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The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

Name: The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
Author: Lewis Bayly

The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author

Lewis Bayly d. 1631London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695

[17], 566 p. · 116k words · Wing B1502 · ESTC R29026

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore wouldest thou be falsely accused? C. That thou shouldest not be justly condemned.

S. ¹Lord, wherefore would'st thou be falsly accused? C. That thou should'st not be justly condemned.

1Luk. 23. 2.

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S. ¹Lord, where wast thou turned over to be condemned by a strange Judge? C. That thou being redeemed from the captivity of a hellish Tyrant, mightest be restored to God, whose own thou art by right.

S. ¹Lord, where wast thou turned over to be condemned by a strange Judge? C. That thou being redeemed from the cap•ivity of a hellish Tyrant, mightest be restored to God, whose own thou art by right.

1Mat. 27. 2.

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S. Wherefore, O Christ, didst thou acknowledge, that Pilate had power over thee from above? ¹C. That Antichrist, under pretence of being my Vicar, should not exalt himself above all ^aPrincipalities and Powers.

1Joh. 19. 11.
aTit. 3. 1. Rom. 13. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 13. 14.

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S. Lord, why wouldest thou suffer thy Passion under ^bPontius Pilate, being a Roman President to Caesar of Rome?² C. To show, that the Caesarian and Pontifician Polity of^* Rome, should chiefly persecute my Church, and crucify me in my members.

S. Lord, why would'st thou suffer thy Passion under ^bPontius Pilate, being a Roman President to Caesar of Rome?² C. To shew, that the Caesarian and Pontifician Polity of^* Rome, should chiefly persecute my Church, and crucifie me in my members.

bLuk. 23. 1, 2.
2Joh. 19. 13, &c.
*Note well Rev. 11. 8. and Rev. 17. 5, 6.

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S. But why Lord wouldest thou be condemned? C. ¹That the Law being condemned in me thou mightest not be condemned by it.²

S. But why Lord would'st thou be condemn'd? C. ¹That the Law being condemned in me thou mightest not be condemned by it.²

1Joh. 19. 16.
2Luk. 23. 24.

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S. ¹But why wast thou condemned seeing nothing could be proved against thee? C. ²That thou mightest know, that it was not for my faults but for thine that I suffered.

S. ¹But why wast thou condemned seeing nothing could be proved against thee? C. ²That thou might'st know, that it was not for my faults but for thine that I suffered.

1Rom. 8. 3.
2Mat. 27. 24. Joh. 19. 6.

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S. Lord, wherefore wast thou led to suffer out of the city? C. ¹That I might bring thee to rest in the heavenly City.²

1Mat. 27. 33.
2H•b. 13. 12.

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S. Lord, why did the Jews compel Simon of Cyrene,¹ coming out of the field, to carry thy Cross? C. ²To show the weakness whereunto the burden of thy sins brought me: and what must be every Christians case, which goeth out of the field of this world, toward the heavenly Jerusalem.

S. Lord, why did the Jews compel Simon of Cyrene,¹ coming out of the field, to carry thy Cross? C. ²To shew the weakness whereunto the burden of thy sins brought me: and what must be every Christians case, which goeth out of the field of this world, toward the heavenly Jerusalem.

1Luk. •3. 26.
2Mat. 27. 32.

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S. Lord, why wast thou unstripped of thy garments? C. ¹That thou mightest see how I forsook all to redeem thee.

1Joh. 19. 23.

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore wouldest thou be li•t up upon a Cross? C. That I might lift thee up with me to Heaven.

S. ¹Lord, wherefore would'st thou be li•t up upon a Cross? C. That I might lift thee up with me to Heaven.

1Luk. 23. 33.

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore didst thou hang upon a cursed tree? C. That I might satisfy for thy sin committed in eating the forbidden fruit of a Tree.²

S. ¹Lord, wherefore didst thou hang upon a cursed tree? C. That I might satisfie for thy sin committed in eati•g the forbidden fruit of a Tree.²

1Ibid.
2Gen. 2. 17.

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore wouldest thou hang between two thieves? C. That thou my dear Soul mightest have place in the midst of heavenly Angels.

S. ¹Lord, wherefore would'st thou hang between two thieves? C. That thou my dear Soul might'st have place in the midst of heavenly Angels.

1Luk. 23. 33.

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore were thy hands and feet nailed to the Cross? C. ²To enlarge thy hands to do the works of righteousness: and to set thy feet at liberty, to walk in the ways of Peace.

1Psal. 22. 16.
2Joh. 20. 25.

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S. Lord, wherefore did they crucify thee in Golgotha,¹ the place of dead mens sculls? C. To assure thee that my death is life unto the dead.

S. Lord, wherefore did they crucifie thee in Golgo•ha,¹ the place of dead mens sculls? C. To assure thee that my death is life unto the dead.

1Mat. 27. •3.

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S. Lord, why did not the Soldiers divide thy seamless coat? C. ¹To show that my Church is one without rent or schism.

S. Lord, why did not the Soldiers divide thy seamless coat? C. ¹To shew that my Church is one without rent or schism.

1Joh. 19. 24.

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S. ¹Lord, wherefore didst thou taste Vinegar and Gall? C. That thou mightest eat the bread of Angels, and drink the water of life.

1Mat. 27. 34.

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