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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.
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Beget in me a godly sorrow which worketh to repentance never to be repented of, that I may be heartily grieved for my sins, not so much because of the danger of Hell-fire, as because I have offended thee, stretch out the wings of thy protection and mercy over me this night; though sleep seize upon the eyes of my body, yet let not security oppress my Soul: Keep me from idle Fancies, and from vain Dreams, give me a sober and sanctified use of all outward refreshing, that I may always in all things aim at this one thing, namely, how I may be the better fitted to serve thee faithfully in my place and Calling, and that for his sake, my only Lord and Saviour, Amen.
Beget in me a godly sorrow which worketh to repentance never to be repented of, that I may be heartily grieved for my sins, not so much because of the danger of Hell-fire, as because I have offended thee, stretch out the wings of thy protection and mercy over me this night; though sleep seise upon the eyes of my body, yet let not security oppress my Soul: Keep me from idle Fancies, and from vain Dreams, give me a sober and sanctified use of all outward refreshing, that I may always in all things aim at this one thing, namely, how I may be the better fitted to serve thee faithfully in my place and Calling, and that for his sake, my only Lord and Saviour, Amen.