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and earth, accept my unfeigned sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,
for giving me all things richly to enjoy. What am I, O Lord, what is in
me, that I should have bread enough and to spare, whilst so many
are ready to perish with hunger? Not my merit, O Lord, but thy
mercy; not my foresight, but thy sovereign good-will and pleasure
has made me thus to differ from, and hath exalted me above my
brethren. O let not my prosperity destroy me; but as thou hast made
me rich in this world’s goods, for thy infinite mercy’s sake, make me
rich towards thee, rich in faith and good works. Suffer me not, O
Lord, to say unto gold, thou art my hope, or unto the fine gold, thou
art my confidence. Let me not trust in uncertain riches, but in thee,
the ever-living God. Let me not lay up for myself treasures on earth,
where moth and rust do corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal; but grant I may lay up treasures in heaven, where neither
moth and rust do corrupt, nor thieves break through and steal.
O THOU high and lofty one, who inhabitest eternity, yet art
pleased to dwell with the humble heart: O blessed Jesus,
who hast made of one blood, all nations under heaven, with whom
there is no respect of persons, and who in the days of thy flesh didst
go down to heal a centurion’s sick servant; have mercy, I beseech
thee, on me, even me, also a poor servant. Stretch forth the right
hand of thy power, to heal all the diseases of my sin-sick soul, and
enable me by thy Holy Spirit, faithfully to discharge the several duties
of that vocation, whereto I am called by thee. Give me grace, I most
humbly beseech thee, to obey my master, according to the flesh, in
all things; not with eye-service, as a man-pleaser, but with
singleness of heart, as unto Christ; knowing, that whatsoever any
man doth, the same he shall receive of the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.
Save, Lord, or we perish; for the waves rage horribly. Thou hast
sent forth thy word, and the waters flow. O let not the deep shut her
mouth upon us, and suffer not the water-floods to swallow us up!
We know, O Lord, for what cause this evil is come upon us. We
have not feared thee, the God of heaven, who madest the sea and
dry land, as we ought. Therefore we are exceedingly afraid, lest thou
shouldst not deliver us in this needful time of trouble.
But O thou who didst once hear Jonah, when he cried unto thee
out of the belly of the fish, though he was fleeing from thy presence,
hear us also for thy mercy’s sake. For thou hast cast us into the
deep, into the midst of the seas, the floods are compassing us about,
and thy billows and waves are passing over us. Save our lives from
destruction, O Lord our God, and let us yet lift up our hands unto
thee in thy holy temple.
But if the decree be gone forth, that our bodies must now perish
and see corruption, thy blessed will be done. Only grant, O Lord,
that our souls may be precious in thy sight, and that we may be
preserved from the storm of thy everlasting anger; so that when the
voice of the archangel shall sound, and the trump of God command
the sea to give up its dead, we may rise to life immortal, through him
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, now
and for ever. Amen, and Amen.
A LMIGHTY and gracious Lord God, who art good, and doest
good, who sendest thy rain on the just and on the unjust, and
causest thy sun to shine on the evil and on the good; we thy
unworthy servants humbly beseech thee, that thou wouldst open our
lips, and enlarge our hearts, to shew forth thy praise, for letting us
see thy wonders in the deep, and for leading us through the sea, as
on dry land, and bringing us to the haven where we would be.
We have seen thy paths in the great waters, and thy providence
and power hath alone preserved us, otherwise the deep had long
since overwhelmed us, and the waters gone over our souls. It is thy
arm, O Lord, alone hath brought us this salvation. O that we may
therefore praise thee for thy goodness, and declare the wonders that
thou hast shewn to us, the unworthiest of the children of men.
O THOU God of the sea and dry land, who in thy strength settest
fast the mountains, and art girded about with power, who
claspest the winds in thy fist, and holdest the waters in the hollow of
thy hand, who deckest thyself with light, as with a garment, who
spreadest out the heavens like a curtain, who tellest the number of
the stars, and callest them all by their names, who hast set bounds
to the sea which it cannot pass, and hast said, Hitherto shall ye
come and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed: O
thou, who hast made Pleiades, Orion, and Arcturus, who layest the
beams of thy chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds thy
chariot, and walkest on the wings of the wind: O thou almighty
Jehovah, who hast called me by thy providence to go down to the
sea in ships, and to occupy my business in the great waters; grant,
that as I daily see, so I may daily admire thy wonders in the deep,
and learn from storms and winds to obey thy word. They go, O
Lord, when thou biddest them go; they come, when thou
commandest them to come. But I have broken all thy commands:
thou hast commanded me to go often, but alas! I go not. Thou
requirest me to come and draw near unto thee in prayer, but alas! I
come not. Or if I do pray unto thee at such time as a storm comes
upon me, yet my devotion ceases with the storm, it is but like a
morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away.
Thou wast with Noah in the ark, and his little family; O do thou
vouchsafe to guide and protect me. Thou wast with Jonah, when he
cried unto thee out of the belly of hell; hear me also, now I cry unto
thee out of the great deep. I would not behave more wisely in the
things of this life, than in the things which belong to my everlasting
peace. Let me not be so careful to shun a shipwreck, and never fear
making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. Let me not be so
careful to eye my compass, and yet seldom eye thy most holy word,
which alone can guide me through this world to the haven of
everlasting rest. Let me not every day be solicitous to be at my
wished-for port, and never desire to see and enjoy thee. Let me not
daily improve every wind, and continually neglect those glorious
opportunities, which I enjoy of fitting myself for thee. Let me not fear
a storm, and yet never fear that fiery tempest, which will ere long
come upon the wicked, from thy presence.
Keep me, O God, from impatience, when the winds and seas are
contrary. Grant me a lively persuasion, that thy providence ruleth all
things; that thou intendest every thing for my good, and enable me
therefore patiently to tarry thy leisure, and to give thee thanks for all
things that befal me, since it is thy will in Christ Jesus concerning
me. Let me not complain of the weather, since that is tacitly
complaining of thee, my God.
Keep, O Lord, I beseech thee, the door of my lips, that I may not
offend thee with my tongue. O put away swearing far from me, and
let me no longer, as I have done, cloath myself with cursing as with
raiment, lest, as I delight in cursing, it should happen unto me, and
as I loved not blessing, so it may be far from me.
O let me no longer deceive my own soul, by thinking it impossible
thus to offend thee with my tongue. All things are possible with thee,
my God! Purify, therefore, I beseech thee, my heart: create in me a
new heart; renew a right spirit within me: for out of the abundant
wickedness contained therein, my mouth hath so often uttered
profane things.
Grant, O Lord, that the crosses I meet with, may not increase,
but rather break my passions. Let me, in the hours of watching,
watch unto prayer, and teach me to endure hardness like a good
soldier of Jesus Christ.
Keep me, O Lord, from loving unrighteous gain, and grant I may
render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and pay tribute to
whom tribute is due: knowing that money unjustly gotten, is but laid
up to the owner’s hurt, and that hereafter it will pierce me through
with many sorrows, and eat my flesh as doth fire. May my one
business be to lay up treasures in heaven, and to secure an interest
in thee, O blessed Jesus, who livest and reignest with the Father
and the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore. Amen, and
Amen.
L ORD! how have I loved the habitation of thy house, and the place
where thine honour dwelleth. O glorious seat; the residence
and the workmanship of the great, the mighty God: let me continue,
let me increase in this love of thee more and more.
Let this weary pilgrimage be spent in advancing daily toward
thee, and may the breathing of my soul after thee, sanctify and
comfort the labours of each day, and refresh my waking thoughts by
night.
O may that God who made me, possess me in his holy temple!
Not that I dare presume to hope for thy beauty and bliss upon the
account of any deserts of my own; but yet, the humblest sense of my
own unworthiness will not sink me into despair of it, when I reflect
upon the blood of Him who died to purchase this mansion for me. Let
but his merits be applied to me; let his intercessions assist my want
of worth, and then I am safe; for those merits cannot be
overbalanced by my sins, nor were, or can those prayers be ever
offered up to God in vain.
For my own part, I confess with shame and sorrow, that I have
gone astray like a sheep that is lost, drawn out my wandrings and
my miseries to a great length, and am cast out of the sight of my
God, into the blindness and darkness of a spiritual banishment. In
this forlorn estate I sadly bewail the wretchedness of my captivity,
and sing mournful songs when I remember thee, O Jerusalem. As
yet I am at an uncomfortable distance, and at best my feet stand
only in the outer courts of Sion. The beauties of the sanctuary are
behind the veil, and kept hid from my longing eyes; but I am full of
hope, that the builder of this sanctuary, and the gracious shepherd of
souls, will carry me in upon his shoulders, that I may there rejoice
with that gladness unspeakable, which all those happy saints feel,
who are already admitted into the presence of their God and
Saviour; the Saviour who hath opened his royal palace to all
believers, by abolishing the enmity in his flesh, and reconciling all
things in heaven and earth by his own blood.
He is our peace, who hath made both one, and broken down the
middle wall of partition, promising to give us the same degree of
happiness in his own due time, which is already enjoyed in thee. For
thus he hath declared, that they who are worthy to obtain that world
and the resurrection from the dead, shall be equal unto the angels. O
Jerusalem, the eternal habitation of the eternal God! may’st thou be
the second darling of my soul, and only he be preferred before thee
in my affection, who shed his blood to make me worthy of thee. Be
thou the joy and comfort of my languishing mind, my great support in
hardships and distresses; may the remembrance of thee be ever
sweet, and the mention of thy name a holy means to drive away all
sorrow from my soul.
An Act of Praise.
B LESS the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his
holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits. O praise the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his
dominions; praise the Lord, O my soul.
For these are the happy spirits, who offer a sacrifice of pure
praise before the throne of God continually, who are ever wrapt in
the contemplations of his perfections; and see them, not like us
through a glass darkly, but near at hand, and face to face.
And what an amazing thing is this now! The more we attend to it,
the more we shall find ourselves lost in wonder. When we read, or
speak, or write of God, the great creator of the universe, we can
distinguish ourselves clearly and distinctly, though at the same time
his perfections be too vast, for our words to express, or our minds to
comprehend; the subject, not of an adequate conception, but of an
awful astonishment.
Yes, I will make a ladder, like that of Jacob’s, reaching from earth
to heaven, and as by rounds, go up from my body to my soul, from
my own soul to that eternal Spirit that made it; who sustains,
preserves it always with me, about me, above me; thus skipping over
all the intermediate stages of beings, and re-uniting my own soul to
Him from whom it came, and in whose image it was created.