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. › 3. Of the duties which we are to perform after receiving of the hol…: 3. Of the duties which we are to perform after receiving of the holy Communion called A…

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The Action consists of Two sorts of duties: First, such as we are to perform in the Church, or else, after that we are gone home.

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Those that we are to perform in the Church, are either several from our own souls: or else jointly with the Congregation.

Those that we are to perform in the Church, are either several from our own souls: or else joyntly with the Congregation.

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The several duties which thou must perform from thine own Soul, are Three: First, Thou must be careful (that forasmuch as Christ now dwelleth in thee, therefore) to entertain him in a clean heart, and with pure affections; for the ^*most holy will be holy with the holy: for if Joseph of Arimathea, when he had begged of Pilate his dead body, to bury it, wrapped it in sweet odours, and fine Linen, and laid it in a new Tomb; how much more shouldest thou lodge Christ in a new heart, and perfume his Rooms ⟨p. 354⟩with the odoriferous incense of Prayers, and all pure affections? If God required Moses to provide a Pot of pure gold to keep the Manna that fell in the Wilderness: what a pure heart shouldst thou provide to receive this divine Manna, that is come down from Heaven?

*Psal. 18. 26. Sancta non nisi sanctè & sanctis.

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

A Prayer to be said after the receiving of the Communion.

2. Of the duties which we are to do after the Communion jointly with the Congregation.

2. Of the duties which we are to do after the Communion joyntly with the Congregation.

Thus far of the Duties to be practised in the Church.

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A Prayer to be said after the receiving of the Communion.

2. Of the duties which we are to do after the Communion jointly with the Congregation.

2. Of the duties which we are to do after the Communion joyntly with the Congregation.

Thus far of the Duties to be practised in the Church.