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The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings,…
The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.
London: printed for Langly Curtiss, 1681
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.
Grace after Meat.
WE thank thee, O Lord, for all thy good Creatures which thou at this time hath bestowed upon us, and as thou hast fed our Bodies with that food which is convenient and necessary for them, so we beseech feed our Souls with that food which perisheth not, but endureth to Eternal Life, thy holy name be blessed and praised now and for ever, Amen.
Grace before Meat.
Lord bless us in the use of all thy good Creatures, that now we shall receive at thy bountiful hands, giving strength to them to nourish us, and giving hearts unto us to be thankful unto thee for the same, to the glory of thy holy name, Amen.
LOrd bless us in the use of all thy good Creatures, that now we shall receive at thy bountiful hands, giving strength to them to nourish us, and giving hearts unto us to be thankful unto thee for the same, to the glory of thy holy name, Amen.