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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
And this respecteth the second branch, touching the Kingdom of God, and the dispensation of his Counsels.
And this respecteth the second branch, touching the Kingdome of God, and the dispensation of his Counsels.
The third Petition: Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Have thou always in the World, even here among men, as thou hast among thy holy Angels and Spirits of the Righteous that are deceased, a Church and chosen Company, which may krefresh and delight ⟨p. 471⟩thy Spirit, by yielding with free and ready hearts, all cheerful obedience to thy known and revealed will, whilst they be seen to prefer the love they bear to thee, before the love of themselves, their own pleasure, profit, or lives, or whatsoever else that is most dear unto them.
The third Petition: Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heauen. Haue thou alwayes in the World, euen here among men, as thou hast among thy holy Angels and Spirits of the Righteous that are deceased, a Church and chosen Companie, which may krefresh and delight ⟨p. 471⟩thy Spirit, by yeelding with free and readie hearts, all cheerfull obedience to thy knowne and reuealed will, whilest they bee seene to preferre the loue they beare to thee, before the loue of themselues, their owne pleasure, profit, or liues, or whatsoeuer else that is most deare vnto them.