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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THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. › Meditations before Dinner and Supper. › Grace before Meat.

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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Grace before Meat.

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O Most gracious God, and loving Father, who feedest^a all creatures living, which^b depend upon thy divine providence; ³we beseech the^c sanctify these creatures, which thou hast ordained for ⟨p. 213⟩us; give them virtue to nourish our bodies in life and health: and give us grace to receive them soberly and thankfully, as from thy hands; that so in the^d strength of these and other thy blessings, we may walk in the uprightness of our hearts, before thy face, this day, and all the days of our lives, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

O Most gracious God, and loving Father, who feedest^a all creatures living, which^b depend upon thy divine providence; ³we beseech the^c sanctifie these creatures, which thou hast ordained for

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