O LORD, I have heard thy speech and was afraid, (Habakkuk.) in wrath remember mercy. Behold me, LORD, clothed in filthy garments; (Zechariah.) behold Satan standing at my right hand; yet, O LORD, by the blood of Thy covenant, and cleanse me from my sin. Save me as a brand plucked out of the fire. Father, forgive me, for I knew not, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom. LORD, lay not mine enemies' sins to their charge, By Thy sweat bloody and heavy, Thy head crowned with thorns, bruised with staves, Thine ears full of insults, Thy mouth moistened with vinegar and gall, Thy neck weighed down with the burden of the cross, Thy back ploughed with the wheals and gashes of the scourge, Thy hands and feet stabbed through, Thy strong cry, Eli, Eli, Thy heart pierced with the spear, the water and blood thence flowing, Thy body broken, Thy blood poured out, LORD, forgive the offence of Thy servant, Turn away all Thy displeasure, and turn Thyself from Thy wrathful indignation. Turn me then, O GOD our SAVIOUR, and let Thine anger cease from us. Wilt Thou be displeased at us for ever, and stretch out Thy wrath from one generation to another? Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation. (2) Prayer for grace. the works of the flesh, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strifes, emulations, heats, quarrels, parties, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like. the fruits of the SPIRIT, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; of knowledge, of godliness, of fear of the LORD: and the gifts of the SPIRIT, the word of wisdom, of knowledge, kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues. become my defence; Thy mercy in CHRIST my salvation; 1 Vide p. 146, edit. 1675. VOL. V.-88. Thy all-veritable word, my instructor; the grace of Thy life-bringing Spirit, all along, and at last. The Soul of CHRIST hallow me, and the Body strengthen me, and the Blood ransom me, and the Water wash me, and the Bruises heal me, and the Sweat refresh me, and the Wound hide me. The peace of GOD that Thou hast created me; despise not the work of Thine own hands ; that Thou madest me after Thine image and likeness, suffer not Thy likeness to be blotted out; that Thou hast redeemed me in Thy blood, suffer not the cost of that redemption to perish; that Thou hast called me Christian after Thy name, disdain not Thine own title; that Thou hast hallowed me in regeneration, that Thou hast grafted me into the good olive tree, the member of Thy mystical body O think upon Thy servant as concerning Thy word, My soul hath longed for Thy salvation, and I have good hope because of Thy word. for the prosperous advance and good condition against the enemies of our most holy faith; and all our brotherhood in CHRIST; for those who hate and those who love us, for those who pity and those who minister to us ; for those whom we have promised to remember in prayer ; for the liberation of captives; for those who lie in sickness. Let us pray also for fruitfulness of the earth; orthodox high-priests, the founders of this holy retreat, our parents, and all our forefathers and our brethren departed. (5) Praise. Thou who, on man's trangressing Thy command, and falling, didst not pass him by, nor leave him, GoD of goodness; but didst visit in ways manifold, as a tender Father, supplying him with Thy great and precious promise, concerning the Life-giving Seed, opening to him the door of faith, and of repentance unto life, to take on Him the seed of Abraham; and, in the sacrifice of His death, and, in His death, to redeem the world; and, in His resurrection, to quicken it O Thou, who doest all things, of Thy divine nature and eternal glory; to the truth of Thy gospel by many and various wonders, in the ever-memorable converse of Thy saints, without might, or persuasion, or compulsion:- and praised and celebrated, and magnified, and high exalted, and glorified, and hallowed; and every memorial of it, Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof, for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to GoD out of every kindred and tongue, and people, and nation. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. To Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the might, |