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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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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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The fourth petition is, Give us this day our daily bread: In this petition we commend our bodies to Gods providence, desiring, that he would feed, cherish and preserve them. And this petition, the Lord hath set before the other two following, (which concern not earthly and corporal blessings, but spiritual and heavenly) to help our dullness, and weakness, that so by degrees he might lift up our minds to seek after those greater blessings. And here we be willed to ask of God our bread, that is, such as it shall please our heavenly father to give us, for the sustentation of our life: where we see this petition is as necessary for the rich as for the poor. Lastly, these words, this day, or every day, and this Epithet daily serve to moderate our affections and desires in these transitory blessings.
The fourth petition is, Geue vs this day our dayly bread: In this petition we commende our bodies to Gods prouidence, desiring, that he would feed, chearish and preserue them. And this petitiō, the Lord hath set before the other two following, (which concerne not earthly and corporall blessings, but spirituall and heauenly) to helpe our dulnesse, and weaknesse, that so by degrees he might lift vp our mindes to seeke after those greater blessings. And here we be willed to aske of God our bread, that is, such as it shall please our heauenly father to giue vs, for the sustentation of our life: where we see this petition is as necessarie for the rich as for the poore. Lastly, these wordes, this day, or euerie day, and this Epithet dayly serue to moderate our affections and desires in these transitorie blessings.