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The Practice of Piety

Name: The Practice of Piety
Author: Lewis Bayly

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.

Lewis Bayly d. 1631London: printed for John Hodgets, 1613London: printed for Iohn Hodgets, 1613

[36], 1031, [1] p. · 116k words · STC 1602 · ESTC S1173

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THE PRACTISE OF PIETY. › A divine Colloquy between the Soul and her Saviour, concerning t…: A divine Colloquy between the Soul and her Saviour, concerning the effectual merits…THE PRACTISE OF PIETIE. › A diuine Colloquie betweene the Soule and her Sauiour, concerning t…: A diuine Colloquie betweene the Soule and her Sauiour, concerning the effectuall merits…

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.

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C. To teach thee what thou shouldest do in all thy afflictions: and how willingly thou shouldest yield to bear with patience, that cross, which thou seest to come from the just hand of thy heavenly Father.

C. To teach thee what thou shouldest doe in all thy afflictions: and how willingly thou shouldest yeeld to beare with patience, that crosse, which thou seest to come from the iust hand of thy heauenly Father.

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S. Lord, wherefore diddest thou sweat such drops of water and blood?¹

S. Lord, wherefore diddest thou sweat such drops of water and bloud?¹

1Luk. 22.44.

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C. That I might cleanse thee from thy stains, and bloody spots.

C. That I might cleanse thee from thy staines, and bloudy spots.

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