1. O Almizh art a strong fence unto God giveth thee: and the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground; the Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand. Deut. xxviii. 8. 11, 12. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. Psal. cxlv. 10. XXXV. For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies. 1. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the ty God, who righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Prov. xviii. 10. tower of de- Lead me to the rock that is higher than I: for thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psal. Ixi. 2, 3. They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood: but the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. Psal. xciv. 21, 22. thy servants against the face of their enemies; 2. We yield thee praise and thanks giving for We were com passed: 2. O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory. Psal. xcviii. 1. And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets, unto the house of the Lord; and the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries: so the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about. 2 Chron. xx. 28, 29, 30. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him even into his ears: he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me; he delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from the violent man; therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. Great deliverance giveth he to his king, and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and G 3. We ac not delivered over as a prey unto them: to his seed for evermore. Psal. xviii. 6. 17. 48, 3. If it had not been the Lord who was on our knowledge it side, now may Israel say; if it had not been the thy goodness that we were Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us; then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us; then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul then the proud waters had gone over our soul blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Psal. cxxiv. 1 4. beseeching thee still to continue cies towards us, that all the world may know our Saviour Deliverer; through to 7. 4. Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. Psal. such thy mer- xxvii. 9. O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Psal. xxxvi. 10. I will not fail that thou art thee, nor forsake thee. Josh. i. 5. It is of the and mighty Lord's mercies that we are not consumed; because his compassions fail not: they are new every Jesus Christ morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lam. iii. 22, 23. Let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel; that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. 1 Kings viii. 59, 60. Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to thy mercy; that they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, our Lord. Amen. 1. O eternal mind in a house, and stillest the outrage of a Lord, hast done it. Psal. cix. 26, 27. O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only. Isa. xxxvii. 20. All men that see it shall say, This hath God done, for they shall perceive that it is his work. Psal. lxiv. 9. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Isa. xlix. 26. See also, Gen. xiv. 20.-Exod. xv.-Jude 5. -2 Sam. xxii.—2 Chron. xx.-Psal. xxi.—liv.— lxxvi. lxxxiii.-cxliv. &c. XXXVI. For Restoring Public Peace at Home. 1. He is the God that maketh men to be of one God, our hea mind in an house. Psal. lxviii. 6. Then all Israel venly Father, who alone gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saymakest men to be of one ing, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh; and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel: therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord. 1 Chron. xi. 1, 2, 3. Be still, and know that I am God. Psal. xlvi. 10. Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. Psal. lxv. 7. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people. violent and unruly people; 2. We bless thy Holy Name, that ed thee to 2 Sam. xxii. 44. 2. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation: it it hath pleas- is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down appease the the people under me, and that bringeth me forth seditious tu from mine enemies; thou also hast lifted me up on high, above them that rose up against me; thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 2 Sam. xxii. 47, 48, 49. And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever; and the kingdom was established in the hand of Solo mults which have been lately raised up amongst us; 3 most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments; a quiet and ness and mon. 1 Kings ii. 45, 46. When Athaliah the mo- 3. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts make me to go in the path of thy commandments. Psal. cxix. 27. 35. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. Rom. xiii. 1. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake. Fear God. Honour the king. 1 Pet. ii. 13. 17. My son, fear thou the Lord and the and, leading king; and meddle not with them that are given to peaceable life change; for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and in all godli- who knoweth the ruin of them both? Prov. xxiv. 21, 22. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psal. cxix. 32. Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell sately, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Prov. i. 33. honesty, 4. may continually offer sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these 4. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his unto thee our goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rethy mercies joicing. Psal. cvii. 21, 22. So we thy people and towards us; sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks for sus Christ our ever; we will shew forth thy praise to all generaLord. Amen tions. Psal. lxxix. 13. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Heb. xiii. 15. through Je 1. O Lord God, who hast wound sins, XXXVII. For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness. No. 1. 1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel: and God was displeased ed us for our with this thing, therefore he smote Israel. 1 Chron. xxi. 1. 7. God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. Psal. lxviii. 21. They have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel; therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. Isa. v. 24, 25. 2. Thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us for sumed us because of our iniquities. Isa. Ixiv. 7. gressions, by We are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath thy late heavy and dreadful are we troubled: thou hast set our iniquities be 2. and con our trans visitation; fore thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. Psal. xc. 7, 8. And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy Name, shall the house of Israel no more defile; in their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy Name by their abominations that they have committed; wherefore I have consumed them |
