A27107:765
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
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.
Fourthly, From the full measure of hordinary sleep. That thou mayest that way also humble thy Body: and that thy Soul may watch and pray, to be prepared for the coming of Christ. And if thou wilt break thy sleep early and late for worldly ⟨p. 292⟩gain: how much more shouldest thou do it for the service of God? And ifa Ahab (in imitation of the godly) did in his fast lie in such-cloth, to break his sleep by night; what shall we think of those who on a fasting-day will yield themselves to sleep in the open Church?
Fourthly, From the full measure of hordinary sleep. That thou maist that way also humble thy Body: and that thy Soul may watch and pray, to be prepared for the coming of Christ. And if thou wilt break thy sleep early and late for worldly ⟨p. 292⟩gain: how much more should'st thou do it for the service of God? And ifa Ahab (in imitation of the godly) did in his fast lie in such-cloth, to break his sleep by night; what shall we think of those who on a fasting-day will yield themselves to sleep in the open Church?