A36061:162
A Directory for the Public Worship of God
A directory for the public worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory be forthwith printed and published.A directory for the publique worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory bee forthwith printed and published.
London: printed for Evan Tyler, 1644
Concerning Visitation of the Sick.Concerning Visitation of the Sicke.
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.
And if the sick person shall declare ⟨p. 67⟩any scruple, doubt or temptation th• are upon him, instructions and resolutions shall be given to satisfy and settle him.
And if the sick person shall declare any⟨p. 67⟩scruple, doubt or temptation th• are upon him, instructions and resolutions shall be given to satisfie and settle him.
If it appear that he hath not a due sen•e of his sins, endeavours ought to be used to convince him of his sins, of the guilt and deser• of them; of the filth and pollution, which the soul contracts by them, and of the curse of the Law, and wrath of God due to them; that he may be truly affected with, and humbled for them; and withal to make known the danger of deferring Repentance, and of neglecting salvation at any time offered, to awaken his Conscience, and rouse him out of a stupid and secure condition, to apprehend the Justice and wrath of God, before whom none can stand, but he that being lost in himself, layeth hold upon Christ by Faith.
If it appear that he hath not a due sen•e of his sins, endeavours ought to be used to convince him of his sins, of the guilt and deser• of them; of the filth and pollution, which the soul contracts by them, and of the curse of the Law, and wrath of God due to them; that he may be truly affected with, and humbled for them; and withall to make known the danger of deferring Repentance, and of neglecting salvation at any time offered, to awaken his Conscience, and rowze him out of a stupid and secure condition, to apprehend the Justice and wrath of God, before whom none can stand, but he that being lost in himself, layeth hold upon Christ by Faith.