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HAving passed through this •••••• I give my thanks to t••••e ô Lord.
The Evening approach∣eth, ô blesse that also to me, an evening there is as of the day, so of our life, that Evening is old age, & age hath now surprized me, Lord prosper thou that likewise unto me.
Tarry with me ô Lord, for the evening growes upon me. Luck. 24. 29:
And my day is much de∣clined, cast me not off now in min age forsake me not now when my strength faileth me. Psal. 71. 8, 9.
But rather let thy strength bee made more perfect in this my weaknes, 2 Cor. 12. 9.
O Lord the day is va∣nished and gon, so doth this life.
The night doth now ap∣proach, so doth death al∣so, death without death, the end both of our day and of our life, is neere at hand.
Remember this therefore wee beseech thee ô Lord, make the end of all our lives Christian-like and acceptable to thee, peace∣able, and if it like thee, painlesse, translating us among thine elect, unto thy heavenly kingdome.
O Lord thou hearest prayer, to thee shall all flesh come.
In the morning, at Noone, and in the evening I will call, I will cry out, and thou shalt heare my voyce.
In the night will I lift up my hands to thy San∣ctuary, and will blesse thee ô Lord, Psal. 133. 4.
The Lord hath shewed his mercy in the day, ther∣fore at night I will sing of him, and pray unto the God of my life, psal. 42. 9, 10.
Thus will I praise thee all my life long, and in thy Name will I lift up my hands, Psal. 63: 4, 5.
O let my prayers be di∣rected as the incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice. Psal. 141. 2.
Blessed art thou ô Lord my God: the God of my Fathers. Psal. 144. 20.
VVhich hast created the Changes of night and of day. v. 22.
VVhich givest rest to the weary, and refreshest the weake. Esa. 40. 29.
VVhich givest Songs in the night. Job. 35. 10. And makest the out-going of the Morning and Evening to praise thee. Psalme. 65. 9.
VVhich hast delivered us from the malice of this day. Matt. 6. ult. And cut∣test
not off our lives (like a VVeaver) neither from Morning to Evening ma∣kest an end of us. Esay. 38. 12.
As we add dayes to our dayes, so we add sinnes to our sins, Eccles. 5. 8.
The just man falls seven times a day. Frov. 24. 16. But wee wretched sinners seventy times 7 times. Mat. 18. 22.
But wee returne to our hearts. Esa. 46. 8. And with our hearts we returne to thee. Deut. 30. 2.
To thee ô Lord wee re∣turne, and all that is with∣in us, saith, Ps. 103. O Lord wee have sinned against thee. 2. Sam. 12. 13.
But we repent; alas wee repent, spare us good Lord, Luke. 17. 4.
Be mercifull and spare us.
Be propitious to us.
Haue pitty upon us, and spare us ô Lord.
Forgive us the guilt, Rom. 13. 19.
Take out the staines, Psal. 51. 3. 9.
Cure the faintnesse in us by reason of our sins, psal. 146. 3.
and heale our soules O God, for wee have sinned against thee, psal. 41. 4.
Deliver mee from my unavoydable sins, psal. 27. 17.
Cleanse me from my se∣cret
offences, psalm. 19. 13.
And for my Communi∣on with the transgression of others, pardon thy ser∣vant ô Lord.
All our good deeds thou hast wrought in us, Esay. 26. 12.
If wee have done any thing well, mercifully re∣gard it ô Lord.
Our sin and our distra∣ction is from our owne selves, Hosea. 13. 9.
Whatsoever wee have done amisse, graciously pardon it.
Thou which givest thy beloved secure rest, grant that I may passe this night without feare, Psal. 3. 6.
Enlighten my eyes that
I sleep not in death. p. 13. 4.
Deliver mee from the mighty feare, from the businesse that walketh in the darke. psalm. 91. 5.
Thou which neither sleepest at any time, nor slumbrest, keepe mee this night ô Lord from al evill: chiefly ô Lord keepe and preserve my soule. Psalme. 121. 4. 7
Visite mee ô God with the visitations of thy Saints: open mine eares in the visions of the night. Job. 33. 15, 16.
At least let my sleepe be a cessation from sins, from labour, and let me dream of nought that may offend thee, or defile my selfe. Prov. 4. 6.
Let not my loynes be filled with illusions, but let my reynes chasten mee in the night. psalme. 38. 8. and 16. 7.
Let mee remember thee upon my bed, and let mee meditate with my heart, and search out my spirit. Psalme. 63. 6. and 77. 6.
And when it shall bee time for mee to rise, let mee wake with the light to thee ô Lord, to thy praise and thy service. Rom. 13. 11. Psal. 63. 1.
O Lord into thy hands I commend my spirit, my soule and my body. Thou hast created, thou hast re∣deemed them ô Lord, thou God of truth. Psalm. 31. 5.
And with my selfe I commend to thy merci∣full protection, all those that belong to mee, and all that is mine: Thou ô Lord of thy goodnesse hast bestowed them upon me, Gen. 33. 5.
O keep us all from evil, chiefely good Lord keepe and preserve our soules. Keepe them ô God, keep them all spotlesse, and without guilt present them in that day, Psa. 121. 7.
I will lay me down and sleepe in peace. For thou only makest me dwell in safety, Psal. 3. 5. and 4. 8.