A form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God to be used throughout the cities of London and Westminster and elsewhere within the weekly Bill of Mortality on Thursday the 27th day of this instant October and in all other places throughout this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick on Tweed, on Thursday the 10th day of November next ensuing.

A FORM of PRAYER and THANKSGIVING to Almighty God, to be Used throughout the Cities of London and Westminster, and elsewhere within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, on Thursday the 27^th day of this instant Octo∣ber; And in all other Places throughout this Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Thursday the 10^th day of November next ensuing.

¶ The Service for that Day upon which the Thanksgiving shall be Observed, must be used, except where it is here otherwise ordered.

¶ The Prayers shall begin wilh these Sentences.

I VVill bless the Lord at all times, * 1.1 his praise shall be continually in my mouth.

O magnifie the Lord with me, * 1.2 and let us exalt his Name together.

Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed, * 1.3 and delivered from the hand of the enemy.

I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, * 1.4 and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people, * 1.5 in the courts of the Lords House, in the midst of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise the Lord.

¶ Instead of the Venite, this Hymn shall be used.

THe Lord is my strength and my song, * 1.6 and he is become my salvation.

Thy right hand, * 1.7 O Lord, is become glorious in power, thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

Now we know that the Lord is greater then all Gods; * 1.8 for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he is above them.

For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, * 1.9 and bring down the high looks of the proud.

Break their the arm of the evil and wicked man: judge the fatherless and the oppressed, * 1.10 that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

For the oppression of the poor, * 1.11 for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise faith the Lord, and set him in safety from him that passeth at him.

VVhen the wicked even my enemies, * 1.12 came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

They are brought down and fallen, * 1.13 but we are risen and stand upright.

VVe will rejoyce in thy salvation, * 1.14 and in the nan of the Lord will we set up our banners.

The Lord liveth, * 1.15 and blessed be my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Lord, * 1.16 who is like unto thee: who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him; yea, the poor and him that is in misery from him that spoil∣eth him.

All men that foe it shall say, * 1.17 This hath God done, for they shall perceive that it is his work.

The Lord shall give strength unto his people, * 1.18 the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

So we that are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture shall give thee thanks for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. * 1.19

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

¶ Proper Psalms. XXI. CXXIV. CXLIV. CXLV.

¶ Proper Lessons. The first, Deuter. 32. V. 26. to V. 44. Te Deum.

¶ Proper Lessons. The second, Luker 8. the 8 first verses. Jubilate Deo.

¶ After the Apostles Creed, and the Lords Prayer, the suffrages shall be as followeth,

Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.

Answ. And grant us thy salvation.

Priest. O Lord, save the King and Queen.

Answ. VVho put their trust in thee.

Priest. Send them help from thy holy place.

Answ. And evermore mightily defend them.

Priest. Let their enemies have no advantage against them.

Answ. Let not the wicked approch to hurt them.

Priest. Indue thy Ministers with righteousness.

Answ. And make thy chosen people joyful.

Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Answ. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

¶ Instead of the first Collect, the following Prayers shall be used.

ALmighty God, the Sovereign Commander of all the VVorld, in whose hand is power and might, which nothing is able to withstand; To thee alone we owe our Deliverance from those many and great Dangers wherewith we were so Iately Encompassed. It is thou alone that com∣mandest the VVinds and the Seas, and they obey thee: Thou takest the crafty in their own Counsels, and turnest the wisdom of the wise into foolishness.

And as if this were a small thing with thee, thou didst not only save us from our Enemies, but deliver them into our hands, and give Their Majesties Fleet a most Signal and Glorious Victory over them. Blessed be God who hath not turned away our Pray∣er, nor his Mercy from us, notwithstanding our many and great Provocations: Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be the Glory. And let this be the blessed fruit of all thy wonderful Mercies, that we may turn every one from the evil of his way, and may live as a People that have been, in so many remarkable In∣stances, the peculiar and visible care of thy Provi∣dence: That thou mayest still delight to do us good, and our Arms by Sea and Land may be successful to the Establishing of Truth and Pence in these and the Neighbouring Nations, to the Glory of thy great Name, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GReat and glorious Lord God, the just and wise Governour of the VVorld, who lovest righteous∣ness and hatest iniquity: VVe Adore that merciful and wonderful Providence which hath given so re∣markable a Check to the Pride and Power of the Enemy, by the great Success of Their Majesties Fleet in this last Summers Expedition. It is thou, O Lord, that hast been our Defence and Refuge in the Day of our Trouble. Thou hast shewn us won∣derful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou that art the hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them that remain in the wide Sea. To thee alone we ascribe the Glory of all our Deliverances: For it was not our own arm that saved us, but thy right Hand, and thine Arm, and the light of thy Countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us: Vnto thee therefore, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks,

who hast wrought this mighty salvation for us: Stablish, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us: And give us, we beseech thee, such a dutiful and deep sence of thy goodness to us, that we may live as becomes a People saved by the Lord. Ba∣nish, we pray thee, from among us all Infidelity and Profaneness; purge us from all our abomina∣tions; take away all Hatred and Dissentions: And endue us with a Spirit of true Piety and Holiness, of Love and Goodness, of Vnity and Concord: that the Blessings of Peace, together with the Purity of Religion may he secured to us, and continued to our Posterity; for the Merits of Iesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

¶ The Collect for Peace.

O God, who art the author of Peace, and lover of Concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose Service is perfect freedom; De∣fend us thy humble servants in all Assaults of our enemies, that we surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ The Collect for Grace.

O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever∣lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy govern∣ance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Here followeth the Litany.

O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the VVorld: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the World: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Fa∣ther and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sin∣ners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Remember not Lord our offences, nor the offen∣ces of our forefathers, neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud, and be not angry with us for ever.

Spare us, good Lord.

From all evil and mischief, from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil, from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisie; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From lightning, and tempest; from plague, pesti∣lence, and Famine; from battel, and murder, and from sudden death,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all sedition, privy conspiracy and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresie, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy VVord and Commandment,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By thine Agony and bloudy Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glo∣rious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the holy Ghost,

Good Lord, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of Iudgment,

Good Lord, deliver us.

VVe sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God, and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy servants William and Mary, our most gracious King and Queen;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to rule their hearts in thy faith, fear, and love, and that they may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to be their defender and keeper, giving them the victory over all their enemies;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and preserve Catherine the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark, and all the Royal Family;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and under∣standing

of thy VVord, and that both by their preaching and living, they may set it forth, and shew it accord∣ingly;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Coun∣cil, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom and under∣standing;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magi∣strates, giving them grace to execute Iustice, and to main∣tain Truth;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all Nations, Vnity, Peace, and Concord;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy Command∣ments;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy VVord, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spi∣rit;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth, all such as have erred and are deceived;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons and young children, and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend provide for the fa∣therless children and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, per∣secutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit, to a∣mend our lives according to thy holy VVord;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

OVr Father, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our Trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into tem∣ptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.

Answ. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

¶Let us pray.

O God merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrow∣ful; mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee, in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they op∣press us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed, that we thy servants, be∣ing hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks, un∣to thee in thy holy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Names sake.

O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Answer.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us, Answ. As we do put our trust in thee.

Let us pray.

WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confi∣dence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holi∣ness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediatour and Advocate, Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ In the end of the Litany, after the Collect [We humbly be∣seech thee, O Father, &c] shall be said this which follow∣eth.

ALmighty and most gracious God, who hast been our Deliverer in the Day of our Distress, and hast raised up thy Servant King WILLIAM to be the happy Instrument of our Deliverance: VVe praise thy holy Name that hast so wonderfully preser∣ved him from the great dangers to which he hath been so often exposed: More especially, we adore thy great goodness to him in the discovery and disap∣pointment of that bloody and barbarous Attempt de∣sign'd upon his Sacred Person by his cruel and im∣placable Enemies. VVe humbly beseech thee still to continue him under the merciful care and pro∣tection of thy good Providence, and to bless him with good Success: And likewise to give us grace, in a thankful sence of thy great goodness, to live in obedience to thee, and in subjection to their Maje∣sties,

whom we beseech thee long to preserve and continue to us, for thy mercies sake in Iesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

¶ Immediately before the Prayer of St. Chrysostom, use the Col∣lect of Thanksgiving, [for peace and deliverance from our Enemies.]

ALmighty God, who art a strong Towre of De∣fence unto thy Servants against the face of their Enemies; VVe yield thee Praise and Thanks∣giving for our Deliverence from those great and apparent Dangers wherewith we were compassed, VVe acknowledge it thy goodness, that we were not delivered over as a Prey unto them; beseeching thee still to continue such thy Mercies towards us, that all the VVorld may know that thou art our Sa∣viour and mighty Deliverer, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A Prayer of S. Chrysostom.

ALmighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord, to make our common supplications unto thee, and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world know∣ledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life ever∣lasting. Amen.

2 Cor. 13. 14.

The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore. Amen.

¶ In the Communion-Service, between the Commandments and the Epistle, shall this Collect be used, instead of the Collect for the King and Queen, and of the Collect for the day.

O Most gracious God, who of thy infinite good∣ness hast preserved our Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM from the treacherous practices of wick∣ed and blood thirsty men, and from the manifold Dangers to which his Royal Person hath been ex∣posed for the Publick Good, during his late Expe∣dition; and hast brought him back to us in safety: VVe beseech thee to fill our hearts with unfeigned thankfulness to thee for so great Blessings; and still to continue their Majesties under the watchful care of thy Providence; to protect their Sacred Persons from all secret Attempts and open Vio∣lence, that no VVeapon, no Design formed against them may prosper: And to make them the happy In∣struments of establishing that great Deliverance which thy Providence by them hath wrought for us in so wonderful a manner, that all the world may see that it is thy hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it: VVhich we humbly beg for thy mercies sake in Iesus Christ our Blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

¶ Then shall follow the Eplstle. Heb. XI. verse 23. to ver. 34.

BY faith Moses when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the kings commandment. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter; chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a

season; esteeming the reproch of Christ greater riches then the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he en∣dured as seeing him who is invisible. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of bloud, left he that destroyed the first-born, should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red sea, as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned. By faith the walls of Iericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. And what shall I more say: for the time would fall me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Iephthae, of David also and Sa∣muel, and of the prophets: VVho through faith sub∣dued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, wared valiant in sight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

¶ The Gospel. St. Matth. V. verse 43. to the end.

YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou shall love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what re∣ward have ye: do not even the publicans the same: And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you more

then others? do not even the publicans so: he ye therefore person, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

¶ Then the Nicene Creen. After that the Sermon.

¶ After the Prayer [For the whole State of Christs Church, &c.] this Collect shall be used.

MOst Glorious Lord God, whose Throne is in the Heavens, and whose Kingdom ruleth o∣ver all; VVho dost whatsoever pleaseth thee, in Hea∣ven, and in Earth, and in the Sea: Thou, Lord, hast been our Refuge from one Generation to another: Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them; they called upon thee, and were not confound∣ed: VVe bless thy Name that thou hast also heard the voice of our humble petitions, which we did put up to thee in the day of our Distress; and hast not only kept us in peace at home, and graciously pre∣served us from the malicious Designs of our E∣nemies abroad, and from that Destruction which they bad prepared for us; but hast likewise been pleased to bless their Majesties Fleet with a most-won∣derful Success, and hast triumphed gloriously over the powerful Enemy: VVhat shall we render unto thee, O Lord, for all these benefits: VVe will love the Lord who hath inclined his ear unto us, and call upon him as long as we live: Vnto thee, O God, will we pay our vows, unto thee will we give thanks. And grant, we beseech thee, that be∣ing delivered from the hands of our Enemies, we may serve thee without fear, in holiness and righteousness before thee all the days of our lives: That thou who hast hitherto been our Hel∣per and Deliverer, mayest be pleased to establish Truth and Peace in the midst of us; to the glory

of thy great Name, the comfort and support of the Reformed Churches abroad, the propagation of the Gospel, and the enlargement of the King∣dom of thy dear Sou: VVhich we beseech thee to hasten, that all Nations may fall down and worship before thee, saying, Blessing, and Glory, and VVisdom, and Honour, and Power be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ A Prayer for all Mankind, especially for the Reform∣ed Churches.

MOst gracious and merciful God, who art the Saviour of all Men, especially of those that believe; and hast commanded us to make prayers and intercessions for all men, desiring that all may be saved, and come to the knowledge of the Truth; VVe humbly beseech thee to extend thy Mercy and Compassion to all Mankind; more particularly to the Reformed Churches abroad; and especially to those who are still under Persecution for Truth and Righteousness sake. Relieve them according to their several necessities; be a shelter and defence to them from the fury of the Oppres∣sour: Let the sighing of the Prisoners come be∣fore thee, and according to the greatness of thy Power preserve them that are appointed to die: Let not the poor always be forgotten; let not the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever. Vi∣sit in Mercy them that are vanished for the Te∣stimony of thy Truth: Gather thy dispersed to∣gether, and restore the outcasts of thy People; and in thy good time bring them home to worship thee in their own Land: And whatsoever they have lost for thy sake, return it to them, according to thy

gracious Promise, in the manifold Blessings of this and a better Life: Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his Troubl;es. And we beseech thee to enlighten all those who are in Darkness and Er∣tour, and to give them Repentance to the acknow∣ledgement of the Truth: That all the ends of the Earth may remember themselves and be turned un∣to the Lord: And we may all become one Flock under the great Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, Iesus Christ, our Blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

FINIS.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Psal. 34.1.
• * 1.2

  Verse 3.
• * 1.3

  Psal. 107.2.
• * 1.4

  Psal. 116.15.
• * 1.5

  Verse 16.
• * 1.6

  Exod. 15. 2.
• * 1.7

  Verse 6.
• * 1.8

  Ex. 18.11.
• * 1.9

  Ps. 18.27.
• * 1.10

  Ps. 10.15.18.
• * 1.11

  Psal. 12.5.
• * 1.12

  Psal. 27.2.
• * 1.13

  Verse 8.
• * 1.14

  Psal. 20.5.
• * 1.15

  Ps. ••2.45.
• * 1.16

  Ps. 35.10.
• * 1.17

  Ps. 64.10.
• * 1.18

  Ps. 29.10.
• * 1.19

  Ps 79.14.