A PRAYER FOR His MAJESTY's Success In his Great Undertaking for IRELAND.  
O Most glorious Majesty of Heaven and Earth, who commandest all creatures with an absolute power, and governest them with an unerring Wisdom, impartial Justice, and unspotted Goodness; we thine unworthy Servants humbly fall down before thee, and adore thy most gracious Providence, by which we have been wonderfully delivered in this Kingdom from Popish Tyranny and Arbitrary Power, which lately threatened us.  
If the Lord had not been on our side,( we ought most thankfully to acknowledge) if the Lord had not been on our side, when our enemies rose up against us then they had swallowed us up, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. Blessed be the Lord, who did not give us as a prey unto their teeth. Blessed be the Lord, who hath shown us marvelous kindness, in not suffering them to prevail over us.  
To thy infinite mercy alone we owe our present Peace and Tranquillity, the freedom of our Religion, and all our other Liberties: For, as we were not able to deliver ourselves from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were encompassed so, we did not deserve to be delivered by thee: being a stubborn and rebellious people; a generationt hat set not our hearts aright; whose spirit was not steadfast with thee our God. For we have soon forgotten thy works, and the wonders which thou hast shown us; we have sinned yet more against thee, by provoking thee immediately after we have been delivered by thee.  
We have reason to be ashamed, and blushy to lift up our faces to thee, O our God, for our Iniquities are increased, by our returning so soon unto those evil ways which we lately condemned. Pardon, good Lord, this our shameful Ingratitude towards thee; pardon it, we most earnestly beseech thee, and do not punish it, by throwing us back again into those dangers we have escaped. Give us unfeigned Repentance of that, and all our other heinous Offences against thee, particularly our continued uncharitableness one towards another, our bitter envying and strife, discord and divisions, into which we are fallen afresh with violent animosities. Lord, convince us of the greatness of this Guilt, and cast out of us the evil spirit of hatred, and wrath, and revenge, that it may not bring us to confusion: But Thou, in thy infinite mercy, mayst be pleased not only to spare us, but to perfect what Thou hast begun to do for us, by working the like Deliverance for our Brethren in Ireland, that they may praise Thee together with us.  
As Thou hast given His Majesty a magnanimous Resolution to hazard himself for their Safety, so, we beseech thee, let the same prosperous successses attend upon him, which brought him hither, and settled him on the Throne of these Kingdoms. Let thy Mercy, O Lord, be upon him, according to the trust which he professes to repose in thee; that thou wilt vouchsafe a special Blessing upon this his great Undertaking, and thereby consummate our Deliverance.  
Protect his Royal Person, both by Sea and by Land; direct him in all his Counsels and Proceedings; preserve his Fleet and his Armies; conduct and bless them in all their Enterprizes; strike a terror every where into his Enemies, and make him victorious over them.  
Secure our peace and quietness here at home, during his absence from us: discover and defeat all secret Contrivances against their Majesties and their Government; suppress or quell all turbulent Spirits: and let all these Commotions end in the happy settlement of these distracted Kingdoms, in the peaceable and secure enjoyment of our Religion, and of all the Rights and Liberties belonging to us.  
Blessed be thy Name, O Lord, who, when we called upon thee the last year, was pleased graciously to grant our Petitions, in preserving many of our Brethren in Ireland, who were straitly besieged by a numerous Army, and reduced to great extremity. Thou madest the Wind and the Sea favourable to our Forces, which were sent thither: thou gavest them a safe arrival and landing there, for their seasonable relief: and hast, ever since, made them victorious in all the Encounters they have had with their Enemies.  
Stir up the hearts of all thy People, we humbly beseech thee, not only to call upon thee earnestly, in public and private; but to search and try their ways, and to turn unto thee in newness of life. That thou mayest repeat the very same Mercies, by carrying His Majesty and his Forces safely and timely thither; and then completely subduing all his Opposers, and returning him unto this Kingdom in triumph, to reign long and peaceably over us: that, being all delivered out of the hands of our Enemies, we may serve thee without fear, under Their Majesties Government, in holiness and righteousness all our days.  
And pity, we pray thee, all other Reformed Churches which are laid waste; and raise them up out of their ruins. Hear their Sighs and Groans, and deliver them from their cruel Oppressors. Unite all those who hitherto continue in safety; that they may be able to defend themselves, and help their Brethren. Root out that implacable spirit of animosity and hatred, which hath reigned too much among us: and knit us altogether in Brotherly Affection. Make us sensible of our Sin, and of our Danger, into which we have brought ourselves by our fierce contentions; that we may not hereafter be guilty of such foolish wickedness: but study how to make and preserve peace and unity, notwithstanding any differences that remain among us.  
O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord harken and do, defer not for thine own sake, O our God; and for thy People who are called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies, in Christ Jesus. To whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, World without end, Amen.   

LONDON, Printed for Ric. Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1690.