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by thy

all things

most suitably

justice; but

sure in such

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that we can

CCLXXXIX. A Prayer that the guilt of innocent blood may be averted from the Land.

1. Lord God Almighty. Rev. iv. 8. Behold, mighty Lord God is mighty; he is mighty in strength and wisdom. Job xxxvi. 5. He is wise in heart. Job ix. wisdom not 4. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. only guidest and orderest Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They conto thine own tinue this day according to thine ordinances; for also perform- all things serve thee. Psal. cxix. 89, 90, 91. Jusest thy plea- tice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. Psal. lxxxix. 14. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. Psal. cxix. 137. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Gen. Xviii. 25. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Psal. cxxxv. 6. The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not. Zeph. iii. 5. The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name. Mic. vi. 9. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Psal. cxlv. 17.

not but acknowledge thee to be

righteous in all thy ways,

and holy in all thy works:

2. We thy

do here fall

thee, confess

were right,

cruel men,

sons of Belial, (as on this day) to

2. We have sinned with our fathers, we have sinful people committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Psal. down before cvi. 6. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are ing that thy right, and that thou in faithfulness has afflicted me. judgments Psal. cxix. 75. Thou art just in all that is brought in permitting upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Neh. ix. 33. He is the Rock, his work is perfect for all his ways are judgment: a imbrue their God of truth and without iniquity, just and right hands in the is he. Deut. xxxii. 4. The crown is fallen from woe unto us, that we have sinned! for this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. Lam. v. 16, 17. Because they have shed inselves, by the nocent blood in their land. Joel iii. 19. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us contions of our fusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, sins against and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all

blood of thine Anointed;

we having

drawn down

the same

upon our

great and

long provoca

thee.

our head

Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. Dan. ix. 7, 8. 3. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty which we do hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. here humble 1 Pet. v. 6. Humble yourselves in the sight of fore thee; be- the Lord, and he shall lift you up. James iv. 10. seeching thee Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God Nation from of my salvation. Psal. li. 14. When David heard

3. For

therefore

ourselves be

to deliver this

blood-guilti

ments,

which we by

our sins have worthily deserved:

Grant this,

for the all

sufficient me

rits of thy Son our Sa

viour Jesus

Christ.
Amen.

ness, (that of it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before this day espe- the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner, the son cially,) and to turn from us of Ner: let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all and our pos- his father's house. 2 Sam. iii. 28, 29. I the Lord terity, all those judg- thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Exod. xx. 5. I pray before thee now and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst. Neh. i. 6, 7. Turn away my reproach which I fear for thy judgments are good. Psal. cxix. 39. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. Jer. xiv. 20, 21. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Psal. lxxix. 9. Hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive thy people that have sinned against thee. 1 Kings viii. 49, 50. Thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. Jer. xxxii. 42. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son

1. Blessed

our dread

Sovereign

be (as upon this day)

cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Rev. i. 5, 6.

CCXC. A Commemoration of God's goodness to
King Charles the First.

1. There is no God else beside me; a just God God. just and and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Isa. xlv. powerful, who didst 21. God hath spoken once, twice have I heard permit thy dear Servant, this, that power belongeth unto God. Psal. lxii. 11. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not King Charles done it? Amos iii. 6. Behold, O Lord, and conthe First, to sider to whom thou hast done this. Lam. ii. 20. O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my outrages of soul; and have not set thee before them. Psal. wicked men, to be despite lxxxvi. 14. The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits. Lam. iv. 20. Fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. Psal. xxxi. 13.

given up to

the violent

fully used,

and at the last murdered by them:

2. Though

we cannot
reflect upon
so foul an
act, but with
horror and
astonish-

ment; yet do
we most

gratefully

commemo

rate the glo

ries of thy

2. Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved. Psal. cxix. 53. 120. 158. Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Psal. Ix. 3. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. grace, which Psal. xlvi. 1. I will be glad and rejoice in thy forth in thine mercy; for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities. Psal. xxxi. 7. He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Psal. cxvi. 6. Strengthened with all might according to his glorious power, unto all patience. Col. i. 11. fruit of the Spirit is meekness. Gal. v. 22, 23. And

then shined

Anointed;

whom thou wast pleased, even at the

hour of death, to endue

with an emi

nent mea

sure of ex

emplary patience,

meekness,

The

before the face of his cruel enemies.

and charity, they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts vii. 59, 60. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matt. v. 11. 44. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Psal. xxiii. 4, 5.

3. And albeit thou didst suffer them to proceed to such an height of

3. Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? 1 Kings xxi. 19. He that sitteth in the heaven shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Psal. ii. 4. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. Psal. xxxiii. 10. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that his Throne; her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the thou in great seed royal of the house of Judah.

violence, as

to kill him,

and to take possession of

yet didst

mercy pre

serve his Son,

it was; and

bring him back, and set him

restore thy

But Jehosha

beath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son whose right of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's at length by sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a a wonderful bed-chamber. And he was with them hid in the providence house of God six years. 2 Chron. xxii. 10, 11, 12. And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew thereon; to not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. Isa. xlii. 16. Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord's people. Then all the people went to the

true Religion,
and to set-
tle peace
amongst
us: For
these thy
great mer-

cies we glor

fy thy Name, through Je

sus Christ our blessed Saviour. Amen.

1. Almighty

ing God,

ousness is

like the

tains, and

thy judgments like

house of Baal and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. And they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet. 2 Chron. xxiii. 11. 16, 17, 18. 20, 21. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 1 Kings iv. 25. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Psal. cxxii. 7, 8. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Psal. xxix. 2. His mercies are great. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. I will glorify thy name for evermore. Psal. lxxxvi. 12. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. v. 20.

CCXCI. A Prayer for Grace to persevere in a life of holiness.

1. The Lord reigneth: clouds and darkness are and everlast-round about him: righteousness and judgment are whose righte- the habitation of his throne. Psal. xcvii. 1, 2. Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains: strong moun- thy judgments are like the great deep. Pɛal. xxxvi. 6. Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed; and I will smite the king only. 2 Sam. xvii. 1, 2. They said one to another, Behold this dreamer cometh. Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, son of thine and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some

the great deep; and

who, by that barbarous murder (as on this day) committed upon the

sacred Per

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