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A Prayer before the follow∣ing Advice to the besieged Souldiers in London-Derry, under the Command of that worthy Divine and most Loyal and Valiant Commander Col. Walker.
O Most Eternal Lord God, whose Providence never fails those who trust in thy Name and Word, mercifully we beseech thee to cast down thy Eyes of Pity and Compassion upon us miserable Sinners which are here met together; we do in all humility
prostrate our selves before thy Divine Majesty, beseeching thee to pardon all our Sins, and help our Infirmities; O Lord, we are not able of our selves to do any thing, but offend thee, com∣mitting daily and hourly Sins without number: but, O Lord, hear thy Son Christ Jesus for us, and nail them to his Cross, that they may never rise up in Judgment against us, either to shame us in this World, or condemn us in the World to come; bury them in the bottomless Sea of thy Mercy and Forgetfulness, that they may never appear before thee, to hinder thy Fa∣vours unto us; seal the remission of them to our Souls and Consciences, that they may not disturb or distract us in our Devotions and Duty; pour thy Grace and holy Spirit into us, that may enable us to walk before thee in Holiness, Righteousness, and in Sobriety, all the days of our lives.
Bless we beseech thee, our dear and dread Soveraign Lord and Lady, King William and Queen Mary, Katherine the Queen Dowager, the Princess Anne of Denmark, and
the rest of the Royal Family: Bless the Archbishops, and Bishops, with the rest of the Dispencers of thy holy Sa∣craments, and grant that the light of thy Gospel may never depart from us. And Lastly, we come unto thee for a Blessing upon our Governours, Com∣manders, and fellow Souldiers; guide and conduct them in this Calamity, fortifie them with Courage and Strength against our Romish Adversa∣ries, that thy Name may be glorified, our Lives preserved, and our Souls Eternally saved, in the great day of the Lord Jesus, when all flesh shall appear. Grant that our Meeting at this time may be for the better, and not for the worse; to praise and glori∣fie thy holy Name, in whose holy Name and Word we put up these our imper∣fect Prayers, in that most absolute and perfect form of Prayer which Christ himself bath taught us. Our Father, &c.