The Daily Practice of Devotion, Hour of prayer 6
THE SIXTH HOUR OF PRAYER, AT THE Twelfth or Laſt Hour of the Day, About VI. in the Evening.
Deut. 32. 29.
O that they were wiſe, that they underſtood this, that they would conſider their latter end.
Job 14. 1, 2.
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.
PRaiſe the Lord,Pſal. 103. 1, 2, 3, 4. O my Soul, and all that is within me praiſe his holy Name.
Praiſe the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all his benefits,
Which forgiveth all thy ſin, and healeth all thy infirmities;
Which ſaveth thy life from deſtruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindneſs.
OUR Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily Bread, and forgive us our Treſpaſſes as we forgive them that treſpaſs againſt us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory for ever and ever. Amen.
O Lord, open thou my lips.
And my mouth ſhall ſhew forth thy praiſe.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoſt.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever ſhall be world without end. Amen.
Pſal. 90.
LOrd Thou haſt been our refuge from one generation to another.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, Thou art God from everlaſting, and world without end.
Thou turneſt man to deſtruction: again thou ſayeſt, come again ye children of men.
For a thouſand years in thy ſight are but as yeſterday, ſeeing that is paſt as a watch in the night.
As ſoon as thou ſcattereſt them they are even as a ſleep, and fade away ſuddenly like the graſs:
In the morning it is green, and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up and withered.
For we conſume away in thy diſpleaſure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
Thou haſt ſet our miſdeeds before thee, and our ſecret ſins in the ſight of thy countenance.
For when Thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.
The days of our age are threeſcore years and ten; and though men be ſo ſtrong that they come to fourſcore years, yet is their ſtrength then but labour and ſorrow; ſo ſoon paſſeth it away, and we are gone.
But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? for even thereafter as a man feareth, ſo is thy diſpleaſure.
O teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wiſdom.
Turn Thee again, O Lord, at the laſt, and be gracious unto thy ſervants.
O ſatisfie us with thy mercy and that ſoon; ſo ſhall we rejoyce and be glad all the days of our life.
Comfort us again now after the time that thou haſt plagued us, and for the years wherein we have ſuffered adverſity.
Shew thy ſervants thy work, and their children thy glory.
And the glorious Majeſty of the Lord our God be upon us. Proſper Thou the work of our hands upon us, O proſper Thou our handy-work.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoſt.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever ſhall be world without end. Amen.
The Song of S. Mary.
MY ſoul doth magnifie the Lord,Luke 1. 46. and my ſpirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowlineſs of his hand-maiden.
For behold from henceforth all generations ſhall call me bleſſed:
For he that is Mighty hath magnified me, and Holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations.
He hath ſhewed ſtrength with his arm, he hath ſcattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts;
He hath put down the mighty from their ſeat, and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath ſent empty away.
He remembring his mercy hath holpen his ſervant Iſrael, as he promiſed to our forefathers Abraham and his ſeed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoſt.
As it wrs in the beginning, is now, and ever ſhall be world without end. Amen.
O Lord God, who haſt created the light and darkneſs, and by the continual interchanges of day and night putteſt us in mind of our tranſitory condition, and the ſhortneſs of our abode here, Give us grace to ſet our ſelves about the work of ſalvation,2 Cor. 6. 2. while the day of ſalvation laſteth; that when the night of death cometh, and our Lord ſhall call us to account, we may receive the reward of good and faithful ſervants,Mat. 5. 21. and enter into the joy of our Maſter Jeſus Chriſt. Amen.
NOW our Lord Jeſus Chriſt himſelf,2 Theſſ. 2. 16. and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlaſting conſolation, and good hope through grace, comfort our hearts, and ſtabliſh us in every good word and work.
To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.