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a 1.1ALmightie andb 1.2 glori∣ous God, full of incom∣prehensible Power & Maiestie,c 1.3 whose glory the heauen (of heauens) is not able to containe, thou that art the strong God thate 1.4 forgiuest offences, and passest by iniquities,g 1.5 that pre∣parest the heart of the poore, and openest thine eare to heare their praiers:h 1.6 Incline, O Lord, thine eares, and heare me: openi 1.7 thine eyes, and see a poore and wretched sinner; O Lord,k 1.8 I haue done excee∣ding wickedly in thy sight: I doe acknowledge and confesse it, and doe humbly prostrate my selfe at thel 1.9 foote-stoole of thy Throne of Grace for pardon,m 1.10 thou hast promised, accor∣ding to the riches of thy Mer∣cies,

to forgiue my offences, yea, more to shew the stabilitie of thy Councell, thou hast tyed thy selfe by ann 1.11 oath thereun∣to, sealed the Couenant thereof with theo 1.12 bloud of that im∣maculate Lambe, thy Sonne, the Lord Iesus, at his death vpon the Crosse.

p 1.13Regard, O Lord, thy gra∣cious and free Mercie, the Oath of thy Holinesse, the Words of thy owne Mouth: let mee feele the accomplishment thereof in my soule:q 1.14 write it in my heart by thy Spirit, and seale it in my Conscience by the powerfull ap∣plying of that same bloud there∣to, that it mayr 1.15 wash away all my sinnes and transgresssions;s 1.16 burie them in Christs buriall, that they may neuer rise vp a∣gainst mee, tot 1.17 shame me in

this life,u 1.18 neither to condemne me in the life to come; Create in mee, O God, that peace of Conscience that passeth all vn∣derstanding:x 1.19 Thy free pro∣mises in Iesus Christ, make me bold to come before thee; thou art the very Truth, and able to performe; and as in all humi∣litie I craue this, according to thya 1.20 promise: so by the like pro∣mise I doe earnestly begge thyb 1.21 grace, that I may hereafter lead a more holy and godly life; sanctifie my soule by the same grace, that it may be a fitc 1.22 re∣ceptacle for thy holy Spirit; and giue commandd 1.23 to thy good Angels, to attend both my soule and bodie, that in neither of them I make defection from so gracious a God;e 1.24 remooue all occasions that may stay mee

in this good course, and grant vnto me such necessaries, as may aduance mee in thy seruice.f 1.25 Grant vnto mee Competent meanes, that I may neither bee puffed vp with deceitfull pride, neither depressed with extreme pouertie;h 1.26 Giue me grace to vse those meanes to thy glorie, the supply of those things, with∣out the which I am not able to serue thee,i 1.27 and to the helpe of my distressed Brethren.k 1.28 Looke downe from heauen in Mercie vponl 1.29 thy whole Ca∣tholike Church & euery Mem∣ber thereof dispersed through∣out the World; bee with them (O Lord) and keepe those thatm 1.30 are thine, vnder the Wings of thy Mercie;n 1.31 Re∣member likewise all distressed persons of this Church;o 1.32 (whe∣ther

it bee griefe of body or minde:) mitigate so their paines, and comfort their af∣flicted Consciences, that either inp 1.33 life orq 1.34 death they may haue a ioyfull deliuerance.

Let thy mercifull bountie be extended vpon all those of this Church in great Britaine, Ire∣land, and speciallys 1.35 vpon our gracious and dread Soueraigne King Iames, as it hath pleased thee to grant vnto himt 1.36 (Sa∣lomon-like) Wisedome from heauen, in the true knowledge of thee, the peaceable gouerne∣ment of thy people, andu 1.37 true administration of Iustice: so by the like fauour preserue him from all dangers of soule and bodie,x 1.38 and after Methusa∣lems age, crowne him with an euerlasting Crowne of Glorie.

Blessey 1.39 that hopefull Prince Charles (next vnto his Fa∣ther)z 1.40 the very life of our hopes, and the rest of that Roy∣all Issue: remember (O Lord) thy promise made to Dauid & his seede for euer, anda 1.41 so long as the Sunne giues light to the World, let vs neuer want one of that Royall Line to sway the Scepter ouer vs:b 1.42 grant grace vnto the Lords of his Maiesties most honourable Councell, and to all inferior Magistrates ei∣ther Ecclesiastical or Ciuil,c 1.43 that they may with a good Consci∣ence & courage discharge their seuerall callings.

Finally, I doe not only in∣treate thy Maiesties protecti∣on this day, butd 1.44 all the daies of my life, and ine 1.45 the ende thereof, that I being garded vn∣der

the defence of thy (All-sheelding) Mercie, may in the end participate off 1.46 those inspeakeable ioyes prepared for all them that put their trust in thee.g 1.47 Now, yeelding all humble and heartie thankes for all thy benefits from time to time, and especially at this time, I conclude myh 1.48 imper∣fect Prayers with the patterne of all Prayers, andi 1.49 which the Lord IESVS hath taught, saying, Our Father, &c.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Gen. 1.17.
• b 1.2

  Exod. 15.11.
• c 1.3

  Psal. 51.
• e 1.4

  Exod. 12.13.
• g 1.5

  Psal. 10.17.
• h 1.6

  Psal. 17.
• i 1.7

  Dan. 9.5.
• k 1.8

  Psal. 5.21.
• l 1.9

  Act. 7.49.
• m 1.10

  Ierem. 31.3, 4.
• n 1.11

  Luke 1.73.
• o 1.12

  Mat. 27.57.
• p 1.13

  Exod. 33.19.
• q 1.14

  Ierem. 31.33, 34.
• r 1.15

  Psal. 51.2, 7.
• s 1.16

  Mat. 27.60.
• t 1.17

  Dan. 9.7.
• u 1.18

  Mat. 25.91.
• x 1.19

  Mat. 11.28.
• a 1.20

  Exod. 33.19.
• b 1.21

  Psal.
• c 1.22

  Cor. 6.19.
• d 1.23

  Mat. 18.10. Act. 12.7. Psal. 39.7.
• e 1.24

  Psal.
• f 1.25

  Gen. 28.20.
• h 1.26

  Heb. 13.3.
• i 1.27

  Heb. 13.3.
• k 1.28

  1. Reg. 8.30.
• l 1.29

  Can. 2.6.
• m 1.30

  Iohn 17.9. Deut. 32.3.
• n 1.31

  Math. 11.28
• o 1.32

  Heb. 13.3.
• p 1.33

  Psal. 7••.
• q 1.34

  Act. 7.56.
• s 1.35

  Tim. 2.1.2.
• t 1.36

  Chro. 1.12. 1. Reg. 3.12.
• u 1.37

  1. Reg. 2.28.
• x 1.38

  Gen. 27.
• y 1.39

  Psal. 72.1.
• z 1.40

  1. Es. 17.19.
• a 1.41

  Psal. 18.50. Math. 24.29.
• b 1.42

  1. Tim. 2.2. Heb. 13.18.
• c 1.43

  Exod. 18.21.
• d 1.44

  Psal. 38.22, 71, 17.
• e 1.45

  Psal. 37.37.
• f 1.46

  Psal. 16.11.
• g 1.47

  Psal. 9.9.26.12.32.10.
• h 1.48

  Gen. 6.5.
• i 1.49

  Mat. 5.9.