Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration.

Morning Prayers collected out of the Psalms.

I.

DEfend me, O God, un∣der thy Wings, and keep me safe this day under thy Feathers.

Give thine Angels charge over me, to keep me in all my ways.

Preserve me as the Apple of thine eye, hide me under the shadow of thy Wings: That no evil may happen unto me, nor no plague come nigh my dwelling.

Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right Spirit within me.

O hold thou up my go∣ings in thy Path, that my footsteps slip not.

Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret sins; but above all, keep me from pre∣sumptuous sins, lest they get the Dominion over me; so shall thy Servant be undefi∣led and innocent from the great offence.

Amen.

II.

Unto thee, O GOD, lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the Heavens.

Yea unto the Hills will I lift up mine eyes, from whence cometh my Salva∣tion.

For, whom have I in Hea∣ven but thee, and there is none upon earth that I de∣sire in comparison of thee.

Into thy hands therefore I commend my Spirit, for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.

Blessed art thou who hast lightned mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.

Who hast delivered me from the terrors of the night, and from the evil that walk∣eth in darkness.

Who hast driven sleep from mine eyes, and slumber from my eye-lids.

Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praise thee.

Amen.

III.

O Lord thou hast searched me out and known me, thou seest my down-lying and up∣rising: Thou understandest my thoughts long before.

For thou art about my path, and about my bed, and spiest out all my ways.

Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born, thou art he that took me out of my Mothers womb, my praise shall be always of thee.

Lead me then, O Lord, in thy Righteousness, and make thy way plain before my face.

Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou

art my God; let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the ways of Righteousness.

Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance, and save me this day for thy mercies sake.

Amen.

IV.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord, early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee.

For thou art the thing that I long for, thou art my hope from my youth.

O be thou a place to hide me in, and compass me a∣bout with Songs of Delive∣rance.

For all the earth is full of dark∣ness,

and cruel Habita∣tions.

Set me up therefore upon the Rock that is higher than I, and I will not fear what man can do unto me.

For thou alone canst deli∣ver my Soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Osatisfie me therefore with thy mercy, and that soon, that I may rejoice in thee all the days of my life.

Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me, for thou art the God of my Salvation; in thee shall be my hope all the day long.

Amen.

V.

Set a Watch this day, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips.

Turn away mine eyes, that they behold no vanity, and let not mine heart be incli∣ned to any evil thing.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth; O knit my heart un∣to thee, that I may fear thy Name.

Order my steps in thy Word, that no wickedness may have dominion over me.

Hide me privily by thine own presence from the pro∣voking of all men: Keep me secretly in thy Taber∣nacle

from the strife of Tongues.

For I will set thee always before me, thou shalt be on my right hand, therefore I shall not greatly fall.

Thou hast been my suc∣cour: Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my Salvation.

But let thy merciful kind∣ness be this day upon me, like as I do put my trust in thee.

Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c.

Amen.