Note 653 — Chapter XXIII
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The following prayer for the King was used at Paris, September, 1648:—
"O Almighty and most gracious Lord God, the Ruler of princes when they are on their thrones, and their Protector when they are in peril, look down mercifully from heaven, we most humbly pray Thee, upon the low estate of thine anointed, our King. Comfort him in his troubles, defend him in his danger, strengthen him in his good resolutions, and command thine angels so to pitch their tents round about him, that he may be defended from all those that desire his hurt, and may be speedily re-established in the just rights of his throne, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." Made by Dr. Steward, 1648. MS. copy in Pamphlets, vol. xxxv.