Lord. _Amen_.

_Or this:_

O most glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven,
but beholdest all things below: Look down, we beseech thee, and
hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws
of this death, which is ready now to swallow us up: Save, Lord,
or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise thee. O
send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the
roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may
live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our
life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our
blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. _Amen_.

_The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy_.

O most powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that
rulest and commandest all things: Thou sittest in the throne
judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine
Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause
into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir
up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not
alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few.
O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us
thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that
thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy.
Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.

_General Prayers_.

_Short Prayers for single persons that cannot meet to join in
Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm_.

Lord, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's sake.

Thou art the great God, that hast made 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 Enemy_.

Thou, O Lord, art just and powerful: O defend our cause against
the face of the enemy.

O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee 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_.

Thou, O Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea: hear, hear us,
and save us, that we peris