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The private devotions and Manual for the sick of Launcelot Andrews
by Lancelot Andrewes
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Excerpt:
House-top. He went up upon the house-top to pray.—Acts x. 9.
Temple.
They went up into the temple.—Acts iii. 1.
Sea-shore.
We kneeled down on the shore.—Acts xxi. 5.
Garden. He entered into the garden to pray.—John xviii. 1. Matt. xx vi. 36.
Bed.
Upon their bed.—Psalm cxlix. 5.
Wilderness. He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.—Luke v. 16; Mark i. 3.5.
Pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.—1 Tim. ii. 8.
INTERCESSIONS.
Samuel, among them that called upon his name. —Psalm xcix. 6.
As for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.—1 Samuel xii. 23.
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.—Acts vi. 4.
PREPARATORY PRAYERS.
O Thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come (Ps. lxv. 2.): even my flesh shall come.
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away Verse 3.
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.—Psalm xi. 15.
AT ENTRANCE INTO THE CHURCH.
As for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.—Psalm v. 7.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee; when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.—Psalm xxviii. 2.
We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.—Ps. xlviii. 9.
Be mindful, O Lord, of the brethren who are present with us, and who pray with us at this time: be mindful of their devotion and their zeal. Be mindful of those also, who upon good cause are absent; and have mercy upon them and us, according to the multitude of thy mercies, O Lord.
Let Us bless thee for our godly princes, orthodox prelates, the founders of this sacred institution.
Glory be to thee, O Lord, glory be to thee: glory be to thee, because thou hast glorified them, for whom we also glorify thee.
Let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place, which is called by thy name.—2 Chron. vi. 40. 20. 33.
CONFESSIONS.
Woe is me! I have sinned against thee, O Lord, I have sinned against thee; I have perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.—Job xxxiii. 27.
But I am ashamed, and turn from my wicked ways, and return unto my own heart, and with my whole heart return unto thee.
And I seek thy face, and I beseech thee, saying:
I have sinned, I have done perversely, I have committed wickedness.— 1 Kings viii. 47.
Lord, I feel the anguish of my heart;
And, behold, I return unto thee with all my heart, and with all my soul.— Verse 48.
And now, O Lord, from Heaven, from thy dwelling-place on high, from thy throne of glory in thy heavenly kingdom, hear thou the prayer and supplication of thy servant, and be merciful to thy servant, and heal his soul.—1 Kings viii. 28. 30; Psalm xli. 4.
I dare not lift up so much as mine eyes unto Heaven, but, standing afar off, I smite upon my breast, and say, with the Publican,
God be merciful to me a sinner;—Luke xviii. 13.
To me, a greater sinner than the Publican;
To me be merciful, as to the Publican.
The wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainderof wrath shaltthou restrain.—Ps. lxxvi. 10. I have sinned. I confess.
