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Lord let thy blessing be upon this common wealth in which we doe live. tender love and according to thy great mercies* \Ha 63.7/ Lord I praise thee for the propagation of thy Gospell here amongst us. and those benefits accompanied with it as long peace so great a wealth. and plentifull aboundance of all things. as this land afore never had. and other lands about us have long looked after. besides many maraclous deliverences whereby thou hast shewed thy mercy whereby \and/ thy lenity towards us. let us not be too secure. but pardon our unworthynesse and ungratfullnesse for so great benefits. give us grace to consider of them and to be more thankfull yea pardon the manifold sinnes and give us grace to repent and amend of this land and make up the breaches of the Churches and commonwealthes. and let thy tender mercies prevent us from and Blesse us [a] I beseech thee from Athisme and faulse opinions: yea Behold and visite this vineyard which thy right hand hath planted. and make it strong for thine owne selfe root out and destroy those foees which doe hurt unto it. [horizontal rule] whether they be Bishops pastors or cure evill. and and thou God of truth which changest not. hold on thy love still depart not from us, forget us not calling upon thee. yea what should become of thy great Name which is called upon by us: And therefore for thy glory sake and for thy blessed Name sake which in our destruction would be rent and runne th\r/ough. Spare us spare us good Lord.108 Blesse I humbly beseech /thee\ the kings counsel and \the/ Magistrates let them be as Moses vicegerents. wise. just. fearing God. and hateing filthy lucre. \Exos 21./ \Deu 6.15/ Blesse the whole ministery. and grant they may be for soundenesse of Doctrine and purenesse of life. as lightes to shine forth unto us. whereby wee may glorifie thee our heavenly father. \Mat 8.10 Rev. 1/ yea Lord Blesse even all thy people. and as thou hast made us all members of one body in Christ. so and have mercy upon our enemies persocuters and slanderers and [turne?] there harts knit our harts in love to thee. that we may live together in Godlinesse and honnisty strengthan those that stand. and convert those that goe astray. helpe all those that are and let the people [praise thee] the way be knowen upon earth [thy giving hand] [be] among all nations [ps 59.12] afflicted in mind or body give them patience to bare it or mitigate there griefe. consider the cause of the poore and helplesse. and be Lord helpe those of thy church wheresoever dispersed over the face of the whole earth. and deliver them from the persecution of [Anti] christ. yea give not the soule of the turtle dove unto the beast and forget not the congregation of the poore forever let not the oppressed returne ashamed but let the poore and needy praise thy Name. ps 24 mercifull to them in there distreses: encrease thy grace in us all that wee may live together in the service of thy Gospell to grow up in Godly conversation and soundnesse of faith and Religion. and persever therein to the end. and be mercifull unto us at the time /houre\ of our departure hence. and in the day when wee must give account of our life past. that wee be not rewarded according to our deserts. but by the merits of thy sonne Jesus Christ may enjoy eternall \life/ salvation. And Remember me O Lord with the favour of /that thou bearest to\ thy people: \o/ visite me with thy Salvation. that I may see the filicity of thy chosen. and rejoyce in the joy /gladnes\ of thy people/nation\. and /that I may\ glory with thy \[grace]/ inheritance. \ps 16.4.5/

But who am I Lord that I presume to aske these things at thy hands. who rather deserve thy wrath being not yet purged from my sinnes. But pardon thou them for they have deserved to hinder me of these good things. Jer 9.25 yea which is worse of thy favour. But tho I have deserved that whereby thou maiest punish. yet thou hast not lost that. whereby thou mayest save. therefore in thy aboundant mercy He that spared not his owne sonne but delivered him up for us all: how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Rom 8.32 Behold me Lord. as thy creature. thy handy worke. and as one of them for whom thou sendest thy Sonne to redeeme. therefore I dout not but with him to receive remission of sinnes. and all things also: Now if thou pardon /in\ thy mercy shall appeare \Exo 23.32/ for if we acknowledge our Sinnes (with purpose to amend) thou art faithfull to forgive them. to* cleanse us from all unrighteousnesse \John 6.9/ Now Lord for these yeeres in which I have received the Blessed Sacrament of thy supper I have not performed those good duties which thou requierest of me: having not that devo-tion. nor repentance. nor reverance. and zeale as I ought. but I founde to much and desiring thou wouldest pardon my unpreparednes dullnes and deadnes in thy service. yet still I have blamed my selfe for this and purposed to amend (next time) but \or to/ too often I have herein failed and tho I thought my selfe unworthy, yet trusting in

108. Quotation from the Book of Common Prayer, the litany.