O Lord of Hosts, how amiable are thyTabernacles ? my Soul longeth, (e) yea, even fainteth for the Courts of the Lord; my Heart and my Flesh cry out for the living God. H How bleffed are they that dwell in thy House? who are still praising thee: How bleffed is the Man whose Strength is in thee, and in whose Heart are thy Ways? O Lord God of Hosts, hear my Prayer. Behold, O God our Shield, and look upon the (f) Face of † thine ANOINTED: For the Lord is a (g) Sun and a Shield; the Lord will (b) give Grace and Glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. C Thou, O Lord, wilt forgive the INIQUITY of thy People, and wilt cover (i) all their SINS. Turn me, O God of my Salvation, and cause thine Anger towards me to ceafe: O Lord, shew me thy Mercy, and grant me thy Salvation. I will hear what thou, O Lord God, (e) 2 Cor. v. 2. We groan earnestly, defiring to be cloathed upon with our House, which is from Heaven. Rom. VIII. 13. Even we our selves groan within our selves, waiting for the ADOPTION, to wit, the REDEMPTION of our Body. (f) Heb. 111. 1. We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right Hand of the Throne of the Majefty in the Heavens. (g) Mal. IV. 2. But unto you that fear my Name, shall the Sun of RIGHTEOUSNESS arife, with Healing in his Wings. John XIV. 3. Let not your Heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me: In my Father's House are many Manfions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a Place for you; that where I am, there ye may be also. (b) John XVII. 22. The GLORY them. which thou gavest me, I have given (i) 1 John 11. 1, 2. If any Man Sin, we have an ADVOCATE with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous, and he is the PROPITIATION for our Sins. c 6 Pf. LXXXIV. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, Pf. LXXXV. 2,4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13. + Meffiah. wilt speak; for thou wilt (k) Rom. VIII. 32. He that spa fpeak (k) Peace unto thy red not his own Son, but delivered me in the WAY of his Steps. nothing, but in every thing by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION, with THANKSGIVING, let your Re is the Man that trusteth in quests be made known unto God: thee. And the Peace of God, which pafseth all Understanding, shall keep your Hearts and Minds, through Jesus Christ. d Pfalm LXXXIV. 12. Enter not into Judgment with thy Servant, O Lord, for in thy Sight shall no Man living be justified; but there is Mercy and Forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayst be feared; which I most humbly implore, through the Intercession of Christ Jesus our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. in thee. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto thee daily: (b) REJOICE the Soul of thy Servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my Soul. For thou, Lord, art (c) MERCIFUL, and ready to FORGIVE, and plenteous in Mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Give ear, O Lord, unto my PRAYER, and attend unto the Voice of my SUPPLICATION: In the (d) Day of my TROUBLE I will call upon thee, for thou wilt anfwer me. Thou art my REFUGE and my FORTRESS; my GOD, in whom I will trust; therefore I will not be afraid of the (e) TERROR by Night, nor of the ARROW that flieth by Day, nor for the PEthat walketh in STILENCE Darkness, nor for the DESTRUCTION that wasteth by Noon-day. For thou, O Moft High, art my REFUGE and my (f) HABITATION. He shall give his (g) Angels charge over me, to keep me in all my WAYS. I will (b) call upon thee, O Lord, for thou wilt anfwer me, and be with me in Trouble. For c among the Gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any Works like unto thy Works. All Nations Pfalm XCI. 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15. (b) Phil. IV. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway; and again, I say, REJOICE. John XVI. 24. Ask, and ye shall RECEIVE, that your Jor may be full. (c) Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a PRINCE and a SA VIOUR to give Repentance and Forgiveness of SINS. Joel 11. 13. For he is gracious and merciful, flow to Anger, and of great Kindnefs, and repenteth him of the Evil. (d) Heb. 1v. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the THRONE of GRACE, that we may obtain MERCY, and find GRACE to help in time of need. (e) Matt. x. 28, 29, 30, 31. FEAR not them which kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul; but rather FEAR him which is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell. Are not two Sparrows fold for a Farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the Ground without your Father; but the very Hairs of your Head are all numbered: FEAR ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many Sparrows. Heb. 11. 14, 15. That through Death he might deftroy him that had the Power of Death, that is, the Devil; and deliver them who through the FEAR of Death were all their Life-time fubject to Bondage. (f) John xv. 6. If a Man ABIDE not in me, he is cast forth as a Branch, and is withered. miniftring Spirits, fent forth to minifter for them who shall be Heits of Salvation. John x1v. 23. Jesus Hb. Are not all answered and faid unto him, If a Man love me, he will keep my Words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our Abode with him. (b) 1 John 111. 22. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him; because we keep his Command ments. CPS. LXXXVI. 8, to 17. whom whom thou hast made, shall come and (i) WORSHIP before thee, and shall GLORIFY thy Name; for thou art great, and dost wondrous things; thou art God alone. (k) TEACH me thy WAY, O Lord, I will walk in thy Truth: Unite my Heart to fear thy Name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my Heart, and I will glorify thy Name for evermore: For great is thy MERCY towards me; and thou wilt deliver my Soul from the lowest Hell. O God, the (1) PROUD have which is in Heaven, and on the Earth, them, heard I faying, BLESSING, (k) Heb. VIII. 10, 11, 12. I will put my Laws into their MINDS, and write them in their HEARTS; they shall be to me a People. And and I will be to them a God, and they shall not teach every Man his Neighbour, and every Man his Broall shall know me, from the least to ther, saying, Know the Lord; for the greatest: For I will be merciand their SINs and their INIQUI to their UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, TIES will I remember no more. (1) 1 Pet. v. 8,9. Be SOBER, be risen against me, and the VIGILANT; for your Adverfary the Assemblies of violent Men Lion, fecking whom he may deDevil about like a roaring have fought after my Soul: vour: whom refift, stedfast in the But thou, O Lord, art a Faith. John xv. 19, 20. Becaufe God full of Compaffion, and you are not of the world, but I gracious, long-fuffering, and therefore the World hateth you; if chosen you out of the World, plenteous in Mercy and Truth. O turn unto me, and have Mercy upon me; give thy (m) STRENGTH unto thy Servant, and save me: Shew me a * TOKEN for good, that they which hate me may fee it, and be ashamed; because thou, the right Hand of my Righteousness. 2 Cor. XII. 9. My STRENGTH I will uphold thee with is made perfect in WEAKNESS. they have perfecuted me, they will These words have I spoken to you, alfo perfecute Chap. XVI. 33. that in me ye might have PEACE. In the World ye shall have TRIBULATION; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the World. for I am with thee; be not dismay(m) Ifai. XLI. 10. Fear not, ed, for I am thy God: I will ftrengthen thee; yea, I will help thee, yea, * There is a Token for Good, or of Deliverance to the Righteous, as Exod. x11. 13. The Blood shall be to you for a Token upon the Houses; -and the Plague shall not be upon you to destroy you. See Ifa. VII. 14, 16. There are also Tokens of Evil They also that dwell in the uttermoft Parts are afraid of thy Tokens. See to the Wicked, as Psalm 1.xv. 8. Luke XXI. 25,26,28. where the fame Signs are Tokens of Evil to the Wicked, and of Deliverance to the Righteous. F2 Lord, Lord, hast holpen me, and (n) comforted me. (n) John XIV. 16. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another COMFORTER, that he may abide with you for ever. These Supplications I present unto thy Divine Majesty, through the infinite Merits of Christ Jesus our only Mediator and Advocate, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, World without end. Amen. A Prayer in Extremity of Trouble, or bodily Infirmity, with a Profession of Confidence in the Mercy of God. LORD God of my SALVATION, I have cried Day and Night before thee. Let my PRAYER come before thee; incline thine Ear unto my CRY: For my Soul is full of Troubles, and my Life draws near unto the Grave. I am counted with them that go down into the Pit: I am as a (a) Man that hath no hast up, (a) Job XIV. 1, 2, 3. Man that is born of a Woman, is of few Days, and full of Trouble: He cometh forth like a FLOWER, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a SHADOW, and continueth not. And doft thou open thine Eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into JUDGMENT with thee? Chap. VI. 4. The Arrows of the Almighty are within me, the Poifon whereof drinketh up my Spirit; the Terrors of God do fet themselves in array against me. (b) John XV1.20. I say unto you, that ye shall WEEP and LAMENT, but the World shall REJOICE; and ye shall be forrowful, but your SORRow shall be turned into Joy. Heb. x 11. 3,6. Confider him that endured such Contradition of Sinners against himself, left ye be wearied, and faint in your Minds: For whom the Lord loveth he CHASTENETH, and sCOURGETH every SON whom he receiveth Psalm LXXXVIII. 1, to 16. Lord, |