The Prayer.
O Eternall God, thy holinesse and power and excellent greatnesse are farre above all the praises of men and Angels, and yet thou art plea∣sed in the harmony and consent of a thankfull heart, and a thankesgiving tongue; touch our hearts with admirable apprehensions of thy Di∣vine perfections, that our songs of thy honour may be devout and illuminate to the height of ex∣tasies, and the devotions of a Seraphim, for nothing is proportionable to thy glories but what is infi∣nitely beyond our infirmities. Make us to sing Thee and thy Name while we have breath; and when we are breathlesse, let our hearts fill up the harmony, and thinke thy praises so cordially, till our soules being separated from the harsh sound of our bodily organs, we may praise thee when we are all spirit in the state of separation, and in the reunion when our bodies shall be made spirituall, singing to thee exalted praises for ever and ever. To thee O blessed and glorious God be praises and honour and glory ascribed now, and to all eternity. Amen. Amen.