Afflictiones.

IF I find favour in thine eyes, O Lord, thou wilt bring me again, and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle, and set me right in thy service, and make me joyful and glad in thee. But if thou say, (O for Iesus his sake say it not,) I have no pleasure in thee; behold, here I am, do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes. Amen.

O Lord, though I be afflicted on every side, let me not be in distress: Though in want of some of thy comforts, yet not of all: Though I be chastned, yet let me not be forsaken: Though I be cast down, let me not perish: And though my outward man decay and perish, yet let my inward man be renewed daily, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord, whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will hold my peace, and not open my mouth, because it is thy doing and my deserving. Amen.

O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy word. For before I was troubled I went wrong, but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law. And it is good for me that I have been in trouble, that so I may learn still to keep it better, in the mercies of Iesus Christ. Amen.

I know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are right, & that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant, even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord Almighty, O God of Israel, the soul that is in trouble, and the spirit that is vexed, cryeth unto thee. Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art merciful, and have pity upon me, because I have sinned before thee. For thou endurest for ever, but unless thou have mercy I utterly perish. Have mercy therefore even for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord, remember thy promise, that the poor shall not alwayes be forgotten; nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever. Amen.

Lord, I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. Amen.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea, my soul and my body. My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie, and my bones are consumed: I am even become like a broken Vessel: For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side. But my hope hath been and is in thee, O Lord, thou art my God, save and deliver me for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. O my God, my soul is vexed within me, therefore will I remember thee. Amen.

Up Lord, why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us for ever: wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgetest our misery and trouble? For our soul is brought low even unto the dust, our belly cleaves unto the ground. Arise O Lord, and help us, and deliver us for thy mercies sake. Amen.

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me, make haste to deliver me. Be thou my strong rock and house of defence, that thou mayest save me. Be also my guide, and lead me for thy Names sake. Amen.

O God, the enemy cryeth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast, that they threaten to overbear me, they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me. My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove, that I might flie away and be at rest: that I might make hast to escape the stormy wind and tempest. But be thou my helper, and I will magnifie thee, O Lord my strength and my Redeemer. Amen.

O be thou my help in trouble, for vain is the help of man. Amen.

Gracious Father, the life of man is a warfare upon earth, and the dangers which assault us are diversly pointed against us. I humbly beseech thee be present with me in all …e course and passages of my life; but especially in the services of my Calling. Suffer no malice to be able to hurt me, no cunning to circumvent me, no violence to oppress me, no falshood to betray me. That which I cannot foresee, I beseech thee prevent: That which I cannot withstand, I beseech thee master: That which I do not fear, I beseech thee unmask and frustrate; that being delivered from all danger both of soul and body, I may praise thee the deliverer, and see how happy a thing it is to make the Lord of Hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble. Especially, O Lord, bless and preserve me at this time from, …c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance also, and be safe in the merits and the mercies of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour. Amen.

O Lord, thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction, and given me plenty of tears to drink. I am become a very strife to my neighbours, and mine enemies laugh me to scorn. But turn thee again, thou God of Hosts, shew me the light of thy countenance, and I shall be whole. Amen.

Help me, O Lord my God, O save me according to thy mercy; and then the world shall know that this is thy hand, and that thou Lord hast done it. Amen Lord Iesu, Amen.

If my delight had not been in thy Law, I should have perished in my trouble. O continue my delight. Amen.