The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…

Name: The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…
Author: Nicholas Byfield

The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our lives, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selves. With general rules of preparation, that concern either the helps, or the manner of a holy conversation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our liues, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selues. With generall rules of preparation, that concerne either the helps, or the maner of a holy conuersation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by George for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619

[48], 323, [1] p. · 33k words · STC 4233.5 · ESTC S122202

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Chapter 32

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The things then thou must do on the contrary side,¹ are these: When thou art in affliction, thou must do these things:

The things then thou must doe on the contrary side,¹ are these: When thou art in affliction, thou must do these things:

15. Things to be done in the time of affliction.

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First, thou must pray, and call upon the name of the Lord; as these express Scriptures require, Jam. 5. 13. Psal. 50. 15. 1. Cor. 4. 12, 13.

First, thou must pray, and call vpon the name of the Lord; as these expresse Scriptures require, Iam. 5. 13. Psal. 50. 15. 1. Cor. 4. 12, 13.

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Secondly, thou must bear thy cross with patience, and contentation,

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