Holy incense for the censers of the saints. Or, A method of prayer with matter, and formes in selected sentences of sacred scripture. Also A praxis upon the holy oyle shewing the vse of scripture-phrases. And choyse places taken out of the singing Psalmes, digested into a method of prayer and praises.

Craving of AVDIENCE, ASSISTANCE, and ACCEPTANCE.

Looke downe from thy holy* 1.1 habitation, from heaven.

—have thou respect unto the* 1.2 prayer of thy servant, and to my supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken to the cry, and to the praier which thy servant prayeth before thee this day.

Thou hast commanded that we should call upon thee in the* 1.3 day of trouble, and hast promi∣sed also that thou wilt deliver us.

Lord bow downe thine eare and heare, open Lord thine eyes* 1.4 and see, and heare the words—

Let my prayer bee set forth before thee as incense: and the* 1.5 lifting up of my hands as the e∣vening sacrifice.

Thou hast promised that if wee shall aske any thing in thy* 1.6 Sonnes name, thou wilt doe it—

Now therefore, O our God,* 1.7 heare the prayer of thy servants, and their supplication, and cause thy face to shine upon us for the Lords sake,—for wee doe not* 1.8 present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesse, but for thy great mercies.

Wee know not what wee* 1.9 should pray for as we ought, therefore let thy Spirit it selfe helpe our infirmities, and make intercession for us with groa∣nings which cannot be uttered.

It shall come to passe when* 1.10 he cryeth unto me, that I will heare, for I am gracious.

—Hearken thou to the supplica∣tion* 1.11 of thy servant, and of thy people Israel when they shall pray towards this place, & heare thou in heavē thy dwelling place and when thou hearest, forgive.* 1.12—Heare thou in heaven and for∣give the sinne of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way

wherein they should walke, and give raine upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

Heare thou in h••eaven thy* 1.13 dwelling place, and doe accor∣ding to all that the stranger cal∣leth to thee, for that all people of the earth may know thy name to feare thee, as doe thy people Israel.

Heare thou in heaven thy* 1.14 dwelling place, and forgive and doe, and give to every man ac∣cording to his wayes.

Let thine eare now be atten∣tive,* 1.15 and thine eyes open, that thou may est heare the prayer of thy servants.

Hearken unto the voyce of* 1.16 my cry, my King and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

—Heare the voyce of my sup∣plication* 1.17 when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy Oracle.

Give eare O Lord unto my* 1.18

prayer: and attend to the voyce of my supplication.

Let the words of my mouth,* 1.19 and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my re∣deemer.

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes:* 1.20 O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Heare my prayer, O Lord* 1.21 give eare to my supplications, in thy faithfullnesse answer me, and in thy righteousnesse.

Heare me speedily, O Lord,* 1.22 my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that goe downe into the pit.

Looke downe from heaven,* 1.23 and behold from the habitation of thy holinesse, and of thy glo∣ry.

O Lord how long shall I cry,* 1.24 and thou wilt not heare, I even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Deut. 26. 15
• * 1.2

  1 Reg. 8. 28.
• * 1.3

  Psal. 50. 15.
• * 1.4

  2 Reg. 19. 16.
• * 1.5

  Psal. 141. 2.
• * 1.6

  Iohn 14. 14.
• * 1.7

  Dan. 9. 17.
• * 1.8

  18.
• * 1.9

  Rom. 8. 26.
• * 1.10

  Exo. 22. 27.
• * 1.11

  1 Kin. 8. 30.
• * 1.12

  36
• * 1.13

  43.
• * 1.14

  39.
• * 1.15

  Nehe. 1. 6.
• * 1.16

  Psal. 5. 2.
• * 1.17

  Psal. 28. 2.
• * 1.18

  Psal. 86. 6.
• * 1.19

  Psal. 19. 14.
• * 1.20

  Psal. 123. 1
• * 1.21

  Psal. 143. 1
• * 1.22

  7.
• * 1.23

  Isai. 63. 15.
• * 1.24

  Hab. 1. 2. ••.