A05817:914
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.
A Prayer to be said after the receiving of the Communion.
A Prayer to be said after the receiuing of the Communion.
What shall I render unto thee (O blessed Saviour) for all these blessings, which thou hast so graciously bestowed upon my Soul? how can I sufficiently thank thee, when I can scarce express them? ⟨p. 774⟩Where thou mightest have made me a Beast, thou madest me a man after thine own Image. When by sin I had lost both thine Image, and my self: thou didst renew in me thine Image by thy Spirit: and diddest redeem my Soul by thy blood again: and now thou hast given unto me thy Seal and pledge of my Redemption; nay, thou hast given thy self unto me O blessed Redeemer. Oh what an inestimable treasure of riches, and over-flowing Fountain of grace hath he got who hath gained thee! No man ever touched thee by Faith, but thou didst heal him by Grace, for thou art the Author of Salvation, the remedy ⟨p. 775⟩of all evils, the medicine of the sick, the life of the quick, and the resurrection of the dead. Seemed it a small matter unto thee to appoint thy holy Angels to attend upon so vile a Creature as I am; but that thou wouldest enter thy self into my Soul, there to preserve, nourish and cherish me unto life everlasting?
WHat shall I render vnto thee (O blessed Sauiour) for all these blessings, which thou hast so graciously bestowed vpon my Soule? how can I sufficiently thanke thee, vvhen I can scarse expresse them? ⟨p. 774⟩Where thou mightest haue made mee a Beast, thou madest mee a man after thine owne Image. When by sinne I had lost both thine Image, and my selfe: thou didst renew in mee thine Image by thy Spirit: and diddest redeeme my Soule by thy bloud againe: and now thou hast giuen vnto mee thy Seale and pledge of my Redemption; nay, thou hast giuen thy selfe vnto mee O blessed Redeemer. Oh what an inestimable treasure of riches, and ouer-flowing Fountaine of grace hath hee got vvho hath gained thee! No man euer touched thee by Faith, but thou didst heale him by Grace, for thou art the Author of Saluation, the remedy