4 Jesus! That did freely diftribute thy Comforts and Cures, to all Miferies and Maladies of Men, when thon waft on Earth, bave Mercy on all, and help them; far or near, withus or from us; Lord, have Mercy on all, even every Son and Daughter of Adam, at this time in Pain and Anguish upon the face of the Earth, (where-ever they are, whosoever they be) what Help I would pray for my felf from Thee, or Com fort from Man in their Condition; I beseech Thee the GOD of all Help and Comfort, to give it them: Take them to thy Care, and Tender them, fupply them, and Succour them. Have Compaffion on them, and heal them: Fefus! That didft give thy Blood for them, deny not thy Bowels to them? Thou that didft Redeem them all, Preferve them: Even all Miferable Souls and Bodies, I befeech Thee for thine infinite Mer eies fake. Amen A Prayer against the Temptations of '! O God who wilt not fuffer us to be Tempted above what we are able to bear, fuccour me that the Tem ptations of this Time of Trouble does not over-whelm me: Discover to me the ways of thy Providence fo far, that I may fee why I fhou'd neither Deny it, nor Doubt it. And make me know thy Judgments to be fo unfearchable, and thy ways paft finding out, that I may humbly fubmit my Will to thy Wisdom, and admire and adore that Juftice which I cannot Comprehend, Let me not be of fo narrow a Mind as to confine thy Work to one World, which Thou do'st not finish but in Two: Nor let me be fuch a Creature of Senfe, as to believe thou haft no other Reward or Punishment, than what I See and Feel. Olet my Eyes look to the End of all, which is Heaven, or Hell: And let me Envy no Ill Mans Happiness, which shall end in in Hell; Nor bewail any Good Mans Wretchedness, who fhall have Heaven for his End. And let me understand that the Profperity of Sinners is a heavy Plague, because it fpurs them on to Hell, which is the greatest Punishment: And that the Adverfity of the Saints is to them a Mercy, because it is thy Rod, to whip them into Heaven, the beft Reward. Mean while let me not give a Breft full of thy Peace, for an Armful of that Wealth which breeds Nefts of Vipers and Adders in their Hearts, and continual Stings in their Bofoms: But let me Prefer the Sufferings of Innocence, before the Spoils and Triumphs of Violence, ba A O God, fince a guilty Confcience is the greatest Punishment on Earth, because next to Hell; and Accufing and Condemning thy Providence, and Forfaking my Innocence, the greateft Guilt, To that Extremity let no Temptation ever lead me. JESUS keep me from it by thy Grace and Mercy. Amen. ११. The O The Concluding Prayer. grant Lord, it is thy Promise to whatsoever I ask in thy Sons Name, and thou wilt not perform lefs, becaufe I ask fo in his Words. In his Bleffed Breviary therefore I fum and offer up thefe my Imperfect Prayers; faying, as he hath taught me, Our Father which art in Heaven, &c G The Blessing OD the Father Blefs me; GOD the Son Defend me, GOD the Spirit Preferve Me, and elerve Me, and all Mine and His, now and Evermore. Amen. EVENING PRAYER. Psal. XLIV, LXXVII, LXXVII, & LXX, LXXXIII, XCVIII, or CXXXVII, CXL, CXLI. TION 2 Chron. XIII, or XX: 1 Cor. X. or Judes Eiftle. A Collect or Prayer against Revenge. Thou to whom Vengeance belongeth, Keep me from a Revengeful Spirit, that I fall not into the hands of thy Vengeance: And fince it is thy Will that I fhould exercise Pity, and Patience, and Pardon, let me not ftudy Revenge, and Returns of Injuries. What tho' I have loft my Eftate wrongfully, and been turn'd out of my Place for my Loyalty to the King, yet have I not |