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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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Make us to detest Popery the Poison of Authority, Jesuits the Bellows of Sedition, Papists the Plotters of Rebellion, and to esteem better, this not new but most ancient Religion of ours, by which we are taught Piety to God, Loyalty to Governors, P•ace to the Church, Reverence of Superiority, Charity to our Inferiors, Amity to our Equals, Love to our Enemies, Patience in Tribulation, Thankfulness in Prosperity, Faithfulness in our Calling, and Honesty to all, and seeing of late thou hast delivered our Backs from whipping, our Liberty from serving, our Souls from dying, our Country from consuming, and our King and State from a sudden blowing up; Lord we pray thee that the Meditation of this Mercy may never depart out of our Minds, but that we may be thankful unto thee for Mercies received, and fearful of thee for Judgments escaped.
Make us to detest Popery the Poyson of Authority, Jesuits the Bellows of Sedition, Papists the Plotters of Rebellion, and to esteem better, this not new but most ancient Religion of ours, by which we are taught Piety to God, Loyalty to Governours, P•ace to the Church, Reverence of Superiority, Charity to our Inferiours, Amity to our Equals, Love to our Enemies, Patience in Tribulation, Thankfulness in Prosperity, Faithfulness in our Calling, and Honesty to all, and seeing of late thou hast delivered our Backs from whipping, our Liberty from serving, our Souls from dying, our Country from consuming, and our King and State from a sudden blowing up; Lord we pray thee that the Meditation of this Mercy may never depart out of our Minds, but that we may be thankful unto thee for Mercies received, and fearful of thee for Judgments escaped.