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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
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.
But if the sick party be a child, and so not capable of the outward and ordinary means of salvation, then pray for him after this manner:
But if the sicke party be a child, and so not capable of the outward and ordinary meanes of saluation, then pray for him after this manner:
More especially, we humbly entreat thee, to extend thy grace and favour unto this thy sick servant; and seeing thou art not only the God of the faithful, but also of their seed, and lovest and tenderest not only the sheep of Christ, but even the tender lambs; we earnestly beseech thee, make good thy gracious Covenant with this thy weak and sick servant. And because he is not capable of outward means, supply graciously the defect of them by thine holy Spirit. Unite him thereby unto Jesus Christ, that becoming a lively member of his body, he may be made partaker of his righteousness, death and obedience, for his justification, and so he may stand righteous in thy sight. Free him from the guilt and punishment of all his sins, and sanctify him in his soul and body, that either he may be fit to glorify thee on earth, or to be glorified by thee in heaven. If it be thy blessed will, restore him to his health and strength again, that he may live to be a comfort unto his friends, and a profitable instrument to set forth thy glory in the Church and Common-wealth; but if thou art purposed to put an ⟨p. 959⟩end to his days, so fit and prepare him for thy Kingdom, as that he may live with thee eternally in glory and immortality, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MOre especially, we humbly intreat thee, to extend thy grace and fauour vnto this thy sick seruant; and seeing thou art not onely the God of the faithfull, but also of their seed, and louest and tendrest not onely the sheepe of Christ, but euen the tender lambes; wee earnestly beseech thee, make good thy gracious Couenant with this thy weake and sicke seruant. And because hee is not capable of outward meanes, supply graciously the defect of them by thine holy Spirit. Vnite him thereby vnto Iesus Christ, that becomming a liuely member of his body, he may be made partaker of his righteousnesse, death and obedience, for his iustification, and so hee may stand righteous in thy sight. Free him from the guilt and punishment of all his sinnes, and sanctifie him in his soule and body, that either he may bee fit to glorifie thee on earth, or to be glorified by thee in heauen. If it bee thy blessed will, restore him to his health and strength againe, that he may liue to be a comfort vnto his friends, and a profitable instrument to set foorth thy glory in the Church and Common-wealth; but if thou art purposed to put an