The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

And we beseech thee, O Lord, to be merciful likewise to thy whole Church, and ⟨p. 221⟩to continue the tranquility of these Kingdoms, wherein we live, turning from us those plagues which the crying sins of this Nation do cry for.

Preserve our Religious King Charles, Queen Mary, the Noble and Hopeful Prince Charles, with the rest of the Royal Progeny, the religious Lady Elizabeth, the King's only Sister, and her Princely Issue: all our Magistrates and Ministers, all that fear thee, and call upon thy Name, all our Christian Brethren and Sisters, that suffer sickness, or any other affliction or misery: especially those who any where do suffer persecution for the testimony of thy holy Gospel; grant them patience to bear thy cross, and deliverance, when, and which way it shall seem best to thy Divine Wisdom. And, Lord, suffer us never to forget our last end, and those reckonings which then we must render unto thee. In health and prosperity, m•ke us mindful of sickness, and of the evil day that is behind, that these things may not overtake us as a […], ¹but that we may in good measure,² like wise Virgins, be found prepared for the coming of Christ, the sweet Bridegroom of our Souls. And now, O Lord, most holy and just, we co• fess that there is no cause▪ why thou (who art so much displeased with sin) shouldest hear the prayer of sinners: but for his sake only who suffered for sin, and sinned not▪ In the only mediation therefore of thine eternal Son Jesus our Lord and Saviour, we ⟨p. 222⟩humbly beg these, and all other graces which thou knowest to be needful for us, shutting up these our imperfect requests, in that most holy Prayer, which Christ himself hath taught us to say unto thee, Our Father, &c.