A05817:550
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.
After every meal, be careful of thy self and Family, as Job was for himself, and his Children, Job 1.4. least that in the cheerfulness of eating and drinking, some speech hath slipped out, which might be either offensive to God, or injurious to Man: And therefore with the like comely gesture and reverence give thanks unto God, and pray in this manner.
After euery meale, be carefull of thy selfe and Familie, as Iob was for himselfe, and his Children, Iob 1.4. least that in the chearefulnesse of eating and drinking, some speech hath slipped out, which might be eyther offensiue to God, or iniurious to Man: And therefore with the like comely gesture and reuerence giue thankes vnto God, and pray in this manner.
Blessed be thy holy name O Lord our GOD, for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast so plentifully at this time refreshed our bodies; O Lord vouchsafe likewise to feed our souls, with the spiritual food• of thy holy Word and spirit ⟨p. 462⟩unto life everlasting. Lord defend and save thy whole Church: our gracious King, & Queen, our Noble Prince, the Prince Palatine of Rhene, and the Lady Elizabeth his Wife: Forgive us our sins, and unthankfulness, pass by our manifold infirmities, make us all mindful of our last ends, and of the reckoning that we are to make to thee therein. And in the mean, while grant unto us health, peace, and truth, in Jesus Christ our Lord, and only Saviour.
BLessed be thy holy name O Lord our GOD, for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast so plentifully at this time refreshed our bodies; O Lord vouchsafe likewise to feede our soules, with the spirituall food of thy holy Word and spirit