Rom. v. 1, 2, 10. fiest, rulest, and preservest, and which 2 Tim. i. 5. at thy coming thou wilt raise and judge 2 Cor. vi. 18. to endless glory: we beseech thee to Gal. iv. 6. hear us, miserable sinners; make sure to us our calling and election, our unfeigned faith and repentance; that, being justified, and made the sons of God, we may have peace with him, as our reconciled God and Father. Rom. viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20. Let thy Holy Spirit sanctify us, and 1 Pet. i. 2. dwell in us, and cause us to deny our- Matt.viii. 34, 35. selves, and to give up ourselves entirely 2 Cor. viii. 5. to thee, as being not our own, but thine. As the world was created for thy glory, let thy name be glorified throughout the world. Let self-love, and pride, John xii. 28. Rev. iv. 11. Matt. v. 16. Psal. xxii. 23, and vain-glory be destroyed: cause us 2 Tim. iii. 2. to love thee, fear thee, and trust in thee Matt. vii. 22. with all our hearts, and to live to thee. Gal. v. 26; ii. 19. 27, 28. Rev. xi. 15. 2 Tim. ii. 26. Let all the earth subject themselves Psal.ii.&xlvii.7. to thee, their King. Let the kingdoms of the world become the kingdoms of Acts xxvi. 18. the Lord, and of his Christ. Let the atheists, idolaters, Mahometans, Jews, and other infidels, and ungodly people, be converted. Send forth meet labour Rom. xi. 25. 2 Matt. ix. 38; xxiv. 14. Thes. iii. 1, 2. Rev. ii. 3, 19; iii. 10. Luke xviii. 7. ers into the harvest, and let the Gospel Rev.xviii.&xix. be preached throughout all the world. Preserve and bless them in thy work. Sustain in patience, and seasonably deliver the Churches that are oppressed by idolaters, infidels, Mahometans, or other enemies, or by the Roman Papal usurpations. Eph. iv. 3, 5, 13, 15, 16. Titus iii. 10. 2 Cor. ii. 17. 1 Cor. i. 10. Rom. xiv. 1; xv. 1. Unite all Christians in Jesus Christ, the true and only universal Head, in the true Christian and Catholic faith and love; cast out heresies and corruptions, heal divisions; let the strong receive the weak, and bear their infirmities; restrain the spirit of pride and Psal. lxxvii. 10. cruelty, and let nothing be done in strife, or vain-glory. 3 John 9. Rom. i. 31. Phil. ii. 3. Psal. xiv. 1. 2 Tim. iii. 2, 3,4. 1 Cor. vi. 9. Keep us from atheism, idolatry, and rebellion against thee; from infidelity, ungodliness, and sensuality; from secu2 Thes. ii. 10. rity, presumption, and despair. Let us delight to please thee, and let thy word be the rule of our faith and lives; let us love it, and understand it, and meditate in it day and night. Rom. viii. 24. Psal. xl. 8; i. 2. Isa. viii. 20. Psal. cxix. 97, 27. Matt. xv. 9. Let us not corrupt or neglect thy Exod. xx. 4, 7, 8. worship; nor take thy holy name in 22. vain. Keep us from blasphemy, perjury, Mark vii. 21, profane swearing, lying, contempt of Jam. v. 12. thy ordinances; and from false, unworthy, Eccles. v. 1, 6. and unreverent thoughts and speeches Neh. xiii. 17. of God or holy things; and from the Rev. i. 10. neglect and profanation of thy holy day. Ezek. xxii. 26. Isa. xlix. 23. 1 Tim. vi. 9. Put it into the hearts of the kings Prov. xxi. 1. and rulers of the world to submit to Psal. ii. 10,11,12. Christ, and to rule for him as nursing 2 Chron. xix. 6. fathers to his church: and save them Rom. i. 11. from the temptations that would drown Matt. xxi. 44. them in sensuality, or would break John xi. 48. them upon Christ as a rock of offence, by engaging them against his holy doctrine, ways, and servants. Psal, ii. 2, 3, 4. 2 Chron. i. 10; xxix. 3; xv. 12, 13. Rom. xiii. 3, 4. 1 Pet. ii. 14. Have mercy on thy servant Charles, 1 Tim. ii. 2. our King: protect his person, illuminate Psal. lix. 1. and sanctify him by thy Spirit, that above all things he may seek thine honour, the increase of faith, and holy obedience to thy laws; and may govern us as thy minister, appointed by thee for the terror of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well: that under him we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. Tim. ii. 2. Psal. lxxii. 1. Prov. viii. 16. Job xxix. Have mercy upon all the Royal Family, upon the Lords of the Council, and all the nobility; the Judges, and other magistrates of these lands. Let them fear thee, and be ensamples of piety and temperance, haters of injustice, covetousness, and pride, and defenders of the innocent. In their eyes let a vile person be contemned, but let them honour them that fear the Lord. Rom. xiii. 1, 2, 5. 1 Tim. ii. 2. 1 Pet. ii. 13. 2 Cor. iii. 6. Jer. iii. 15. 2 Tim. iv. 2. Jas. iii. 17. Ezek. xxxiv. 1-10. 1 Pet. v. 1,2,3,4, 27. Let every soul be subject to the higher powers, and not resist: let them obey the King, and all in authority, not only for wrath, but for conscience sake. Give all the churches, able, holy, faithful pastors, that may soundly and Eph. iv. 11, 13. diligently preach thy word, and guide the flocks in ways of holiness and peace; overseeing and ruling them, not Matt. xx. 25, 26, by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; not as being lords over thy heritage, but the servants of all, and ensamples to the flock that when the chief pastor shall appear, they may receive the crown of glory. Heb. xiii. 7, 17. Let the people know those that are 1 Tim. v. 17. over them in the Lord, and labour 1 Thes. v. 12, 13. among them, preaching to them the word of God. Let them highly esteem them in love for their work's sake, account them worthy of double honour, and obey them in the Lord. Eccl. xii. 1. Exod. xx. 12. Eph. vi. 1, 2; v. 25, 22. 1 Pet. iii. 7, 1. Let parents bring up their children in Eph. vi. 4. holy nurture, that they may remember their Creator in the days of their youth; and let children love, honour, and obey them. Let husbands love their wives, and guide them in knowledge and holiness; and let wives love and obey their husbands. Let masters rule their servants in thy fear, and servants obey their masters in the Lord. Col. iv. 1; iii. 22, 23, 24. Keep us from murders and violence, 1 John iii. 15. and injurious passionate words and Luke iii. 14. actions. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Prov. xxix. 22. Matt. v. 22. Rom. xv. 13. Keep us from fornication and all Matt. v. 27, 28. uncleanness ; from chambering and 1 Cor. vi. 9. wantonness; from lustful thoughts Eph. v. 3, 4, 12. and filthy communications, and all unchaste behaviour. Keep us from stealing, or wronging Eph. iv. 28. our neighbour in his property; from 1 Thes. iv. 6. |