A summarie of devotions compiled and used by Dr William Laud, sometime Ld Arch-bishop of Canterbvry now published according to the copy written with his own hand and reserved in the archives of St. John Baptist's Colledge Library in Oxon.

FRIDAY.

DEus magne, Deus omnipotens,* 1.1 Deus summae bonitatis, quem inviolabilem & incorrup∣tibilem credi & intelligi fas est; Trina Unitas, quam Catholica Eccle∣sia colit, supplex oro, expertus in me∣ipso misericordiam tuam, ne homines, cum quibus mihi a pueritia in omni victu fuit summa consensio, in tuo cultu a me dissentire permittas: nec vel me vel illos a veritate & salute, quae est in Christo Jesu. Amen.

O Lord, I will call upon thee,* 1.2 and early shall my prayer come before thee. Lord, do not abhorre

my soul, neither hide thy face from me, for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

* 1.3Lord, make me to have a per∣petual fear and love of thy holy Name; for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love. Grant this even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

* 1.4Almighty and everlasting God, which of thy tender love towards man, hast sent our Sa∣viour Iesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that I may both follow the exam∣ple of his patience, and be made

partaker of his resurrection, through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God,* 1.5 I humbly be∣seech thee graciously to behold thy Family,* 1.6 for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was content to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end. Amen.

Almighty and everlasting God,* 1.7 by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; Receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee,* 1.8 for all e∣states of men in thy holy Church,

that every member of the same, in his vocation, may truly and devoutly serve thee, through our Lord Iesus Christ. Amen.

* 1.9Diu est, O Domine, ex quo con∣tra Haereses laboravi, & sum poene fatigatus. Veni Domine mi Jesu, praeliator fortissime, Princeps exerci∣tus Domini, qui Diabolum vicisti & seculum: Apprehende arma & scu∣tum, & exurge in adjutorium mihi. Amen.

* 1.10Deal with me, O God, ac∣cording to thy Name; for sweet is thy mercy. O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me. Lord save my soul. Amen.

* 1.11Mine eyes are ever looking un∣to

thee, O Lord; O pluck my feet out of the net. Amen.

Almighty God,* 1.12 who hast pro∣mised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name, I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me, now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee;* 1.13 and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked ac∣cording to thy will, may effectu∣ally be obtained, to the relief of my necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Remember not my old sins,* 1.14 but have mercy upon me, & that soon, for I am come to great

misery. Help me, O God of my salvation; O deliver me, and be merciful unto my sins, for thy Names sake. Amen.

* 1.15Not unto us, O Lord, not un∣to us, but unto thy Name give the praise; and that for thy loving mercy and for thy truths sake. Amen.

* 1.16O tu unus Deus Pater, & Fili, & Sancte Spiritus, qui unitam De∣itatem nobis declarasti, & sacrosan∣ctae solius Divinitatis indivisam glo∣riam revelasti, et perfectam Trinita∣tis tuae sempiternitatem demonstrasti; Da mihi obsecro fidem et obedientiam in hac vita,* 1.17 & gloriam in futura, per & propter Redemptorem nostrum Jesum Christum. Amen.

O Lord God of hosts,* 1.18 how long wilt thou be angry with thy poor servant that prayeth? O turn me again, O God; shew the light of thy countenance, and I shall be whole. Amen.

Tibi gloria, tibi gloria, Domine!* 1.19 Quanta apud te clementiae abyssus? quanta patientiae copia? En, qui no∣minis tui praetextu ex ignobilibus & obscuris clari & illustres effecti sunt, honore abutuntur, & contra te, qui honorem largitus es; auden••{que} non audenda in sacro sancta mysteria tua injurii. Probos quantum possunt extrudunt, ut homines perditis mo∣ribus praediti summa cum quiete & licentia conturbent omnia.* 1.20 O Do∣mine, exurge adjuva Ecclesiam tu∣am,

& ne sinas animam meam in eorum Consilium descendere, per Je∣sum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

* 1.21O Lord, I will cry day and night before thee, let my prayer enter into thy presence, encline thine ear unto my calling; for my soul is full of trouble,* 1.22 and my life draws nigh unto the pit. O let not thine indignation lie too hard upon me, neither vex me with all thy storms: But remember of what mould thou hast made me, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

* 1.23O Domine, ne sit mihi inutilis pugna verborum, sed incunctan••is fidei constans professio. Conserva,

oro, in me fidei incontaminatam re∣ligionem. Et, usque ad excessum spi∣ritus mei, hanc conscientiae meae vo∣cem dona mihi: ut, quod in regenera∣tionis meae symbolo baptizatus in Patre & Filio & Spiritu Sancto professus sim, semper obtineam. Ut te habeam Patrem; ut una tecum Fi∣lium tuum adorem, & Spiritum Sanctum tuum promerear, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. A∣men.

O Lord, be merciful unto me,* 1.24 and I will sing praises unto thy Name; yea, I will tell of thy loving kindness early in the mor∣ning, and of thy truth in the night-season. O bless me, and fulfill all thy works of grace in

me, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

* 1.25Dona mihi, Domine, mentem vi∣gilem, cogitationem sobriam, cor ca∣stum, somnum placidum, & ab omni diabolica imaginatione libe∣rum. Et deinde excita me, Domine, hora Orationis, ut praeceptis tuis fir∣miter adhaeream, & memoriam reti∣neam in violatam judiciorum tuorum. Amen.

* 1.26LOrd, remember thy promise unto thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. That thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pil∣grimage; and that I may remem∣ber thy Name in the night season. Amen.

In manus tuas, Domine, com∣mendo animam & corpus meum: creasti enim & redemisti ea, Domine Deus veritatis. Commendo autem me∣cum et mea omnia; tu enim mihi gra∣tiose largitus es illa pro beneplacito tuo. In pace ergo me simul cubare & dormire facias, ô Domine, qui solus me habitare facis secure, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

O omnium Domine & effector,* 1.27 O Deus tuorum Pater & Guberna∣tor, O vitae & mortis arbiter, O Animarum Custos & Benefactor; O qui omnia facis, & tempestive, atque ut ipse pro sapientiae tuae & admi∣nistrationis altitudine nosti, artifice sermone transmutas! me opportuno tempore tuo suscipe,* 1.28 tamdiu in carne vitam meam moderatus, quamdiu con∣ducibile

fuerit mihiipsi & Ecclesiae. Et suscipe quaeso ob metum tuum paratum, non turbatum, nec in ex∣tremo die terga vertentem, nec invito animo tanquam abstractum aut avul∣sum a mundo, sed ut prompte & a∣lacriter ad beatam illam & aeternam vitam proficiscentem, quae est in Chri∣sto Jesu Domino nostro, cui gloria in secula seculorum. Amen.

* 1.29O Domine Deus meus, voca me, ut accedam ad te: firma me, ne re∣cedam a te, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mane.

  S. Aug. L. 1. Ret. c. 15. & de Duab. Anim. cont. Ma∣nich. c. 15.
• * 1.2

  Ps. 88.13.
• * 1.3

  Dom. 2. post Trin. Timere, Amare Deum.
• * 1.4

  Para∣sceue.

  Domin. ante Pasc.
• * 1.5

  Coll. 1. diei.
• * 1.6

  Ecclesia.
• * 1.7

  Coll. 2. diei.
• * 1.8

  Pro omni∣bus.
• * 1.9

  Hora 3.

  S. Aug. de 5. Hae∣res. cap. 7.

  Haereses.
• * 1.10

  Psal. 109. 20.

  Delive∣rance.
• * 1.11

  Ps. 25.14.
• * 1.12

  Liturg. Angl.
• * 1.13

  Exaudi∣re.
• * 1.14

  Hora 6. Ps. 79. 8.

  Venia.
• * 1.15

  Psal. 115. 1.
• * 1.16

  S. Athan. Lib. 1. de Vnita Deitate Trinit. pag. 444.
• * 1.17

  Dom. Trinit.
• * 1.18

  Hora 9. Ps. 80. 4.
• * 1.19

  S. Chry∣sost. L. 3. de Sacer∣dotio.
• * 1.20

  Ecclesia.
• * 1.21

  Vesperi.

  Psal. 88. 1, 2.
• * 1.22

  Afflictio∣nes.
• * 1.23

  S. Hilar. l. 12. de Trin. fine. Fides.
• * 1.24

  Com∣pline.

  Psal. 92. 1, 2.

  Miseri∣cordia.
• * 1.25

  Nox.
• * 1.26

  Bed-time Et Nocte, si vigiles.

  Psal. 119. 49, 54.
• * 1.27

  Gr. Naz. Orat. 10. p 176.
• * 1.28

  Mors.
• * 1.29

  Aug. Ser. 53. de di∣versis.