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 Sunday the second day of December next ensuing ... : for the preservation of His Majesty from the dangers to which His Royal Person was exposed during his late expedition : and for his safe return to his people : and for the success of his forces by sea and land.

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 Sunday the Second Day of December next ensuing: And in all other Places through∣out this Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Sunday the Sixteenth Day of the same Month.

¶ 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 with these Sentences.

I Will always give thanks unto the Lord, * 1.1 his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

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

¶ Instead of the Venite, * 1.3 this Hymn shall be used

The King shall rejoyce in thy strength, O Lord, exceeding glad shall he be thy salvation.

Thou hast given him his hearts desire, * 1.4 and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord, * 1.5 and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry.

All thine Enemies shall feel thy hand, * 1.6 thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.

Now for the comfortless sake of the needy, * 1.7 and for the deep sighing of the poor;

I will up, * 1.8 faith the Lord, and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest.

I will call upon the Lord, * 1.9 who is worthy to be prai∣sed so shall I be safe from mine Enemies.

For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, * 1.10 and bring down the high looks of the proud.

Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation, * 1.11 thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great.

Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, * 1.12 and will hear him from his holy Heaven, with the wholesome strength of his right hand.

Some put their trust in chariots, * 1.13 and some in hor∣ses, but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God.

Be thou exalted, * 1.14 Lord, in thine own strength, so will we sing and praise thy power.

Glory b•• to the Father. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

¶ Proper Psalms. IX. LXV. XCVII.

¶ Proper Lessons. The first, Deut. 32. ver. 26. to v. 41. Te Deum.

¶ Proper Lessons. The second, Luke 18. 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. Who 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 approach to hurt them.

Priest. Endue 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 Lord of all the World, in whose hand is power and might, which nothing is able to resist: To thee alone we owe all our Deliverances from those great and ap∣parent Dangers wherewith we have been of late years so often encompassed. It is of thy mercies, O Lord, that we are not consumed, and because thy compassions fail not. It is of thy great goodness, that we have not been delivered up to the will of our Enemies. Blessed be God, who hath heard our Prayer, and not turned his Mercy from us: But hath been graciously pleased to preserve His Maje∣sties Person during His late Expedition, and to bring Him back in Safety; and to grant such Suc∣cess to His Forces by Sea and Land, and to the Arms of His Allies, as thereby to put a stop to the Rage and Fury of the Enemy. Let this, we be∣seech thee, 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 Instances, the

peculiar and visible care of thy Providence: That thou mayest yet delight to do us good, and that His Majesties Counsels and Arms may be success∣ful to the Establishing of Peace and the true Reli∣gion in these and the neighbouring Nations; to the Honour and Praise of thy great Name, through Ie∣sus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GReat and glorious Lord God, the just and wise Governour of the World, who lovest righteous∣ness and hatest iniquity: We adore that merciful and wonderful Providence which hath been our De∣fence and Refuge in the Day of our Distress. Thou hast shown us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our Salvation. To thee alone we ascribe the Glory of all our Deliverances: For it is thou who hast wrought all our works for us. Stablish, O God, that which thou hast wrought: And give us such a dutiful and deep sense of thy goodness to us, that we may live as becomes a People saved by the Lord. Banish, we pray thee, from among us all Infidelity and Profaneness; purge us from all our a∣bominations; take away all Hatred and Dissensions: And endue us with a Spirit of true Piety and Holi∣ness, of Love and Goodness, of Vnity and Concord: That the Blessings of Peace, together with the Purity of Religion may be secured to us, and con∣tinued 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 fail into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, 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 miser| able sinners.

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

O God the Son, Redeemer of the World: have mercy up∣on us miserable sinners.

O God the holy Ghost, proceeding from the Fa∣ther and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

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 per∣sons 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 offences 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-glo∣ry, 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 hard∣ness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Com∣mandment.

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 glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the comming 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 Iudg∣ment,

Good Lord, deliver us,

We 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 ene∣mies;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and preserve Ca∣therine 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 un∣derstanding of thy Word, and that both by their preaching and living, they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That It may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom and understanding;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord,

That it may please thee to bless and keep the Ma∣gistrates, giving them grace to execute Iustice, and to maintain 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, unity, 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 com∣mandments;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give all thy people in∣crease of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to re∣ceive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;

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 de∣ceived;

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 com∣fort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribula∣tion;

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 and provide for the fatherless 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, persecutors, and standerers, 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 repen∣tance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word;

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.

OUr Father, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is 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 temptation; 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 sigh∣ing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee, in all our troubles and adversi∣ties, whensoever they oppress 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, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto 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 fa∣thers 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 glo∣ry 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 confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness 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 beseech thee, O Father, &c.] shall be said this which followeth.

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: We praise thy holy Name, that hast so wonderfully preserved him from those great Dangers to which he hath been so often exposed, particularly in this last Summers Expedition: We humbly beseech thee still to con∣tinue him under the merciful care and protection of thy good Providence, and to bless him with all good success: And likewise to give us grace, in a thankful sense of thy great goodness, to live in obe∣dience to thee, and in subjection to Their Majesties, whom thou hast set ever us, and whom we beseech thee long to preserve and continue to us; for thy mer∣cies sake in Iesus Chirst, our blessed Lord and Sa∣viour. Amen.

¶ Immediately before the Prayer for the High Court of Par∣liament, use the collect of Thanksgiving, [for Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies.]

ALmighty God, who act a strong Towre of De∣fence unto thy Servants against the face of their Enemies; We yield thee praise and Thanks∣giving

giving for our Deliverance from those great and apparent Dangers wherewith we were compassed. We 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 World may know that thou art our Sa∣viour and mighty Deliverer, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session.

MOst gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most religious and gracious King and Queen at this time assem∣bled: That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and pro∣sper all their Consultations to the advancement of thy Glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour and welfare of Their Majesties, and Their King∣doms; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their Endeavours upon the best and surest foun∣dations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Iesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

¶ A Prayer of S. Chrysostom.

ALmighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord, to make our common sup∣plications 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

knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. 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 Dangers to which his Roy∣al Person hath been exposed for the Publick Good, during his late Expedition; and hast brought him back to us in safety: We beseech thee to fill our hearts with unfeigned thankfulness to thee for so great Blessings; and still to continue Their Maje∣sties under the watchful care of thy Providence; to protect Their Sacred Persons from all secret At∣tempts and open Violence, that no Weapon, no De∣sign formed against them may prosper: And to make them the happy Instruments 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: Which we humbly beg for thy mercies sake in Iesus Christ our Blessed Saviour and Re∣deemer. Amen.

¶ Then shall follow for the Epistle. Rev. VI. verse 9, 10.

ANd when he had opened the fifth Seal, I saw un∣der the altar the Souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they

held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the Earth?

¶ The Gospel. S. Mitth. V. verse 43. to the end.

YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt 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? be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

¶ Then the Nicene Creed. 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 over all; Who dost whatever pleaseth thee in Heaven and in Earth: 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 confounded: We bless thy Name that thou hast also heard the voice of our humble pe∣titions, which we did put up to thee in the day of our trouble; and hast not only kept us in peace at

home, but hast also graciously preserved the Person of His Sacred Majesty abroad, and so blest His Forces both at Sea and Land as to defeat the De∣signs of the Common Enemy. What shall we ren∣der unto the Lord for all His Benefits? We 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 we humbly beseech thee, that thou, who hast hitherto been our Helper and Deliverer, wouldst be pleased, in thy due appointed Time, to manifest thy righteous Iudgment in punishing that Ambition and Cruelty which hath been the Cause of so many and so great Calamities to this Part of the World; to scatter the People that delight in War, and to establish Truth and Peace in the Earth: To the glory of thy great Name, the comfort and sup∣port of the Reformed Churches, the propagation of the Gospel, and the enlargement of the Kingdom of thy dear Son: Which we beseech thee to hasten, that all Nations may fall down and worship before thee, saying, Blessing, and Glory, and Wisdom, and Honour, and Power be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ A Prayer for all Mankind, especially for the Reformed Churches.

MOst gracious and merciful God, who art the Sa∣viour of all men, especially of those that believe; and hast commanded us to make prayers and interces∣sions for all men, desiring that all may be saved, and come to the knowledge at the Truth: We humbly beseech thee to extend thy mercy and compassion to all Mankind; more particularly to the Reformed Churches, 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 Oppressour: Let the sighing of the Prisoners come before 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 pati∣ent abiding of the meek perish for ever. Visit in mercy them that are banished for the Testimony of thy Truth: Gather thy dispersed together, and re∣store 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 bet∣ter Life: Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his Trou∣bles. And we beseech thee to enlighten all those who are in Darkness and Errour, and to give them Re∣pentance to the acknowledgment of the truth: That all the ends of the Earth may remember them∣selves and be turned unto the Lord: And we may all become one Flock under the great Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls, Iesus Christ, our Blessed Sa∣viour and Redeemer. Amen.

FINIS.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Psal.34.1.
• * 1.2

  Vers.2.
• * 1.3

  Psal.34.1.
• * 1.4

  Vers.2.
• * 1.5

  ••sal.21 7.
• * 1.6

  Vers.3.
• * 1.7

  Psal.12.5.
• * 1.8

  Vers.6.
• * 1.9

  Psal.13.2.
• * 1.10

  Vers 27.
• * 1.11

  Vers. 30.
• * 1.12

  Psal.20.6.
• * 1.13

  Vers.7.
• * 1.14

  Psal.21.13