A05817:1124
The Practice of Piety
The practise of piety directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God.The practise of pietie directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God.
London: printed for John Hodgets, 1613London: printed for Iohn Hodgets, 1613
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
When the sick party is departing, Let the faithful that are present kneel down and commend his Soul to God in these or the like words.
When the sicke party is departing, Let the faithfull that are present kneele downe and commend his Soule to God in these or the like words.
O Gracious God and merciful father,1 who art our refuge and strength, and a very present help in trouble; lift up the light of thy favourable countenance at this instant upon thy servant,2 that now cometh to appear in thy presence. Wash away, good Lord, all his sins by the merits of Christ Jesus blood, 3that •ho• may never be laid to his charge. Increase his faith, preserve and keep safe his soul from the danger of the ⟨p. 978⟩Devil and his wicked Angels. Comfort him with thy holy spirit, cause him now to feel that thou art his loving Father, and that he is thy child by Adoption and Grace. Save, O Christ, the price of thine own blood, and suffer him not to be lost whom thou hast bought so dearly. Receive his Soul as thou didst the penitent thief into thy heavenly Paradise. Let thy blessed Angels conduct him thither as they carried the soul of Lazarus, and grant unto him a joyful resurrection at the last day. O […], hear us for him, and hear thine own Son, our only Mediator that sits at thy right hand: