Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.

The Antiphon.

DEliver us, O Lord, and all thy Faithful, in that day of terror, when the Sun and Moon shall be darkned, and the Stars fall down from heaven; in that day of ca∣lamity and amazement, when heaven it self shall shake, and the Pillars of the earth be moved, and the glorious Majesty of Jesus come with innumerable Angels to judge the world by fire.

Deliver us, O Lord, in that dreadful day.

And place us with thy blessed at thy right hand for ever.

O Lord, hear our Prayers.

And let our Supplications come to thee.

ALmighty God, with whom do live the Spirits of the perfect, and in whose holy custody are deposited the Souls of all those that depart hence in an inferior degree of thy grace, who, being by their imperfect Charity ren∣dred unworthy thy presence, are detained in a state of grief, and from thy beatifical sight; as we bless thee for the Saints already admitted to thy glory, so we humbly offer our Prayers for thy afflicted servants, who continu∣ally wait and sigh after the day of their deliverance. Par∣don their sins, supply their unpreparedness, and wipe a∣way the tears from their eyes, that they may see thee, and in thy glorious light eternally rejoyce: Thro Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Eternal God, who besides the general precepts of Charity, hast commanded a particular respect to parents, kindred, and benefactors; grant, we beseech thee, that, as they were the instruments, by which thy providence bestowed on us our birth, education, and innu∣merable

other benefits, so our Prayers may be a means to obtain for them a speedy delivery from any privation of bliss, which they may suffer for their sins, and a free ad∣mittance to thy infinite joys; Thro Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MOst wise and merciful Lord, who hast ordained this life as a passage to the future, confining our Con∣version to the time of our Pilgrimage here, and reserving for hereafter the state of punishment and reward, vouch∣safe us thy grace who are yet alive, and still have oppor∣tunity of reconcilement to thee, so to watch over all our actions, and correct every least deviation from the true way to Heaven, that we be neither surprised with our sins uncancelled, nor our duties imperfect; but, when our Bodies go down into the grave, our Souls may ascend to thee, and dwell for ever in the mansions of eternal feli∣city: Thro Jesus Christ our Lord, and only Saviour. Amen.