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. › An humble confession of sins, to be made unto God before the receive… › 3. Of the means whereby thou mayest become a worthy Receiver. › 2. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to pe…: 2. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to perform at the receivi…THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. › An humble confession of sins, to be made unto God before the receiv… › 3. Of the means whereby thou maiest become a worthy Receiver. › 2. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to pe…: 2. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to perform at the receivi…

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:896p. 342

If the Blood-issued sick Woman feared to touch the hem of his garment; how shouldest thou tremble to eat his flesh, and to drink his all-healing Blood?

If the Blood-issued sick Woman feared to touch the hem of his garment; how should'st thou tremble to eat his flesh, and to drink his all-healing Blood?

:897p. 342–343

Yet if thou comest humbly, in Faith, Repentance, and Charity, abhorring thy sins past, and purposing unfeignedly to amend thy life henceforth, let not thy former sins affright thee, for they shall never be laid unto thy charge; and this Sacrament shall seal unto thy Soul ⟨p. 343⟩that all thy sins, and the Judgments due unto them, are fully pardoned, a•d clean washed away by the Blood of Christ. For this Sacrament was not ordained for them who are perfect, but to help penitent sinners unto perfection. ¹Christ came not to call the righteous, ²but sinners to repentance. And he saith, that the whole need not the Physician, but they that are sick. Those hath Christ called; and when they came, them hath he ever helped. Witness the whole Gospel, which testifieth, that not one Sinner who came to Christ for mercy, went ever away without his errand. Bathe thou likewise thy sick Soul in this fountain of Christ's Blood, and doubtless, according to his promise, Zach. 13. 1. thou shalt be healed of thy sins and uncleanness. Not Sinners therefore, but they who are unwilling to repent of their sins, are debarred this Sacrament.

1Mat. 9. 12, 13
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A sweet Soliloquy to be said betwixt the consecration and receiving of the Sacrament.