Prayers to be said when we awake from sleep.

O God the Father, who saidst in the beginning,
Let there be light, and it was
made: Enlighten mine eyes, that I
never sleep in sin, lest at any time the deceits
of the enemy, or my own corruptions
prevail against me.
O God the Son, most beautiful and true
light, shining in darknesse, and illuminating
every one that comes into this world:
Drive away from me all clouds of ignorance,
and give me understanding, that in thee,
and through thee, I may see and know the
Father; whom to know, is to live; and to
serve, is to reign for ever.
O God the Holy Ghost, who enflamest
the wills of those in whom thou
vouchsafest to dwell, wich heavenly affections,
pour into my minde the gift of thy
holy Charity; that despising all vain and transitory
things, I may with a continual desire,
long for the true and everlasting joys of thy
celestial Kingdom.
O Holy Trinity, one God, defend me this
day from the deceits and temptations
of the Devil, keep me from all mortal sin,
and still preserve me from sudden and unprovided
death. Raise up, O God, my Body
from drowsy sleep, and my Soul from sin, to
praise and glorifie thy holy Name; to whom
belongs all benediction, and honour, and
wisdom, and thanksgiving, now and for ever.
Amen.

At our up-rising.

IN the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
crucified, I arise, blesse me, O Lord, govern
me, keep me, and confirm me in all
good works this day and ever; and after this
short and miserable pilgrimage, bring me to
everlasting happinesse. Amen.
O Most sweet Saviour Jesus Christ, open
thou my heart and lips to praise and
glorifie thy holy Name, which above all
names is blessed. Purifie my Soul from all
evil and perverse thoughts, that my lips may
continually blesse thee, my minde meditate
on thee, and my life glorifie thee.
And because, through thine onely goodnesse,
I am created to the praise and glory of
thy holy Name; Grant, I beseech thee, that
in the sight of thy divine Majesty, I may

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faithfully serve thee here, and eternally rejoyce
with thee hereafter, who with the Father,
and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest,
one God, world without end. Amen.

When you are forth of your Bed.

O Dear Jesu, the everlasting repose of thy
elect, when will the hour come, that
my poor soul may enter into those happy
regions of peace and rest, prepared for us in
thy celestial glory?

In putting on your Apparel.

O Sweet Jesu, that the shame of my sinful
soul may not be seen, cloath it with
the Robes of thy Justice, and cover it with
the ornaments of all manner of Grace and
Vertues. Amen.

When you are apparelled.

O Most amiable Jesu, the true Spouse of
my soul, give me the wedding garment
of divine Love, and perpetual Charity.
Amen.

In washing your hands, say,

O My Lord God, who so lovedst us, as to
wash our souls in thy precious Blood;
purify, I beseech thee, my heart and my
hands from all the spots and filth of sin. Amen.

In washing your Mouth.

O Divine Sapience, which proceedest
out of the mouth of thy heavenly Father,
I humbly beseech thee with thy Grace
to purge my lips from all wicked and unprofitable
words, that my mouth may never
open, but to thy praise, and the benefit
of others.

In washing your Eyes.

O True and indeficient Light, who illuminatest
every one that comes into
this world, enlighten the eyes of my soul,
that in all things I may perfectly see and
perform thy blessed will and pleasure. Amen.

The Blessing.

GOd the Father blesse me, Jesus Christ
defend and keep me; the vertue of the
Holy Ghost illuminate and direct me, now,
and for ever. Amen.

An Exercise for the Morning.

IN the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity,
now and for ever. Amen.
Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. I believe
in God, &c.
ALmighty God! whose dwelling is in
the highest Heavens, and yet vouchsafest
to regard the lowest Creature
upon Earth, I humbly adore thy sacred Majesty,
and with all the forces of my soul, exalt
and praise thy holy Name, for the infinite
blessings thou hast so freely bestowed on
me; for electing me in thy Love, and creating
me to thine own Image; for redeeming
me by thy Son, and sanctifying me with thy
holy Spirit; for preserving me in all the chances
and encounters of this life, and raising
up my thoughts to the hope of a better;
and particularly, for thy gracious protection
from the dangers of this night, and bringing
me safely to the beginning of this day.
Continue, O Lord, thy mercy to me, and as
thou hast wakned my Body from sleep, so
raise my Soul from sin, that I may walk soberly
and chastly, as in the day, in all holy
obedience before thy face.
Deliver me, O merciful God, from the
evils of this day, and guide my feet in the
ways of peace; strengthen my resolution to
embrace with gladnesse, the opportunities
of good, and carefully avoid all occasions of
sin, especially those which I have found by
experience most endanger my Soul: And
when, through frailty, I forget thee, do thou
in mercy remember me; that, as I often fall
by the evil inclination of my nature, I may
always rise again by the good assistance of
thy grace. Make me diligent in the duties of
my condition, and not too solicitous for the
successe of my affairs, but in all the miscarriages
& crosses of this world, absolutely submit
to thy divine pleasure, and wholly rely on
thy mercifull providence: Let thy blessing
be upon my actions, and thy grace direct my
intentions, that the whole course of my life
and the principall design of my heart may
alwayes tend to the advancement of thy
glory, the good of others, and the eternal
salvation of my own soul, through Jesus
Christ, our Lord and onely Saviour; who
with thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and
reigneth, ever one God, world without end
Amen.
Give me, O Lord, to do what thou commandest,
and command what thou
pleasest.
Give me to suffer what thou permittest,
and permit what thou pleasest.
The blessing of God Almighty, Father,
Son and Holy Ghost descend upon me, and
dwell in my heart for ever. Amen.

A Prayer to persevere in goodnesse.

GRant, O my Lord Jesus Christ, that I
may persevere in good purposes, and in
thy holy service to my death, and that I may
now this present day perfectly begin; for all
I have hitherto done, is nothing. Amen.

A Prayer to thy proper Angel.

O Angel of God, to whose holy care I am
committed by the supernal piety, illuminate,
defend, and govern me this day in all
my thoughts, words, and actions. Amen.
Blesse us, O Lord, and preserve us from
all evil, and bring us to eternal life: And may
the souls of the Faithful, through the mercy
of God, rest in peace. Amen.

A Blessing.

THe peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
vertue of his Sacred Passion; the sign of
the holy Crosse; the intirenesse of the humility
of the blessed Virgin Mary; the protectio~
of the Angels; and the suffrages of all the
Saints and Elect of God, be with me, and defend
me now, and in the hour of my death,
sweet Jesus. Amen.

When at Morning, Noon and Evening, the sign ofthe Salutation is given, say,.

THe Angel of God declared to Mary, and
she conceived by the Holy Ghost. Hail
Mary, &c. Behold the hand-maid of
our Lord; Be it unto me according to thy
word, Hail Mary, &c. And the word was
made flesh, and dwelt in us, Hail Mary, &c.

A Prayer.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour forth
thy Grace into our hearts, that we,
who have known the Incarnation of Christ
thy Son, the Angel declaring it, may by his
sacred Passion and Crosse, be brought to the
glory of his Resurrection, through the same
Christ our Lord. Amen.
And the souls of the Faithful through the
mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

In goin forth of thy House, say,

SHew me, O Lord, thy ways, and teach me
thy paths. Direct my steps according to
thy word, that no injustice rule over me.
Make perfect my goings in thy paths, that
my steps be not moved.

Grace before Meat.

BLesse us, O Lord, & these thy gifts, which
we are to receive of thy bounty, through
Christ our Lord. Resp. Amen

Grace after Meat.

WE give thee thanks, O Almighty
God, for all thy benefits, who livest
and reignest, world without end. Resp.
Amen.
VOuchsafe, O Lord, to render to all our
Benefactors for thy Names sake, life everlasting
Resp. Amen.
Vers. And the Souls of the Faithful, through
the mercy of God, rest in peace. Resp. Amen.

A Prayer for Schollars before Study.

O Unspeakable Creator; the true Fontain
of Light, and onely Author of all
Knowledge; who, out of the Treasure of
thy wisdom, hast with admirable Harmony,
distributed the parts of the world. Vouchsafe,
I beseech thee, to enlighten my understanding
with the Beam of thy Brightnesse, and
remove from me all darknesse of sin and ignorance.
Thou who makest eloquent the
tongues of those that want utterance, instruct
my tongue, and pour into my Lips the
grace of thy blessing. Give me a diligent and
obedient Spirit, quicknesse of apprehending,
capacity of reteining, and the continual assistance
of thy holy Grace, to apply all to thy
honour, and to everlasting salvation of my
own Soul, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Blessing.

THe Blessing of God te Father, the grace
of Jesus Christ our Lord!, and the comfort
of the Holy Ghost be with us, and dwell
in our hearts for ever. Amen.

Prayers to be said at Night, before you go to Bed.

IN the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity,
now and for ever. Amen.
Then say, Our Father, &c.
Hail Mary, &c.
I believe in God, &c.
O Eternal, Infinite, and Almighty God
whose glory the Heaven of Heavens is
not able to contain, look down on thy
unworthy servant, prostrate at the feet of
thy mercy, and humbly confessing to thee
in the sight of all thy holy Angels and blessed
Saints, the sinfulnesse and vanity of my
life, but especially the transgressions of this
day, by which I have so lately offended
thy Majesty, and so grievously wounded
my own Soul.
I confesse to Almighty God, to the Blessed
Virgin Mary, to the Blessed Saint Michael,
the Arch angel, to Blessed Saint Iohn Baptist
to the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul,
and to all the Saints, that I have grievously
sinned in Thought, Word, and Deed,
through my fault, through my fault, through
my exceeding great fault.

Here examine diligently, and confesse truly your sins, by thought, word, dred, or omission, then say,

OF these, and all other my sins, I most
earnestly repent me, and am heartily
sorry for every thought, word, and deed,
by which I have displeased the eyes of thy
glory, and provoked thy wrath and indignation
against me; especially for my disobedience
to so holy a law, and extreme ingratitude
to so benign and bountiful a God:
Lord, I acknowledge my self undeserving
the least of thy mercies, and obnoxious to
the greatest of thy Judgments; but thou
hast revealed thy self to be a God of pity
and compassion, forgiving the iniquities of
such as truly repent, and absolving all those
that voluntarily condemn themselves:
Wherefore, with a penitent and contrite
heart, I freely confesse the guiltinesse of my
own Conscience, and humbly offer these
Prayers, &c. to thee for my penance.

Recite some Prayer, or do some other [illegible] Act, for your Penance, then say,.

BUt since my unworthinesse and many
imperfections, most justly discourage
me from presuming on my own performances,
and the riches of thy mercy has provided
for us a multitude of more acceptable
Intercessors: Therefore, I beseech the
blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed St. Michael,
the Archangel, the blessed St. Iohn
Baptist, the holy Apostles, St. Peter and St..
Paul, and all the Saints in Heaven to pray
to God for me.
The great and glorious Lord of Heaven
and Earth have mercy on me, forgive my
sins, and bring me to everlasting life. Amen.
May the Almighty hand of our merciful
God give me pardon, absolution, and full
remission of all my sins. Amen.
And now, O most gracious and liberal
Benefactor, with my whole strength, with
all the faculties of my Soul and Body, I praise
and magnifie thy Name, for thy great and
innumerable benefits, proceeding purly from
thy bounty, and intended wholly for my
good; particularly, for preserving me this
day in the midst of so many dangers incident
to my condition, and delivering me
from so many calamities and miseries due
to my sins.
Thou art my Creator (O my God) and
kinde Protector; thou art the ultimate end
of my Being, and supream perfection of my
Nature; under the shadow of thy wings, is
perpetual repose, and from the light of thy
countenance flows eternal joy and felicity.
To thee be glory and honor, to thee adoration
and obedience from all thy Creatures
for ever. Amen.
And since thou hast ordained us the day
to labor, and te night to take our rest, as I
praise thee in the blessings of this day past,
so I beseech thee for thy protectio~ this night
to come: Let the eye of thy providence
watch over me, and thy holy Angels pitch
their Tents about me, that, being safely delivered
from all dangers, and comfortably
refreshed with moderate sleep, I may the
better be enabled to perform the employments
of my condition, and faithfully persevere
in the duties of thy service; and so
daily advance to new Victories over my
Passions, and more perfect observance of
thy Commandments; till, having passed my
days in thy fear, I may end them in thy favor,
and rejoyce with thee for ever in thy

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Heavenly Kingdom, through Jesus Christ
our Lord and onely Saviour; who with
thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth
ever, one God, world without end
Amen.
Here say the Prayer,I adore and glorifie
&c. as in page 16.

A Prayer to thy holy Angel.

O Angel of God, to whose holy care I am
committed by the supernatural piety
illuminate, defend and govern me this night
from all sin and danger. Amen.

IN the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, crucified,
I lay me down to rest; blesse me, O
Lord, defend and govern me, and after this
short and miserable pilgrimage, bring me to
everlasting happinesse. Amen.

A Prayer at setling to sleep.

O Jesus Christ, whose unwearied Eye neither
slumbers nor sleeps, but continually
watches in defence of thy Servants
receive me, I beseech thee, into thy protection,
and grant, that when my body is asleep,
my soul may walk to thee, and hereafter
behold that blessed and heavenly Life,
where thou with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, art eternal Governour, and where
the Angels with the blessed Souls are Citizens
for ever. Amen.
SAve us, O Lord, waking, and keep us
sleeping, that we may watch with Christ,
and rest in peace. Amen.
Preserve us as the apple of thine eye, and
protect us under the shadow of thy wings.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night
without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy
on us.
Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, as we
have put our trust in thee.
O Lord hear my prayer, and let my supplication
come to thee.

The Prayer.

VIsit we beseech thee, O Lord, this habitation,
and repel far from it all snares
of the enemy; let thy holy Angels dwell
therein to preserve in peace, and thy blessing
be upon us for ever, through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.

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The Blessing

GOd the Father blesse me, Jesus Christ
defend and keep me, the vertue of the
Holy Ghost illuminate and sanctifie me this
night, and for ever. Amen.
Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my
spirit; Lord Jesu receive my soul.

Morning Prayers for SUNDAY.

COme Holy Ghost, replenish the
hearts of the Faithful, and kindle the
fire of thy love in them.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Our Father, &c.
Vers.And lead us not into temptation.
Resp. But deliver us from evil.
Vers. .Be mindful of thy Congregation
O Lord.
Resp. Which thou hast possessed from
the beginning.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray

ILluminate our mindes, we beseech thee,
O Lord, with the light of thy clearnesse,
that we may see those things we ought to
do, and be enabled to accomplish what we
see to be our duty. Through Jesus Christ
our Lord and Saviour, &c.

A Prayer before the beginning of any Office.

PRevent, we beseech thee, O Lord, our
actions, by thy holy inspirations, and
carry them on by thy gracious assistance;
that every Prayer & Work of ours may begin
always from thee, and by thee be happily
ended, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hail Mary, &c.

Vers. THou, O Lord, wilt open my lips.
Resp. And my mouth shall declare thy
praise.
Vers. Incline unto mine aid, O God.
Resp. O Lord, make hast to help me.
Vers. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

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Resp. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Invit. Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord
is with thee.
Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord is with
thee.

A devout Prayer, or Contemplation of the joyes of Heaven.

O Heavenly King, and Lord of Lords, how
glorious is the Throne wherein thou
sittest, and how renowned and noble the
Kingdom where thou dwellest! The scituation
thereof is far above all Heavens; The
largenesse exceeds all measure; The shining
is like the glistering brightnesse of precious
stones; The light is such, as neither needs
Sun nor Moon; The Lamp which there
continually burns, is the Lamb; The Streets
are paved with pure gold; and the flood is
the River of Life, more clear then any Chrystal,
continually flowing.
There the Angels are sent in Ambassage;
the Arch-angels minister; the Principalities
triumph; the Powers rejoyce; the Dominations
govern; the Vertues shine; the Thrones
glister; the Cherubins give light; the Seraphins
burn in love; and an innumerable
army of blessed Saints, of Virgins, Confessors,
Martyrs, Patriarks, Prophets, Apostles,
and Evangelists sing continual lauds and
praises to thee.
There is health without infirmity, liberty
without bondage, beauty without deformity,
immortality without corruption, abundance
without necessity, quietnesse without
vexation, security without fear, knowledge
without errour, fulnesse without nauseousnesse,
and joy without heavinesse.
There the eyes are renewed, and made
clearer then the Sun; the ears always hear
that wonderful musick, which is so exceeding
sweet and pleasant, that one onely
sound of it were able to ravish all the hearts
of this world, the sence of smelling is most
wonderfully recreated with odoriferous savours,
and the taste is satisfied with incredible
sweetnesse and delights.
There the company are so friendly and
loving one to another, that they seem all
one Soul, and one heart; and live together in
so great peace and concord, as cannot be expressed.
There to every one is appointed his place
and glory, according to his merit: And above
all Saints and Angels, is placed the throne
of that most excellent Queen of Angels, the
Mother of Almighty God not kneeling now
upon her knees before the Manger, nor troubled
with frights and fears of loosing her
Childe, but with inestimable peace and security,
placed at the right hand of her dearly
beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus.
Arise therefore, O my Soul, and advance
thy self on high, leave all earthly thoughts
and cares here beneath, and fly up with the
wings of thy Spirit to that most excellent
Land of promise, and humbly salute those
heavenly Regions, and say, Hail sweet Countrey,
the Haven of security, the place of refuge,
the house of blessing, the paradise of
delight, the garden of eternal flowers, the
crown of all just persons, and the end of all
our desires: After thee have I long time
sighed and mourned, and still daily sigh and
mourn. O that the days of my banishment
were fully finished! How is the time of my
peregrination prolonged! O Lord, I desire
to be dissolved, and to be with thee. Grant
this, O Father, through Jesus Christ our
Lord and Saviour. Amen.

A comfortable Prayer, of the glorious Resurrection and Ascension of our Saviour Iesus.

O Infinite Goodnesse, and inestimable
chastity, where with thou, O Son of
God, didst descend from Heaven for our
Salvation! Thou tookest on thee the Nature
of man, not of Angels, and deckedst the
same with immortality, (the Crown of thy
holy Resurrection) thou hast carried it above
all Heavens, above the seats of all Angels,
beyond the Cherubins, and Seraphins, placing
it on the right-hand of thy Eternal
Father.
This now the Angels praise, and all the
holy Powers of Heaven fall flat before thy
Majesty; and each degree of the Celestial
Spirits tremble at the sight of Him, who in
an admirable union, is both God and man.
This is my onely comfort, this my special
consolation, that with my Saviour and Redeemer,
there remains part of my flesh, and
I have perfect hope to go thither, where a
portion of me reigns; neither do I account it
a small honor to me, that my flesh is there
glorified, not doubting, to have a place
hereafter, where my blood already is so
gloriously enthroned.
And though I confesse my self a most
wretched sinner, yet I despair not of the
communion of thy grace: For well I know
thou can'st not forget man, whose nature
thou hast put on, and wearest upon thee for
his sake, but wilt declare thy self a most
merciful God, in the tender affection thou
bearest to thy faithfull Servants, who in thee
are risen, and ascended into Heaven, and
with thee sit in everlasting glory; for we are
thy Members, and thou our Head, having
flesh of our flesh, and bones of our bones;
and who is he that hates his own flesh, but
contrariwise loves, cherishes, and makes
much of it?
O wonderful Mystery, wherin thou, O
Lord, art united to thy holy Church. Wherefore,
I beseech thee, O merciful Saviour,
make me partaker of the comfort of thy
holy Resurrection and Ascension, that being
supported with thy heavenly grace in
this life, I may ascend to thee, and appearing
before thy glorious seat, pure and unspotted,
may there receive my happy place, and
sing thy praises for ever. Amen.

A Prayer to God the Father.

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, God of Patriarks, and Prophets,
God of Apostles, and Martyrs, God of Virgins,
and of all Believers: I beseech thee
have mercy on us, thou who didst send thy
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to redeem
us, thy Son, born of the Virgin Mary by the
operation of the Holy Ghost, by the Annunciation
of the Angel deliver us from
eternal death.
I beseech thee, O Lord, have compassion
on thy servant, judge me not according
to my works, for I have been disobedient to
thy Commandments, but thou, who lovest
Repentance, have mercy on me, who
before thy face make confession of all my
sins; and for the love of thy holy Name, wipe
away all my offences.
Make me to abide in thy holy Catholick
Church, with an undefiled Faith and pure
Heart, with a firm devotion, and continual
love of thee, and perseverance in good
works to my lives end. Deliver me from
the eternal pains, and everlasting torments
which thou hast prepared for the wicked:
Grant this for our good and blessed Saviours
sake, by whom, and in whom, be ascribed
to thee all honor, power and glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

A Prayer, that we may keep holy the Sunday, and spend the week following to the honor of God.

MY loving Lord and merciful Creator,
I miserable sinner present my self here
before thy eyes, humbly beseeching thee
through thine infinite bounty, to vouchsafe
me thy assistance, that I may sanctifie

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this day according to the Commandment of
Thee, and thy holy Church: Give me, O
Lord, true contrition of all the sins I have
committed against thee, and my neighbor
by thought, word, or deed, or by omission
of good works, which I ought to have
done.
And I humbly beseech thee, most sweet
Jesus, not to consider the multitude of my
sins, but remember thy infinite mercy, grant
me grace to spend this week following
without offending thee; and for thy Death
and Passion sake, give to all sinners knowledge
and Grace, to do penance in the
world; and particularly we intreat thee have
mercy on all those, for whom thy holy
Church commands we should this day pray
that with her we may be made partakers of of
the infinite Merits of thy sacred Passion. Amen.

The Antiphon

O All ye Saints God, vouchsafe to intercede
for our Salvation
Vers. Be glad in our Lord, and rejoyce
ye just.
Resp. And glory all ye right in heart.

Let us Pray.

PRotect, O Lord, thy people, that call
upon thee; and all those who confide in
the patronage of the Apostles Peter and Paul,
and thy other Apostles preserve with perpetual
defence.
O Lord, we beseech thee, that all thy
Saints may every where help us; and
while we reverently celebrate their merits,
we may feel their Patronages: Grant us thy
peace in our times, and repel from thy
Church all wickednesse; dispose the acts
and wills of us, and all thy servants, in the
way of thy Salvation: Give to our Benefactors,
eternal Blessings, and to the Faithful
departed, everlasting Rest. Through our
Lord Jesus, &c Amen
V. O Lord hear my Prayer.
R. And let my supplication come to thee.
V. Blesse we our Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
V. May the souls of the faithful, through
the mercy of God, rest in peace. R. Amen.
Those that have tame and devotion may use for
the Hours Office, the Office of the Holy
Crosse, or o the Holy Ghost with the Seven
Penitential Psalms and Litanies

Let us Pray.

O Almighty eternal God, who didst so prepare
the Body and Soul of the glorious
Virgin Mary, by co-operation of the Holy
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thy Son: Grant, that in whose commemoration
we rejoyce, by her pious intercession,
we may be delivered both from present evils,
and everlasting death. Through the same
Christ our Lord. R. Amen.
V May the divine assistance always remain
with us.
R. Amen.

A Prayer in Tribulation.

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

A Prayer, whereby to command thy self to God.

O Holy Trinity, hear me most miserable
sinner, and keep me from all evil,
from all occasion of offending thee, from
all mortal sin, from the deceits of the devil,
and of my enemies visible and invisible: By
the Prayers of the Patriarks, by the merits
of the Prophets, by the suffrages of the Apostles,
by the constancy of Martyrs, by the
faith of Confessors, by the chastity of Virgins,
and by the intercession of all Saints,
who have pleased thee from the beginning
of the world. Amen.
HAil! you blessed Angelical Spirits, who
with most sweet melody sing praises
to our Lord, and in his glorious presence
continually rejoyce: Have compassion on
me, dwelling here below in this valley of
miseries; and thou especially, O holy Angel,
guardian of my Soul and Body, to whom,
by the special Commandment of God, I am
committed, I beseech thee to execute thy
office towards me diligently and faithfully,
and keep and protect me this day from all
evil, visible and invisible. Amen.

At the end of the Congregation.

LOrd have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Our Father, & c.
Vers. And lead us not into temptation.
Resp. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Vers. Confirm, O God, that which thou
hast wrought in us.
Resp. From thy holy Temple which is in
Ierusalem.
Vers O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

GRant us, we beseech thee, O Lord,
the help of thy grace, that the things
which by thy instruction we know are to
be done, we may by thy assistance perfectly
accomplish, through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
Vers. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to render eternal
life to our Benefactors alive and dead.
Resp. Amen.

Prayer, after the Office.

ACcept, O most gracious God, by the
Prayers and Merits of the blessed Virgin
Mary, and of all Saints, the Office of our
service: If by thy grace we have performed
any thing according to our duty, in thy
clemency regard it; and what we have done
with negligence, mercifully pardon, who
livest and reignest, one God in perfect Trinity,
world without end. Amen.

A Blessing to be used at the end of all our Prayers.

THe Imperial Majesty of God blesse me.
The Regal Divinity protect me. The
Everlasting Deity keep me. The Glorious Unity
comfort me. The Incomprehensible
Trinity defend me. The Inestimable Goodnesse
direct me. The Power of the Father
govern me. The Wisdom of the Son quicken
me. The Vertue of the Holy Ghost illuminate
me, and be with me, now and forever.
Amen.
Alpha and Omega, God and Man, let this
Blessing be to me all health and safety of
Body and Soul, against all mine enemies
visible and invisible, now and for ever. Amen.

Evening Prayers for SUNDAY.

COme Holy Ghost, replenish the hearts
of the Faithful, and kindle the fire of
thy love in them.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Our Father, &c.
Vers. And lead us not into temptation.
Resp. But deliver us from evil.
Vers. Be mindful of thy Congregation, O
Lord.
Resp. Which thou hast possessed from the
beginning.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

ILluminate our mindes, we beseech thee,
O Lord, with the light of thy clearnesse,
that we may see those things we ought to
do, and be enabled to accomplish what we
> see to be our duty: Through Jesus Christ
our Lord, who with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, livest and reignest, ever one God
world without end Amen.

A Prayer before the beginning of any Office.

PRevent, we beseech thee, O Lord, our
actions by the holy Inspirations and carry
them on by thy gracious assistance, that
every prayer and work of ours may begin
always from thee, and by thee be happily
ended, through Christ our Lord. Amen
Vers. Incline unto mine aid, O God.
Resp. O Lord make hast to help me.
Glory be to the Father, &c Alleluia.

The Antiphon.

O Blessed Mother, and immaculate Virgin,
glorious Queen of the world, make
intercession for us to our Lord.
Lord have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Lord have mercy upon us.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

O Lord God, we beseech thee, grant us
thy Servants, to enjoy perpetual health
of minde and body, and by the glorious intercession
of the ever blessed Virgin Mary,
to be delivered from present sorrow, and to
enjoy everlasting happinesse. Through our
Lord Jesus, &c.

The Antiphon.

O All ye Saints of God, vouchsafe to intercede
for our Salvation.
Vers. Be glad in our Lord, and rejoyce ye
just.
Resp. And glory all ye right in heart.

Let us Pray.

PRotect, O Lord, thy people, that call
upon thee; and all those, who confide
in the patronage of the Apostles Peter and
Paul, and the other Apostles, preserve with
perpetual defence.

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O Lord, we beseech thee, that all thy
Saints may every-where help us; and
while we reverently celebrate their merits,
we may feel their Patronages: Grant us thy
peace in our times, and repel from thy
Church all wickednesse; dispose the acts and
wills of us, and all thy servants, in the way
of thy Salvation: Give to our Benefactors
eternal Blessings, and to the Faithful departed,
everlasting Rest. Through our Lord Jesus,
&c Amen.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.
Vers. Blesse we our Lord.
Resp. Thanks be to God.
Vers. May the souls of the faithful, through
the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Resp. Amen.

A Prayer to God the Son, to beseech him for mercy, and in honor of his sweet and blessed Name Jesus.

O Good Jesu, O most benign Jesu, O
dearest Jesu, O Jesu, Son of the Virgin
Mary, full of mercy and pity: O sweet
Jesus, according to thy great compassion
have mercy on me: O most clement Jesu
I humbly beseech thee, by that precious
Blood, which thou shedst for the world, that
thou wouldst wash away all my iniquities, &
vouchsafe to look down upon me, wretched
and unworthy sinner, humbly craving pardon,
and calling on thy holy Name Jesus. O
Name of Jesu, a Name most precious and
delightful: O Name of Jesu, a Name most
sweet and comfortable; for, what is Jesus,
but a Saviour? Therefore, O Jesu, for thy
holy Name, be to me a Jesus, and save me:
Suffer me not to be damned, whom thou
hast created of nothing: O good Jesu, let not
my iniquity be the destruction of me, whom
thy Almighty goodnesse hath made. O sweet
Jesu, own what is thine, and wipe away that
which is strange to thee. O most benign Jesu,
have mercy on me, now, while the time
of forgiving lasts, lest thou condemn me
when the time of judging comes. What utility
can there be in my blood, if I descend
into eternal corruption? The dead praise
not thee, nor all those that go down into
Hell. O most loving Jesu, O Jesu most desired,
O meekest Jesu, O Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, enrol
me in the number of thine Elect. O Jesu,
the salvation of those that believe in thee,
O Jesu, the comfort of such as flie to thee.
O Jesu, the sweet remission of all sins. O
Jesu, Son of the Virgin Mary, pour into

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my Soul the graces of Wisdom, and Charity,
of Chastity, and Humility, that I may
perfectly love thee, praise thee, enjoy thee,
serve thee, and glory in thee, and all that call
on thy holy Name, Iesus. Amen.

A Prayer or Salutation to the glorious Virgin Mary, in honor of her excellent Vertues.

HAil Mary, most humble Hand-maid of
the blessed Trinity; Hail Mary, most
chaste Spouse of the Holy Ghost; Hail Mary,
most admirable Mother of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Hail Mary, Queen of Angels, and expectation
of the Patriarcks. Hail Mary, promise
of the Prophets, and teacher of the Apostles.
Hail Mary, strengthner of Martyrs,
and encourager of Confessors. Hail Mary,
the great exemplar of Virgins, and faithful
comforter, both of the living and the dead.
Be thou with me in all my troubles and afflictions,
and in the hour of my death; receive,
I beseech thee, my Soul, and offer it
to thy sweet Son Jesus, that for thy sake he
may accept it, and place it among the Quires
of the blessed Spirits. Amen.

A Prayer or special Recommendation to all the blessed Saints.

O Blessed Saints of Paradise, the glorious
Citizens of Heaven, as I render most
humble thanks to God for all the good he
hath done you; so I beseech you remember
me in your Prayers, and obtain for me entire
remission of my sins, amendment of my life,
and imitation of your good Spirit, and holy
Graces, that I may be perfectly reconciled
to my Saviour, and always please him; but
especially I recommend to you the hour of
my death, that by your holy intercession,
my Soul may depart this world in the grace
of God, and immediately come to life everlasting.
Amen.

At the end of the Congregation.

LOrd have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Our Father, &c.
Vers. And lead us not into temptation.
Resp. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Vers. Confirm, O God, that which thou
hast wrought in us.
Resp. From thy holy Temple which is in
Ierusalem.

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Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

GRant us, we beseech thee, O Lord
the help of thy grace, that the things
which by thy instruction we know are to
be done, we may by thy assistance perfectly
accomplish, through Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
Vers. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to render eternal
life to our Benefactors alive and dead.
Resp. Amen.

A Prayer, after the Office.

ACcept, O most gracious God, by the
Prayers and Merits of the blessed Virgin
Mary, and of all Saints, the Office of our
service: If by thy grace we have performed
any thing according to our duty, in thy
clemency regard it; and what we have done
with negligence, mercifully pardon, who
livest and reignest, one God in perfect Trinity,
world without end. Amen.

The Blessing.

THe Imperial Majesty of God blesse me.
The Regal Divinity protect me. The
Everlasting Deity keep me. The Glorious
Unity comfort me. The Incomprehensible
Trinity defend me. The Inestimable Goodnesse
direct me. The Power of the Father govern
me. The Wisdom of the Son quicken
me. The Vertue of the Holy Ghost illuminate
me, and be with me, now and for ever.
Amen.
Alpha and Omega, God and Man, let this
Blessing be to me all health and safety of Body
and Soul, against all mine enemies visible
and invisible, now and for ever. Amen.

The Antiphon.

VNder thy protection we make our refuge,
O holy Mother of God: Despise
not our Petitions in our necessities, but deliver
us from all dangers, O glorious and
blessed Virgin.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, that the
glorious intercession of the ever
blessed Virgin Mary, may protect us, and
bring us to life everlasting. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Resp. Amen.
Vers. O Lord hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.
Vers. Blesse we our Lord.
Resp. Thanks be to God.
Our Father. Hail Mary. And, I believe
in God, &c.
WE beseech thee, O Creator of all
things, that, of thy accustomed
clemency, thou wilt preserve us this night
from all danger, both of Body and Soul, to
the end we may rise again to praise thee, and
every day advance in the work of our salvation.
Through Jesus Christ, &c.
O All ye blessed Saints of Heaven, and
Spirits Angelical, whom God, with the
brightnesse of his presence, makes everlastingly
joyful; pray for me. I salute and honor
you, I give praise and thanks to our
Lord, who hath chosen you, and made you
eternally happy with his benedictions. Obtain
for me forgivenesse; obtain for me grace,
that at the end of this frail life, I may
be admitted to the fruition of your heavenly
Society. Through Jesus Christ our Lord
and Saviour, who with the Father, and the
Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God,
world without end. Amen.

A Prayer for the Souls of our Parents.

O God, by whom all things live, and
through whom our bodies diminish
not in dying, but are changed into better:
We most humbly beseech thee, command
the Souls of thy servants, to be received by
the hands of thy holy Angels, and brought
into the bosom of thy friend the Patriark Abraham,
and to thee again at the last great
judgment day; Pardon them mercifully all
their sins, which they have committed, that
they may live with thee in eternal light.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Another for the same.

O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God
of Iacob, who art God of the living, and
not of the dead, forasmuch as all Souls of
the righteous live with thee, and are in thy
hands, nor shall they be touched with any
pain or torment.
Look mercifully on all thy servants, whom
thou hast received into another life: Pardon
what, through frailty, they have committed;
command thy holy Angels to carry them into
the bosoms of thy Patriarks and Apostles,
into the place of perpetual repose, where
is neither sorrow, nor grief, nor fear, but an
assembly of innumerable Saints rejoycing
in the Country of the happy and just and
eternally seeing the glory or thy Christ.
Through whom be to thee, all honor, service,
and adoration in the Holy Ghost for
ever. Amen.

A Prayer for those Souls, which have no particular Intercessors.

O Merciful God, take pity on those Souls,
who have no particular friends and intercessors
to commend them to thee, nor
any comfort in their torments, nor other
hope, save that thou madest them to thine
image and likenesse; who either through the
negligence of those that are alive, or of the
sliding course of time, are forgotten of their
friends and posterity: Spare them, O Lord,
and preserve thy noble Handy-work. Let
not the glory due to thy Name be given to
any other, they are thy workmanship;
vouchsafe to look upon them, and deliver
them from their intolerable pains and torments,
and place them in the number of thy
Celestial Saints and Citizens. Grant this
through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end
Amen.

A Prayer for the Dead.

O God, the Creator and Redeemer of
the faithful; give to the Souls of thy
servants departed, full remission of all their
offences, that, through pious supplications,
they may obtain the pardon they have always
desired, who lived and reignest, world
without end. Amen.

The Antiphon.

WHat seems it unto you of Christ?
whose Son is he? they all said to
him, The Son of David: Jesus said to
them, how is it, that David in Spirit called
him, Lord, saying, The Lord said to
my Lord sit on my right hand?
Vers. Let my Prayer be directed to thee,
O Lord.
Resp. As incense in thy sight.

The Prayer.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that
thy people may avoid all infections of
sin, and with pure mindes follow thee the
onely God. Through our Lord Jesus Christ
thy Son, who with thee and the Holy Ghost,
liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.

The Antiphon.

DEliver us, O Lord, and all thy Faithful
in that day of terror, when the Sun
and Moon shall be darkned, and the Stars
fall down from Heaven; in that day of calamity
and amazement, when Heaven it self
shall shake, and the Pillars of the Earth be
moved, and the glorious Majesty of Iesu
come with innumerable Angel to judge the
World by fire.
Vers. Deliver us, O Lord, in that dreadful
day.
Resp. And place us with the Blessed at thy
right-hand for ever.
Vers. O Lord hear our Prayers.
Resp. And our supplications come to thee
Almighty God, with whom do live
the Spirits of the Perfect, and in whose
holy custody are deposited the Souls
of all those, that depart hence in an inferior
degree of thy grace, who, being by
their imperfect Charity, rendred unworthy
of thy Presence, are detained in a state of
grief, and suspended hopes: As we blesse
thee for the Saints already admitted to thy
glory, so we humbly offer our Prayers for
thy afflicted Servants, who continually
wait and sigh after the day of their deliverance:
Pardon their sins, supply their unpreparednesse,
and wipe away the tears
from their eyes, that they may see thee,
and, in thy glorious Light, eternally rejoyce.
Through Jesus Christ, &c.
O Eternal God! who, besides the general
Precept of Charity, hath commanded
a particular respect to Parents, Kindred,
and Benefactors; Grant, we beseech
thee, that, as they were the instruments,
by which thy Providence bestowed on us
our birth, education, and innumerable other
blessings; so our prayers may be the means
to obtain for them a speedy delivery from
their excessive sufferings, and free admittance
to thy infinite joys. Through Jesus, &c.
MOst wise and merciful Lord! who hast
ordain'd this life as a passage to the future,
confining our Repentance to the time
of our pilgrimage here, and reserving
for hereafter, the state of Punishment and
Reward: Vouchsafe us thy Grace, who are
yet alive, and still have opportunity of reconcilement
with thee, so to watch over all
our actions, and correct every least deviation
from the true way to Heaven. That we be
neither surprised with our sins uncancel'd,
nor our duties imperfect; but when our Bodies
go down into the Grave, our Souls
may ascend to thee, and dwell for ever in
the Mansions of eternal Felicity. Through
Jesus Christ our Lord, and onely Saviour,
Amen.
Say as before
in Morning Prayers
for Sunday. Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag. 66.
Accept. &c. Pag. 67.

A Prayer or Thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for all benefits.

O Blessed Lord, Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost, three Persons, and one God, my
Maker, my Redeemer, my Comforter, my
Defender, my Sweetnesse, my Mercy, my Refuge,
my Strength, my Victory, my Joy, and
my eternal Glory; I humbly adore thee, O
blessed Trinity, for that thou art in thy self
the highest good, from whom floweth all
goodnesse: Thou art eternity, thou art eternal
felicity, thou art onely God, and there is
none besides thy self.
I blesse and glorifie thee, O Sacred Trinity,
who of nothing hast framed Heaven
and Earth, and all the Creatures therein;
who hast made the holy Angels eternally to
praise thee in thy glorious Palace, and faithfully
assist us in this miserable exile; who,
to declare thy ineffable goodnesse, createdst
all things for man, and man with thy proper
hands, to thine own Image and similitude,
onely for thy self, bestowing on him understanding,
and adorning him with freewill
Blessed, O Lord, be thy Name, for this
so inestimable a gift.
Thou placedst him in Paradise, flowing
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all things here below, and, instructed
by thy blessings to love and serve thee,
be translated, after a certain period of time,
to the inheritance of eternal blisse. Nor
didst thou make these noble Creatures,
Angels and men, for any necessity thou
hadst of them, all things being sufficient
in thee to thy eternal joy and glory: But
meerly by thy charity, wast thou moved
to create them, that they might be partakers
of thy ineffable felicity.
I praise thy mercy, O my God, that among
all thy works, it pleased thee to
make me a reasonable Creature, and bestow
on me so many particular blessings.
O merciful Lord, what shall I say to
thee for all thy benefits? what praises and
thanks shall I yeeld thee? I confesse myself
unworthy to receive the least of thy
mercies, unworthy to offer thee thanks
for them I have received: But, according
to my weak capacity, I blesse thy holy
Name; and from the bottom of my Soul
with all honor and glory, and adoration
may be given thee by all thy Creatures
now and for ever. Amen.

A Prayer, that we may not be overmuch entangled with the cares of this World.

I Beseech thee, most merciful God, vouchsafe
to preserve me from excessive cares
of this life, that I be not too much incumbred
with those things that concern the necessity
of my body, much lesse entangled in
any sensual or voluptuous affections.
O my God, my ineffable sweetnesse, turn
into bitternesse all carnal consolations which
withdraw me from the love of celestial
things; suffer me not, my God, to be overcome
by the temptations of flesh and blood;
suffer me not to be deceived by the world,
and its transitory glory, nor that the Devil,
through his subtilty, seduce me to perdition.
Give me strength to resist, patience to endure,
and constancy to persevere; even meat
and drink, and all other necessaries of this
life are painful, and troublesome to a devout
spirit. Therefore grant me, O Lord, at least
to use them moderately, that my heart be
not too much incumbred with the desire of
them. Thy holy Law forbids us to seek superfluities,
and such as are more delightful
then profitable: Govern me therefore, O

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Lord, with thy holy hand, and instruct me,
that I do nothing excessively. Amen.

A devout Prayer.

MY Lord God, and most benign Saviour
Jesus Christ, who, when I was
not, didst create and make me capable of
thee, the Soveraign and onely good; and
being become a slave to sin through my forefathers
trespasses, didst redeem me with thy
pretious blood, and losse of thy sacred life,
suffering the punishment due to my iniquities,
to acquit me from the same. For these,
O Lord, and all other thy inestimable benefits,
I yeeld thee most humble, zealous,
and obedient thanks, offering my self wholly
to thee, as I am wholly thine, beseeching
thee also of thy infinite clemency, to
preserve me this night from any ways offending
thee, and direct all my thoughts,
words, and works, to thy everlasting glory.
My estate and calling is, as thou knowest,
O Lord, invironed with many difficulties,
Here weigh your vocation, and the dangers
it is subject to and through my evil customs,
and wicked inclinations, scarce can
I, without thy special assistance, passe this
life, and not offend in these sins. Here
call to minde the vices you are most prone to.
Refresh therefore, O Lord, the powers
of my Soul, with the dew of thy divine
Grace, and give me strength to fight more
manfully, and to subdue all wicked suggestions.
In all humility and sincerity of heart, I
protest by thy gracious favor never willingly
to transgresse thy Laws and Commandments
any more: I detest all sin, and
what may any way displease thee. I desire to
love thee, fear thee, and serve thee, and to direct
all my actions to thy honor and glory.
Assist me, Lord, with thy grace, and enrich
my poverty with the plenty of thy merits:
Wherefore in the union of that Charity,
wherewith thou descendedst from Heaven,
into the blessed Virgins Womb; and afterwards
offeredst up thy self on the Crosse, in
sacrifice for our sins: In the union of this thy
incomprehensible love, I offer thee whatever
I shall do, think, or speak this night, beseeching
thy merciful goodnesse so to govern,
and direct me, as thy glory may be
thereby procured, my neighbours welfare
occasioned, and my own Soul better fortified,
and provided. To thee, my sweet and
onely Saviour Jesus Christ, be all glory and
praise everlastingly. Amen.

The Prayer.

O God the Creator and Redeemer of the
faithful, give to the Souls of thy Servants
departed, full remission of all their offences;
that through pious Supplications,
they may obtain the pardon they have always
desired; who livest and reignest, world
without end. Amen.
Vers. Give them, O Lord, eternal rest.
Resp. And let perpetual light shine upon
them.
Vers. May they rest in peace.
Resp. Amen.
Say as before is
Morning Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, &.
Pag.66.
Accept,&c. Pag. 67.

The Antiphon.

By thy beauty, and thy comelinesse, intend,
proceed prosperously, and reign.

A Prayer to Christ our Saviour.

O Eternal Majesty, Author and Fountain
of all Purity, who so lovest it in Souls
made to thine own Image, that, to cleanse
them from sin, thou hast washed them with
thy precious blood; Suffer me not, O blessed
Saviour, to lose the beauty of thy Grace,
and mercifully restore true sorrow and repentance
to all those who have lost it. Amen.

A Prayer for the increase of Faith, Hope, and Charity.

I Beseech thee, O Lord Jesus, for thy exceeding
mercy and compassion, infuse into
my Soul a pure Faith, firm Hope, and perfect
Charity, that, being delivered from all error
and sin, I may yeeld my understanding obedient
to the Catholick Church, and set all
my cogitations and cares on thee; that I may
resign and commit my self wholly to thy
providence and government, not accounting
of any Creature in respect of thee, but
in all occasions, acknowledging thy fatherly
care and love towards me, I may receive
all things at thy hand, with equall praise
and thanks to thee, resigning my selfe absolutely
to thy most blessed will and pleasure.
Amen.

A Prayer to our Blessed Lady.

HAil, O most holy and blessed Virgin
Mary, full of celestial Grace, and replenished
with Beauty and Comelinesse, of
whom it pleased our Saviour Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, the King of Heaven, the
brightnesse of his Fathers glory, to be born
and nourished. Obtain for me, O blessed
Lady, of thine onely begotten Son, whatever
thou knowest necessary for the Salvation
of my Soul. O holy Mother of God, help
my frailty and weaknesse, assist me this day
in all my calamities, temptations, and dangers;
but especially at the hour of death,
I beseech thee depart not from me, that by
thy Prayers and Protection, I may be safe in
that last and dangerous battle. Amen.

A Prayer to all the Holy Angels, and to our Angel-Guardian in particular.

O Holy Angel, to whom the divine
bounty hath given me in custody, that
thou mightest conduct my blindnesse, and
teach my ignorance, strengthen my weaknesse,
and excite my slothfulnesse: I heartily
praise our common Lord, and thank thee for
the many good offices thou hast done on
my behalf, saving me among so many dangers,
both spiritual and corporal, and especially
with-holding, and preserving me, when
I would have run into my own perdition. I
humbly beseech thee continue the same endeavor
towards thy pupil, till such time as
thou bring my Soul to the happy port of everlasting
Salvation.
O all good Angels, who have the guard
and defence of each one in particular. To
you, O Sacred Company, I humbly send up
my Prayers, that you would exercise all your
offices of Charity towards me, towards
this City and Countrey, and all my Parents,
Friends, and Benefactors, directing all our
thoughts, words, and deeds, to the salvation
of our Souls: That, duly observing the Commandments
of God, we may, by his grace, be
made worthy to fill up your number, and live
with you in eternal joys. Through Jesus
Christ our Lord and onely Saviour. Amen.

A Prayer to any of the Apostles.

O Lord God, who above all thy other
Saints, hast chosen thy most Blessed Apostles,
to be the first Pillars and Foundations
of the Church, and sent them to Preach
thy Gospel through the whole world, confirming
and establishing their doctrine by
supernatural works, and miracles. We humbly
beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to grant,
that we, who are founded on the Rock of
the Apostolick Confession, and, in the union
of the same Faith, chosen and called to obey
and praise thee perpetually, may never
through any error or temptation be separated
from thee; but by the blessed Intercession
of thy holy Apostles, be strengthned in
our faith, improved in our lives, and defended
at the hour of our death. Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Antiphon.

WHen thou shalt be called unto a
marriage, sit in the lowest place,
that he who invited thee, may say to thee,
Friend, ascend up higher; so shall it be a glory
unto thee, before them that sit there
Alleluia.
Vers. Let my Prayer be directed.
Resp. As incense before thee.

The Prayer.

PRevent us, we beseech thee, O Lord,
with thy Heavenly Grace, that no temptation
overcome us, and in all our ways continually
assist us, that we may diligently apply
our selves to the exercise of good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. Amen.

The Antiphon.

THe glorious Virgin-Mother, with all the
holy Angels and blessed Saints fall down
on their faces, and adore him that liveth for
ever, singing perpetually, Glory, and Honor,
and Wisdom, and Power, be to him that
fits on the Throne, and to the Lamb for all
eternity. Alleluia.
Vers. O Lord hear our Prayers.
Resp. And let our supplications come to thee.

Let us Pray.

ALmighty God, and most merciful Father,
who gavest thy onely begotten

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Son to be born of an humble Virgin, that
we might be advanced to the adoption of
thy children; favorably regard the imperfect
Prayers of thy Servants, which we here present
unto thee, by the efficacious intercession
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and grant,
that, as her purity is exalted by thee
to the highest degree of glory, her charity
may obtain for us the especial assistance of
thy grace: Through Jesus Christ, our Lord
and onely Saviour. Amen.
O Eternal God, who in thy wonderful
providence, hast made the Angels ministring
Spirits, and sendest them in Mission
for the good of thy Elect, behold with
pity the temptations and dangers to which
the frailty of our nature is perpetually exposed,
and give thy holy Angels charge to
bear us in their hands, and cover us under
the shadow of their wings, that being guided
through the Desart of this life by their
safe conduct, we may enter at last into the
Land of Promise, and rejoyce for ever in their
blessed Society. Through Jesus Christ our
Lord and onely Saviour. Amen.

MOst gracious God, the Author of all
Sanctity, and lover of Unity, whose
wisdom hath established an admirable Communion
between thy Church Triumphant
in Heaven, and Militant on Earth, as Members
of the same mystical Body, whereof thy
Son Christ Jesus is the Head: Mercifully
grant, that as thy Blessed, without ceasing,
pray to thee for us, we may continually praise
thee for them, and in correspondence to
their perfect charity, with pious observance,
celebrate their memories, till we all meet
before thy glorious Throne, and with one
heart adore the Saviour of us all; who
with thee and the holy Ghost, liveth and
reigneth ever one God, world without end.
Amen.
Say us before in
Morning Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag.66.
Accept, &c. Pag 67.

A devout Prayer of St. Thomas of Aquine, for our conformity to the Will of God.

GRant me, most merciful God, a fervent
Zeal to desire such things as are
most acceptable to thee, and a faithful
diligence to search after them; give me wisdom
to finde them, and thy grace to accomplish
them; to the praise and glory of thy holy
Name. Direct thou my life that I may both
have knowledge, will, and power, always
to do that which is most pleasing to thee,
and most expedient for my own Soul.
Let my way to thee, O Lord, be sure,
strait, and perfect, that neither adversity
nor prosperity make me faint or fall away
from thee, that I be not puffed up in pride
with the one, nor driven down into despair
by the other: But for the one give thanks,
and be in the other armed with patience.
That I may rejoyce in nothing, but that
which approaches me to thee, my blessed
Jesu, nor sorrow for any thing, but that
which withdraws me from thee; that I desire
to please, or displease none but thee, and for
thee, that all transitory things may for thy sake,
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is agreable to thy will, may be delightful to
mine, and thou my God, above all things
that I may have no joy besides thee, nor desire
of any thing but thee: Let all labor delight
me, that is taken for thee, and all ease
be unpleasant that is without thee.
Make me lift up my heart often to thee,
and when I forget thee, give me grace to call
to minde my sins with sorrow, and full purpose
of amendment: Grant that I may be obedient,
without contradiction; patient,
without murmuring; pure, without corruption;
humble, without counterfeiting, cheerful,
without levity; sad, without dejection;
true, without doublenesse; fearing thee,
without despair; to do good works, but not
to presume; telling my neigbor his fault,
without flattery; instructing him both by
word and example, without scorning or
taunting.
Grant me, most loving Lord, a watchful
minde, which no worldly thought may divert
from thee; a constant spririt, which no evil
affection or wicked suggestion may withdraw
from thee; a heart so stable, that no
trouble may overcome me; and so free from
vice, that sin my challenge, no place in me.
Grant me, O my Lord God, understanding
to know thee, diligence to seek thee,
wisdom to finde thee; conversation to please
thee; that I may faithfully persevere in loving
thee to the end, and finally for ever possesse
thee. And, in respect of thy most grievous
pains suffered on the Crosse for me, that
I may willingly suffer penance and all tribulation
for thee.
Give me, O Lord, thy grace here in this
transitory life, and in the world to come,
make me partaker of the Reward, and Heavenly
Joy. Through the precious blood of
that immaculate Lamb, our onely Saviour
Jesus Christ; to whom with the Father, and
the Holy Ghost, three Persons, and one God,
be all honor, and glory, world without end.
Amen.

A prayer to any of the holy Martyrs.

O God, who didst so strengthen in thy
faith and love, thy blessed Martyr Saint
N. as no fleshly delights, or threatnings of
Tyrants, no sword or torture of tormentors
could withdraw him from worshipping thee:
Grant us miserable sinners, by the intercessions
of this blessed Martyr, help in tribulation,
comfort in persecution, that we may manfully
fight against all the deceits of the Devil,
despise the world, and all that is in it, that we
may fear no adversity, but obtain those eternal
joys, which by thy holy inspiration, we
desire. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer to any Confessor.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who art
the wonderful light of thy beloved
Saints, and principally hast appointed for us
blessed Bishops, Doctors, and Confessors,
as burning lights in thy house: And by their
holy exhortations, writings, and examples,
reducest sinners from evil to good. We
humbly beseech thee, that thou wilt lose
the bounds of our sins, and though unworthy,
yet make us partakers of the intercession
blessed Saint N. and all thy holy
Confessors: that we, forsaking our sinful
ways, and walking in true faith and charity,
may follow them so long in good works, till
at last, we enjoy their company in eternal beatitude:
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame~.

A Prayer to any holy Virgin.

O God, who among the many miracles
of thy power hast given to the weaker
Sex of Virgins, Widows, and Matrons,
the victory of Martyrdom, and immaculate
chastity: Mercifully grant, that we, who, celebrate
the memory of thy blessed Saint N.
may, by her example and intercession, despise
the allurements fo the flesh, the pleasures
of the world, and even life it self for thy
glory; and daily exercising our selves in thy
service, we may still increase in grace here,
and at our death be admitted to the fruition
of eternal felicity. Amen.

A Prayer to a particular Saint.

WE humbly beseech thee, O Lord
God, Father Omnipotent, to receive
the Prayers of thy Servants, celebrating
the memory of thy blessed Saint
N. that by his holy intercession, our
Bodies my be delivered from all dangers,
and adversities, and our hearts cleansed
from all evil cogitations: Through Jesus
Christ our Saviour. Amen.

A Prayer to all the blessed Saints in Heaven.

O All ye holy and elect of God, for
whom He prepared and eternal Kingdom,
from the beginning: I beseech you
through the charity by which He loved
you, to have pity on me most miserable
sinner, and reconcile me to my Creator, before
death take me away out of this
wretched world. O blessed Mary, Mother of
God, and great Mediatrix for sinners to
Christ, obtain for me right faith, and firm
hope, perfect charity, and true humility,
with the excellent graces of patience, chastity,
and sobriety; and, after the course of
this short and vain live, everlasting blessednesse.
O holy St. Michael, with all the thousands,
of glorious Angels, pray for me; that
by your intercession, I may be kept from
the power of my adversary, and attaining
the love of God here, and purenesse of
heart, and strength of faith, I may hereafter
be received into the joys of eternal
glory.
Procure for me, you holy Patriarks and
Prophets, pardon, and penance, continency,
and godly perseverance, and in the end, eternal
life. O ye blessed Apostles of Christ our
Lord, deliver me by your prayers from my
sins, defend me from the pains of Hell, take
me from the power of darknesse, and bring
me to the everlasting Kingdom. I beseech
you also, ye holy Martyrs of God, that perfect
charity, sincere love, a pure minde, a
chaste life, and remission of my sins, be obtained
for me, by your holy intercessions.
O ye glorious Confessors of God, pray for
me, that the desire of heavenly things, the
reverence of vertue, and washing away my
misdeeds, be granted by Almighty God to
me.
Assist me all you holy Virgins, with your
prayers to God, that he would adorn my
Soul with the excellent vertues of humility,
and chastity, and, after the course of this
miserable life, bring me to the fellowship
of your perpetual blessednesse. O all ye
Saints of Heaven, have compassion on me,
and pray for me, that through your intercession,
I may obtain of Almighty God, perfect
compunction of heart for my sinful life, a
clear and quiet conscience at my death, and
then for ever, the joys of perpetual felicity.
Through Jesus Christ &c. Amen.
Say as before
in morning Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, & c.
Pag. 66.
Accept, & c. Pag. 67.

A devout Prayer to the blessed Trinity.

O Most benign Father, O Father most
worthy to be prayed to, I miserable
wretch, offer to thee, for all my sins, which
I confesse are many and great and, for the
sins of the world, the bitter Passion and
death of thy onely Son, our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ; I offer his labors, his fastings,
his wearinesse, his watchings, his
prayers, his tears his humility, his bounty, his
patience, and his charity: I offer his vexations,
and troubles of minde, his anguishes,
his contumelies, his pains, his whippings,
and his wounds: I offer all the drops of his
most precious Blood.
O most blessed Jesus, my Redeemer, I return
thee humble thanks for thy innumerable
benefits, which thou hast already given
me, and still dayly bestowest on me, being
most unworthy: For thy sacred Incarnation,
and Nativity, thy holy life and conversation,
thy bitter Passion, and effusion of thy precious
Blood; and for thy most cruel and ignominious
death. I beseech thee make me
partaker of all thy merits, and grant, that,
through the diligent imitation of thy vertues,
I may be found a lively branch in thee,
who art the true Vine.
O Holy Ghost, my Comforter, I commend
to thee my Soul and Body, the beginning and
end of my life; Give me grace to do true
penance, that I may be heartily sorry for my
sins, and by vertue of thy holy Name be
perfectly purified from them, before I depart
hence out of this mortal body. Of my
self, O Lord, I am corrupt and blinde in
my affections and desires; and, if I relie on
my own judgment, easily seduced into error,
easily overcome by temptation: Wherefore,
to thee O Lord I wholly offer and
commit my Soul.
Defend and keep me, thy servant, from
all evil, teach and illuminate my minde,
strengthen my weak spirit against inordinate
pusillanimity, and superfluous scruples
of Conscience, and keep it humble,
that it fall not into presumption. Give me
right Faith, unmovable Hope, and perfect
Charity, that I may sweetly delight in thee,
heartily love thee, and every where fulfil
thy holy will and pleasure.
O holy and blessed Trinity, God omnipotent,
I commend to thee all my interests, both
Spiritual and Temporal, I commend to thee
my Benefactors, my Neighbors, my Friends,
my Familiars, and all, for whom I ought to
pray, and all those who desire my Prayers. I
commend to thee the whole Chatholick
Church; Renew in it, I beseech thee, purity
of life; grant, that each one may correct himself;
nourish and keep among them that
are members thereof, mutual charity, and
continual love to thee. Such as erre, call
back into the way of salvation; extinguish
all Heresies, and convert those to the light
of thy Faith, who as yet know thee not.
Comfort and lift up all that are troubled in
minde and conscience, and such as are oppressed
with temptations and calamities;
who livest and reignest, one God world
without end. Amen.

The Prayer for all Graces, beginning, Grant me most merciful God, &c. See before Pag. 155.

A Prayer for freedom of minde, and avoidance of worldly desires.

I Beseech thee, most merciful Lord Jesus,
to preserve me from the businesse and cares
of the world; that I be not taken with
its voluptuous pleasure; defend me from
all impediments of the Soul, that I be not
broken with overmuch heavinesse, sorrow,
not worldly fear. And by these Petitions,
I ask not onely to be delivered from such vanity,
as the world affords, but also from
such miseries, as grieve the Soul of thy Servant,
with the common malediction of mankinde,
that is, with corruption of the corporal
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that I have not liberty of spirit to behold
thee, when I would. O Lord God, that art
sweetnesse unspeakable: Turn into bitternesse
to me all fleshly delights, which would
draw me from the love of eternal things, to
that of a short and deceitful pleasure. Let
not flesh and blood overcome me, nor the
World with his vain glory deceive me, nor
the Enemy with his crafts supplant me; but
give me spiritual strength, patience in suffering,
and constancy in persevering. Give me,
for all worldly comforts, the most sweet
consolation of the Holy Ghost; and, for all
the carnal love, infuse into my Soul, the love
of thy Holy Name.
Meat, Drink, and Clothing, with all other
necessaries for the body, are painful, and
troublesom to a fervent Spirit. Which, if it
might, would always rest in spiritual things:
Grant me therefore grace to use such bodily
entertainments temperately, that I be not deceived
with overmuch desire of them. To
forsake all, is not lawful, for the Body must
be preserved; and to seek superfluities more
for pleasure, then necessity, thy holy law prohibites:
For so the flesh would rebel against
the spirit. Wherefore, Lord, I beseech, thy
right hand of grace may so govern me, that
I no way commit any excesse. Amen.

A Prayer to our Lord Iesus.

O Good Jesu, most gracious Redeemer of
my Soul, be merciful to me a miserable
sinner: I have sinned, I have offended, I have
done amisse before thee, Lord pardon me all
my iniquities, my negligences, and my immortifications,
I put them all into thy most
dearly beloved wounds, and cast them into
the bottomlesse depth of thy Mercies and
Merits. O, would to God I had never offended;
would to God I had never hindred thy
grace in me: I purpose now by thy help
to correct the folly of my Passions, and thorowly
amend my life. O Lord, put away all
my sins, wash me with thy precious blood,
and heal me with thy wounds, sanctifie me
with thy bitter Passion, and quicken me with
thy death, cleanse me perfectly fro~ the stains
of sin, and restore to me again the innocency
which thou gavest me in Baptism, that I
may truly please thee. I worship, I adore,
and glorifie thee, my Lord Jesu Christ,
for all thy mercies and benefits: I praise
thee (O Son of the living, and most high
God) who for thy exceeding great charity
towards me, vouchsafedst to be made Man,
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Stable, laid in a Manger, and fed with the
little Milk of thy Virgin Mother. Thou
wouldst suffer extreme poverty, and be
troubled thirty three years with continual
labors, and cruel pains. Thou wouldst,
through inward agony, be all in a bloody
sweat, apprehended most shamefully
bound unworthily, condemned injustly,
spit upon and buffeted, reviled and scorned,
cloathed with a white Garment, in mockery
and derision. Thou wouldst be beaten
and torn with stripes, crowned with
Thorns, over laden with a painful and
heavy Crosse, and cruelly fastned to it with
piercing Nails. Thou wouldst have Vinegar
and Gall offered thee in thy thirst.
Thou, the noble clother and garnisher of
the Stars, hangedst naked, despised, wounded,
and with innumerable sorrow afflicted
on the Crosse for my sake.
Thou shedst for me thy most pure, and
precious Blood: Thou diedst for me. I embrace
in the arms of my Soul, thy venerable
Crosse, and for the love and honor of thee
devoutly kisse the Instrument of so great a
blessing. Grant, that I may with whole and
full desire attain to thee, and eternally repose
in thee, the Center of all true happinesse.
O my Lord God, I repute and set myself
in the lowest place, under all Creatures;
for I am unworthy that the Earth should
bear me: I despise all corruptible things for
thy love; I refuse whatsoever thou art not;
I renounce all sensual pleasure and delights,
all vanity and impurity; I forsake all self-seeking,
and all immortifications; I resign
my self absolutely into thy hands and
pleasure. All my whole will, I change
into thine: Thy onely will O Lord be
done in me, and on me; thy blessed will
be done in time, and eternity, I offer my self
ready to suffer with the help of thy grace
whatsoever it shall please thee to send me
O most sweet and merciful Jesu, mortifie
whatever liveth sensually in me, whatever
is vicious and inordinate in my Soul,
which may displease thee: Mortifie in me
all propriety; adorn me with thy merits,
and vertues. O Lord, prepare a delightful
habitation for thy self in me: Renew
my Spirit, my Soul, and my Body, with
thy excellent Grace: make me like thy
holy humanity; make me one according
to thy hearts desire; enlighten my eyes,
that I may clearly see thee, and draw my
affections, that they may run after thee.
O my Lord God, O unchangeable
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me into the clear bottom of my Soul, and
bring me from thence into thee my original.
Knit me to thee most neerly, change and
transform me altogether into thee, that thou
maist have thy delight in me. Hear me graciously,
O Lord, hear me graciously, not at
my will, but at thy blessed pleasure. O Lord
teach, illuminate, and direct me in all things
that I may do nothing, speak nothing, think
nothing, desire nothing, but what is pleasing
and acceptable to thee. Amen.

A Prayer to our Blessed Lady.

O Most pious Virgin Mary, Mother of
God! I beseech thee, by the great love
thou bearest to thy dear Son, my Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: That thou wouldst
vouchsafe to obtain me true sorrow for my
sins, a perfect custody of my senses, an humble
resignation of my self, and the exercise
of those vertues, wherewith thou didst so
highly please him: I also most humbly request
thee, to direct my ways in those paths
which may be most agreeable to the will of
thy Son, and conducing to the Salvation of
my Soul. Amen.

The Prayer.

O Almighty and merciful God, from
whose bounty it proceeds, that thou
art worthily and laudably served by thy
faithful: Grant, we beseech thee, that we
may, with a humble and secure confidence,
have recourse to thy promises. Through
our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who with
thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth,
ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

Let us Pray.

ALmighty and everliving God, whose
Judgments are righteous, and Councils
unsearchable, who visitest the iniquities of
the Parents upon the children to the third
and fourth generation, and yet at length remembrest
mercy: Forgive, we beseech thee,
the sins of our Forefathers, and turn away
thy wrath from their posterity; deliver the
ignorant from being seduced by false Teachers,
and the learned from being abused by
their passions, and the whole Nation from
the spirit of contradiction, licentiousnesse,
and discord; that, instead of so many divisions
and changes in Religion, they may again
be restored to that unity of minde and
stedinesse of Faith and tranquillity of Conscience,
which is no where to be sought, but
in the Communion of thy Church, nor possible
to be found, but by the conduct of thy
Grace.
O Eternal God, who in this Universal deluge
of Heresie, which wholly overflows
and covers the face of this Land, hast
vouchsafed to select a small number for thy
self, and safe them in thy holy Ark from the
common inundation: We praise and glorifie
thy infinite goodnesse, by which alone
we enjoy the comfort of a firm and settled
belief, free from the inconstancy of those,
who, having no support, but their own fancies,
float up and down a while, and sink at
last into the gulf of infidelity: Make us sensible,
O Lord, of these thy unspeakable Blessings,
that, as we know thee by a sure Faith,
we may love thee with a perfect Charity,
and, fixing all our hopes on the joys of the
future life, patiently suffer what thou permittest
here, and still presse on to what thou
promisest hereafter: Through Jesus Christ
our Lord, and onely Saviour. Amen.

A Prayer for Patience.

O Lord, who, by thy perfect resignation,
fulfilledst the will of thy Father; grant,
that in all things I behave my self patienly,
in all things submit my desires to thy pleasure,
as long as thou ordainest I shall bear
the burden of this corruptible body: For
though this life be tedious, and as heavy
load to the Soul, yet is it now, through
thy Grace, made very meritorious; and,
by the example of thee, and thy holy
Saints, rendred to weak persons, more
comfortable, then in the old Law, when
the Gates of Heaven were shut, and the
way thither dark, and few endeavored to
finde it: So that they who were then
righteous, and ordained to be saved, could
never enter in to the possession of the blisse
prepared for them, till thy precious death,
and glorious Resurrection opened the Kingdom
of Heaven to all Believers.
O my God, what thanks am I bound to
yeeld thy goodnesse, who hast so lovingly
vouchsafed to shew me, and all the faithful
that follow thee, the true and strait way to
thy Kingdom? Thy holy life is our way, and
by thy patience we walk to thee, who art
our Head and Governor: But that thou,
Lord, hadst led the way, who ever would
have endeavored to follow? O how many
would have tarried behinde, if they had not
seen thy blessed example going before! We
are yet slow and dull, though we have seen
and heard thy signs and doctrines; what
should we then have been, if no such light
had shined before us? certainly, we should
never have raised our thoughts to thee, but
wholly fixed our minde, and our love on
worldly things.
Lord, make that possible to me by Grace,
which is impossible by Nature. Thou knowest
my weaknesse, and that I am presently
cast down with a little adversity, I beseech
thee, strengthen me with thy grace,
that trouble and affliction for thy Names
sake, may hereafter be beloved and desired
by me; nothing being more profitable for
the Salvation of my Soul, then patienly to
suffer persecution for thy glory. Amen.

A Prayer for preservation of the true Catholick Faith.

WHo can, O Lord, abide it? What
heart so stony, as to forbear weeping,
and lamenting for them that are thus
blinded, and daily mislead others into the
pit of Heresie, and damnation for ever.
Let us call continually to God, and cry
night and day: Arise, O Lord, arise, and
shew thy self to the enemies of thy truth,
that the beams of thy glory may enlighten
them: Arise, and shew thy self to thy servants,
that the comfort of thy presence
may refresh them: Arise, O Lord, why
dost thou sleep? why turnest thou thy
face from us, and seemest to forget our
poverty and trouble? Arise, O Lord, help
us, and deliver us for thy Name sake.
Suffer us not to be led into temptation,
and fall from the right belief of thy holy
Church, but confirm us by thy grace, that
we may stand therein manfully, and confesse
it to death, and so obtain those infinite
and endlesse joys, which God has promised
to all that continue in his love, and keep
his Commandments; which our Lord
Jesus Christ, for his dear and bitter Passion
sake, grant to us all. Amen.

A Prayer for the Church afflicted.

O God, the enemies of thy Church are
entred into thy Heritage, they have
taken thy people by force of Arms, and
as vanquishers, they possesse our Cities.
They have defiled, with their abominations,
thy Temple, dedicated to thy honor;
they have polluted the vessels, consecrated
for the service of thy House.
We are become a reproach to our
Neighbors, they despise, and make a jest
of us, rejoycing at our afflictions, and in
their mirth, they upbraid us: And thou,
O Lord, on whose pleasure we wholly
depend, how long wilt thou be angry with
us? why dost thou so deliver us into the
hands of our Adversaries, as though thou
hadst shaken us off, and hereafter wouldst
have no more care over us? why dost
thou shew the fury of thy wrath towards
thy people, who are the sheep of thy holy
Pasture, whereof thy self art the Ruler,
Shepherd, and Protector?
Be mindful, O Lord, of thy holy
Church, and leave it not in the hands of
thy enemies, but deliver it by thy strong
power: Consider thy League and Testament,
made with thy Elect: Remember
thy promise, that thou wouldst not forsake
such as were contrite in heart, nor fail to
save them that were humble in Spirit.
Awake, O Lord God, delay no longer,
but come to succour thy people, make hast
to help thy faithful Servants, and save us
from the hands of our enemies, we humbly
beseech thee for thy most glorious Name
sake; for thine own self, and for thine infinite
mercy; That we, their posterity, may taste
a little the sweetnesse of thy promises, which
our forefathers have so abundantly experienced.
Then will we render thee most humble
thanks, and set forth thy glory for ever
and ever; we will declare thy praises from
generation to generation, and solemnly
sing thy glory. However we will continue
thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, we
will worship no other God but thee, nor
put our confidence in any besides thee; however
it shall please thee to dispose of us, we
will serve thee with joy and gladnesse; we
will persevere still in thanksgiving, patiently
attending thy gracious deliverance. Amen.

A Prayer for those that are faln from the Church.

OMnipotent, and most merciful Father,
we humbly beseech thee, to visit with
thy Fatherly affection, all those that are faln
from the pure Catholick and Christian
Church, or doubt in any Articles thereof;
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mis-information or any false perwasion; illuminate
their hearts, O Lord, with the
beams of thy divine light; and bring them
back to acknowledge their error, that, being
perfectly converted to thy truth, they may
with the whole Universal Church, both
confesse in words, and declare in deeds, one
true, Catholick, and Christian Faith, and
remaining in it, work out their own Salvation;
so that, being all of one minde and
will, in one flock, we may all hear and follow
thee our Shepherd; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer, that God will vouchsafe to preserve the fruits of the Earth.

OMnipotent, everlasting and merciful
God, we beseech thee, consider our
daily need, shew us thy mercy, and give
us, of thy temporal blessings, sufficient
for entertainment of our necessities; grant
that the Fruits of the Earth, may by thy holy
benediction encrease and multiply; Defend
them from all storms and tempests, and
whatever may be any way hurtful; through
our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who with
thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth,
one God, world without end. Amen.

A general Prayer for the living and the dead.

O Sweet Saviour Jesu, forgive those
that hate us, and use us unmercifully:
Render good to them that do us good,
grant to our Brethren those necessities,
which they ask, and in the end life everlasting:
Comfort the sick, and direct all
that travel by Sea or by Land, O Lord,
according to thy great mercy; have pity
on those that are recommended to our unworthy
prayers: Remember our Ancestors
and Friends departed this life, bring
them to that place, where they may behold
the light of thy countenance: Remember
those that are in captivity, and
deliver them from their affliction: Assist
all those that labor in ruling the Church;
grant them their just requests, and give
them everlasting blisse: Be not unmindful,
O Lord, of us thy unworthy servants;
pour into our hearts the light of thy
knowledge, and keep us in the path of thy
Commandments; by the intercession of
the most holy, and blessed Virgin Mary,
and of all the Saints of Heaven; for thou
art blessed for ever and ever. Amen.

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A Prayer to our Blessed Lady, and all the Saints.

HAil, holy Virgin Mary, of whom was
born the King of Heaven, and brightnesse
of his Fathers glory Jesus Christ; with
whose pure Milk the Saviour of the World
was nourished. O Blessed Mother, assist my
weaknesse in all my dangers and necessities,
in all tentations to sin; and in the hour of
my death, that, thou protecting me, I may
be safe in our Lord.
O blessed Spirits of Heaven, pray for me,
and especially thou holy Angel, the keeper of
my Soul and Body, have thou faithful care
over me. O all ye holy Saints of God, who
have passed over the troubles and vexations
of this exile, and most happily attained to
the port of the Celestial Country, I most
humbly beg your protection, and the favorable
assistance of your Prayers, now, and in
the hour of my death. Amen.
O Lord God, and my heavenly Father, since,
by thy divine Ordinance, the night
approaches, and darknesse begins to overwhelm
the Earth, and time requires that we
give our selves to bodily rest and quietnesse,
I render thee most hearty thanks for thy loving
kindnesse, who hast vouchsafed to preserve
me this day from the dangers of mine
enemies, to give me my health, to feed me, &
send me all things necessary for my comfort
in this short and miserable life: I most humbly
beseech thee, for Jesus Christ his sake, mercifully
to forgive me all I have this day committed
against thy Fatherly goodnesse, either
in thought, word, or deed: And vouchsafe to
shadow me this night under the wings of thy
Almighty power, defend me from Satan, and
all his crafty assaults, that neither he, nor any
of his Ministers, have any power over me;
but that though my Body sleep, my Soul may
continually watch, and evermore praise thee;
and when the joyful light of the day returns,
I may rise again with a faithful Soul and undefiled
Body, and so behave my self according
to thy blessed Will, by casting away the
works of darknesse, and putting on the armor
of light, that others, seeing my good
works, may be therby incited to glorifie thee,
my heavenly Father; who with thy onely begotten
Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour, and the
Holy Ghost, our Comforter, liveth and reigneth,
one God, world without end. Amen.
Say as before in
Morning Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag 66.
Accept, &c. Pag 67.

A devout Prayer of a Penitent Sinner.

SHall I, Lord Jesu, dare to speak to thee,
that am but dust and ashes? Verily, if I
think my self any better, thou standest against
me, and my own sins bear witnesse that I
can not gainsay it; but if I really despise my
self, and truly think my self but dust and
ashes, as I am, then will thy grace be nigh
to me, and the light of true understanding
enter into my heart; then shall all presumption,
and pride be drowned in the vale of
meeknesse and humility, through perfect
knowledge of my wretchednesse.
I have lost thee, and my self also, O my
God, by the inordinate love that I bare to
my self; and, in seeking thee again, I have
found both thee and me, and therefore I will
hereafter use more severity in denying my
self, and more diligence in seeking thee: For
thou, Lord Jesu, art bountiful to me above
all I can ask or desire. Blessed be thou in all
thy works, for though we be unworthy, yet
thy goodnesse never ceaseth to do well to
us, and thy mercy looks after us, though
we turn away from thee. Convert us, Lord,
therefore to thee, that we may hence-forward
be obedient and thankful to thee, for
thou art our health, our vertue, and all our
strength, and none but thou. To thee therefore
be joy and glory everlastingly in the
blisse of Heaven. Amen.

The Prayer.

O Almighty everlasting God, give us encrease
of Faith, Hope, and Charity: And
that we may obtain what thou promisest,
make us love what thou commandest.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son,
who with thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth
and reigneth, one God, world without
end. Amen.
Vers. May the Divine help always remain
with us.
Resp. Amen.

The Prayer.

O God, who, in this wonderful Sacrament,
hast left us a perpetual memorial
of thy Passion; grant us, we beseech thee,
so to reverence the Sacred Mysteries of thy
Body and Blood, that we may continually
feel our Souls the Fruit of thy Redemption;
who with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, livest and reignest, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.

A devout Prayer, in honor of our Lords Passion.

I Beseech thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that
thy Death may be my strength to arm and
defend me; thy sacred Wounds my meat and
drink to feed and nourish me; thy precious
Blood wash me from all my sins; and thy
Passion bring me to everlasting glory: In the
Meditation of these thy mercies, be all my
rejoycing, my health, my study, and the
chief desire of my Soul, now, and for ever.
Amen.

A Prayer for the Holy Catholick Church.

DEfend, O Lord, thy Servants, we humbly
beseech thee, from all dangers of
Body and Soul: And, for the Prayers of the
glorious Virgin Mary, of the Holy Apostles
Peter and Paul, of the Blessed St. N. and all
thy Saints: Grant us the mercies of Peace
and Safety, that, all adversities and errors being
destroyed, thy Church may serve thee in
secure liberty. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, &c. Amen.
Say as before
in Morning Prayer
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag. 66.
Acept, &c. Pag. 67.

A Prayer of a Penitent Sinner, after his relapse.

O Lord Jesus Christ, behold, now again
I have offended thee by this word, or
by this sin unhappy wretch, and ungrateful
sinner that I am; I have dishonored thy
Majesty, and rejected thy love, which above
all things, ought to be most dear and pretious
to me.
Thou knowest, O Lord, how much I am
yet carnal; how little mortified, how full of
concupiscence; how I am floating in external
pleasure; how often enwrapped to vain
fancies; how negligent in spiritual exercises;
how light in laughing and dissolution; how
obdurate in weepings and compunction;
how ill advised in speaking; how impatient
in keeping silence; how much given to eating,
and drinking; how deaf in hearing
pious admonitions; how attentive to babling;
how sluggish in assisting at divine Offices;
how suddenly troubled and hindred
from doing good; how many things I purpose,
whereof I accomplish none.
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sorrow and grief, that I have so little compunction,
I most earnestly desire that thou
wouldst wound my heart with perfect contrition;
for from thee proceeds grace and
mercy, from us nothing but sin and perdition:
Assist me therefore, I beseech thee,
with thy grace hereafter, to keep my self
from any ways offending thee, and carefully
avoid every occasion that may endanger my
relapse. Amen.

A Prayer to our B. Saviour, to have mercy on us, though we turn late to him.

O Glorious Jesu, the Fountain of all
Sweetnesse, pardon me that I have not
hitherto, according to my duty, acknowledged
thee, who art the true and perfect
sweetnesse, nor have endeavored to place my
delight in thee, nothing regarding the beauty
of my Soul, nor the happy uniting it to
thy blessed Spirit: Pardon me, that I have so
seldom considered my own estate, to prepare
my heart for receiving thee, and making
it a resting place for thee, where thou mightest
often and long continue.
O loving Lord, have mercy on me, most
unthankful sinner, that have neither diligently
sought to know thy will, nor yet obeyed
it, nor principally taken pleasure and
delight in thy service, as a thing of chiefest
felicity, but quite contrary, like the prodigal
childe, have served swine, and fed my affections
with the vain and filthy pleasures of
the world. Spare me, good Lord, that I
came no sooner to the knowledge of thee,
and that I have been so slow a runner after
the sweet favor of thy heavenly goodnesse:
Withdraw not thy grace from me, nor refuse
to help me that come late, but so much
the more assist me, and draw me strongly to
thee, because my days are spent; to the end
that, making the more hast, I may recover
the time I have lost through my negligence.
Suffer not, O Lord, death to prevent me, before
I attain to that state of Salvation, to
which we ought all to hasten: that is, to be
joyned to the holy Spirit, in pure and perfect
life. Amen.

A devout Prayer, to obtain a fervent love of God, our Neighbors, and our Enemies.

O Dearest Saviour Jesus Christ, who hast
loved and washed us with thy precious
Blood, and given thy self to death for us;
who wast reputed with the wicked, and
most cruelly wounded for our iniquities.
Thou wert brused for our offences, and by
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thee, O Lord, for this thy unspeakable
mercy, enflame my heart with thy heavenly
grace; that the fire of thy charity may
perpetually burn and work within me,
and produce always in my Soul, such chast,
and never-failing affections of pity, and
benevolence, as may, for the love of thee,
and in imitation of thy universal love, extend
it self to all Creatures.
Fill my Soul, I beseech thee, O Lord,
with thy fervent and perpetual charity, that
in all things and above all, I may love
thee; and according to thy holy Law, love
my neighbor in thee, and for thee.
Grant me grace, I humbly beseech thee,
that with all my heart I may, to thy glory,
love, desire, and endeavor the Salvation,
and advantage of every one.
Grant me, O Lord, perfectly to love mine
enemies, not in word or shew onely, but in
deed and truth. Take from me all bitternesse
of Minde, all Anger, Disdain, Suspition, Envy,
and whatever is contrary to pure and sincere
Charity; so that in plain simplicity of heart,
I may have a good opinion of all, judging
none rashly, but loving every one in thee,
with most holy and hearty affection, and that
I may shew them both in words and deeds,
all sweetnesse, clemency and love. Amen.

A Prayer, that we may receive the B. Sacrament before our death.

O My God, and my Lord, I praise and
blesse thee, that thou hast vouchsafed
me the grace, often to participate of thy
great Mysteries; to be fed with the food of
thy holy Sacrament, and comforted with
thy sweet and blessed presence. O Father of
mercies, and God of all consolation, let every
tongue blesse thee, and every Creature
celebrate thy bounty for this inestimable
gift. And, as for me, because Praise is
uncomely in the mouth of a sinner, I humbly
offer thee, O my God, all the praises of
the Angels, and blessed Saints, that continually
adore thee, and sing thy glory.
O glorious Jesu! I beseech thee, before
I die, vouchsafe me the graces of true
Confession, Contrition, and Satisfaction
for all my offences, and that, in the hour
of my death, I may humbly adore, and
devoutly receive thee, God and Man,
Christ Jesu, Saviour of the World. And
so, with full pardon of all my sins, I may
end my life in peace, and the true Faith
of thy holy Church, and in perfect love
and charity with all the world. Amen.

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A Prayer for a Friend or Benefactor.

OMnipotent, and Everliving God, have
mercy on thy servant N. for the love of
thy sweet Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, the
true light and life of all that shall be saved.
O Jesu, the second Person in Trinity, equal
God with the Father, and the Holy Ghost,
conserve and keep him in thy grace, favor
and love; suffer him not to be drawn from
thee, through any subtile perswasion of the
Enemy O Holy Ghost, proceeding from
the Father, and the Son, the Comforter of
the Elect, the Inspirer of all good gifts, the
onely Teacher of all truth: Grant that, by
thy grace, he may evermore dwell in truth.
Replenish his heart with all charitable desires,
and heavenly inspirations necessary to
his Salvation. Grant this, O holy Trinity,
for the bitter Passion of our Saviour Jesus
Christ, and by the intercession of the glorious
Virgin Mary, and all thy Angels and
Saints. Amen.

A Prayer to the holy Virgin Mary.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, and true
Comforter of the desolate; by that
great joy, wherewith thy heart was filled
when thou knewst our Lord Jesu was risen
from death, and become glorious, and impassible:
Be a comfort to my Soul, and
vouchsafe me the help of thy intercession in
the last day, when I shall rise again, and yeeld
account of all my actions Pray for me then,
O Mother of Mercy, that I may avoid the
sentence of perpetual damnation, and happily
come to eternal joys, with all the Elect
of God. Amen.
Say as before in
Morning Prayers
For Sunday.
Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag 66
Accept, &c. Pag 67.
Live Jesus live; and let it bee
My Life to dye for love of Thee.

A Prayer to Christ, crucified for us.

O Merciful Jesu, Redeemer of the
World! whose sacred Head was crowned
with Thorns; whose Hands and Feet
were extended on a Crosse, cruelly bored
with Nails; whose side was pierced with a
Spear, and immediately there gusht out Water
and Blood; whose whole Body was ignominiously
crucified between two Theeves.
What tongue can expresse those innumerable
pains, which thy innocence suffered
We beseech thee, for these so exceeding
great torments, illuminate our Souls with
the light of thy knowledge, and moderate
our unruly passions strengthen our
hands to good works, and convert our
footsteps into thy ways: Direct our
thoughts, words, and deeds, according
to thy holy Law, and in the end of our
lives, bring us to thy Everlasting Kingdom;
where, with thy holy Angels, we
may praise thee for ever, who livest & reignest
with the Father, and the Holy Ghost,
one God, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer, acknowledging Man the cause of Christs suffering.

WHat hast thou done, sweet Jesus,
that thou shouldst have this judgment?
What hast thou done, that thou
shouldst be thus straightly dealt with? What
is thy offence? What is thy guilt? What the
cause of thy death? What the occasion of
thy condemnation? I truly am cause of thy
trouble; my fault hath made thee be slain;
my wicked life has brought thee to this
death, vengeance is taken of thee, for my
crimes: Thou art thus tormented for me,
and I the occasion of all thy smart
O marvellous order of judgment! O
strange and mysterious proceeding! the
wicked sinneth, and the just is punished; the
guilty offends, and the innocent is chastised;
the sinner transgresseth, and the godly is
condemned; that which the bad has deserved,
the good suffers; what the servant has
done amisse, the Master undertakes to recompence;
and where miserable man has
committed the trespasse, the Son of God
lays down his own life to satisfie the debt.
Whither has thy humility descended? what
has thy fervent love enforced thee to do?
how far has thy mercy extended its self? to
what a point is thy compassion come? I have
done wickedly, and thou art punished: I have
committed a grievous fault, and it is laid to
thy charge: I am the offender, and thou
art put to the torture: I was puffed up
with pride, and thou wert made of no reputation:
I was disobedient and thou sufferedst
the penalty of my rebellion: I have
pampered my self with delicacies, and
thou wert preceding word illegible: often afflicted with hunger and
thirst. My inordinate affections have made
me do things unlawful; thy perfect charity,
has brought thee to suffer an ignominious
death: I presumed to do what I was
forbidden, and thou submittedst thy self
to rebukes, even for thy good works: I
delight in liberty and pleasure, and thou
art fastned to the Crosse, with intolerable
grief: I live at ease, and thy hands and
feet are pierced with nails: I taste the
pleasant Apple, and thou the bitter Gall:
Eve laughs and rejoyces with me, blessed
Mary laments and sorrows with thee.
Behold, O King of Glory, what mine
iniquity is, and what thy mercy! How excessive
my wickednesse, and how infinite
thy goodnesse! O my King and my God,
what may I possibly offer thee in acknowledgement
of thy bounty? Mans heart is not
able to think, much lesse can his poverty
furnish a worthy oblation for so great benefits.
I beseech thee therefore, for thy mercy
sake, cause me from henceforth to renounce
all the enticements of the World, and for
love of thee, not to fear any adversities
threatned by it: But despise even death it
self; and, having perpetually in remembrance
the blessednesse of Heaven, make no
account either of the pleasures or afflictions
of this transitory life.
Let nothing please me, but that which is
acceptable to thee: Nor any thing offend
me, but that which is disagreeable to thy
will? let all things, besides thee, seem
tedious to me, and may I never be wearied
in seeking after thee: Let no joy delight
me that is without thee, and let me rejoyce
in all afflictions I suffer for thee. May the
remembrance of thee be my consolation,
and turn my tears into nourishment, whilst
I seek thy Righteousnesse. Let the Law of
thy mouth be more precious to me, then
thousands of gold or silver: Let it be my
chief delight to obey thee, and greatest
grief to displease thee
I humbly beseech thee my onely hope
that thou wilt be propitious to me, and pardon
all my iniquities; open mine ears to
hear what thou commandest, and suffer
not my heart to decline from thee, nor,
through words of wickednesse, to seek excuse
for my sins, but always to keep my
self in the paths of thy Commandments;
that at my death I may be found in the true
way to thy felicity, who livest and reignest
for ever and ever. Amen.

A Prayer, wherein we offer God the Passion of his Son.

BEhold, O holy Father, thy dear beloved
Son, so cruelly tormented for
me: Behold, most merciful King, who
it is that suffers, and remember for whom
he suffers.
Is it not, O Lord, thy most innocent
Son, whom thou hast given to death that he
might redeem thy servants? Is it not the
Author of life, who being led as a Sheep
to the slaughter, was made obedient even
to death, and that the most cruel kinde
of death?
Call to minde, O Eternal Author of all
goodnesse, that this is he, whom though
thou hast begotten of thy divine power and
vertue, yet hast thou made him partaker of
my infirmity and weaknesse: Verily, this is
thy Son, the Son of the livin God, who
being cloathed with my nature, ascended the
Gibbet of the Crosse, on which he suffered
a most dolorous Death.
O Lord, cast the eyes of thy Majesty on
the work of thy ineffable bounty; behold
thy most sweet Son, with his whole Body
stretched out; behold his innocent Hands,
be-sprinkled with his precious Blood, and
mercifully pardon those faults which my
hands have committed; look upon his naked
side pierced with a Spear and bathe my
Soul in that sacred Fountain, which I believe
issued from thence; consider his holy
Feet, which never stood in the way of sinners,
but always walked in thy Law, with
sharp and long Nails fastned to the Crosse,
and guide my steps in the path of thy Commandments:
O my God, make me hate the
ways of iniquity, and always choose those of
truth and piety
O King of Angels and Saints, I beseech
thee, for this Holy of Holies, for this my
Redeemer, make me continually remember
his excessive love, that I may be united to
him in Spririt, who hath not disdained to be
clad with my flesh.
Blessed Father, seest thou not the Head of
thy dear Son, with his Neck bending to die?
Behold most meek Creator, the humanity
of thy beloved Son, and have mercy on the
frailty of thy Creature; his white and innocent
Brest is naked, his Side red in his own
Blood, his extended Bowels dried up, his fair
and beautiful Eyes grown dim and faint, his
royal Visage pale, and the streams of his
precious Blood water his pierced Feet.
Behold, O glorious Father, the torne Body
of thy beloved Son, and graciously remember
what my substance is: behold the
sufferings of Jesus thy Son, and release the
miseries of man thy Creature; behold the
punishment of the Redeemer, and forgive
the offences of the redeemed: This is he,
O my Lord, whom thou hast smitten for the
sins of thy people, although he was thy beloved,
in whom thou wast well pleased: This
is that innocent, in whom there was found
no guilt, and yet was he reputed among the
wicked.

The Prayer.

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

The Prayer.

O Soveraign Lord, and blessed Saviour of
the world, who by the sole motive of
thy mercy, humbledst thy self to death for
our Redemption, and ascendedst to thy Father,
for the full accomplishment of our
peace: Graciously apply to our Souls the
infinite merits of thy sacred Passion, and
with thy precious Blood cleanse us from all
our sins, nail them to thy Crosse, and bury
them in thy grave, that they may die in us
and we live in thee, the life of grace here,
and be united to thee in the Kingdom of
glory hereafter, where, with the Father, and
the Holy Ghost, thou livest and reignest,
one God, world without end. Amen.

A devout Prayer to our Blessed Saviour, which may be said at any hour, repeating it five times, with Our Father, Hail Mary, and, I believe in God, &c. in honour of his five Wounds, or any other Mystery of our Redemption.

GLory, honour, and praise be to our
Lord Jesus Christ; may all the world
adore thee; blessed be thy holy Name, who
for us sinners vouchsafedst to be born of an
humble Virgin; and blessed be thine infinite
goodnesse, who diedst on the Crosse for our
Redemption.
O Jesu, Son of God, and Saviour of mankinde,
have mercy on us, and so dispose our
lives here by thy grace, that we may hereafter
rejoyce with thee for ever in thy Glory.
Amen.
Say as before
in Morning Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy, &c.
Pag. 66.
Accept, &c. Pag. 67.

The Antiphon

The offneces of my youth, and my ignorances,
remember not, O Lord.

A devout Prayer.

O Soveraign, dreadful, and most loving
Lord, my God, who never ceasest to
shew thy mercy towards sinners; and even
when they offend and trespasse against
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love, as thou forbearest not then to heap thy
benefits upon them: I, most sinful wretch,
yeeld thee humble thanks for thy ineffable
goodnesse in creating me to thine own likenesse,
and making me capable of thy everlasting
glory, in making so many other Creatures
for my use and sustenance.
I blesse thee for that inestimable work of
my Redemption, whereby thou deliveredst
me from the slavery of Satan, and purchasedst
me free entrance into thy Celestial Kingdom.
For having singled me out among so
many millions, that know thee not, and lie
drowned in ignorance, and miserable errors,
to be thy servant and a member of the true
Catholick Church. For thy blessed Sacraments;
especially, for that glorious Mystery
above all other, wherein thou art thy self
most really contained. For preserving me so
many times from Hell, which my sins have
long since deserved, did not thy estimable
goodnesse sustain and deliver me. For these
and all other thy benefits, namely, for those
thou hast this day most bountifully bestowed
upon me. Here are they particularly to be
thought of O my Soveraign Lord, I offer
thee the most sincere, and most dutiful
thanks, that my poor heart is capable to afford;
beseeching the blessed Virgin, and all
the Saints of Heaven, to supply my want
with their perfect praises.
And now, my onely Redeemer and Saviour,
I humbly crave the light of thy grace,
to know wherein I have this day any ways
offended thee, and that, by mature and sound
discussion of my Conscience, I may see my
own sins with sorrow, and thy unspeakable
mercy, with a zealous and firm purpose of
amendment. Here must we examine our selves
how we have employed the day, in thought, word,
and deed, toward God, and our Neighbors.
Thou seest, O Lord, my sinfulnesse, and
knowest my misery much better then my
self. Sorry I am with all my heart, that I
should still offend so loving a Lord, and wish
my sorrows were far greater. I purposed to
do better by thy grace, which was not wanting;
yet have I faln again into my former
trespasses. Thy goodnesse, O Lord, forbids
me to despair, and therefore I will continually
trust to thy mercies in all events; and
firmly resolve every day to amend my life.
Deliver me, O my God, from all mortal sin
for ever, and give me grace so to strive against
my venial sins, that at last I may wholly overcome
them. And for satisfaction of these,
and all my former offences, and for the offences
of the whole world, as also for thy
unspeakable benefits bestowed on me, and
all mankinde, I offer thee the merits of thy
bitter Passion, those most precious drops of
Blood thou shed'st for our Salvation, and
that enflamed charity, wherewith thou wholly
resignedst thy self to all thy torments, for
our sake.
And in the union of this thy holy Oblation,
I offer up my self, and all I have, to thy
honor and everlasting glory. I retain nothing,
but give all to thee, whose it is; and
make that thine by my will, which is thine
of justice.
Give me thy grace, O my God, to live
better hereafter, and to confesse my sins in
due time to my Ghostly Father: Give me
true Humility and Repentance, Grace to
know thee, and my self; Purity of heart in all
my doings, Patience, Chastity, and perfect
Charity: Give me a good life, and a happy
death, and, in the dangerous hour of my departure,
the assistance of the blessed Saints,
and holy Angels, with whom, through thy
mercy, I may praise and glorifie thee for
ever. Amen.
O Jesus, my dear Saviour, be merciful to
me a sinner.

A devout Prayer to our Lord Iesus.

O My Soveraign Lord Jesu, Son of Almighty
God, and of the most pure
and glorious Virgin Mary: Who sufferedst
that bitter death for me, and all mankinde,
and didst rise again the third day: I beseech
thee, Lord, have mercy on me, a
sinner, yet thy Creature: And, for thy
Passions sake, preserve me from all perils of
Body and Soul, especially those that may
turn to thy displeasure. With all my heart
I thank thee, most gracious Lord, for the
great mercies thou hast shewed me in the
imminent dangers, to which I have been
exposed: and as thy grace has always
kept me from the hour of my birth, to
this day; so, Lord, I beseech thee, that
thy mercy may continue my safety.
And, for my great offence, ingratitude,
and all my sinful life, humbly I ask thy
pardon. And since I cannot lead such
a life as becomes thy servant, I meekly
prostrate my self, and say, God be merciful
to me a sinner; I blesse thee, most
gracious God, for all the benefits thou
hast so largely bestowed on me, rendring
all honor and praise to thy holy Name,
who livest and reignest, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.

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A Prayer for our selves and others, especially those of our charge.

I Adore thee, most merciful God, and
give thee thanks for thy unmeasurable
clemency, and infinite goodnesse, by which
thou not onely sufferest us miserable and
ungrateful sinners to live, being unworthy
of life, but also pardonest us, and bestowest
thy benefits upon us. Let therefore at
last, thy goodnesse, O God, overcome our
malice, thy piety mollifie our hardnesse, thy
most burning Charity melt our frozen hearts,
that we may be changed from vessels of
wrath, into vessels of mercy, and, being
freed from all our sins, may be so much more
fervent in loving thee, by how much we
have hitherto been cold in thy service.
Sweet Jesus, grant us grace to run after
thee, and so to imitate the steps of thy
life and Passion, that the fervor of devotion
may recompence in us, the slownesse of
our former conversation; and so much the
more earnestly seek thee, by how much
longer, and more grievously we have neglected
thee, the onely Fountain of eternal
life: Grant, that with all our hearts we
may be converted to thee, and, being
confirmed in thy grace, may praise thee
our Redeemer and Saviour for ever.
And especially, I beseech thee, O infinite
Goodnesse, for my self, a most miserable sinner,
who have so much more need of the
help of thy grace, then others, as I am more
infirm and lesse able to do any good. Thou
knowest also, most gracious God, how unprofitable
I am, so often retarding the operation
of thy grace both in my self, and others.
Wherefore, O most liberal & merciful
Lord, I humbly beseech thee, for all them
that are committed to my charge, or otherwise
commended to my Prayers. To thy holy
protection, I recommend them, and in
thy heart, most sweet Jesu, I repose them;
Preserve them, I beseech thee, according to
thy good pleasure, and bring them to life
everlasting.
O Lord my God, I beseech thee for those,
among whom I dwell, that, by the shedding
of thy precious Blood, and by the bottomlesse
depth of all thy mercies, thy grace
may abound, and be confirmed in us all, and
none of us may perish for ever. Give us, O
Lord, all Spiritual and Temporal necessaries,
according to thy blessed pleasure, and
so govern and direct both us and them, that
thy service, and salvation of Souls, may here
continually grow, and increase.

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O most sweet Jesus, most faithful Lover, I
offer and commend to thee, all those that
have desired my unworthy Prayers. Thou art
most merciful, and abundantly rich for all:
According to their need, and thy mercy glorifie
thy Name in them, and deal with us, not
according to our demerits, but thy own infinite
goodnesse. Amen.

A Prayer for all degrees of the Catholick Church.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, by whose
holy Spirit, the Universal Body of the
Catholick Church is sanctified, and governed:
Hear, we beseech thee, our humble
Supplications for all Orders, States, and Degrees;
that, by the gift of thy grace, they
may all, in their several stations, faithfully
serve thee, in Unitiy, Peace, and perpetual
Charity, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

A Prayer against Pride.

ALmighty Jesu, my sweet Saviour Christ,
who vouchsafedst with thine own Almighty
Hands, to wash the feet of thy twelve
Apostles; not onely of the Faithful, but of
the very Traytor also: Vouchsafe, O Lord,
of thine infinite goodnesse, so to cleanse and
purifie my affections, that I never disdain
either friend or fo, but with meeknesse, and
charity for love of thee, humble my self
even to the washing of their feet. Amen.

The Antiphon.

O Righteous Father, the world hath not
known thee; but I know thee, because thou
hast sent me.
Vers. Deliver me, O Lord, from the hurtful
man
Resp. From the wicked man deliver me.

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The Prayer.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, that the
people, dedicated to thee, may
profit in desire of true devotion: that, being
instructed in sacred Actions, by how
much they are made more acceptable to thy
Majesty, they may so much the more increase
in better gifts: Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, thy Son, who with thee, and
the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one
God, world without end. Amen.
See Litany of the B. Virgin, at the end of
Evening Prayers for Saturday, pag. 281.
Say as before in
Moring Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy &c.
Pag 66.
Accept, &c. Pag 67.

A Prayer to obtain a blessed End.

O Blessed Jesus, the Well-spring of Pity,
and overflowing Fountain of Mercy,
I humbly beseech thee, give me grace
so to spend this my transitory life, in vertuous
and holy Exercises; that when the
day of my death shall come, though I feel
pain in my body, I may finde comfort in
my Soul; and, with faithful hope in thy
mercy, and sincerest love of thee, and
perfect charity towards the world, I may
depart hence out of this vale of misery, and
hasten to that glorious Countrey, wherin
thou hast bought us an inheritance for ever,
with thy most precious Blood, who with
the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest and
reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Immaculate Mother
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, recommend, we beseech thee, these
our imperfect Prayers to the mercy of thy
glorious Son, and offer him thine own
most acceptable intercession for us, that he
would be pleased to pardon our sins past,
and deliver us from future temptations, and
protect us in all our ways, with the assistance
of his grace.
O blessed Virgin, by that unspeakable
gladnesse, which filled and overflowed thy
Spirit, when the Angel declared to thee
the adorable Mystery of our Saviours Incarnation,
and by that perfect resignment
of thy Self to the will of God, when thou
humbly answered'st, Behold the Handmaid
of our Lord, be it done to me according to thy
Word. We beseech thee obtain for us the
graces of a lively Faith, and discreet Humility,
and cheerful submission to the Divine
Will in all things.
O admirable Mother, by thy tender love,
and continual service of the blessed Jesus,
in his Infancy, and by that incomparable
happinesse thou afterwards enjoyedst in his
Heavenly Doctrince, and miraculous Life:
We beseech thee obtain for us a diligent devotion,
and constant perseverance in our
duty to God, that our delight may be in his
Law, and our confidence, in his holy Protection.
O Mother of Pity and Compassion, by
those sharp sorrows, which pierced thy
heart, when thou stoodst by a sad witnesse
of thy Sons sufferings, and beheldst him in
that bitter agony, all torne with cruel scourges,
and bleeding on the Crosse, forsaken of
his Friends, and dying in the midst of his
Enemies. We beseech thee obtain for us,
compassion towards the afflictions of others,
and patience in our own, and a faithful
correspondence to the great love of our
Redeemer.
O glorious Virgin, by those excessive
joys wherewith thy Soul was wholly ravished
at the victorious Resurrection of thy Son,
and his triumphant Ascension above the
highest Heavens. We beseech thee obtain
for us the blessing of a vertuous Life, and
holy Death, and happy Resurrection, that we
may for ever rejoyce in the presence of God,
and admire his glory, and praise his goodnesse,
through the same Jesus Christ; who
with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, liveth
and reigneth, one God, world without end.
Amen.

A devout Prayer, fervently aspiring after the joyes of Heaven.

O Live Eternal! O admirable Countrey!
O Heavenly Ierusalem! Of thee
what is written? what is spoken? what is
believed? In thee is that good, that joy,
that solace, which eye hath not seen, ear
hath not heard, nor the heart of man can
comprehend. There is everlasting day, and
all of one spirit; there is certain security, secure
eternity, eternal tranquillity, quiet felicity,
happy sweetnesse, and sweet pleasantnesse.
O that I were delivered from the prison
of this frail and miserable life, where I do
nothing but daily offend thee, O Lord; and
that I were admitted to that most happy and
immortal Life, where I might fully enjoy
thee, and among all thy Elect, eternally praise
thee: O my sweet Lord, when will that
hour come, and when will that desired day
be? when shall it be said to me, Enter into
the joyes of thy Lord?
O eternal God, how happy are those, who
already are admitted to thy delicious Table,
there to eat the Bread of Life, there to be
refreshed with thy most clear vision, and incessantly
sing to thee the voice of thangsgiving
and praise? Enter, enter, O my Soul,
even to the in-most of this Tabernacle and
Celestial abode: Listen attentively to the
sound of Joy, of those who eat at this
Royal Table, and rejoyce at the expectation
of being hereafter one of this blessed Feast
and Company. Amen.

The Antiphon.

THou art our onely Saviour, O JESU,
Son of the Virgin-Mother, whose death
delivered us from the vassalage of sin and redeemed
us into the liberty of thy Service:
Thour art our supreme Mediator, O King of
glory, whose Resurrection hath established
thy Throne for ever, and of thy Kindom
there shall be no end. Alleluia.
Vers. Blessed is the Womb that bare thee
and the Brests that gave thee suck.
Resp. Blessed are they that hear thy Word,
and faithfully in their lives observe it.
Vers. O Lord hear our Prayers.
Resp. And let our supplications come to
thee.

Let us Pray.

MOst holy, and ever blessed JESUS,
who, opening the full Treasures of thy
bounty, pouredst out thy Graces abundantly
on the glorious Virgin Mary, thy immaculate
Mother; and after a course of admirable
Piety, didst raise her to a state of incomparable
Felicity: Grant us, we beseech
thee, so to reverence the extraordinary Prerogatives
adorning her Person, that we endeavor
to imitate the transcendent Vertues
shining in her life; and, by the same purity
of heart, and perfect love of thee, and continual
Aspirations after the joys of Heaven,
dispose our Souls to see Thee, and in that
sight be for ever happy; who with the Father,
and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest,
ever one God, world without end.
Amen.
Say as before in
Moring Prayers
for Sunday
Lord have mercy &c.
Pag 66.
Accept, &c. Pag 67.

Let us Pray.

O God, whose property is always to have
mercy, and to spare, receive our Petition,
that the tender mercy of thy piety may
mildly absolve us, and all thy servants,
whom the chain of sin doth binde.
HEar we beseech thee, O Lord, the
Prayers of thy suppliants, and pardon
the sins of them that confesse to thee, that
thou, being to us benign, maist give us pardon
and peace.
SHew with clemency, O Lord, thy unspeakable
mercy to us; that thou both
acquit us of our sins, and deliver us from the
punishments, which for them we deserve.
O God, who through sin art offended,
and through penance pacified, mercifully
respect the Prayers of thy people,
making supplication to thee, and turn away
the scourges of thy anger, which for
our sins we deserve.
O Almighty and eternal God, have mercy
on thy servant N. our chief Bishop,
and direct him, according to thy clemency,
in the way of everlasting salvation; that, by
thy grace, he may desire things agreeable to
thy will, and with all his power perform them.
O God, from whom are all holy desires,
rightful counsels, and just works:
Give to thy servants that peace which the
world cannot give; that our hearts being
disposed to keep thy Commandments, and
the fear of enemies taken away, the times
through thy protection may be peaceable.
INflame, O Lord, our reins and heart,
with the fire of thy holy Spirit; to the
end we may serve thee with a chast body,
and please thee with a clean heart. O God, the Creator, and Redeemer of
all the faithful, give to the Souls of
thy servants departed, remission of all their
sins: that, through pious supplications,
they may obtain the pardon, they have always
desired.
PRevent, we beseech thee, O Lord, our
actions, by thy holy inspirations, and
carry them on by thy gracious assistance,
that every Prayer and work of ours may
begin always from thee, and by thee be
happily ended.
O Almighty and eternal God! who hast
dominion over the living and the
dead, and art merciful to all those, whom
thou fore-knowest shall be thine by Faith
and good works: We humbly beseech
thee, that they, for whom we have determined
to offer our Prayers, whither this
present world still retains them in the flesh,
or the world to come, hath received them
out of their bodies, may, by the intercession
of thy Saints, and the clemency of
thy pity, obtain pardon, and full remission
of all their sins. Through our Lord Jesus
Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
one God, world without end. R. Amen.
Vers. O Lord, hear my Prayer. Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.
Vers. Our almighty and most merciful
Lord, graciously hear us.
Resp. Amen
V. May the Souls of the faithful through
the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.

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DEVOVT PRAYERS to be said after the Litanies, according to diversity of times, and occasions.

A Prayer for Gods holy Church.

O Almighty and everlasting God, who
hast revealed thy glory to all Nations
in Christ; conserve the works of thy
mercy; that thy Church, spread throughout
the world, may persevere with stedfast Faith,
in confession of thy Name: Through the
same our Lord Jesus, &c.

For the chief Bishop.

O God, the Pastor and Governor of all
the faithful, mercifully regard thy servant
N whom thou hast placed as chief Pastor
over thy Church: Grant him we beseech
thee, in word and example, to profit those,
over whom he hath charge, to the end he
may come, with the flock committed to him,
to life everlasting: Through our Lord, &c.

For all degrees of the Church.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, by
whose holy Spirit, the Universal Body
of the Catholick Church is sanctified, and
governed: Hear, we beseech thee, our
humble Supplications for all Orders, States,
and Degrees; that, by the gift of thy grace,
they may all, in their several stations, faithfully
serve thee, in Unity, Peace, and perpetual
Charity, through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.

A Prayer in any necessity.

O God, our refuge and strength, the onely
Author of Piety, hear the devout
Prayers of the Church, and grant that what
we faithfully ask, we may effectually obtain.
Through our Lord Jesus, &c.

Against Persecuters of the Church.

REceive, we beseech thee, O Lord, the
Prayers of thy Church, and mercifully
appease thy wrath against us, that all adversities
and errors being destroyed, we may
serve thee in secure liberty: Through our
Lord, &c.

O 2

Imploring help against Infidels.

O Most merciful God, who remembrest
not the iniquities of them that turn
to thee, but clemently hearest the voice
of their tears: Behold with pity, the
Temples prophaned by the hands of Infidels,
and the affliction of thy beloved
flock: Remember thy heritage, purchased
with the effusion of the most precious
blood of thy onely begotten Son: Visit
the Vineyard, planted by thy right hand,
which the wilde Boar endeavors to root
out: strengthen the laborers therein by
thy power, against the rage of those that
would destroy it: Give them victory over
their enemies here, and make them hereafter
possessors of thy Kingdom: Through
the same Lord, &c.

A Prayer for the afflicted.

O Almighty everlasting God, the consolation
of the sorrowful, and the
strength of those that travail; let the
Prayers of all that call upon thee, out of
any tribulation, come to thy ears; that
they may rejoyce, to finde thy mercy present
with them in their necessities,
Through our Lord, &c.

For Hereticks and Schismaticks.

O Almighty everlasting God, who savest
all, and wouldst that none should
perish; favorably look down upon the
Souls seduced by the deceits of Satan:
That all heretical impiety being removed,
the hearts of those that erre may repent,
and return to the unity of thy Truth:
Through our Lord, &c.

For the unfaithful Iews.

O Almighty everlasting God, who repellest
not from thy mercy, even the
perfidiousnesse of the Jews: Hear our
Prayers, which we offer for the blindnesse
of that people; that the light of thy
Truth being known (which is Christ)
they may be delivered from their darknesse:
Through our Lord, &c.

For the Pagans.

O Almighty everlasting God, who desirest
not the death of sinners, but always
their life; mercifully accept our Prayers,
and deliver the Pagans from the worship
of Idols, and joyn them to thy Church, to
the praise and honor of thy glorious Name:
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

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In the time of War.

O God, who dissolvest wars, and, by the
power of thy protection, vanquishest
the impugners of them that trust in thee:
Help thy servants, earnestly craving thy
mercy, that the cruelty of all their enemies
being depressed, we may praise thee
with incessant Thanksgiving: Through our
Lord, &c.

Against Pagans.

O Almighty everlasting God, in whose
hands are the powers of all, and the
rights of all Kingdoms; incline favorably to
the aid of Christians, that the Pagan people,
who trust in their cruelty, may be crushed
by the power of thy right hand: Through
our Lord, &c.

A Prayer for Peace.

O God from whom all holy desires, as
before in Page 312.

In time of Famine and Pestilence.

GRant us, we beseech thee, O Lord,
the effect of our Prayer, and mercifully
turn away from thy servants, all
Pestilence and Famine: That the hearts of
men may know, that such scourges proceed
from thy indignation, and cease by thy
mercy: Through our Lord, &c.

A Prayer for Rain.

O God, in whom we live, and move,
and have our being: Grant to us, we
beseech thee, competent Rain, that, partaking
sufficiently of thy temporal blessings,
we may more confidently desire things everlasting:
Through our Lord, &c.

For fair Weather.

HEar our supplications, O Lord, and
vouchsafe to thy servants, the blessings
of fair Weather; that we, who justly are
afflicted for our sins, may, by thy clemency,
finde refreshment: Through our Lord, &c.

In any Tribulation.

O Almighty God, despise not thy people,
calling to thee in their affliction, but
for the glory of thy Name, forgive them
their sins, and deliver them from all their
sorrows: Through Jesus, &c.

For Remission of Sins.

O God, who rejectest none, but art pacified
by penance, even towards the

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greatest offenders; Propitiously respect the
Prayers of thy servants, that by thy mercy
we may be pardoned our sins, and enabled
to fulfil thy Commandments. Through our
Lord, &c.

Against Temptations.

O God, who justifiest the wicked that
repent, and desirest not the death of
a sinner: we humbly beseech thy Majesty,
with thy heavenly Grace to defend thy servants,
trusting in thy mercy, and preserve
them by thy continual protection; that they
may still serve thee, and by no temptations
be separated from thee. Through our Lord,
&c.

For such as are in Iourney.

HEarken to our supplications, O Lord,
and dispose the way of thy servants in
the prosperity of thy safeguard; that, among
all varieties of this passage and life, they be
ever protected by thy aid. Through our
Lord, &c.

A Prayer for the Sick.

O Almighty everlasting God, the eternal
Salvation of them that believe! Hear
us for thy sick servants, for whom we humbly
crave the help of thy mercy: that health
being restored to them, they may yeeld
thanksgiving to thee in thy Church.
Through our Lord, &c.

In tribulation of Sins.

SHew with clemency, O Lord, &c. as before
in Pag. 311.

A Prayer for Sinners.

HEar we beseech thee, O Lord, &c. as before
in Pag. 311.

A Prayer for the living.

STretch out, O Lord, the right hand of
thy heavenly help to the faithful, that
they may seek thee with all their heart, and
obtain of thy mercy whatever is necessary
to their condition Through our Lord, &c.

For the living, and the dead.

O Almighty and eternal God, who hast
dominion, &c. as in Pag 313.
Vers. O Lord, hear my Prayer.
Resp. And let my supplication come to
thee.
Vers. Our Lord, graciously hear us.
Resp. And keep us for ever.

Let us Pray.

O God, who, by the illumination of the
Holy Ghost, hast instructed the hearts
of the faithful. Grant us to be truly wise in
the same spirit, and ever to rejoyce in his
consolation. Through our Lord, &c.

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O God to whom every Heart is open,
and each Will doth speak, and from
whom no secret lies hid; purifie, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the cogitations
of our hearts; that we may perfectly
love thee, and worthily praise thee
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.