2. The living, the liv ing, shall praise thee. O send thy buke the and the roar livered from may live to serve thee, swallow me up. Psal. Ixix. 1, 2, 3. 13, 14, 15. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. Psal. lxx. 1. The Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it of them. But Jonah was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Jonah i. 4, 5, 6. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. Matt. viii. 25. 2. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. Isa. xxxviii. 19. And he saith word of com- unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? mand to re- Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; raging winds, and there was a great calm. Matt. viii. 26. He reing sea; that buked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up. Psal. we, being de- cvi. 9. By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou this distress, answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them and to glorify that are afar off upon the sea. Which stilleth the thy Name all the days of noise of the seas, the noise of their waves. Psal. our life. lxv. 5. 7. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. Psal. cvii. 26 to 32. All people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in 3. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our viour, thy the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. Mic. iv. 5. Bless 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: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Psal. ciii. 1 to 4. While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Psal. cxlvi. 2. The Lord was ready to save me therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. Isa. xxxviii. 20. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart and I will glorify thy name for evermore. Psal. lxxxvi. 12. See also, Psal. xcviii. 7, 8, 9.— Acts xxvii. 3. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. Psal. xxx. 10. Save us, O God of our salvation. 1 Chron. xvi. 35. Arise, blessed Sa- and help us and deliver us for thy mercies' sake. Psal. xliv. 26. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto ye Christ. Amen. have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John xvi. 23, 24. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt. iii. 17. Son, our 1. O most powerful and of hosts, that rulest and all things; CCXLIII. A Prayer to be used before a Fight at 1. Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is glorious Lord to come. Rev. iv. 8. Thine, O Lord, is the greatGod, the Lord ness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty for all that is in the heaven and in commandest the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Exod. xv. 11. The Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in work. 2. Thou Jer. xxxii. 18, 19. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Psal. xlvi. 11. The Lord which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; the Lord of hosts is his name. Jer. xxxi. 35. He ruleth by his power for ever. Psal. Ixvi. 7. His kingdom ruleth over all. Psal. ciii. 19. The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. He doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. Dan. iv. 17. 35. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. Isa. xlv. 12. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly. Psal. exlvii. 15. 2. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient. sittest in the Psal. vii. 12. Thou hast maintained my right throne judg- Divine Ma our neces sity, that est take the cause into thine own hand, and judge be our enemies. and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging we make our right. Psal. ix. 4. He is a God of truth and withaddress to thy out iniquity, just and right is he. Deut. xxxii. 4. jesty in this In my distress I called upon the Lord. 2 Sam. xxii. 7. Hear the right, O Lord; let my sentence thou would come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. Psal. xvii. 1, 2. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psal. xxxv. 23. I tween us and know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. Psal. cxl. 12. The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. The Lord therefore be Judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 1 Sam. xxiv. 12. 15. Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are 3. Stir up thy strength, come and help us; for thou givest battle to the strong, but few. : upon thee. And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 2 Chron. xx. 10 to 13. Thus saith Jephthah, I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: The Lord the Judge be Judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. Judges xi. 15. 27. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord. Rom. xii. 19. Christ, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. 1 Pet. ii. 21. 23. 3. Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses, stir O Lord, up thy strength, and come, and help us. Psal. lxxx. 2. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Psal. xxxv. not alway the 23. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. canst save by Eccl. ix. 11. He sent all the rest of Israel every many or by man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred And he divided the three hundred men into three companies. And [they] blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. And the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host and the host fled. Judges vii. 8. 16. 20, 21, 22. And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 2 Chron. xiv. 11. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; and the men. 4. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants beg ging mercy, and implor ing thy help, wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the 4 men of Israel and of Judah pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. 1 Sam. xvii. 47. 50. 52. And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. 1 Sam. xiv. 6. See also, 1 Chron. xiv. 14, 15, 16.-Deut. xx. 3, 4. 4. And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Gen. iv. 10. And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I and that thou will know. Gen. xviii. 20, 21. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered enemy. into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. James v. 4. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed. The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Lam. i. 8. 18. They mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 16. O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name. Neh. i. 11. I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Psal. xl. 17. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. Psal. xxxi. 2. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Psal. lix. 1. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psal. lxi. 3. 5. Make it appear that thou art our 5. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame, and perish: that men Saviour and may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHO. yea, |