Ecclesia.

O Lord, we humbly beseech thee to keep thy Church and Houshold continually in thy true Religion, that they which do lean only upon hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty power: And that I may humbly and faithfully serve thee in this thy Church, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gracious Father, I humbly beseech thee, for thy holy Catholick Church, fill it with all truth; in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purge it: where it is in error, direct it: where it is superstitious, rectifie it: where any thing is amiss, reform it: where it is right, strengthen and confirm it: where it is in want, furnish it: where it is divided and rent asunder, make up the breaches of it, O thou holy one of Israel. Amen.

O merciful God, since thou hast ordered me to live in these times, in which the rents of thy Church are grievous; I humbly beseech thee to guide me, that the divisions of men may not separate me either from thee or it, that I may ever labour the preservation of truth and peace, that where for and by our sins the peace of it succeeds not, thou wilt yet accept my will for the deed, that I may still pray, even while thou grantest not, because I know thou wilt grant it when thou seest it fit. In the mean time bless, I beseech thee, this Church in which I live, that in it I may honour and serve thee all the daies of my life, and after this be glorified by thee, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord thou hast brought a Vine out of Egypt and planted it; thou madest room for it, and when it had taken root it filled the land. O why hast thou broken down her hedge, that all which go by pluck off her grapes: the wild boar out of the wood rooteth it up, and the wild beasts of the field devour it. O turn thee again thou God of Hosts, look down from heaven, behold and visit this Vine, and the place of the Vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy self. Lord, hear me for Iesus Christ his sake. Amen.

O Lord, except thou buildest the house, their labour is but lost that build it: and except thou, O Lord, keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour to rise early, and take late rest, and to eat the bread of carefulness, if thou bless not the endeavours that seek the peace and the welfare of thy Church. Therefore, O Lord, build thy Church and keep it, and take care for it, that there may be no lost labour amo…g the builders of it. Amen.

O Lord our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God; O thou which keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee that hath come upon us, upon our Priests, upon the Houses built and dedicated to thy Name, upon the Maintenance for them that serve at thy Altar, upon our Kings, State, and People since that day of affliction. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us: For thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Yet, O Lord, have mercy, and turn to us again, for Iesus and his mercy sake. Amen.