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 DEDICATION. 
 
 To His Royal Higlinefs 
 FREDERIC, 
 
 '\ the Grace of GOD, Blfliop and 
 ¥nacQ oi Ofnabrug. 
 
 Mdj it phafe your Royal Higknefs^ 
 
 r jr\ I : E Univerfal Prayer can hardly 
 JL with fo much Propriety be dedica- 
 ted to any Prince in Chriftendom, as to 
 your Royal Highnefs ; both as it is a re- 
 ligious Tradl, and therefore, the more 
 fino be prefenied to a Prelate ; and fur- 
 ther ftill, as it is fo equally adapted- 
 (like that divine Prayer of which it is a 
 Paraphrafe) to the Devotions of thofe^ 
 who yet retain the Ufage of the Roman 
 Worfhip, and aifoof thofe who have re- 
 formed it : Both which are tglerated in- 
 deed 
 
(4) 
 
 deed in many other Stales, but conflliuti* 
 
 'o\ir Royal 
 erritories. 
 
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 onally eftabli{l>*d only ia yc 
 Highncfs*s Diocefe and 1 errit 
 
 This, which is now prcfentcd to your 
 Royal Highnefs, has been rcvlfed, cor- 
 reded and iinally approved by fome of 
 the gteateft Divines of the two Perfwa- 
 fions; and therefore, 'tis hoped, will be 
 foiirtd not utterly unworthy of your Roy- 
 al Highnefs's Acceptance. 
 
 And as fo great a Number of ycKtr 
 Royal Highnefs's Subjeds ftill ufe the 
 Rite of Extreme Un6lion; whilft nriany 
 of thofe, amongft whom it is omitted, 
 (tho' they arc perfe<5lly fenfible^ that it 
 was not always in Ufage in the 
 Chrifti m Church ; and confeonently that 
 it cannot be abfolutely neceUary to Sal- 
 vation) do yet wifh, for many Reafons, 
 that it had been ftill retained : On this 
 Account I have added, for your Royal 
 HighnefsVSatisfaaion, that Order, which 
 was eftabliftved for the Admlniftration 
 
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 pf this Rke, in the firft reformed iJturgi^ 
 of the Chuich of England ^ and which, 
 after being retained for fome Years, was, 
 %o fiJence the Clamours of the Puritaos, 
 and to pleafe Bucer^ Calvin^ and their 
 Admirers, atlafl permitted by Queen Et 
 lizabeth to bt; left out ija the following E- 
 ^itions. 
 
 Whether the King has a Power to te* 
 (lore it ; as he has to appoint occafional 
 Forms on public Fafls and 1 ibankfgivings j 
 and whether He fhall choofc u^ do fo, in 
 order the more cafily to reconcile to our 
 Liturgy, his new acquired French Sub- 
 je6t6 on the Weft Side of the Ariamic % 
 and whofc almoft folc Obje^ion to that 
 Liturgy, I, from my moft imiinate Con- 
 verfations, with both their Ckrgy and 
 Laity, am enabled to averr, is the Omif- 
 iion of this Rite ; which is fo naturailv 
 formed to give Confolation to the low 
 (piritcd at thofe awfull Hours : At leaft 
 whether it may not be thought proper to 
 tje added to the French Txajuilation of 
 
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(6) 
 
 our Liturgy ; which it would be hl[:;hly 
 ufcfull to have printed, with the Engliih 
 facing it, and in that Form to be fcnt o- 
 ver in fuffici^m Numbers to his new Sub- 
 JcAs in thofe Parts; to inflrudi them, 
 ,toth in the Language and in the Religi- 
 on of the State, they are now become 
 fubjedl to ; all this is what the Goodneft 
 of his own Heart, and the Wifdom of his 
 Councils will much better drtermlne, 
 than fo obfcurc a Perfon, as 1 am, caa 
 or ought to prcfume to advife in. 
 
 May the God of infinite Wifdom, 
 Goodnefs and Mercy direa him ! And 
 may the truely religious Examples of his 
 Majeifty, and of his moft amiable Confort 
 your illuftrious Parents, with the fingu- 
 larly pious Care they take of yonr 
 Royal Highnefs's Education; form your 
 Royal Highnefs for the Government of 
 the Diocefe, and Subje<5ls cominitted by 
 Divine Providence to your Rule, fo 
 as to render them moft happy in your 
 being their Biftiop and Sovereign ; and 
 
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 youi Highncfs moft beloved by them ai 
 your People. This is Part of Uic conltant 
 Prayers of, 
 
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 May it pleafc your Royal Highncfs, 
 
 Your Royci rilghnefs'i moft op 
 bedlerii, and moft humble 
 Servant. 
 
 WILLIAM DOYLE. 
 
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 Advertifement, 
 
 Totha READER. 
 
 HIS unlverfal Prayer is defigned 
 to be a Tcind of Paraphrafe on that 
 of our Lord J which being nfed by all 
 ProfciHons of Chriflians, fo 'tis hoped 
 may this be received by them all like- 
 wife ; and the rather, as it is fo framed, 
 like that, as to be adapted equally to 
 Clofet or Family Devotion, and to any 
 Se-afon, or to any Hour, whether Morn- 
 ing, N66n or Night, 
 
 In the following; Prayer, all the Ideas 
 which we can poflibly fuppofe intended in 
 that of Our Lord, are attempted to be cx- 
 prefs'd : As for Inftance, fpiritual as well 
 as temporal Food in the Petition, Give 
 u^ eacL Day vttr daiiy Bread: All the 
 great Articles of the Chriftian Faith, as 
 
 well 
 
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 I' 
 
 t^n as the Piities of PraftiTe, even to 
 the very fmalleft of them, are in lika 
 Manner endeavoured to be introduced. 
 
 This makes it the longer : So as if the 
 Whole was ufed at once, It would take 
 up about Twenty Minutes of Time, to go 
 thro*, with a proper Devotion; and which 
 the Weaknefs pf human Nature would 
 often be found unequal to : But it maybe 
 moft eafily broke into feveral Parts, ac^ 
 cording to the Frame of Mind, the'Per- 
 fons find themfelves in, who ufe it ; 'tis to 
 be hoped however that it's Fulnefs will 
 excufe its Length; it being fo fram'd, 
 as to inform the iMind and tend to influ- 
 ence the Conduft on all Occafions what- 
 foever that may offer. 
 
 The Whole is mofl: perfectly Ortho- 
 dox ; and, in the moft doubtful Parts, 
 will be found moft exadlly conformable 
 not barely to the Letter of Scripture, but 
 to the Scripture as explained by the found- 
 efl and moft learned Divines both of the 
 Church of England (as for Inftance Bi- 
 
 fliop 
 
( 10 ) 
 
 fhopBuLL) and thofc of ihe Church of 
 Rome alfo. 
 
 Indeed a great and celebrated Writer 
 and Preacher lately dead, with whom 
 the Author was very intimate, made 
 great Objedions to fome Paflages there- 
 in : For Inftance the following, [yea af- 
 ter knowing Chrifl here according to the 
 Flefh, that we rather henceforth know 
 Him fo no more] This he infifted was 
 downright Blafphemy : And being afkcd 
 by the Author, if he did not recolledl it 
 to be an Expreffion of St. Paul's; he ut- 
 terly denyed it, faying, it was ahfolutely 
 impoffible ; nor would he proceed till the 
 Paflagewasfliewn : But alafs inaLibrary, 
 which filled a large Room, a Bible could 
 not be found : And when one was pro- 
 cured from below Stairs, a Concordance 
 was not to be had : For his Impatience 
 was fo great, that he would not at firft 
 fufFer the Author to fhew him the Place : 
 No he would needs find it himfelf ; but 
 having it fegms never met with, or heard 
 
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 of It before; and not knowing therefore 
 where to look for it (for want of a Con- 
 cordance, which this cehbrated Writer 
 and Preacher could not difcover in his 
 whole Library) he at laft fubmitted to let 
 the Author point it out to him in the 2d 
 Corinthians. 
 
 He made alfo great Objedlions to the 
 mention of Angels attending on deceafed 
 Souls ; tho* the exprefs Dodlrine of our 
 Saviour, who tells us, when the Beggar 
 died, the Angels carried him into Abra- 
 ham's Bofom. — He rjjedled alfo their 
 being fpoken of, as joining in Devotion 
 with us ; tho* we are affured they rejoice 
 in Heaven over one Sinner that repenteth. 
 
 He was much difpleafed with the No- 
 tion of fubmitting to have even God's 
 Prefence foi a Time withdrawn, tho* 
 the Language of Scripture, and which is 
 much infifted on by by Thomas a Kemp- 
 is ^'^ What fays He, thou would- 
 
 eft be willing indeed to go to Heaven, 
 
 provided 
 
( '2 ) 
 
 provided thou coiildcft be carried thither 
 at thine Eafe, upon the Wings of Grace, 
 and with the Beams of his Countenance 
 fliining on rhee. — No, but tho' he witht 
 draws thofe Beams, and even fomcwhat 
 of the full Power of his Grace ; thQ* thou 
 mourneft, thou muft not murmur ; thou 
 muft not flop or turn back, but muft flill 
 goon thy Road, and thro' any Difpen* 
 fations be content even ib to luve his 
 Will fulfilled;' 
 
 I believe this Paffage is not in Stan- 
 hope's aKeir.pis: He has omitted too 
 many fine ones of the like Kind; either 
 from a want of Tafte, or for Fear of be- 
 ing fufpeded of Enthufiafm : One muil 
 look for them in other Tranflations than 
 his, or in die original Latin. 
 
 From the above Specimens, one may 
 fee how eafily a Man may become ^ 
 celebrated Writer and Preacher, who yet 
 may be very little acquainted with the 
 Scriptures: And therefore^ 'tisboped none. 
 
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 mt thofe, who are well acmiaintedf witii 
 the facred Writings, will call in Queftiort 
 the Orthodoxy ot any Part of thisTrca- 
 tife. 
 
 Indeed the reading of the Scriptures 
 alone is by no Means fuflScient to make 
 a Man an able Divine. — Juft as having 
 all Li TTt Eton's Tenures by Heart 
 would riot alone make a Man a, good 
 Lawy^er; he miift read Cook's Com-* 
 ment upon Littleton to that Purpofe 
 before he can be made one : So muA he 
 be acquainted with the Traditions of the 
 Church, and thj Writings of the Fathers, 
 before he can be a complete Divine. 
 
 At the Mentiori of Traditions^ and the 
 Fathers^ I am fenfible many Readers will 
 be apt to fmile : But let them tell, by 
 what Authority we believe it, was not a 
 mere animal 2ind mortal Serpent that 
 tempted Eve, but the Devil afluming the 
 Form of one. St. P a u l fpeakrng of the 
 Tranfa(5lion feveral Thoufand of Years 
 
 afterwards 
 
( '4) 
 
 afterwards, does not giVe the moil dirtant 
 or obfcure Hint of Its being any Thing 
 fnpernatural: How tlien do we know it 
 to DC luch ? By Tradition alone : Our 
 Nurfes, our Parents, our Tutors told us, 
 as theirs told them before, that it was the 
 Devil and not a mere Serpent who temp- 
 ted EvF. So that here is one Tradition 
 ^t leaft nniverfally received by every 
 Chriffian whatever, of which yet there is 
 no other Trace in the written Word ex- 
 cept the Devil ; being fometimes called 
 the Serpent, and the old Serpent: 
 Indeed he is fometimes alfo called the 
 Dragon ; from whence fome may think 
 the Animal, whom he took Pofleition of, 
 in order to fcduce Eve, was at firft a 
 Dragon ; but as a Punifhment, was depriv- 
 ed of his Wings and Legs, and render- 
 ed a mere Reptile ; which is no more in- 
 credible, than that a Butterfly fhould be- 
 come a Caterpillar as in Fa6l we know it 
 does. But this is enough to fhew the U- 
 tility of Tradition to explain Scripture. 
 
 As to the Fathers, no one ever yet dc- 
 fpiied them, that had read them, unlefs 
 
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 they found them contrary to their oivrt 
 preconceived Notions : For to defpile the 
 Fathers, as Authors unneceflary to be 
 read, by all that would be good Divines, 
 would be like defpifing Hyipocrates 
 and Galen by Students m Phyfic, or 
 our old Lav^r Books by thofe who would 
 be acquainted with that Study. Let par- 
 ticular Fathers have ever fuch odd Noti- 
 ons of their own in fome Points, yet they 
 will be always ufeful to fhew what Prac- 
 tifes and Opinions prevailed in theirTinaes. 
 
 Thus frbm the A6ls of Paul and 
 Thecla^ (wrote in the Days of St. 
 John the Apoille and fuppofed to be loft- 
 but recovered fromOblivion and publifh- 
 ed by the learned Grabe) It appears; 
 (however odd it may feem to us of this 
 Age) that the Cuftom of Praying for the 
 Dead ; which we know, from the fe- 
 cond Book of Maccabees, had been in 
 Ufe in the Je\Vilh Church ; was continu- 
 ed by fome, at leaft, quite thro* the very 
 Apoftolic Age ; and we may learn from 
 later Writings, that till the Reformation 
 it never was difcontinued. Many 
 
(i6) 
 
 Many ether curious Particulaw and 
 Well wonh knowing may be learned from 
 the Fathers, and no where elfc. I would 
 therefore advife all, who can, to read 
 Acm ; and let them be afTured of this, 
 that they will never repent their Labour; 
 inore than thofe of each ProfeflTion, who 
 have moft ftudied the antient Phyficians 
 and Lawyers, have been forry fox fo 
 doing. 
 
 I only lament^ that with fo great a Dc^ 
 fire to be more thoroughly acquainted 
 with them, I yet have had Opportunities 
 of reading but a few : From which how- 
 ever I have benefited, I thank God, fo 
 much to my own Satisfedion; that I 
 would not for any Confideration foever 
 be ignorant of what I have learned from 
 thofe few. 
 
 I have had the Happinefs however of 
 converfing with thofe who had read much 
 more of them than I had been able todo; 
 by the concurring Judgment <?f aU whom, 
 
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 tho* oihcrwife of different Perfwafions, 1 
 have had the Satisfadion to find, that I 
 had not introduced one finglcHeterodoxy 
 into this Work; but that every Part there- 
 of was ptrfcdiy confonant to Scripture, 
 Tradition and the Fathers : So that I per- 
 f^vade m) fclf, the Reader may with grf^at 
 Safety adopt every Notion he fhall LH 
 therein. 
 
 The Language I fubmitted to the Cor- 
 recSlions of ihe beft Judges ; particularly 
 to that celebrated Preacher beforementi- 
 oned; who was remarkable for an uncom- 
 mon Elegance of Stile ; but who yet was 
 not able to pleafe himfelf wIthRefpea to 
 the Alteration of one particular Line, or 
 rather indeed a fingle Word, which I 
 have found Fault with as much as he did ; 
 and which yet neither of us, nor fevcral 
 others I confulted were able to amend to 
 their own Satisfaftion. 
 
 Well will it be, if only that one Word 
 can be cenfured in the followinp- Work ♦. 
 
 B ° And 
 
(i3) 
 
 And tho' it was above nine full Years 
 under the Revifion and Corredlion of my- 
 fclf and of others ; I have flill Doubts 
 about fome particular ExprcfTions there- 
 Ml ; As to the Propriety of their being 
 placed particularly there, where the Rea- 
 der will find them. — Such are included 
 in this Work in Crotchets thus [ ]. Tho* 
 ycf I have not the leaft remaining Dif- 
 ficulty in my own Mind, as to the Ortho- 
 doxy or general Propriety of any of them. 
 
 It remains only to fupplicate the great 
 and good God, to whofe Service alonethis 
 Work is dedicated, mercifully to accept 
 it from me, the poor unworthy Author, 
 and to blefsit in the Hands of thofe, who 
 fhallpenifeit ; to theGlory of his ownholy 
 Name, and the Advancement of true or- 
 thodox Piety amongft iMankind. 
 
 
 t 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ^«J^ i»i 
 
M 
 
 ( 
 
 The Univerfal 
 
 PRAYER: 
 
 Being a Paraphrafc on that of our 
 Lord ; fitted for cither Clofet 
 or Family Devotion, and for 
 any Seafon, or any Hour, 
 Morning, Noon, or Night. 
 
 Our Father. 
 
 f><4|ff OLY Father, in whom we 
 1641 H t^ live and move and have our Be- 
 
 ^x^lVo; '"S' By whofe Mercy we have 
 been brought to this prcfent 
 Hour ! Who haft alfo, by thine own Al- 
 mighty Spirit of Holinefs and Immortality 
 dwelling in us, begotten us again in 
 Christ Jesus unto alively Hope of an 
 Inhciiiance in thine eternal Kingdom ! 
 
 Behold 
 
(10) 
 
 Behold Oh Lord we thine hnmhic Ser- 
 vants, in the Help of that thy blcflcd Spi- 
 fit, and in the Name ^f that thy dear Son, 
 do here prcfcnt ourjtlves before thee, to 
 oflfcr thee this our Mornings Noon, or 
 £Te'w/;^TiibuteofPr:iifc and Prayer: 
 
 • 
 
 If^io an in Heave?:. 
 
 Do thou therefore look down from 
 Heaven, the Habitation of thine Holi- 
 nefs and thy Glory ; from whence thou 
 behcldcft all the Children of Men ; and 
 every Thing is naked and open to the 
 Eyes of thee, with whom we have to do : 
 Where thoufand Thoufands of Angek 
 are now and ever mi iflering before thee; 
 and ten thoufand Times ten Thoufand 
 delighting to pay thee Won'hip'and Ho- 
 mage : with whom while ur, finfiil Diifl 
 and • ^ : s, join in humble Adoration of 
 thy Divine Majeuy, we befeech thee to 
 accept this our oounded Service and Sac- 
 rifice; which w;^ offer thee, from a Seiife 
 of thine infinite Excellencies and Pcrfce- 
 
 tions 
 
I 
 
 (21) 
 
 tioni , and of our own Wants and perpe- 
 tual Dcpc/idcncc upon tliee. 
 
 Hallowed he thy Name. 
 
 Bleflcd be rhou oh Lord our Father, 
 that thou art God ! and art infinity wife 
 and powerful and righteous ! (and haft 
 made us and all Things ft^r thine own 
 Plcafure and Glory,] and rcwardeft to 
 the uttermoft thofc that fear thy Name , 
 but art a confu ning Fire to impenitent 
 Sinners. 
 
 Who fl-iall not fear thee oh Lord ; and 
 who fhall not magnify thy Name! For 
 great and marvellous are thy Works, 
 Lord God Almighty ! Juft and true arc 
 thy Ways, thou Kin£; of Saints ! 
 
 Oh Lord God [Almighty] If thbudidft 
 not exift, there would nothing, that is 
 good, exift! Nothing tmely defirable, 
 nothmg fully fatisfving! And but for Fear, 
 of thee all Flefh would be corrupted in 
 their Ways 5 as but for Hope in thee we 
 
(22) 
 
 ftould faint in the Race of RIghteoufncfs: 
 
 Revered, adored, and magnified be 
 tny great and holy Name, for thefe, and 
 for all other thy glorious Attributes ; tor 
 every Thing thou art, and every Thi.iff 
 thoudocft. 
 
 Worthy art thou oh Lord to receive 
 Honour and Glory from evt ry Pai t of 
 thy Creation ; who art thus infinite in all 
 Perfedion ; and worthy therefore, that 
 thou fliDuldeft make all Things for thy- 
 felf ; as for thy good Plcafure and Glory, 
 they are and were created. 
 
 And worthy is God, thine eternal Son 
 to receive Power and Honour and Glory 
 tndBIefling; even the Lamb who was 
 flain; being obedient unto Death ; and 
 kath redeemed us by his Blood, out of 
 every Tribe and Tongue and Nation, to 
 be a Kingdom and Priefts unto our God, 
 and to live and reign with bim and thee 
 X9^ ever. 
 
 Worthy 
 
( 23 ) 
 
 Wonhy Likcwife is God, thine holy" 
 Spirit of all Honour and BlcflTing; who is 
 the Lord and Giver of Life ; and of every 
 good and evi^^ry perfedl Gift : By whofc 
 divine Operation thou gaveft being to the 
 Univerfe ; by him, thro' thy Son, creat- 
 ing and preferving Heaven and Earth, 
 ani! all the Powers, and Inhabitants and 
 Things of either : By whofe teaching 
 alfo thou inftrudeft in all faving Truth ; 
 and gathcreft to thyfelf one univerfal 
 Church of thofe, whom he leadctb to Vir- 
 tue and Glory. 
 
 For thefe, and for all other, thy great 
 and glorious Produdlions : and for all thy 
 Goodnefs, and thy Perfe6lions ; and for 
 our own Creation, Prefervation, and in 
 the Blefliogs of this Life ; more particu- 
 larly for, &c. we with Angels, and Arch- 
 angels, and all the Company of Heaven 
 do loud and magnify thy glorious Name: 
 ever more praifing thee, and faying. Ho- 
 ly, holy, holy Lord God of Hofts ! Hea- 
 ven and Earth are full of thy Glory? 
 Glory be to thee oh Lord moft'high ! 
 
 Wo 
 
(24 ) 
 
 We praife thee, we Blefs thee, we won 
 ihip thee, we glorify thee, we give thee 
 Thanks for thy great Glory, oh Lor4 
 God, heavenly King, God the Father 
 Almighty! 
 
 Thy Kingdom come. 
 
 And, as it is onr bounden Duty, wc 
 do for the Remainder ot this Day or 
 ISight and of our whole Lives, here offer 
 and prefent unto thee oh Lord, ourfi;lves, 
 our Soulf , and our Bodies, with all the 
 Thoughts, and Actions, and Powers and 
 Faculties of each; here divefting uurf^lves 
 <A ourfelves ; and putting off every Wifh 
 and every Devife for our own Happinefs 
 and Pleafure ; and determined in every 
 Thing to feek only thine Honour and 
 Glory ; dedicating ourfelves henceforward 
 intirely to thee, and to thy Service, to be 
 a reafonable holy and lively Sacrifice un- 
 to thee. — ^And we moft humbly befeech 
 thee to accept thereof from us; and to 
 fancSlify us with thine holy Spirit to render 
 lis worthy of fueh thine Acceptance ; that 
 fo in Qur Spirit and Soul and Body, we 
 may perfe<^ Holinefs in thy Fear. 
 
 And 
 
 is 
 
 \ 
 
 '} 
 
 •" ratic 
 
(25) 
 
 ;fs 
 
 )e 
 
 ^ 
 
 .«t 
 
 And make us with all other thy Crea- 
 tures in Heaven, and Earth, and under 
 the Earth, ever acknowledge and revere 
 thy Power, and thy Glory, and the 
 Mightinefs of thy Kingdom, and miniftcr 
 thereunto. 
 
 Bring every Thought of the Heart of 
 Man into Captivity to thyfclf; that we 
 never fuffer fuch a Diflipation of Mind, 
 as one fingle Moment of our Lives to for- 
 get thee, or our Dependence on thee, and 
 Relation to thee: That we are thy Crea- 
 tures, the Works of thine Hands ; mor- 
 tal Men, and not Angels ; yea Worms 
 rather than Men; yea Dufl: and AlTbes 
 more than Worms ; and that thou art 
 the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and 
 gracious ; long fuiTering, and abundant 
 in Goodnefs and Truth ; keeping Mer- 
 cy for Thoufands forgiving Iniquity, 
 and Tranfgreflion, and Sin; and yet 
 that will by no Means clear the Guilty ; 
 yifiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon 
 the Children, and upon the Children 
 Children, to the third and fourth Gene- 
 ration. Let 
 
(26) 
 
 Let the Senfe of [this] our own Wret-- 
 chednefs and Demerits humble us to the 
 Duft of the Earth before thee, and of 
 thy glorious Majcfly, infpire us with a 
 mofl profound Reverence for thee, and 
 every Thing relating to thee, [honouring 
 thy Name, and holy Days, and Sandu- 
 ary, thy Minifters and thy Word] That 
 we may Fear the Lord always for our 
 Good, and remember his holy Covenant, 
 and what thou calleftus unto; that here 
 we have no continuing City, but are to 
 look for one to come; and therefore, 
 that in the firft Place we fcek thy King- 
 dom and thy Righteoufnefs thereof, and 
 purfue all earthly Things, but in Sabfer- 
 viency thereunto; that in all the Changes 
 and Chances of this mortal Life we may 
 have our Hearts there furely fixed, where 
 only true joys are to be found. 
 
 That we may love thee with a moft 
 abfolute and religned Aife6lion ; amidft 
 all the greatcft Variety of other the moft 
 defirable Objeds, ftill ever looking up to 
 thee, as to our Sovereign and only Gcod; 
 
 delighting 
 
 b 
 
» 
 
 A 
 
 (27) 
 
 delighting in thee, and longing to enjoy 
 ti > .Si ; rejoicing in all thy Goodncfs and 
 Excellencies, and deeply thankfull for 
 all the mercituU Communications of them, 
 to any and every of thy Creatures, and 
 laying hold of, and glorying in thofe, 
 thou particularly beftoweft upon our* 
 fclves. 
 
 Let it be our Joy and Crown of boaft- 
 ing, that we have thy Word to believe 
 in, thy Promifes to hope in, and thy Pro- 
 vidence to truft in; refling on them ever 
 with a moft willing and implicit Reliance; 
 that no Doubts perplex us, no Fears di- 
 flurb us, no profperous or adverfe Fortune 
 make us reckon upon any Thing we have ; 
 or ever defpond for any Thing we have 
 not ; or covet or envy our Neighbour's 
 Advantages, or recur to [mere] human 
 Aid, to ufe Flattery, Art or Fraud, or 
 any contentious or other forbidden Me- 
 thod to fupply our Wants, forgetting the 
 Lord our Maker ; but, having our Con- 
 verfation in Simplicity and godly Sinceri- 
 
( 28) 
 
 ty, that in every the moft fortunate Ef- 
 tate, we ftill look upon thy Faithiblnefs 
 and Truth to be better than any Poffefli- 
 ons; and in all Emergencies be ever 
 ready to commit ourfelvcs to thee who 
 judgeft righteoufly. 
 
 And oh righteous and holy Father, 
 let it be thy bleflcd Will, that this thy 
 divine Power and Providence may ap- 
 pear, in bringing to Light the hidden 
 Things of Darkncfs, and making mani- 
 feft the Secrets of the Hearts and [final- 
 ly] rewarding every one according to 
 their Deeds in thy Sight, whether they 
 be Good or Evil. 
 
 Let even the Fiernefs of thine Enemies 
 turn to thy Praife, and the Fiercenefs of 
 them do thou retrain ; and make every 
 Thing and every Event, how unpromif- 
 ing foever it may feem, work together 
 for good to thy chofen ones, to thePraifd 
 of the Glory of thy Grace. 
 
 Turn 
 
 J 
 
 fpfl; 
 
( ^9 ) 
 
 Turn the Hearts of Princes, that th^ 
 may fulfill thy righteous Purpofes : Caufe 
 Nations as well as [all] private Perfons 
 to be at Peace; that are now at Enmity : 
 Thofe that are oppreffcd and Helplels 
 do thou defend : 1 'he Needy, Sick and 
 Affli6lcd do thou comfort and relieve ; 
 And, of the Greatnefs of thy Mercy, 
 
 fupport thou thofe, that are about to die. 
 
 « 
 
 Strengthen the Weak and fecbia 
 minded: Confirm the Strong: Inflrucft 
 the Ignorant; and adminifler to every one 
 according to their feveral Neceffities; that 
 the Souls of thofe, whom thou refrefheft, 
 may blefs thy Name, and all the Earth 
 may glorifj' thy Power. 
 
 Let the Light of thy Gofpel, the good 
 Tidings of thy Kingdom pread abroad 
 in all the World,' and the EfFcdls thereof 
 appear in univerfal Peace and Righteouf- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 Finally, haften the Time, when Imper- 
 
 If*rQ ion r»i #3v<=»r\r T'r»«*.J ^\ill K*» winrl^ P/>f_ 
 
 fcdlion ; 
 
(30) 
 
 f 
 
 fe&iOM; and Sin and Mifery, and Death 
 be fwallowcd up in Holinefs and Happi- 
 nefs, and Immortality ; when thy blcffcd 
 Son fliall have fubdued all Things unto 
 thee; that thou oh God. our King and 
 Father, mayeft be all in all. 
 
 Thy Will be done, &c. 
 
 Yet not ours oh Lord, but thy righ- 
 teoufnefs and holy Will be done ! And 
 do thou therefore difpofe us to a mbft per- 
 fect Acquiefcence and Complacence in 
 all the Difpenfations of thy divine Provi- 
 dence ; rejoicing indeed in all the Good 
 thou doeft ; yet humbly bearing all the 
 Ills thou fendeil: ; neither repining at o- 
 thers Lots, or murmuring at our own. 
 
 Let us rather (as well knowing that 
 not fo much as an Hair of our Head can 
 fall to the Ground without thee) be not 
 only content, but alfo pleafed with every 
 Thing, which thine innnite Wifdom thus 
 
 
 
 r(^\ri\r\ncr that 
 
 cvea 
 
 ) 
 
 • 
 
 ? 
 
(30 
 
 even fo thy blclTcd Will is fulfilled. And 
 tho* the Fig-Tree fhould not bloffom, nei- 
 ther Fruit be in the Vine, though the La- 
 hour of the Olive fhould fail, and the 
 Field yield no Meat, though the Flock 
 be cut oF from the Fold, and there be 
 no Herd in the Stall, that yet we glory 
 in the lx)rd, and joy in the God of our 
 Salvation. 
 
 Ye, though Thou withdraweft thy Pre- 
 fcnce and the Light of thy Countenance 
 from us, that we flill let not go our In- 
 tegrity; but be content through any Dif- 
 penfations thou fubjedeft us unto, to ma- 
 nifeft our intire and abfolutc Rciignation 
 to thy holy Will and Wifdom. 
 
 And, in this Spirit of the moft perfeft 
 Obedience to thee, enable us to apply 
 ourfelves to difcharge our feveral Duties, 
 in whatever Station thou placeft us in, 
 with Chearfulnefs, Diligence, and Integ- 
 rity ; proving ourfelves faithful Stewards 
 Of mH th, 
 
 
 
 thrill 
 
 intrufteft 
 
<30 
 
 intriiflcft lit with ; to employ them, as 
 fliall be moft to thy Glory, for the Ad- 
 vantage of ouifelves and of all others, to 
 whom they may be fcrviceable; that 
 whoever, we have Commerce with, or' 
 minifter unto, may be happy therein and 
 blefs thy Name therefore. 
 
 Nor while we profit others, let us be 
 ufelefs to ourfelyes, or ever neglecl to 
 difcharge, with a particular Care and un- 
 wearied Diligence all the Obligations of 
 Religion, and what we owe to our own 
 Souls; that we work out our Salva- 
 tion with Fear and trembling; as fenfible 
 that we can do nothing of ourfelves, but 
 that all our Sufficiency is of thee alone ; 
 who workeft in us to will and to do of 
 thy good Plaafure, 
 
 And therefore remembering our War- 
 fare is not yet accomplifhed; and recko- 
 ning nothing to be done while any Thing 
 remains undone; that we, though with 
 feeble vet with unceafinff Enacavours 
 
 fliU 
 
(.13) 
 
 Ml labour to go on unto PcrfcAIon ; not 
 furfering Sloth or Softnefsto enervate us| 
 bin enduring Hardncfs as good Soldiers 
 of Chriil, and watching; unto Prayer [and 
 againmemptations] liVtingup the Hands 
 that hang down, and ftrengthning the 
 Things that remain ; that are ready to 
 perifh ; that we may be prepared, if it 
 be ncccflary, to rcfift even unto Bonds 
 and Death. 
 
 And, knowing thi<; Is thy Will, even. 
 ourSandifcatiort, that we be enabled to 
 poffefs our Vcffcls in that Sandificatlon 
 and in Honour ; reverencing our own Bo* 
 dies as Temples of thy lioly Spirit, and as 
 Members of the holy and immaculate 
 Jtfus ; not enduring them to be defiled 
 by Intemperance, or any Sort of Impu- 
 rity, or diiliononred ^ he vain and '^vil 
 Cuiloms of the World:" ijut that we n-.or- 
 tify rather our Lul>s and PafTions and a- 
 vert thy Judgments by faffing and every 
 kind of fclf-denial; bringing under all 
 the Affedions of our Hearts to thee by 
 
 C 
 
 U, J.- 
 
( 34 ) 
 
 holy Dlfciplin'c ; that our Plcafurcs and 
 Kclations, as well as fcriovis Employ- 
 mcnts, may all be Holincfs unto the Lord > 
 [even] feeding ourfelvcs in thy Fear, and 
 enjoying all the good Things of this Life 
 with that Rcferve, which becometh thofe, 
 who arc fenfible they are in thy Prcfcncc, 
 and have received all they have from thee 
 to ufe, and not abufe them : 
 
 That fo, in every the moft common 
 Acjlion of our Lives, (whether we eat or 
 drink, or whether we do, we intend thy 
 Honour [only], choofing nothing as agree- 
 able to ourfelves but as well pleaiing in 
 thy Sight, and making for thy Glory. — 
 That it be as our Meat and Drink to do 
 thy holy Will m Earth, *even with the 
 fame Readings of Obedience as the blef- 
 fed Angels pay to it in Heaven ; being 
 carneft to know it and carefully to do it* 
 
 Give us each Day our daily Bread. 
 
 And Lord when we thus, to our weak 
 
 ntmoft 
 
 IV. 
 
IW' 
 
 (35) 
 
 titmoft, fhall have performed all theDutlci 
 of Religion and Nature; do thou, to 
 whom all Things are [X)n!ble, fupply im- 
 mortal Strength to mortal Weakness, by 
 fuch an InHux of thine holy Spirit, as may 
 become in us a mod powerful Princiole 
 of a new and heavenly Life; derivi.ig 
 thence a Communication with thee of 
 Purity and Holinefs, and LoVc unfeign- 
 ed ; and uniting us to Chrift, by Faith in 
 his Blood, and by Conformity r^- he Ex- 
 ample of his fuflTeringObedici.'. ; andta 
 hlb holy Cliurch, by ftcdfaft Profeffioa 
 of the Truth, and by Charity with all 
 the Members thereof, and willing Parti- 
 cipation of all the bleftid Sacraments and 
 
 Ordinances uieiein. 
 
 « 
 
 Fill us with an holy Zeal for the good 
 and Advancement thereof; and do thou 
 fo blefs it thaf Kings may be its nurfing 
 Fathers and Queehs itsnuifing Mothers: 
 
 Yet let us not fo attach ourfelvcs to the 
 temporal Glory and Beauty thereof 5 as 
 
 not 
 
not to have our Thoughts ratlicr iixcd 
 upon the heavenly jerufalcm, yea, atter 
 knowing Chrift according to the Fiufli ; 
 that we rather henceforth know him lb 
 no more, that no religious Sj)ecuIations 
 fo fill our Heads, but that we be fiill 
 more attentive to Pradicc ; and endea- 
 voVii", as to add to our Faith Virtue, fo, but 
 after Virtue, to feek for Knowledge ; and 
 let it be fuchas isufefull and favingrto give 
 us a deep Senfe of, and inward Rcllfli for 
 divine Things: That we delight in, and 
 be nourished by thy Word and by Prayer, 
 and rejoice in approaching thee both In 
 publick and in private, performing all 
 religions Offices without Rcihidlance and 
 without W^earinefs, 
 
 Give us a recc '^e6l^d, wife, and pru- 
 dent Frame of ivlind, to difccrn always 
 what is befl", and to choofe it when dif- 
 oerfted: And blefsus with all other Bief- 
 fings fpiritual and temporal : with kind 
 and fruitful Seafons, healthy Bodies, 
 plenty in our Dwelling*?, and Peace in all 
 am Qiiarters. Bbfs 
 
( 37 ) 
 
 BIcfo all Rulers and Magiftratcsin the 
 btatc. and MiniAersin thy Church, [efpe- 
 cially our own] that they may neither 
 want Will or Power to advance thy Glo- 
 ry, in promoting the Happinefs of the 
 reople committed to their Care, and ever 
 meet with Returns of Affedion andDu- 
 ty from them. 
 
 Elcfs all People In their Friends and 
 Relations Neighbours and Acquaintance 
 of every Degree : and us particularly in . 
 ours Father, Mother, Brothers, Sifters, 
 Uncles, Aunts and Couftns, Landlords, ' 
 Tenants Benefaclors, Creditors andDeb^ 
 tors, Scholars, Maflers and Servants:, for 
 \vhom according to thy holy Will, we 
 offer up our Prayers, and fupplicate thy 
 iMercics on them ; and between all whor^ 
 and us, be thou pleafed to eilablifh a 
 conflant Intercourfe of every Office of 
 Juftice and Kindnefs, that we m^y love 
 and treat each other as ourfelves. 
 
 us 
 
 s courteous, that none judge, 
 
 or 
 
(38) 
 
 or fpeak evil of or ridicule ; that none 
 injure or difoblige his Neighbour; not 
 feeking every one his own ; or doing any 
 Thing out of Strife or vain Glory; but in 
 Honour preferring one another; that all 
 Bitternefs and Wrath and Clamour and 
 ill Language be put far away from us, as 
 becometh Saints; not rendering Railing 
 for Railing, but contrary wife BlefTing ; 
 knowing we are hereunto called that we 
 fhould inherit a Bleffing. 
 
 Make us pityfuU ; fo as to be deeply 
 affedled with all the Calamities and Mi- 
 feries • outward and inward of our Bre- 
 thren, and zealoufly employ our utmoft 
 Abilities to their Succour and Relief: 
 From him that would borrow of us not 
 turning away ; nor hiding our Face from 
 any poor Man ; but giving without grudg- 
 ing, and without NeceflTity, even with the 
 Widow in the Gofpc-, our very laft 
 Mite, whenever thou preferveft a fit Oc- 
 cafion for us to do fo ; that as farr as in 
 our Power, there be no Decav. no lead- 
 
 ing 
 
t none 
 r; not 
 ngany 
 
 but in 
 that all 
 nr and 
 
 us, as 
 flailing 
 effing 5 
 hat we 
 
 deeply 
 ,d Mi- 
 r Bre- 
 utmoft 
 [lelief: 
 us not 
 c from 
 grudg- 
 ^ith the 
 y laft 
 fitOc- 
 • as in 
 ) lead- 
 ing 
 
 ing into Captivity and no* cdmplainirig* in 
 our Streets. 
 
 Make us hofpitable tb &range!rs ; kind 
 even to the unthankful and to our Ene- 
 mies; and to extend our good Wifhcs to 
 every foreign Nation, without Except!^ 
 on of one, even of thofe we have the miA 
 fortune to be at conteft with ; as bearing 
 all thy divine Image, and calkd with us, 
 to the fame blefled Hope of Immonality 
 in thy Son. ^ 
 
 Teach us finally to regard all thy 
 Creatures for thy Sake ; and to defpife 
 nothing thou haft thought fit to employ/ 
 thine infinite Workmanftip upon ; or to 
 treat any of them with Pride, Injufticeor 
 Cruelty ; but difpofe us to pity rather, and 
 to excufe the Failings and Impeffeaions 
 of all our fellow Creatures; whether they 
 be rational, or even otherwife. 
 
(40) 
 
 
 ^nJ forgive us our Trefpajfes. 
 
 And let a full Confciencc of onr not 
 having the leaft Refcntment in our own 
 Brcafl, even a^ainft any inanimate Things 
 give us full Affurancc ot Pardon from thce^ 
 
 And here oh Lord, 'tis fit that we con- 
 fcfs and humble ourfclves before thee, 
 for all our own many Sins, and alfo for 
 the Sins of all others, our fellow Crea- 
 tures; the innumerable Multitude of 
 which our's alafs ! Have added to, and 
 frequently been the Occaiion of, and 
 thereby the more difhonoured thee, and 
 provoked the greater common Punifh- 
 ment upon us all. 
 
 The whole Earth mourneth for the 
 Iniquity of the Inhabitants thereof: We 
 and our Fathers, our Friends and our 
 Countrymen ; even Chriflians as well as. 
 Unbelievers, have tranfgrcflcd againlt 
 thee ; fo that the Cry of our OHences 
 xeacheth unto the Heavens, and calleth 
 down for Vengeance on us. 
 
 And 
 
 f' 
 
( 41 ) 
 
 l\ 
 
 \ 
 t 
 
 f' 
 
 And now Lord iTiouldeft thou be ex- 
 treme to mark what is done amifs ; alafs 
 who might abide by it? Rut there is- 
 Mercy with thee, that- thou mayeft be 
 feared : . . 
 
 Oh fit us for that Mercy, by pntin^- 
 thy Fear into our Hearts; that we may 
 afflid and humble ourfelves ilill more for 
 thole Offences againfl: thee ; and pradlilts 
 every kind of Mortification ; as an holy 
 Chaflifement on ourfelves ; to avoid thy 
 greater Judgments for what h paft ; and 
 that we may thereby be enabled the 
 more cffcdually refiftand malier Temp- 
 tations for the Time to come. 
 
 And lead us not into Tejnptation. 
 
 And Lord, if thou feeft fit, make us 
 not only to triumph over, but if pofllble, 
 even to be above them, in the Poffeffion 
 of all the Graces and Virtues that over 
 adorned any of thy Saints : But i^in this 
 
 '^ ry,\ if 
 
 
 WO 
 
 m.ay 
 
(42 ) 
 
 jDay not choofe onr Place in thy King- 
 dom ; yet oh deny us not to drink of thy 
 Cup; but give us fuch AflTiflance. of thy 
 mofV powerful Spirit as may atleaft pre- 
 ferve us from all Evil, 
 
 Nor do thou fox our former rejec5ling 
 his gracious Aid, utterly withdraw it from 
 us ; nor leave us to ourfelves, to the 
 Weaknefs and Corniption of our own 
 Affedlionsj and to the. Blindnefs of our 
 Underftanding : Nor expofe us to the 
 alluring Pomps and Pleafures; or [much] 
 totheBufinefs of this World; let us have 
 neither any dangerous Share -or Concern 
 in them, nor Relifh fox. them. 
 
 But deliver us from Evil or th$ 
 
 Evil one. 
 
 Above all oh Lord, deliver us from 
 the Wiles or Power of the wicked one ; 
 to throw Occafions of Sin in our Way ; 
 to fuggcft impure, oi^ wicked, or vain, or 
 
 troubling 
 
 If 
 
 h 
 
 I 
 
 & 
 
 &t 
 
y^'- 
 
 ■'it 
 •3 
 
 (43) 
 
 troubling Thoughts or Dreams, or evil 
 or imprudent Defires, to vex us with In- 
 firmities, Sickncfllis, Want of Reft, or. 
 Croffts ; to make us unvvife or irreligious 
 here, or miferable hereafter; Save us from 
 him this Day or Night and for ever more> 
 efpecially at the Hour of Death, and at 
 the Day of Judgment; from the Pains 
 and Horrors of the one, and from the 
 Terrors of the other Save and deliver us 
 oh God our Father in thofc moft avvfuU 
 and important Moments; that, after a 
 Life of Righteoufnefs, we may die a 
 Death of Peace 6c in thy Favour, and b&. 
 ready at our laft Hour to refign our Souls 
 into thy Hands as into the Hands of a 
 faithful Creator and moft merciful Saviour 
 and Redeemer ; humbly befeeching thee, 
 that they may be precious in thy Sight : 
 Wafh them, oh Lord ! And fancftity them 
 with the Blood of that immaculate Lamb; 
 who was fiain to take away the Sins of 
 the World : That whatever Defilements, 
 they may have contradcd, in the midft 
 
 purged 
 
I i 
 
 (44) 
 
 purged and done away by thy Afercy, 
 they maybe prefcnted pure and without 
 §pot before thee : And being conve)'cd 
 by the holy Angels into thy Paradifb of 
 Rcfl, till the laft great Day ; may then 
 by the mighty Power of thy holy Spirit, 
 be re-united to onr Bodies ; which he, by 
 his all cnJivening Power fliall raifc from 
 the Sleep of Death: And both being {o 
 purified, as to be thought worthy to efcapo 
 in thy righteous Judgment ; they may 
 [togetherj be admitted to a Place and 
 State of perfedrt and cndlcfs Happincfs, 
 in thy divine and adorable Prcfcnce, fg; 
 evermore. 
 
 1 > 
 I M 
 
 II 
 
 h 
 
 For thine is the Ki7io;dom. 
 
 Grant oh Lord, thefe and all other 
 the Petitions of thy Servants throughout 
 the whole World ; that, in Temptation 
 or Diftrefs of any Kind, or in Want of 
 any Bleffing, fpiritual or temporal, d(^ 
 
 fuDulicate thv divm^^ X/f^if^Air . yxAy,-^C.. 
 
 Prayers 
 
( 45 ) 
 
 Pr.7}'crs we defire to have joined with mf 
 
 ^ own ; and both with thofe of the Angels 
 
 I of Heaven ; and that all may find Favour 
 
 and be effcdiull before the Throne of 
 
 thy Grace, to obtain the BlefTings and 
 
 Mercies, they and we alk of thee : That 
 
 : fo thy Kingdom may be magnified, and 
 
 Tower inanifcOed, and Glory difplayed, 
 
 from Kvtrlal^ing to Everlafting, throiigh 
 
 Jefus Chrill our Lord and Saviour, J/tSn. 
 
 When there is not Time for the former, the 
 foUowmg particular Prayer for Morn- 
 ing taken from the Whole Duty of 
 Man may be ufed. 
 
 MOST gracious God, by whofc 
 Bounty alone It is that we have 
 this Day addc^^ to our Lives ! We befeech 
 thee fo to guide us therein by thy Grace ; 
 , that we may do nothing, which may dif- 
 honour thee, or wound our own Souls ; 
 but that we may diligently apply our- 
 f fives to do all' fnch good Works, as 
 tfeou ha^> prepared for «j- to walk in: 
 
 And 
 
(4«) 
 
 f 
 
 And Lord^ ive bcfcech thee, give tfilne 
 Angels Charge over us, to keep us m all 
 Ways ; that no Evil happen unto us, nor 
 any Plague come nigh our Dwelling!?, 
 but that we and ours may be fafe under 
 thy good Providence, thro' Jcfus Chiirt 
 iHir Lord. 
 
 I 
 
 7*0 which may be added this concluding 
 BleJJingfor the Morning. 
 
 UNTO God's mofl gracious Mer- 
 cy and Protedlion we commit our^ 
 felves and all that belongs to us : The 
 Lord God Almighty be prefcnt to all our 
 Thoughts ; guide and diredl us in all our 
 Words and Adlions; blefs and profper 
 us in all our right Underftandings ; and 
 lift up the Light of his Countenance upon 
 us^ and be mercyful unto us ; and give 
 us Grace arid Peace, Health and Salvati- 
 of Body and Soul, this Day and for ever 
 more, j^men. 
 
 A 
 
-rf 
 
 ( 47 ) 
 
 A particular Prayer hr Nsgkt^ taken 
 from theVJhoit Vmy of Man. 
 
 BLESSED Lord the Keeper of It 
 rael, vvho neither ilumbercA nor 
 (leepcft ! Be pleafed in thy Mercy to 
 watch over us this Night: Keep us by 
 thy Grace trom all Works ot Darknefsj 
 Defend u^ by thy Power from all Dar>* 
 ecrs: Grant us moderate and refreib* 
 inn Sleep ; fuch as may fit us for the 
 Duties of the Day following: And Lord 
 make us ever mindfull of that Time,, 
 when we fhall lay our/elves down in the 
 Duft: And, becaufe W ^' wow neither the 
 Day, nor the Hour of our Mafter^s com- 
 ing;'grant WJ thy Grace, that we may be 
 always ready ; that we ma> never live 
 in fuch a State, as we fhall fear to die In; 
 but that whether we iive^ we may live 
 unto the Lord ; or die, we may die unto 
 the Lord, fo that, living or dying, we 
 utay ftill be tl.ine thro' J ifus Chrift our 
 Lord. Jmcn. 
 
(4S) 
 
 To 'iihich mj he added this concluding Bhf* 
 
 fing. 
 
 UNTO God's iTioft gracioiw Mor- 
 cy and Protccflion we commit onr- 
 f elves and all that belongs to «^: The 
 Lord Blefs us, and keep us, and lift up 
 the Light of his Countenance upon us, 
 and be mercyhiil unto i/j; and give us 
 Grace, and P^ace, Health and Salvation 
 this Night, and for evermore. . jimcn. 
 
 X(.,^^^,c>^.e*>>fMX.>?;^^ 
 
 REMARKS 
 
 ■m 
 
( 49 ) 
 
 REMARKS on the fore- 
 going FORMS. 
 
 ALLtliofc, v/ho are convert nt in 
 the Jewifh Writings, know that 
 Forms of P ycr were, even from the 
 Beginning of their State, ia Vic amongft 
 them. Mofes by the Dirc6lion of God 
 himfelf ordered an exprcfs Form of 
 Words for blefling the People ; Numb. 
 VL 22. &c. " And the Lord fpakc imto 
 
 * Mofes, faying, fpcak unto Aaron and 
 ' unto his Sons faying ; on this Wife flialJ 
 ' ye blcfs the Children of Jfrael, faying 
 
 * unto them ; * The Lord blefc vhee, and 
 keep thee; the Lord make his Face 
 
 ' fhinc upon thee, and be gracious unto 
 thee : The Lord lift up the Light of 
 his Countenance upon thee and give 
 thee Peace.'* 
 
 Again when the Jfraelltes were 
 marching thro' the Wildernefs; cveiv 
 
 D TiniL* 
 
u 
 
 a 
 
 
 <c 
 
 (50) 
 
 Time the Atk fet forward, Mores faid. 
 Rife np Lord and let thine Enemies be 
 fcattered ; and let them that hate thee> 
 {[y before thee/* And whenever it 
 refted he faid, Retu^ i oh Lord unto 
 the many Thoiifands jflfrael" Num^- 
 bcf8 X. 33* Which cannot poflTibiy be 
 doubted to have been a precife Form of 
 Words that Mofes invariably ufed, upon 
 the two Occafions before-mentioned. 
 
 There is another Form prcfcribed, 
 Deut. XX. 2/6tc. on Occafion of going 
 tc War. " And it fhall be when ye are 
 come nigh unto the Battle, that the 
 Prieft ftiall approach, and fliall fay 
 unto them ; He^r <^h I/raei, ye ap- 
 prtkich this Day in Battle a^injl your 
 Enemies:, Let not yoar Hearts faint. 
 Fear not^ and do not tremble ; neither be 
 ye terrified iecaufe of them: tor the 
 Lord God is He that goeth with ye, to 
 fight for ye^ againfl your Enemes^ t9 
 " fave ye'* 
 
 Furtlier 
 
 C(. 
 
 iC 
 
 cc 
 
 <c 
 tc 
 cc 
 cc 
 
to 
 
 ( 50 
 
 ftirther ! There is a Form prefcribeci 
 fo be ufed after H«rveft and Tithing^ 
 Deutr. XXVL 12. &c. When thou haft 
 made a^End of Tithing all the Tithes of 
 thixje Encrcafe, the third Year, which is 
 the Year of Tithing^ and haft given it un^ 
 to the Levite, and unto tlie Strang^r^ to 
 the Fatherlefs and to the Widow ; that 
 they may eat within tliy Gates and be 
 filled: Then thou flaalt f^y before x\}^ 
 Lord thy GoO ; * I have brought away 
 
 * the holbwed Things out of my Houfej 
 
 * and alfo have given them unto the h^ 
 
 * vite, and unto the Strangerj to the par 
 
 * theilcfs and the Widow aecording to 
 
 * all thy Commandments, which thou 
 ' haft commanded me, I have not tranf- 
 ' greffed tliy Commandments; neither 
 
 * have I forgotten them ; I have not ^at- 
 
 * en thereof in my Mournings jaeihej: 
 ' have \ taken oughi thereof fe)r any w;^ 
 
 * deanUjCe; nor given ought thereof for 
 
 * the Dead : But 1 have hi^arjcened unto 
 
 * the Voice of the Lord my God ; ani 
 
 * have done accpxdirjg to all tWt tbou 
 
 ' haft 
 
c 
 
 < 
 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 (50 
 
 liaft commanded mc : Look done from 
 thine iioly Habitation, from Heaven, 
 and blefs thy People Ifrael, and 
 the Land which thou haft given us, 
 as thou fwareft unto our Fathers, 
 a Land which floweth with Milk 
 and Honey/ 
 
 But there is ftill a more remarkable 
 Form prefcribed, at the Beginning of this 
 Chapter, upon the prefenting the firft 
 Fruits, viz, Ver. 2, &c. When thou art 
 come into the Land, which the Lord thy 
 Ood giveth thee for an Inheritance, and 
 poffeffeft it and dwelleft therein : Thou 
 Ihah take of the firft of the Fruit of the 
 Earth, which thou flialt bring of thy 
 Land, thai the Lord thy God giveth thee; 
 and thou flialt put it in a Bafket ; and 
 fhah go unto the Place, which the Lord 
 ;thy God fliall choofe, to place his Name 
 there : and thou fhalt go unto the Prieft, 
 that ihall be in thofe Days, and fay unto 
 him : / profefs this Day unto the Lord 
 thy God, that I am come unto the Country^ 
 '^ which 
 
 IN 
 
(53> 
 
 )hirh 
 
 which the Lord fware unto our Fathers 
 for to give us. And the Prieft Ihall take 
 the Baflcet out of thy Hand, and fet it 
 down before the Altar of the Lord thy 
 God : And thou ftiah fpeak and fay be- 
 fore the Lord thy God : A Syrian ready 
 to perijh, was my Father-, and he went 
 down into Egypt^ and fojourned there with 
 a few, and became there a Nation great y 
 might and populous ; and the Egyptians 
 evil intreated us, and aff idled us, and laid 
 ^ upon us hard Bondage ; und when we cried 
 unto the Lord God our Fatncr,^ the Lord 
 heard our Force ^ and looked on our Afflic-r 
 lion and our LaLour, and our Opprejjion. 
 And the Lord brought us forth out of 
 Egypt with Signs and with Wonders : 
 and hath brought us into this Place, arid 
 ht}th given us this Land, even a Land 
 that flowed with Milk and Honey. And 
 now behold I have brought the fir fl Fruit's 
 of the Land, which thou oh Lord haji 
 given me, 
 
 . In the next Chapter, viz, the XXVII. 
 
 I A, &c. 
 
(54) 
 
 tA fee. ThMe is enjolhfcd a particiilat 
 Fotmof Words to be ufed, when th* 
 twelve Tribes of Ifrael were to ftand le-- 
 feeraiely, fix upon Mount Geri«mi, and 
 fhe other f« upon M6unt Ebal, the one 
 htt to biefs the People and the other to 
 hirfe : Ahd the LeviteS ar^ commanded 
 to fpeak and tO fay unto all the Men ot 
 Ifrael with a loud Voice. " Curfedbe the 
 *« Man that maketh any graven Image 
 
 * toptttitinft fecret Place: And all the 
 *« Tfeopk anfwer and fay. Amen. To 
 ^vhich arc added Eleven more, making 
 Twelve ih all, as may be feenirrore ful- 
 ly in th6 faid Chapter : As in the fdlow- 
 ihK bne may be feen the feveral Bleffings; 
 as alfo another Form of the Curfes as 
 feemsmoft highly probable; tho notde- 
 
 • iverfed with the fame Precifion as the tor- 
 tatt. 
 
 Chap.XXXt. 19, &c. Cod fays un- 
 t9 Mofcs, « Write ye this Song for you, 
 « and teach it to the Children of Ifrael: 
 « t>„f it in th^At Moiahs; that this Song 
 
 4 
 
 
( 55 ) 
 
 »« jtmy be a Witncfs for me againft the 
 «' Children of Ifracl.— And thit Song 
 " ib*ii teftify againft tbem as a Witncii ; 
 '' for it ihaU not be forgotten out pf the 
 ^' Mouths of their f^ed:-r-Mofe€ th^re- 
 ^' fore wrote this Song the fame Day, 
 <* and taught it to the Children of If- 
 <« rael." And then follows the Song it 
 fclf at Lpngth in the n^^xt Chapter. 
 
 There can be no Doubt but many 
 i Pfaime were defigned as Part of a fe^ 
 Form of Devotion on particular Ocqafir 
 jpns. Of ihk Sort are the eight Pfalms 
 fceginning at the Forty fecpnd all pur-i 
 poiely for the Kohathites ; a^ were fonie 
 pthers in like Manner, viz. 84, 85, ^7, 
 5nd 88, In like Manner were tfae fificen 
 Pfaims immediately following the 119, 
 xind which are ca^ i Bongs of De- 
 grees. So alfo the 92d Pfalm, intided, 
 a Pfalm for the Sabbath, was compofed 
 purpofely to be ufed on that Day : And 
 the 7 2d intended for the Inauguratioft of 
 
 JBaloman, a« the Tide unplyeth. 
 
 Indeed 
 
(56) 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 cc 
 
 <c 
 
 Indeed Forms of Devotion ; even to 
 the prcfcribing; of the very Words to be 
 uied on luch Occafions; feera almoft - 
 univerfallv to have obtained in all Nati- 
 ons : Of which Livy in his firft Book gives 
 us a very remarkable Inflancc, " When 
 *' the Ronwns were about to declare 
 War againft any Nnuon, fays he, a 
 Perfon called Pater Patratus (that is an 
 Elder appointed forthatPurpofe)went 
 towards the FLegion, where the Ene- 
 <^mies Country lay, and there made a 
 '' particular Prayer in a fet Form of 
 *« Words/' which Livy has in the Place 
 very exadly given ^to us. And if it be 
 afkcd, why a particular Set of Words 
 fhould be prefcribed on fuch Occafions? 
 The Anfwer is very eafy ; That all thofe^ 
 being Adls of Religion; and it being of 
 Importance that every one, concerned 
 in the rcfpedlive Ceremonies Ihould have 
 jtift and proper Notions of the Solemni- 
 ty ; in order that they might make fuit- 
 able Addreffes to the Deity: If every 
 Pxieft or other officiating Perfon was left 
 
 I 
 
 y 
 
if 
 
 ^K 
 
 ( 57 ) 
 
 at Liberty of his own Choice, to find out 
 Exprcffions for the Occaiion ; It is very 
 conceiveable that fome might ufe, very 
 improper ones; not fit at all to be ad- 
 drelTed to theDivinity ; and which a found 
 Judgment might no Way approve of. 
 To prevent which, the Public- thought it 
 right, to take Care in this Particular; and 
 to provide that no ExpreflTions fhould 
 be ufed in thofe Ads of extraordina- 
 ry Devotion; but what fhould be 
 moft approvable, and which could 
 not for certain be fo, unlefs the Form 
 and the very Words were previoufly con- 
 fidercd and prefcribed by public Autho- 
 rity. 
 
 Add to which : That as fome Words 
 do exprefsthe Ideas, that are intended to 
 be conveyed, with more Clearnefs, Pre- 
 cifion and Exadnefs, than perhaps any 
 others pofTibly can do : when once fuch 
 a Set of Words occur ; that it is impof- 
 fible to mend them; why ihould not that 
 particular fet be confiantly adhered to : 
 
 Occafion 
 
( 56 ) 
 
 Occafion offers for them to be ufed on? 
 For Inftance for the Sabbath, for the 
 Corhathites, for the King s Inauguration. 
 
 Neither can any Thing whatever be 
 urged from the 'Variation of fomc Cir-^ 
 cumftances ; that tho' generally acconn-. 
 panying religious Performances, may yet 
 be fometimes found to differ a little from 
 what attended the firft Inliitutlon of them j 
 for no Doubt the Exprertions in the De- 
 votions are to vary accordingly, and thus 
 it is, that, in the occafional Forms in the 
 Englilh Liturgy, there have been fom^ 
 Alterations introduced according as va- 
 rious Exigencies required : For Inllance; 
 the Service for the fifth of November has 
 been fomewhat altered, in order to ex- 
 prcfs thofc religious Sentiments, which 
 were thought proper to be entertained 
 in Commemoration of the landing of 
 King WiUiam the Third at that remark- 
 able Scafon. But it is certainly better to 
 luve diofe Alterations made by public 
 Authority : than t^ have them left^to the 
 
 DifcretioA 
 
 1* 
 
u 
 
 .(59) 
 
 Dlfcretion of private MInifters ; whoft 
 particular Biafs and Turn of iMind, we 
 too Well know, might often difpofe thein 
 to introduce Singularities of Notions, and 
 Oddity ; of Expreffions on fuch Occa* 
 jfions. 
 
 Not it is at fucli panicular Scafon^ 
 only, that Forms of Prayer are ufefdl 
 for tiie Purpofes mentioned ; they are no 
 left fo, for our conftant daily Devotions 
 The commonCircumftances&Occurren** 
 
 CCS of Life are generally the fanoe ; and 
 thei efore our religious Sentiments therc?^ 
 on may pritty generally be erprclTed rn 
 Ihc fame Words ; where fit and piop^ 
 ones, that convey . with Ocarncfs and 
 Precifion juft Notion?, are once met with. 
 For why indeed, when once we are ^o 
 qualnted with the very bcft Expreffions, 
 that can be ufed, with Regard to any 
 paniailar Subjeai Wliy i fay, fhould 
 we feek to alter them, when fuch Altc^ 
 ation cannot, by this Suppofition; poi^ 
 fibly be for the better ? 1 know indt^d 
 
t 
 
 (60) 
 
 the Oppofcrs of fct Liturgies pretend that 
 the State of the World and the Affairs of 
 
 fartictilars Perfons vary fo much every 
 )ay that a Form of Prayers which were 
 very pertinent and proper Ycflerday may, 
 thro' the Viciffitudes and Changes incid" 
 ent to this mortal Life, become improper 
 to-morrow. But this is a great iMifVake. 
 For allowing ever fo much an Alteratipn 
 .in the Temper or Circumflances of a 
 particular Perfon; flill the State of the 
 World is much the fame. Let there- 
 fore the private Perfon, fo particularly 
 circumOanced, vary in his Clofethis De-r 
 votions, as he finds convenient : But for 
 an whole Congregation fuch great AU 
 teratlons very rarely happen as recjuirQ 
 Alterations of the like Kind in the pub- 
 lick Service. 
 
 ^Evcry Day fome one dies, or is born, 
 or is married ; an Hoiifc is alfo fomctimes 
 biirned, or a Ship caft away. But flill 
 the Affairs of a large Congregation are 
 perhaps very little affcdled hereby ; and 
 
 • 
 
 It 
 
 ., 
 
(6. ) 
 
 h would be very wrong to allow fuch a 
 Laiitiulc to Minifters, as to infcrt in the 
 public Devotions, ExpreiTions, relative to 
 fuch Accidents, as very few ot the Aflcm- 
 bly are concerned in. In iliort there are 
 or may be, certainly Forms of Prayer 
 fitted to all Conditions ; and which may 
 vciy aptly he nfcd by all People:^ Be- 
 fides that thofc Forms when judicioufly 
 compofcd may be of great Service to in- 
 ftru6t and edify Pcrfons, who would o- 
 therwife have very dcfcdive Notions of 
 Religion. 
 
 Add, that Children and ignorant Per- 
 fons can fcarce poflibly be able to pray 
 at all, if they have not learned fome 
 Forms for fo praying. And this Necef- 
 fityhas beenfo apparent, that Prayers 
 and Hymns have been compofed and 
 printed for the Ufe of fuch Pcrfons : And 
 common Liturgies for whole Congrega- 
 tions have been publifhed even by thofc, 
 who, finding Fault with the Service of 
 !he Church of England, as in their Opi- 
 nion 
 
a 
 
 ,62 ) 
 
 mon left edifying, and therefore frparat* 
 ing therefrom, do yet think Forms 0/ 
 Praycf (o ufcilJl as to require fomc fuch 
 as they have thus publifhed. 
 
 Suppofing the Engllrti Liturgy to be 
 thus, as is laid, leCs cdityingthaii it might 
 be rendered ; yet that is no Manner of 
 fufficient Reafon for lepcrating from .lie 
 eibWiflbed Church ; becaufc her Service 
 being confeffcdly no other wife finfull, 
 than barely as it is defeclive ; all Perfon$ 
 ought, in Obedience to public Authority | 
 and would, if they Were adluatcd by a 
 true Spii it of HumUity, attend conftar.tly 
 tod regularly at her public Services, at 
 Ac appointed Times: And at otherHours, 
 <wfaen did not interfere with the public 
 fervke) They might, and iliould in aU 
 Realbn be moft freely tderated to edify 
 tbemkives by whatever other Mode of 
 Devotion, tLeey ibund more agreeable to 
 
 This k the true Medium between a 
 
 fchifmatical 
 
 fr. 
 
(«3) 
 
 ' 
 
 fchifmatical Separation, which may b« 
 jiiflly piinirtict^, and a rcligibm hiimblo 
 Delirc of bcinp cdifycd, than perhaps 
 every Frame of iVIind can be by the pub» 
 lie authorifed Formf; of Devotion* And 
 by the fame rcafoning; while th Ma- 
 giftratc *ookCarc to haveOod worfhipod 
 in the Manner, jnclged moft j^.opcr, by 
 every Member of the Community ; (as 
 elfc a Blcffing could not be cxpedcd 
 from Heaven upon that Community) So 
 V hen once this wa^ done ; every ca<^ 
 whatever flioiild he left to the ftillcft 
 Liberty J either in fmali or ever fo large 
 Congregations, to pra^ice whatever o 
 ther Mode of Worlliip they fhoiild think 
 moft eligible. And while this i^iberty is 
 allowed no one couid have a Right t6 
 complain of being obliged ^ven ^ So* 
 verritics, if nccefTary, to attend at thr 
 flated pi4biic Worfhip. If that was not 
 done ; People, under Pnei^noe -of fre^ 
 <]licnting Tclig^oius Aflcnnblics, might 
 keepaway from e^-ery one; arid the 
 public Wonfliip %f God be greatly, 
 
 and 
 
1 11 
 
 (46) 
 
 * 
 
 and perhaps in Time almoil: whol- 
 ly negle(5ted ; which Negle(5^ it cannot be 
 expe6icd but muft call down for PunilTi- 
 ment from Heaven on that Nation 
 where fuch Ncglcdl prevails* 
 
 Thefe Notions feem to have been ad- 
 opted by every Government under Hea- 
 ven; and thofcj, who have moft oppofed 
 the public Forms have when in Power 
 moft feverely puniilied thofe who dif- 
 approved their own religious Sentiments 
 and Pradlice!'' ; which is in a Manner a 
 Demonftration of the Juftnefs of what 
 has bee laid down upon the Subjedl* 
 
 It is no Wonder if the Jews came in- 
 to this general Way of thinking, with 
 Regard to public Forms of Worfhip ; for 
 having fo many of the Kind given them 
 by God himfelf ; it was natural, where 
 Revelation ceafed, there to recurr to their 
 Chiefs for Direftioi) in thofe Particulars : 
 accordingly thofe, who are verfed in 
 their Antiquities^ know that before our 
 
 Saviour's 
 
 i 
 
(6j) 
 
 M 
 
 Saviour's Titne, they had a Forrti of pub^ 
 lie Prayer, which confifted of eighteeri 
 Colledls, called the eighteen Benedidioni 
 or BlefTin^p, becaufe they moftly confiA 
 ted of Piaifesj Thankfgivings and Blef* 
 fings. • 
 
 This Form, thu^ coniifting of thefe 
 eighteen CoUeCls, is much too long to be 
 here inLrted ; and indeed was much too 
 long for common Ufe ; and therefore the 
 great Rabbis, Do6^ors and Teachers ufu- 
 ally gave fome Abridgement or other 
 thereof to their feveral Difciples : And 
 generally one Form to be ufcd in Fami- 
 lies or larger Congregations, and a dif- 
 ferent one in private. 
 
 * 
 
 Our Saviour ; who av ded as much as 
 poffible all Singularities and Deviations 
 from the public Inftitutions ; did, like o- 
 ther Dodlor.s, teach his Followers a like, 
 abridged Form of Prayer, taken fjf5m*^ 
 the eighteen CoUecSls; and which we 
 meet with in the Vf. Math, where firft 
 he gives Directions for prl\'atc Devotion; 
 
 J.-/ 
 
 as 
 
(66) 
 
 sf^ fe pkin from his ufing the fingiilar. 
 Nmttber, as fpe&king only to a ffngt^ 
 Perfoii " When thbu priydtthoti iihak 
 not be ^s rhe Hypbcntc^ whobve to be 
 ffeen oif Meil; but dioil-, when thou pray- 
 eft, enter into thy Clofet; and when thou 
 haft fhnt the Door, pray to thy Father 
 who 'feeth in fecre^t.' Afier^Cvards he gives 
 Dlre6litfns foV more public Worfhip, 
 Whettter in Families, or la/ger Aflem- 
 blles ; tiiing then the plural Number, ?»s 
 %eaking to feverJal. " When ye pray, 
 rife hot vain Repetitions as the Heathen 
 ^o, be isot ye therefore like unto them ; 
 after this Xiahner therefore pray ye, &c: 
 Ihthistlkccit is to be obferved that the 
 Doxology is added For thine is the King- 
 dom^ &c. Whereas* in Luke XI. There 
 is no Doxology: The Reafon is: Be- 
 caufe there; that is in Luke, he was giv- 
 ing a Form for private Devotion, differ- 
 ing not from the former but in the Do- 
 xology : For 'tis to be obferved that, in 
 Families ^nd Afiemblies, when the Per- 
 fon who uttered the Prayer came to the 
 End, thofe> who were prefent, anfwer- 
 
 ed 
 
 .> 
 
-*v"«ftm-^'*m0'm» 
 
 (67) 
 
 edby a Doiiology'; which was not ufc[ct 
 in private Devotion, as it was unnecefferyi 
 there being no fecond Perfon, to join 
 therein: And therefore atccordingto ftri6t 
 Propriety and the original Defign, the 
 Minifter of a Congregation, in ufing the 
 Lords Prayer, might flop at the Words 
 Deliver us from Evi/; and the Clerk and 
 t^cople might fubjpin for thim U (kKingi 
 
 However as the contrary Ufage has ob-^ 
 twined, ^nd that the DoAplogy ipay a^ 
 ipijc 4 J^e^i^ing no W^y imfijt for a pri-» 
 yate Perfpn itoemeft^n, there can be'no- 
 thing fo irregular, a? to beoome foMl m 
 the Ufe of it : And iii the Manner it has 
 been paraphrafe4 ip the fpj-egoing W^k, 
 every Objedlion ^fifing frpfJf |i<ence is a- 
 voide,c|- Why'it is ibinetinies lifcd, apfj 
 fon^etimes omitted ifi the C|jjjp^^ l^^!^"^ 
 land Liturgy, t^ofe, ,whp h^vecpmnient? 
 ed thcfepn, have eAd^avpured to explain; 
 tjp whofe Writings therefcie oa t^ SuJ>t 
 iefi I muft referr tlie Readers. 
 
( 68 ) 
 
 The F R M 
 
 of anointing the SICK, 
 
 As prefcribed by King EDWARD VI. 
 and Queen ELIZABETH'S firft Li^ 
 turgies. 
 
 Jf the Sick P erf en dejire U be ^ointed^ 
 then anowt htm, with Oyl^ upon the 
 Forehead or Brea/i; making the Sign of 
 the Crofs^ and faying thus .• 
 
 AS with this vifible Oyl thy Body 
 outwardly is anointed ; may our 
 heavenly Father Almighty grant of his 
 infinite Goodnefs, that thy Soul inwardly 
 be anointed by the Holy Ghoft 5 who is 
 the Spirit of all Strength, Relief, and 
 Gladhefs: And voUchfafe for his great 
 Mercy, if it be his bicfled Will, to re- 
 
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 flofc unto thee thy bodily Health and 
 Strength to ferve him : And fend thee 
 Releafe of all thy Pains, Troubles and 
 Difeafes both in Body and Mind. And 
 however his Goodnefs, by his divine and 
 imfearchable Providence, Ihall difpofe of 
 thee; we bis unworthy Minifters and 
 Servants humbly befeech the eternal Ma- 
 jefty to do with thee according to the 
 Multitude of his innumerable Mercies; 
 and to pardon thee all thy Sins and Of- 
 fences, coirimitted by all thy bodily 
 Senfes, ' PafTions and carnal Affqdions: 
 Who alfo vouchfafe mercifully to grant 
 nnto thee gho% Strength by his hoJy 
 Spirit, to withftand and overcome all 
 Temptations and Aflaults of thine Adver- 
 fary ; that in no wife he prevail againft 
 thee ; but that thou may eft have perfcdl 
 Vidlory ; and triumph againft the Devil, 
 Sin and Death; through Chrift our Lord; 
 who, by his Death, hath overcome the' 
 Prince of Death, and, with the Father, 
 ^nd Holy Ghoft evermore liveth and 
 r^'gneth. ^en, 
 
 Remariis 
 
(7«) 
 
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 ■n- • I T— iw nii nt w miw 
 
 Remarks ^^ />^ FargQing. 
 
 EVERY one, that is acquainted with 
 the Antiquities of the Jewifh Church, 
 knows perfedly well, that thpy ufed to 
 anoint \hc Sick, in order to procure their 
 Recovery, pur bjeffed Saviour, who in-. ^ 
 ftjtutcd no Rites intirely new in his Reli- 
 gion, but adopted into it'thofe, which he 
 found already in life amongft his own 
 People ^he Jews ; an,d \yho accordingly 
 took his Baptifm from their Ablutions, 
 and his Supper from Part of their Pafcha! 
 Feaft ; fo did he from them continue ia 
 like Manner the Ufe of Oyl^ on more 
 Occafions perhaps than one : According- 
 ly w^e reacl in the VI. of St. M^rk, that 
 when he fent out his twelye ApoiUes to 
 preach the Gofpel, and to caft out Devils, 
 to heal the Sick and the like; They anointed 
 with Oyl many that were Sifk and heakd 
 them, Vexfe 13. 
 
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 thit the UfroftWsRi^cfohiihiied f^ 
 rii.^n^r Years in the ChrMan Ghiirdi at 
 Jeruftlerti cannot be doubted, when wef 
 find 8t. James, who prefided over the 
 Govcrhrttent thereof, in the Epil^fe> Vv'hich 
 he addreffes to the Jewffti Convert's dit 
 the twelve Trtbes fcattfcred abroad, giving 
 Difedlfons that " If any were fick, they 
 fhofild call for thfe Eldets of theChiirch, 
 who were to praydver them, anbiriting 
 them with Oyl in the Nkme of the 
 Name of the Lord." And adds, "T^ha^ 
 the Prayer of Faith (hall fave the Sick, 
 ^* and the Lord fliall ralfe him up ; and 
 '* ifHc have committed Sins, They Ihall 
 be forgiven him, Verfe. 14. 15. 
 
 66 
 
 
 <6 
 
 V»' 
 
 Many Atithors, do from hence ehdea- 
 vour to prove thiis Rite t6 ^bb a Sacramertt 
 of conftaht ftandihg in the Chrifliah 
 Church : For they define a Sacrament t6 
 be an external religious Rite ; which, not 
 by its own Nature, or from its own na- 
 tural Efficacy, but from the Appointment 
 of God alone conveys Grace. As the Ufe 
 of vVatercan, la its own Nature, only 
 
 clca nfe^ 
 
( 72 ) 
 
 cieanfe the Body ; bin cannot in any Sort 
 purify the Soul: To effcd^ that, a parti- 
 cular Appointment and BleflTing of al- 
 mighty God muft be fupperadded there- 
 to : So, in the Cafe before us, the anoint- 
 ing with Oyl can never in its own Nature 
 cure all Kinds of Difeafes ; whereas by 
 the Appointment of God, and by his 
 Blcffing, in Virtue of its being ufcd in O- 
 bedience to that Appointment, it may^ 
 and St. James afTures us, it will raife up 
 thofe, who by Sicknefs are confined to 
 their Beds ; and more than this ; that fuch 
 anointing being accompanied with the 
 Prayer of Faith, it ihall procure even the 
 Forgivenefs of Sins, 
 
 Yet for all this, it is far from being 
 clear that the Church confidered this Rite, 
 as dcfigned to be of perpetual Vie; and 
 confequently could not admit it as a Sa- 
 crament ordained to be of conftant land- 
 ing therein; which all Divines whatever 
 agree to be zpbfolutely neceffary for the 
 conftitutingofany Rite to be a Sacrament, 
 Jjlay the very contrary, viz. (That the 
 
 Church 
 
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(73) 
 
 Church did not in any Sort confider it as 
 a Sacrament of perpetual Ufage) is moft 
 highly probable from the total Silence of 
 all the ecckfiaflical Writers, for above 
 three hundred Years together, from the 
 Death of the Apofllcs: Not one of whom; 
 even where they exprefly fet themfelves 
 to explain all the Chriflian Rites in Ufc 
 in ihcir Time; do yet ever make men- 
 tion of this one. Leo the Firft, who 
 was Bilhop of Rome, and flourifhed a- 
 bout the Year 400, is the only one from 
 the Apoilles Days till then, who fyeak^ 
 of it : He calls it an anticnt Rite, b\^t 
 not an Apoftolical one, or one iriftituted 
 bv Chrift ; which is very remarkable, and 
 w'hich makes it to the higheft Degree 
 probable that it had been for a long 
 Timedifcontinued ; Perhaps indeedit never 
 was in UL', in theGentile, but only in the 
 Jewifh Chriilian Church ; (for *tis to the 
 latter only that St. James WTites)an d fo.^ 
 when the Jewifli was united to the Gentile 
 Church, after the DeflrucSlion of Jerufa- 
 lem, or Death of all the Apomes (who 
 as being Jews had kept up this Rite) 'tii^ 
 
 us 
 
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 pro 
 
 babk 
 
( 74 ; 
 
 protable that then it became to be dil- 
 continued; for fo that it was fodifcontlnucd 
 is evident from the total Silence of all 
 the ecclefiaftical Writers for thrc? hund- 
 red Years, as before obfcrvcd ; but in or 
 a little before Leo*s Days it begun to 
 be revived ; and all which his fpcaking 
 of it ?s an antient Rite fecms to imply. 
 
 This Obfervation is confirmed- l^y 
 Tourn-Elly a late French Divine, and 
 one of the very ableft Writers of that 
 Church. Befides which, Father Simon, 
 (another Writer of the fame ; and a much 
 better Critic and Judge of Antiquity than 
 Du Tin, who wrote againft bim) a > 
 knowledges, that no Church whatever, 
 antient or modern, adminifter Undiion 
 to the Sick with the fame Defign, as the 
 Romilh one does. For whereas all others 
 thatufe it, do fo for the Recovery of the 
 Sick; the Church of Rome does it rather 
 as a Preparatine for Death ; in Allufion 
 to the Story of the Woman's anointing 
 jESus'sFeet, which he pronounces to be 
 againft his Burial; from whence the Ro- 
 ma niiifs 
 
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(75) 
 
 ) be dif- 
 )ntlnucd 
 ; of all 
 r hund- 
 >ut in gr 
 >egiiii to 
 pcakin 
 imply. 
 
 or 
 
 ned- i^v 
 ic, and 
 of that 
 r Simon, 
 , a much 
 ilty thah 
 lim) ao- 
 ^hatevcr, 
 Undtion 
 1, as the 
 ill others 
 ry of the 
 it rather 
 Allufion 
 mointinc^ 
 :es to be 
 the Ro- 
 ma niiifs 
 
 ^ 
 
 iwanlfts would infiniiate, that extremcUnc- 
 tion was not defigned for Recovery to 
 Life, but for a preparative againft Death: 
 Which Notion, however plaufible, is cer- 
 tainly what we have no Manner of Au- 
 thority from Scripture to entertain. Nay 
 the contrary is evident from the Paflages 
 before quoted from Mark VK 1 2. and 
 James V. 14. 15. which ^ both of them, 
 fpeakof this Rite only as a Means of Re-* 
 covery from Sicknefs. Neither did out 
 Saviour (who would have the Hiftory of 
 this Woman, to be for ever recorded in 
 the Gofpel) ytit fo much at once hint that 
 the fame Rite,, of anointing in order to 
 Burial, fhould be continued aniongft his 
 Followers afterwards. And therefore the 
 Church of Rome in fubftituting this latter 
 Notion, inftead of the other; has de- 
 parted from aJl Antiquity, and from the 
 Ufage of all other Chriflian Churches 
 whatever: And for which Reafon the 
 Rite, they call extreme Undion, is no 
 Sacrament at all, as it is adminiftered by 
 them ; being not pradlifed with the fame 
 Defi^n. as anointine: the Sick was iifed 
 
 oj: 
 
(76) 
 
 Of cnjbincd by our Saviour and Ms ApoH- 
 Us. 
 
 FrtMn all which this Confcqjcncc mav 
 be drawn ; that as the Church of Rome 
 docs not PraAice, that anointing of the 
 Sick, which is mentioncvi in the Gofpel, 
 and yet would take it very ill to be judg- 
 ed on that amount no true Member of 
 the univerfal Church : And as anointing 
 the Sick in any Senfe whatever was un- 
 doubtedly difcoatinued for a long Time- 
 by the whole Church ; which Difcontinu- 
 ance however did not unchurch them ; fo 
 allowing ever fo much the Propriety of 
 reviving this Rite, yet not doing fo can- 
 not cutoff the Church of England from 
 being as real a Member of the univerfal 
 one, as Rome may dc, notwithftanding 
 its totally departing from the orginal De- 
 fign ih the Inftitution of wlii*^ Rite; or more 
 than the primitive one ceafed to be a 
 Church, notwithfta'^ding its intii^cly drop- 
 ping and difcontinuing this Rite for two' 
 or three hundred Years*. 
 
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(77) 
 
 ■■ i 
 
 It will be plain then, from what I have 
 faid, that I ny no Means infinuatc, ex- 
 treme Undion o\i[i;ht abfolinely to be re- 
 ftored in every ChriAian Church, or re- 
 comiTicnded to, or enforced on all the 
 Members of any. No ! I only propofe 
 that it be well confidered ; whether the 
 Ufe of it might not be permitted, where 
 it was earncAly dcfired ; particularly a-* 
 mongft the new French Subjedls of our 
 Crown, who have been ufed to it, and 
 who will, I know, be fcarcely brought 
 over to like the Engliih Liturgy without 
 it; and who yet by a Man, well acquain-* 
 ted with the Antiquities of the Church, 
 and one of Temoer and Moderation, 
 might v^afily, by feme fmall Encourage- 
 ment from the Government, be almoft 
 xmiverfally brought to the Ufe of it ; i 
 mean however, provided it were tranf- 
 lated into the French Langviage, that fo 
 they might underhand and be edified by 
 it ; and it is for their Sakes chiefly, that 
 I have ventured to propofe this Matter to 
 the Confideration of thofe, who -are the 
 
 
 
 r\f if 
 
 Perhaps 
 
4 
 
 
 Perhaps indeed fome Indulgence of 
 the fame Kind might without Inconveni- 
 ence be permitted to Englilh Romaniils, 
 as well as to our new French Subjedls, in 
 iprder to reconcile thofe alfo to our Church, 
 wko fo earneftly defire the Adminiftra- 
 tion of that Rite ; and would very fre- 
 quently fend for an EnglilTi Clergyman 
 in their Sickneffes; if they could know 
 of any, who would condefcend to their 
 Weaknefe in that Particular. 
 
 Many of the moil: Orthodox Bifhops of 
 our Church have publifhed feveral F'orms 
 of Prayer, for the Ufe of the Sick ; as 
 well knowing thofe in the common Litur- 
 gy are not fufficient to ferve in all the 
 various Circumftances that may affeft 
 the fick. Why then ; by fome proper 
 Avuhority, might not the Rite in Queflion 
 be permitted to be ufcd as well as thofe 
 Forms of private Invention are? And 
 woukl not fuch a Condefccntion be more 
 eligible ; than to let a poor deje6led Sin- 
 ner depart, without that, which he would 
 think a very great Comfort ? And might not 
 
 this 
 
this in fuch Cafes be a better way of 
 treating the Sick ; than the endeavouring 
 to periwade them of the Non-neceffity 
 or Inetlicacy of fuch a Rite, by Argu- 
 ments, which Perfons, under a great De- 
 jedion of Spirit, can neither b( expedlcd 
 to attend to ; nor perhaps if they did, 
 would they be convinced by. 
 
 And if fome People fhould, from the 
 reviving of fuch a Pradlice, pretend to 
 ^augh at the Church of England on that 
 Account ; let them e'en laugh that win. 
 As it would thereby fo much more eafily 
 reconcile many Porfons, efpccially our 
 new French Subjc6ls, and even fome old 
 Englifh Romanics, to theUfe of our Li- 
 turgy, and to Communion with our 
 be Church: A Point of very great Moment, 
 much more w^orthy of being coniidered, 
 than any Objedlions, that could be made 
 to the Revival of this Rite, ought to be. 
 
 Indeed the Way to gain over People to 
 our Church, is not by endeavouring to 
 pcrfwadc them, that there is an immenfe 
 
 Difference 
 
( 8o ) 
 
 Difference between theirs and onrs ; hut 
 rather by letting them think there is no 
 fnch eflential one at all between the two ; 
 and when they find the external Rites 
 much the fame ; they will be inclined to 
 think there is no fuch material Difference 
 between them, but that they may with 
 a fafe Confcience join with ours. 
 
 And if the Forms of Recantation in 
 Ireland were altered ; which it is in the 
 Power of any Bifhop there to do ; (for 
 there is no particular one enjoined by Au- 
 thority, but the whole is left to the Difcre- 
 tion of every Diocefan) and if in fuch 
 Recantation, no more was required than 
 a Promife to live in the Communion of 
 the eftablifhed Church ; and that the Ufe 
 of anointing the Sick was permitted ; I 
 dare fay there would not be left a Roma- 
 nift of any Property in that Country. 
 
 But Indeed asThlngs are now managed, 
 the Romanifts abhorr the Form at pre- 
 fentufed; and go thro' it with thegr . tcft 
 Reludlance, and againft their Conlclences 
 
 which 
 
( 8i ) 
 
 which makes many of them become Dr- 
 ifts or ahuoft Atheifts, and to breed up 
 their Children to ng Reh'gion at all ; to 
 the great Difgrace of the Natioa, and of 
 the eftablifhed Church : And which can 
 never be .remedied, ull we depart from 
 that Stiffnefs, which the high Reformers 
 adhere fo much to, and till wc conde- 
 fcend a little to human Weakneffes and' 
 Prejudices. 
 
 Such a perfed Reformation in Religi- 
 on, as fome contend for, would certain- 
 ly be very right, if all Men were Philofo- 
 phers: But while fuch Numbers are ig- 
 norant, and unthinking, and utterly in- 
 attentive to fuch exahcd Matters ; and 
 perhaps incapable of conceiving- or relifh- 
 ing them ; we muft condefcend to the 
 Weaknefs of their Capacities, and footh 
 them to Religion by external Rites and 
 Ceremonies, by which alo.ae they are 
 capable of being ^StGtQd. When once 
 they are fo brCcight over to our Church, 
 and coiiie to join in its Litu^gj^^ they wilt 
 foon be reconciled In earneft to that, 
 
 ^ which 
 
( 80 
 
 which at firft they were hut half perfwad"- 
 edto. 
 
 And It were to be, wifhed that the Pro- 
 teflant Diflenters would be prevailed up- 
 on not to fet up an Outcry on the Oc^ 
 cafion ; but filently fufFer the Rcforma*- 
 tion to gain Profelites, in that inienfible 
 Manner here propofed. ' 
 
 Indeed the true State of the Connor- 
 verfy between the reformed and the Ro- 
 miih Catholicks is fo ill underftood, that 
 *tis no Wonder if they be confiderc 1 a?? 
 at the greateft Enmity to one another: 
 But I perfwade myfelf if the Matter was 
 better examined on both Sides, a Recon^ 
 ciliation would eafily follow; becaufe, 
 very much inferior to the Tafk, as I con- 
 fefs myfelf to be, yet even I have had 
 the great Honour and Happinefs to give 
 Satisfadtion to Numbers of fcrupdous 
 Minds, with Refpedl to this Subject : In- 
 deed I can not recoiled^, that ever I fail- 
 ed doing fo, even lo their Clergy, in any 
 one Iflftance where I was liftned to : Un- 
 doubtedly 
 
 
 
n^ro 
 
 ;Ro- 
 
 that 
 
 ! 
 
 (83) 
 
 <ic\ibteclly therefore abler DK'«nes might 
 <lo much more in the Matter. May the 
 God of Mercy, Peace and Charity, grant 
 that fuch a perfedl Underftanding, may 
 obtain amongft us all for the Glory of his 
 own ^reat Name, and the Advancement 
 of the Kingdom of Jefus Chrift, our dear- 
 eft Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 F I N I S. 
 
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