and because we are timorous and sinful, not yet fitted for our appearance, to set thy mark upon our foreheads, that thy angel, the minister of thy justice, may pass over us, and not hurt us. Let thy hand cover thy servants, and hide us in the clefts of the rock in the wounds of the holy Jesus, from the present anger that is gone out against us; that though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we may fear no evil, and suffer none: and those whom thou hast smitten with thy rod, support with thy staff, and visit them with thy mercies and Salvation, through Jesus Christ. Amen.]

8. For all estates of Men and Women in the Christian Church.

O HOLY God, King Eternal, out of the infinite store-houses of thy Grace and mercy, give unto all persons dedicated to Thee and to Religion, meekness, faith, and holiness, humility, patience, and charity: Give unto the poor, to all that are robbed and spoiled of their goods, à competent support, a contented spirit, and a treasure in heaven hereafter: give unto prisoners and captives, strength of body and of spirit, liberty and redemption, comfort and restitution; to all that travel by land, thy Angel for their guide, and a holy and prosperous return; to all that travel by sea, freedom from pirates and shipwreck, and bring them to the haven where they would be to distressed and scrupulous consciences, to melancholy and disconsolate persons, to all that are afflicted with evil and unclean spirits,

give a light from Heaven, great Grace and proportionable comforts, and timely deliverance; give them patience and resignation; let their sorrows be changed into Grace and comforts, and let the storm waft them, ccrtainly, to the regions of rest and glory.

Lord, God of mercy, give to thy martyrs, confessors, and all thy persecuted, constancy and prudence, boldness and hope, a full faith, and a neverfailing charity. To all who are condemned to death do thou minister comfort, a strong, a quiet, and a resigned spirit take from them the fear of death, and all remaining affections to sin, and all imperfections of duty, and cause them to die full of Grace, full of hope. And give to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, a supply of all their needs, temporal and spiritual, and according to their several states and necessities, rest and peace, pardon and refreshment: and shew us all mercy in the day of Judgment. Amen.

Give, O Lord, to the magistrates equity, sin. cerity, courage, and prudence, that they may protect the good, defend Religion, and punish the wrong-doers. Give to the nobility wisdom, valor and loyalty; to merchants, justice and faithfulness; to all artificers and laborers, truth and honesty; to our enemies, forgiveness and brotherly kindness.

Preserve to us the heavens and the air in healthful influence and disposition, the earth in plenty, the kingdom in peace and good government, our marriages in peace, and sweetness, and innocence of

society,

society, thy people from famine and pestilence, our houses from burning and robbery, our persons from being burnt alive; from banishment and prison, from widowhood and destitution, from violence of pains and passion, from tempest and earthquakes, from inundation of waters, from rebellion or invasion, from impatience and inordinate cares, from tediousness of spirit and despair, from murder and all violent, accursed, and unusual deaths, from the surprize of sudden and violent accidents, from passionate and unreasonable fears, from all thy wrath, and from all our sins, good Lord, deliver and preserve thy servants for ever. Amen.

Repress the violence of all implacable warring and tyrant nations: bring home unto thy fold all that are gone astray call into the Church all strangers increase the number and holiness of thine own peeple: bring infants to ripeness of age and reason confirm all baptized people with thy Grace and with thy Spirit: let a great grace and merciful providence bring youthful persons, safely, and holily, through the indiscretions, and passions, and temptations, of their younger years and to those whom thou hast or shalt permit to live to the age of a man, give competent strength and wisdom; take from them covetousness and churlishness, pride and impatience; fill them full of devotion and charity, repentance and sobriety, holy thoughts and longing desires after heaven, and heavenly things; give them a holy and a blessed death, and to us all a joyful reurrection, through Jesus Christ our Amen. 2

Lord.

THURS

THURSDAY.

i. I WILL praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart, before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee.

2. I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness, and for thy truth, for Thou hast magnified above all thy name, the word of thy promise.

3. In the day when I call upon thee, thou shalt answer, and shalt multiply, strength in my soul.

4. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God: how great is the sum of them! The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever.

5. I wait for the Lord: my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6. My soul doth wait for the Lord more than they that keep the morning watches, that they may observe the time of offering the morning sacrifices.

7. O let my soul hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption; he shall redeem his people from all iniquity.

1. Our Lord is gentle and just our God is merciful.

2. The Lord keepeth the simple I was

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humbled, but the Lord looked after my Redemption.

3. O my soul, return thou unto thy rest: because the Lord hath restored his good things unto thee.

4. He hath snatched my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling: I will, therefore, walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

5. I have believed, therefore will I speak in the assemblies of just men I will, greatly, praise the Lord.

6. What shall I return unto the Lord? all his retributions are repayed upon me.

7. I will bear the chalice of redemption in the kingdom of God and in the name of the Lord I God.

will call upon my

1. I will pay my vows unto the Lord: I will then shew forth his Sacraments unto all the people.

2. Honorable before the Lord is the death of his holy one; and thereby thou hast broken all my chains.

3. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

4. I will, greatly, praise the Lord with my mouth, yea I will praise him among the multitude.

5. For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from them that condemn his

soul.