, help our wants, bless our endeavours with success; That we being delivered like them that dream, may praise thee as men awaked out of dust; and having seen and escaped thy Rod, may serve thee ever hereafter with true obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.  
FINIS.