1. Most gracious God, thy Servant Victoria our Queen upon the Throne of her Ances humbly be seech thee to protect her CCXCIX. A Prayer for God's protection of the 1. The Lord hath sought him a man after his who hast set' own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people. 1 Sam. xiii. 14. And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his tors, we most kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 2 Sam. v. 12. I have found David my servant: with my holy oil have I anointed him with whom my hand shall be from all the established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. Psal. lxxxix. 20 to 23. The king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. Psal. xxi. 7. on the same dangers to which she may be exposed; 2. Hide her from the gathering together of and from the of wicked doers; Do signs, and defeat the enterprises of all her enemies, that no 2. Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers. Psal. Ixiv. 2. Thou shalt hide them in the secret the froward, of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt insurrection keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psal. xxxi. 20. He weakeneth the hands thou weaken of the men of war. Jer. xxxviii. 4. Let mine adthe hands, blast the de- versaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. Psal. cix. 29. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth, break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. Let them melt away as waters spiracies, nor which run continually when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. disquiet her Psal. lviii. 6, 7. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. Job xii. 21, 22. His enemies will I clothe with shame but upon himself shall his crown flourish. Psal. cxxxii. 18. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. Psal. cxxii. 7. secret con open vio lences, may Reign; 3. But that, being safely 3. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me kept under the shadow ed by thy power, she under the shadow of thy wings. Psal. xvii. 8. He of thy wing, that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High and support- shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the may triumph fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall position; that cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth ledge thee to buckler. Psal. xci. 1. 3, 4. shall be established: mine over all op so the world may acknow be her defender and verer in all difficulties and adversi ties; through our Lord. Amen. Psal. Ixiv. 9. ther us from shall be thy shield and With whom my hand arm shall strengthen mighty deli- him. Psal. lxxxix. 21. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me; therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Psal. cxviii. 7. Jesus Christ Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. Psal. lx. 12. And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. Save us, O Lord our God, and ga among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. Psal. cvi. 47. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isa. xli. 10 to 13. And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Isa. xlix. 26. 1. Blessed Lord, who hast called Christian Princes to CCC. A Prayer for the Queen as supreme Governor of the Church. 1. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried of thy Faith, upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy the defence and hast duty to pro nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing momade it their thers. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, mote the spi- and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, fare, together to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant with the tem- of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also of their peo- shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful. ritual wel poral interest, ple; hearts thy great good setting thy Servant, our most gracious Queen over this Church and her, we be seech thee, Isa. xlix. 22, 23. 7. Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. Ezra vii. 27. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighteth in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them. 2 Chron. ix. 8. 2. We ac 2. Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath knowledge with humble given unto David a wise son over this great peoand thankful ple. 1 Kings v. 7. The Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel. 2 Sam. v. 2. O give ness to us, in thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psal. cvii. 1. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, Nation; Give and the king. And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord; all those hea- and did eat and drink before the Lord on that day venly graces, with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor. And David said, Give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes. 1 Chron. xxix. 20, 21, 22. 10. 19. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad. 1 Kings iii. 9. that are requisite for so high a trust; 3. Let the work of thee, hand; Let 3. Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and her God, pros- prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy per in her God, as he hath said of thee. Only the Lord give her eyes be thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge hold the suc- concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law signs for the of the Lord thy God. Then shalt thou prosper. service of thy 1 Chron. xxii. 11, 12, 13. Remember me, O Lord, cess of her de established amongst us: And make her a blessed true Religion with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladinstrument of ness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine protecting inheritance. Psal. cvi. 4, 5. The Lord shall bless and advanc ing thy ever it is per oppressed; thee out of Zion and thou shalt see the good of Truth, wher: Jerusalem, and peace upon Israel. Psal. cxxviii. secuted and 5, 6. Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit in the throne of Israel. And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers. 1 Kings viii. 12, 13. 20, 21. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. Psal. lxxix. 1. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. Psal. lxxx. 17. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. Psal. lxxii. 1. 12. Our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. Ezra ix. 9. They shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. Isa. xlix. 22, 23. See also, Esth. viii. ix. x. 4. Let Hypocrisy and 4. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment Profaneness, scattereth away all evil with his eyes. A wise king Superstition scattered the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over and Idolatry, fly before her them. Prov. xx. 8. 26. O when wilt thou come Heresies and unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set no wicked thing before mine face; Let not false Doc mind in ser God, and obeying her according to thy will. trines disturb eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it the peace of the Church, shall not cleave to me. A froward heart shall denor Schisms part from me: I will not know a wicked person. and causeless Divisions Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I weaken it; cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud But grant us to be of one heart will not I suffer. He that worketh deceit heart and one shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth ving thee,our lies shall not tarry in my sight. I will early destroy all the wicked of the land: that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Psal. ci. 2 to 5. 7, 8. That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Job xxxiv. 30. They shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel. Lev. xxii. 15. When Asa heard the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord. 2 Chron. xv. 8. He [Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. The Lord send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. Psal. xx. 1, 2. A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject. Titus iii. 10. There be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Gal. i. 7. I would they were even cut off which trouble you. Gal. v. 12. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy. 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace. Heb. xiii. 9. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Rom. xvi. 17. That there should be no schism in the body. 1 Cor. xii. 25. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 2 Cor. xiii. 11. Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same 1 |