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 LITANY to the Sacred Trinity.

O God the Father of Heaven; Have mercy on us.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the World; Have &c.

O God the Holy-Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; Have mercy on us.

O Holy, Blessed and Glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God; Have mercy on us.

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Omnipotent, which art, which wast, and art to come; Have mercy on us.

Who manifested'st thy Name, I am, that I am, to Moses; whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain, and the whole Earth is filled with thy Majesty; Have mercy on us.

Everlasting King, Immortal, Invisible; who inhabi∣test that Light unto which no man can approach; great in counsel, and mighty in work, and of whose wisdome there is no end; Have mercy on us.

Who only dost great things, and unsearchable, marvel∣lous things without number; who workest all things ac∣cording to the purpose of thy will, and madest all things for thy self; Have mercy on us.

One God and Father of us all, who art above all, and

thro all, and in us all; from whom, by whom, and in whom, are all things; in whom we live, and have our Being; Have mercy on us.

Who hast disposed all things in number, weight, and measure; who madest heaven and earth, and all things therein; who createdst the earth by thy power, and the universe by thy wisdome; Have mercy on us.

The Lord forming light, and creating darkness; ma∣king peace, and creating evil; in whose hands is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, Have &c.

The Lord that searchest the heart, and triest the reins; who quicknest the dead, and callest those things that are not, as if they were; whose eyes are brighter than the Sun, beholding all the ways of men; Have mercy on us.

On whom the eyes of all wait, and thou givest their meat in due season; who openest thy hand, and fillest with thy blessing every living thing; Have mercy on us.

Who executest judgment for the oppressed, who givest food to the hungry; who healest the broken in heart, and bindest up their wounds; God of the Fatherless, and Judge of the Widows, which loosest the Prisoners, and openest the eyes of the blind; Have mercy on us.

The Lord, God, that killest and makest alive; who sendest to the grave, and bringest back again; who in∣creasest the nations and destroyest them, who enlargest the nations, and straightenest them; Have mercy on us.

God, who takest no pleasure in iniquity; with whom is no accepting of persons; terrible in thy Counsels con∣cerning the Sons of men; the strong and jealous God, visi∣ting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children; Have mercy on us.

God, whose anger none can withstand; the just Judge, strong and long-suffering, and a consuming fire, Have mercy on us.

The Lord, who liftest up the meek, and humblest the

wicked down to the ground; who hast power to cast body and soul into Hell; who takest the wily in their own craftiness, and scatterest the counsel of the wicked; Have mercy on us.

The Lord, compassionate, long-suffering, of great mer∣cy, and truth; our Protector, and exceeding great Re∣ward; Have mercy on us.

Be merciful, and spare us, O Sacred Trinity.

Be merciful, and hear us, O Sacred Trinity.

From all evil, Deliver us, O Lord.

From all pride, and loftiness of mind; from gluttony, and surfeiting, and all intemperance; Deliver us, O Lord.

From envy, hatred, and malice; from luxury, and un∣cleanness; from sloth, and inordinate heaviness, and anxiety; Deliver us, O Lord.

By the Eternity of thy Glory, and Majesty; by the infiniteness of thy power, by the abundance of thy good∣ness; by the unspeakable greatness of thy love and mer∣cy; and by the abysse of thy justice and judgments; De∣liver us, O Lord.

In the day of Judgment, Deliver us, O Lord.

We sinners beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.

That we may adore our Lord God, and serve thee only, in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives. We sinners beseech Thee to hear us.

That we may never take thy holy Name in vain; that we may keep holy the Festivals of thy Church in exer∣cises of religion and devotion. We sinners beseech Thee &c.

That we may obey and reverence with due honor our Parents, Prelates, Superiors, and all thou hast set over us. We sinners beseech thee to hear us.

That we injure no man's life, good name, or honor, out of anger, hatred, or envy. We sinners beseech thee to hear us.

That we keep our hearts clean from all inordinate lust∣ings of the flesh, and impure affections. That we hurt

none by stealing, damage, or any other wrong through cousinage, or violence. That we never speak a ly, or bear false witness against our Neighbour, nor covet his goods. We sinners beseech thee to hear us.

That we love thee, O God, with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength; and that we do to others as we would should be done to our selves. We &c.

That thou wouldest make us grow in all grace, that we despise not the riches of thy bounty, patience, and long-suffering. We sinners beseech thee to hear us.

That we present our bodies a living and holy Sacrifice, well-pleasing to Thee, that at length we may attain to that kingdome, which thou hast prepared for us from the beginning of the world. We sinners beseech thee to hear us.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. Pacify thy Father towards us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. By thy merits and sufferings redeem us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world. Send thy holy Spirit into us. O Blessed Trinity hear us. O Adored [Sacred] Trinity hear us. Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. Our Father which art in Heaven, &c. Blessed art thou O God, the God of our Fathers. Praise-worthy, and glorious for ever. All the Angels, and Saints bless thee, Praise, and magnify thee for ever. Bless we the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Praise him, and exalt him for ever. O Lord, hear our Prayers. And let our cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.

ALmighty and everlasting God, from whom descends every good and perfect gift, mercifully grant, that the serious consideration of thy incomprehensible Ma∣jesty, may beget in us profound humility, and constant obedience; and the frequent meditation of thy infinite goodness may move our wills to love thee above all things: that we may here (in reverence to thy word) believe what we do not see, and may hereafter in the blissful Vision of thy glory, see what now we cannot comprehend; thro Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God world without end. Amen.