The PRAYER.
O Eternal Jesu, Lord of the Creatures, and Prince of the Catholick Church, to whom all Creatures obey in acknowledgment of thy supreme Dominion, and all according to thy disposition cooperate to the advancement of thy Kingdom, be pleased to order the affairs and accidents of the world, that all things in their capacity may do the work of the Gospel, and cooperate to the good of the Elect, and retrench the growth of Vice, and advance the inter∣ests of Vertue. Make all the states and orders of men Disciples of thy holy Institution: Let Princes worship thee and defend Religion; let thy Clergy do thee honour by personal zeal, and vigilancy over their Flocks; let all the world submit to thy Scepter, and praise thy Righte∣ousness, and adore thy Judgments, and revere thy Laws: and in the multitudes of thy people within the enclosure of thy Nets let me also communicate in the offices of a strict and religious duty, that I may know thy voice, and obey thy call, and entertain thy Holy Spirit, and improve my talents; that I may also communicate in the blessings of the Church; and when the Nets shall be drawn to the shore, and the Angels shall make separation of the good Fishes from the bad, I may not be rejected, or thrown into those Seas of fire which shall afflict the enemies of thy Kingdom, but be admitted into the societies of Saints, and the everlasting communion of thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Glories, O Blessed and Eternal Jesu.