and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all who fly unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of Hosts, fight for us; that we may glorify thee. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. HOU, O Lord, who stilles the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. O blessed Saviour, who didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm; hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. Father: For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant, that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Minister, if there be any in the ship, say, LMIGHTY our heavenly Ather, who, of his great mercy, hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all in all goodness, and bring you to everyour sins; confirm and strengthen you lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thanksgiving after a Storm. Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo. BE joyful in God, all ye lands; sing praises unto the honour of his name, make his praise to be glorious. O Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works; through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies e found liars unto thee. For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy name. O come hither, and behold the works of God; how wonderful he is in his doings towards the children of men! He ruleth with his power for ever; his UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hal-eyes behold the people; and such as will lowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom not believe, shall not be able to exalt come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it themselves. is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary service in the ship shall be called together, and make an humble Confession of their sins to God: in which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins, of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as followeth: The Confession. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon as, have mercy upon us, most merciful O praise our God, ye people; and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life; and suf fereth not our feet to slip. For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare; and laidest trouble upon our loins. I will go into thine house with burntofferings; and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in troubie. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my with I called unto him with my mouth; and gave him praises with my tongue. If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me. But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer. Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is no wa ever shall be, world without end. wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and tell out his works with gladness! They that go down to the sea in ships; and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. Psalm 107. Confitemini Domino. wonders in the deep, that we might see THAT men would praise the Lord! how powerful and gracious a God thou For his goodness; and declare the art; how able and ready to help those who trust in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy command; that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy name, for this thy mercy, in saving us when we were ready to perish. And we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were For at his word, the stormy wind ari- then of the danger; and give us hearts seth; which lifteth up the waves thereof. always ready to express our thankfulThey are carried up to the heaven, and ness not only by words, but also by our down again to the deep; their soul melt-lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech eth away because of the trouble. thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man; and are at their wit's end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men:! That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people; and praise him in the seat of the elders! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. T Collects of Thanksgiving. MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; we, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress; even when we gave ail for lost, our Ship, our Goods, our Lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance, for which we now, being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. But as the heaven is high above the earth; so great hath been his mercy towards us. We found trouble and heaviness; we were even at death's door. The waters of the sea had well nigh covered us; the proud waters had well nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared; and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deepi our soul melted within us, because o trouble. Then cried we unto thee, O Lord, and thou didst deliver us out of our distress. Blessed be thy name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants; but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us. Thou didst send forth thy commandment; and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm. Olet us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth, for the children of men! Praised be the Lord daily; even the Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. He is our God; even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we have escaped death. Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands; and we will triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God; even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things; And blessed be the name of his Majesty for ever; and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory. IF the Lord had not been on our side now may we say; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul; the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us; but unto thy name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, After this Hymn may be said the Te Deum. T Then this Collect. ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might, which one is able to withstand; we bless and magnify thy great and glorious name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of victory. And we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And we beseech thee, give us such a sense of thy great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, sal-such as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking be fore thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee, and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this victory and deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty vation for us. We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath appeared for us; the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against 2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. At the Burial of the Dead at Sea, the Office in the Common Prayer Book may be used; only instead of these words, We therefore commit his Body to the ground, earth to earth, &c. say, We therefore commit his Body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the Resurrection of the Body when the Sea shall give up her dead, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile Body, that it may be like his glorious Body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 166 A FORM OF PRAYER FOF THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O come let us sing, &c. shall be read the 130th Psalm; and the Minister shall insert after the Colicct for the Day, the Collect in the following service, O God, who sparest, &c. and at such times as the Litany is not read, he shall add the Prayer, O God, merciful Father, who despisest not, &c. And when Notice is given to the Minister, that a Prisoner is confined for some great or capital crime, he shall visit him; and when he cometh into the place where the Prisoner is, he shall say, kneeling down, R EMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Ans. Spare us, good Lord. Lord, have mercy upon us. UR Father, who art in Heaven, &c. us; RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. bringest light out of darkness, and good out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments which these thy servants endure, through their bodily confinement, may tend to setting free their souls from the chains of sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Here the Minister, as he shall see con venient, may read the Prayer for All conditions of Men, the Collect for AshWednesday, and the Collect beginning, Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, &c. or any other Prayer of the Liturgy, which he shall judge proper. Then shall the Minister exhort the DEA It is your part and duty, therefore, to humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, to acknowledge the righteousness of his judgments, and to endeavour, that, by his grace, this present visitation may lead you to a sincere and hearty repentance. The way and means thereto is, to examine your life and conversation by the rule of God's commandments; and GOD, who sparest when we deserve whereinsoever you shall perceive yourpunishment, and in thy wrath re-self to have offended either by will, word, memberest mercy; we humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness,to comfort and succour all those who are under reproach and misery in the house of bondage; correct them not in thine anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them a right understanding of themselves, and of thy threats and promises; that they may neither cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty: and forasmuch as thou alone or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourself to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if you shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against your neighbours; then to reconcile yourself to them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your power, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other: and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, as rou would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand. And to this, true repentance and change of mind you must add a lively and steadfast faith, and dependence upon the merits of the death of Christ, with an entire resignation of yourself to the will of God. Except you repent, and believe, we can give you no hope of salvation. But if you do sincerely repent and believe, God hath declared, though your sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be made white as snow; though your wickednesses have gone over your head, yet shall they not be your destruction. We exhort you therefore in the name of God, and of his dear Son Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as you tender your own salvation, to take good heed of these things in time, while the day of salvation lasteth; for the night cometh, when no man can work. While you have the light, believe in the light, and walk as children of the light, that you be not cast into outer darkness; that you may not knock, when the door shall be shut; and cry for mercy, when it is the time of justice. Now you are the object of God's mercy, af by repentance and true faith you turn unto him; but if you neglect these things, you will be the object of his justice and vengeance: Now you may claim the merits of Christ; but if you die in your sins, his sufferings will tend to your greater condemnation. O beloved, consider in this your day, how fearful a thing it will be to fall into the hands of the living God, when you can neither fly to his mercy to protect you, nor to the merits of Christ to cover you in that terrible day. Here the Minister shall examine him concerning his Faith, and rehearse the Articles of the Creed, Dost thou believe in God, &c. And the prisoner shall answer, All this I steadfastly believe. For I acknowledge my faults; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness; and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts; and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins; and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy help again; and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; and my tongue shall sing of thy righte ousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord; and my mouth shall show thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled Spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. ¶ Then the Minister shall say, LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully they, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved, through Christ our Lord. Amen. O ¶ Then shall the Minister examine whe-who confess their sins unto thee; that ther he repent him truly of his sins, and be in charity with all the world, and further admonish him particularly concerning the crimes wherewith he is charged; and exhort him if he have any scruples, that he would declare the same, and prepare himself for the Holy Communion, against the time that it may be proper to administer it to him. Then, all kneeling, the Minister shall say as follows, from the 51st Psalm: HA AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; aecording to the multitude of thy mercies, do away mine offences. Wash me thoroughly from my wicked ness; and cleanse me from my sin. GOD, whose mercy is everlasting, and power infinite; look down with pity and compassion upon the sufferings of this thy servant; and whether thou visitest for trial of his patience, or punishment of his offences, enable him by thy grace cheerfully to submit himself to thy holy will and pleasure. Go not far from those, O Lord, whom thou hast laid in a place of darkness, and in the deep; and forasmuch as thou hast not cut him off suddenly, but chastenest him as a father; grant that he, duly considering thy great mercies, may be |