A27107:562
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
A27107:562
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
Blessed be thy holy Name, O Lord, our God, for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast so plentifully at this time refreshed our bodies: O Lord, vouchsafe likewise to feed our souls with the spiritual food of thy holy Word and Spirit unto life everlasting. Lord, defend and save thy whole Church, our gracious King Charles, Queen Mary, the noble and hopeful Prince Charles, with the rest of the royal progeny; the Lady Elizabeth, the Kings only Sister, and her Princely issue: Forgive us our sins, and unthankfulness, pass by our manifold infirmities, make us all mindful of our last end, and of the reckoning that we are to make to thee therein, and in the mean while grant unto us health, peace, and truth, in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and only Saviour. Amen.
BLessed be thy holy Name, O Lord, our God, for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast so plentifully at this time refreshed our bodies: O Lord, vouchsafe likewise to feed our souls with the spiritual food of thy holy Word and Spirit unto life everlasting. Lord, defend and save thy whole Church, our gracious King Charles, Queen Mary, the noble and hopeful Prince Charles, with the rest of the royal progeny; the Lady Elizabeth, the Kings only Sister, and her Princely issue: Forgive us our sins, and unthankfulness, pass by our manifold infirmities, make us all mindful of our last end, and of the reckoning that we are to make to thee therein, and in the mean while grant unto us health, peace, and truth, in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and only Saviour. Amen.
Blessed be thy Holy name, (O Lord) for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast refreshed us at this time. Lord forgive us all our sins and frailties: save and defend thy whole Church, our King, and his Royal posterity, and grant us health, peace, and truth, in Christ our only Saviour. Amen.
BLessed be thy Holy name, (O Lord) for these thy good benefits, wherewith thou hast refreshed us at this time. Lord forgive us all our sins and frailties: save and defend thy whole Church, our King, and his Royal posterity, and grant us health, peace, and truth, in Christ our only Saviour. Amen.
WE give thee thanks (O heavenly Father) for feeding our bodies so graciously with thy good creatures to this temporal life: beseeching thee likewise to feed our souls with thy holy Word unto life everlasting. Defend (O Lord) ⟨p. 215⟩thine universal Church, the King, and his royal Posterity, and grant us continuance of thy grace and mercy, in Christ our only Saviour. Amen.
At Evening, when the due time of repairing to rest approacheth, call together again all thy Family. Read a Chapter in the same manner, that was prescribed in the morning▪ Then (in holy imitation of our Lord, and his Disciples) sing a Psalm. But in singing of Psalms, either after Supper, or at any other time, observe these rules.
1. Beware of singing divine Psalms for an ordinary recreation; as do men of impure Spirits, who sing holy Psalms, intermingled with profane Ballads.
1. BEware of singing divine Psalms for an ordinary recreation; as do men of impure Spirits, who sing holy Psalms, intermingled with prophane Ballads.
They are God's Word, take them not in thy mouth in vain.
2 Remember to sing David's Psalms, with David's Spirit.
4. As you sing,b uncover your heads and behave your selves in comely reverence, as in the sight of God, singing to God, in God's own words: but be sure that the matter make morec melody in ⟨p. 216⟩your hearts, than the Music in your ear: for the singing with grace in our hearts, is that which the Lord is delighted withal, according to that old verse: Non vox, sed votum, non musica cordula, sed cor: Non clamans, sed amans psallit in aure Dei. 'Tis not the voice, but vow; Sound heart, not sounding string; True zeal, not outward show, That in God's ear doth ring.
4. As you sing,b uncover your heads and behave your selves in comely reverence, as in the sight of God, singing to God, in God's own words: but be sure that the matter make morec melody in ⟨p. 216⟩your hearts, than the Musick in your ear: for the singing with grace in our hearts, is that which the Lord is delighted withal, according to that old verse: Non vox, sed votum, non musica cordula, sed cor: Non clamans, sed amans psallit in aure Dei. 'Tis not the voice, but vow; Sound heart, not sounding string; True zeal, not outward show, That in God's ear doth ring.