O GOD of armies, give a prosperous course and strength against the enemies of our most holy faith. to be subject unto the higher powers, not only for wrath, but also for conscience-sake. to the fleet and fishers fair weather; to tradesmen, not to overreach one another; to mechanics, to pursue their business lawfully, down to the meanest workman, down to the poor. O God, not of us only but of our seed, to advance in wisdom as in stature, and in favour with Thee and with men. Thou who wouldest have us provide for our own, and hatest the unnatural, remember, LORD, my relations according to the flesh; Thou who willest us to make return remember, LORD, for good, all from whom I have received good; keep them alive that they may be blessed upon earth, and deliver them not into the will of their enemies. Thou who hast noted the man who neglects his own, as worse than an infidel, remember in Thy good pleasure all those in my household. Peace be to my house, the Son of peace upon all in it. Thou who wouldest that our righteousness exceed the righteousness of sinners, grant me, LORD, to love those who love me, my own friend, and my father's friend, and my friend's children, and lead them together with me to Thy heavenly kingdom. Thou who grantest the prayers of Thy servants one for another, remember, LORD, for good, and pity all those who remember me in their prayers, or whom I have promised to remember in mine. Thou who acceptest diligence in every good work, remember, LORD, as if they prayed to Thee, those who for any good reason give not time to prayer. Arise, and have mercy on those who are in the last necessity, yea the time is come. Have mercy on them, O LORD, as on me also, when in extremities. Remember, LORD, infants, children, the grown, the young, the middle aged, the old, hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, prisoners, foreigners, friendless, unburied, all in extreme age and weakness, possessed with devils, and tempted to suicide, troubled by unclean spirits, the hopeless, the sick in soul or body, the weak-hearted, all in prison and chains, all under sentence of death; orphans, widows, foreigners, travellers, voyagers, women with child, women who give suck, all in bitter servitude, or mines, or galleys, or in loneliness. Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast, how excellent is thy mercy, O GOD! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings. The LORD bless us, and keep us, and show the light of His countenance upon us, And be merciful unto us, (5) Praise. The LORD lift up His countenance upon us, I commend to Thee, O LORD, my friends, my benefactors, my well wishers, my kindred, and my neighbours, Up with our hearts; we lift them to the LORD. O how very meet, and right, and fitting, and due, in all, and for all, at all times, places, manners, in every season, every spot, everywhere, always, altogether, 1 Page 172, edit. 1675. to remember Thee, to worship Thee, preserver, worker, perfecter of all, King and God, fountain of life and immortality, treasure of everlasting goods. and the heaven of heavens, the Angels and all the heavenly powers, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY full is the whole heaven, and the whole earth, Blessed be the glory of the LORD for His Godhead, His mysteriousness, His height, His sovereignty, His almightiness, The LORD is my strength, my stony rock, and my defence, my deliverer, my succour, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation and my refuge. THE SECOND DAY. Introduc- My voice shalt Thou hear betimes, O LORD, tion. early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up. Blessed art Thou, O LORD, who didst create the firmament of heaven, the heavenly powers, Angels, Archangels, Cherubim, Seraphim, waters above the heavens, mists and exhalations, for showers, dew, hail, snow as wool, hoar frost as ashes, ice as morsels, clouds from the ends of the earth, lightnings, thunders, winds out of Thy treasures, storms; waters beneath the heavens, Confession. for drinking and for bathing. I will confess my sins, and the sins of my fathers, for I have transgressed and neglected Thee, O Lord, Set not, O LORD, set not my misdeeds before Thee, as Thou hast been merciful to him from a child, even so now. I have sinned, what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou preserver of men? |