The True Catholic, Tract · Prayers 2
Certaine briefe and familiar prayers, which euerie true Chriſtian ought euer to hauehave in his mouth.
In the Morning.
Pſal. 3.5.I Laid me downe and ſlept, and roſe vp againe: for the Lord ſuſtained me.
Pſal 5.8.Leade mee O Lord in thy righteouſneſſe, becauſe of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.
In the beginning or doing of any worke.
Pſal. 118.25.O Lord, I beſeech thee ſaue vsus now: O Lord, I beſeech thee ſend vsus now proſperitie.
Pſal. 108.13.Through God we ſhall doe great acts: and it is hee that ſhall tread downe our enemies.
In temptations of the fleſh.
Pſal. 51.10.Create a cleane heart in me (O Lord) and renew a right ſpirit within me.
In the Euening.
Pſal. 4.6.7.Manie ſay who wil ſhew vsus any good: O Lord lift thou vp …he light of thy countenance vponupon vsus.
In Tribulations.
O forſake me not, O Lord my God▪ be not thou farre from me.Pſal. 38.21.22 Haſte thee to help me, O Lord God my ſaluation.
I ſhall find trouble and heauineſſe,Pſal. 116.4. I wil call vponupon the name of the Lord: O Lord I beſeech thee deliuer my ſoule.
Againſt the aſſaults of the enemie.
Thou haſt thruſt ſore at me that I might fall,Pſal. 118.13. but the Lord was my helpe.
The Lord is my help, I wil not feare what man can do vntounto me.Heb. 13.6.
In ſorow or heauineſſe.
Why art thou ſo heauie, O my ſoule,Pſal 43.5. and why art thou ſo diſquieted within me? O put thy truſt in God: For I will yet giuegive him thankes, which is the helpe of my countenance; and my God.
The ioy of the Lord is your ſtrength.Nehe. 8.10. Rom. 15.13
O Lord of hope, fill vsus with all ioy and peace through faith, that we may abound in hope through the power of the holie Ghoſt.
When we ſhall heare the clocke ſtrike, let vsus ſay:
Bleſſed be the houre wherein our Lord Ieſus Chriſt was borne, and died for vsus.
When as we ſhall hauehave done any thing well, let vsus ſay:
Not vntounto vsus, O Lord, not vntounto vsus:Pſal. 115.1. but vntounto thy name giuegive the glorie. For thy louing merciemercy, and for thy truths ſake.
When we ſhall take a iourney.
I will go forth in the ſtrength of the Lord God:Pſal. 71.16. and I wil make mention of thy righteouſnes only.
In a doubtfull matter let vsus pray thus:
In ſilence and confidence is our ſtrength.Eſa 30.15.
In dangers, let vsus pray thus:
Our helpe ſtandeth in the name of the Lord,Pſal. 124.8. who hath made heauen and earth.
For Faith let vsus pray thus with the Apostles.
O Lord increaſe our faith.Luke 17.5▪
For the louelove of God.
O Lord poure thy louelove abundantly into our hearts,Rom. 5.5. by thy holy Spirit.
For remiſſion of ſinnes.
HaueHave merciemercy vponupon me O God, after thy great goodneſſe:Pſal. 51.1. according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
Pſal. 19.13.Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanſe thou mee from my ſecret ſinnes!
Pſal. 25.7O remember not the ſinnes and offences of my youth, but according to thy merciemercy thinke vponupon me, O Lord, for thy goodnes.
For good thoughts.
Pſal. 19.14.Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart be alwayes acceptable in thy ſight, O Lord God my ſtrength and my redeemer.
For good workes.
Pſal. 119.122.Make thy ſeruant delight in that which is good: that the proud do me no wrong.
At the houre of death.
Pſal. 31.5Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my ſpirit: for thou haſt redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.
For the Church pray thus.
Pſal. 28.10.O ſaue thy people, & giuegive thy bleſsing vntounto thine inheritance: feede them, and ſet them vp for euer.
Pſal. 80.7.Turne vsus againe thou God of hoſts: ſhewe the light of thy countenance, and we ſhall be ſaued.
Pſal. 85.4Turne vsus, O God our Sauiour, & let thine anger ceaſe from vsus.
In the afflictions of the Church.
Amos 7.2.O Lord God ſpare vsus I beſeech thee, who will raiſe vp Iacob, for he is ſmall?
Pſal. 51.18O be fauourable and gracious vntounto Sion: build thou the wals of Ieruſalem.
Pſal, 122.6, 7, 8O pray for the peace of Ieruſalem, they ſhall proſper that louelove thee.
Peace be within thy walles and plenteouſneſſe within thy pallaces: for my brethrens and companions ſake, I will wiſh thee proſperitie.
Saint Gregorie his Prayer.
Greg. poſt Pſalmos poenitent.O good Ieſu, the word of the Father, the brightneſſe of the Fathers glorie, on whom the Angels do deſire to looke, teach me to doe thy will, that being led by thy good Spirit, I may come to that bleſſed Citie, where is an euerlaſting day, and one ſpirit of all men, where is certaine ſecuritie, and ſecure eternitie, and eternall tranquilitie, and quiet felicitie, and happie pleaſure, and pleaſant ioy, where thou God liueſt with the Father, and the holie Ghoſt, for euer and euer. Amen.
He that ſhall vſe theſe ſhort prayers, no doubt as arrowes they ſhall mount vntounto the ſkies, and enter euen into the eares of God.