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A61672 Verus Christianus, or, Directions for private devotions and retirements dedicated to ... Gilbert Ld. Arch Bishop of Canterbury ... by David Stokes. Stokes, David, 1591?-1669.; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626. 1668 (1668) Wing S5724; ESTC R24159 135,214 312

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i_o have_v any_o be_v will_v i_o sing_v praise_n unto_o my_o god_n psal._n 146._o 1._o as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v will_v i_o magnify_v he_o on_o this_o manner_n and_o lift_v up_o my_o hand_n in_o his_o name_n ps._n 63._o 5._o every_o day_n will_v i_o give_v thanks_o unto_o he_o and_o praise_v his_o name_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o ps._n 145._o 2._o every_o day_n with_o all_o readiness_n and_o thankfulness_n of_o heart_n i_o will_v worship_v and_o fall_v down_o and_o kneel_v before_o the_o lord_n my_o god_n my_o maker_n psal._n 95._o 6._o by_o who_o i_o be_v fearful_o and_o wonderful_o make_v psal._n 139_o 13_o 14._o my_o soul_n can_v but_o be_v affect_v with_o that_o curious_a workmanship_n even_o to_o astonishment_n and_o amazement_n to_o consider_v how_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o bone_n or_o member_n in_o my_o body_n but_o take_v along_o with_o it_o a_o apparent_a stamp_n and_o impression_n of_o divine_a power_n and_o wisdom_n while_o my_o whole_a body_n to_o say_v nothing_o 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his_o holy_a name_n my_o hearty_a prayer_n and_o praise_n shall_v come_v daily_o before_o he_o like_o the_o incense_n psal._n 141._o 2._o ascen_n ding_o upward_a and_o season_v and_o sweeten_v my_o thought_n here_o for_o the_o whole_a day_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o for_o ever_o praise_v the_o lord_n o_o my_o soul_n and_o all_o that_o be_v within_o i_o praise_v his_o holy_a name_n praise_v the_o lord_n o_o my_o soul_n and_o forget_v not_o all_o his_o benefit_n ps_n 103._o 1._o etc._n etc._n which_o forgive_v all_o thy_o sin_n thy_o great_a sin_n and_o heal_v all_o thy_o infirmity_n thy_o manifold_a infirmity_n which_o satisfy_v thy_o body_n and_o soul_n with_o variety_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o so_o often_o after_o a_o sweet_a and_o quiet_a sleep_n renew_v thy_o strength_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o return_v thou_o to_o thy_o friend_n and_o thy_o own_o employment_n young_a and_o lusty_a as_o a_o eagle_n v._n 5._o that_o appear_v in_o her_o fresh_a plume_n vigorous_a and_o youthful_a 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together_o psal_n '_n 34._o 3._o though_o not_o in_o the_o same_o place_n yet_o with_o the_o same_o heart_n and_o affection_n bear_v a_o part_n in_o the_o angel_n and_o our_o church_n hymn_n glory_n be_v to_o god_n on_o high_a and_o in_o earth_n peace_n good_a will_n towards_o man_n we_o praise_v thou_o o_o god_n we_o bless_v thou_o we_o worship_v thou_o we_o laud_v and_o magnify_v thy_o glorious_a name_n evermore_o praise_v thou_o and_o say_v holy_a holy_a holy_a lord_n god_n of_o host_n heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v full_a of_o thy_o glory_n glory_n be_v to_o thou_o o_o lord_n most_o high_a o_o that_o man_n will_v thus_o praise_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o goodness_n
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revocantur_fw-la sic_fw-la mens_fw-la humana_fw-la ut_fw-la manè_fw-la excitanda_fw-la ita_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperum_fw-la quasi_fw-la anacletico_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la ducemque_fw-la suum_fw-la revocanda_fw-la per_fw-la scrutinium_fw-la &_o inquisitionem_fw-la vel_fw-la examen_fw-la svi_fw-la preces_fw-la &_o gratiarum_fw-la actiones_fw-la 1._o scrutinium_fw-la &_o inquisitio_fw-la vel_fw-la examen_fw-la aug._n vir_fw-la bone_fw-la praeponit_fw-la scire_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la scire_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o fastigia_fw-la coeli_fw-la illa_fw-la verò_fw-la scientia_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la non_fw-la paratur_fw-la absque_fw-la inquisitione_n diligenti_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la coecus_fw-la plerumque_fw-la est_fw-la animus_n atque_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la nihil_fw-la videt_fw-la cicero_n multae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la latebrae_fw-la multique_fw-la recessus_fw-la &_o seneca_n deprehendas_fw-la te_fw-la oportet_fw-la antequam_fw-la emende_n ignotum_fw-la ulcus_fw-la in_o deterius_fw-la abit_fw-la &_o curatione_fw-la destituitur_fw-la jer._n 17._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cor_fw-la profundum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o tortuosum_fw-la homo_fw-la vetus_fw-la mille_fw-la involucris_fw-la obtegitur_fw-la itaque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d attend_v tibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la maximè_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la quid_fw-la hodie_fw-la egeris_fw-la dixeris_fw-la legeris_fw-la scripseris_fw-la quod_fw-la deceat_fw-la christianum_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la patrem_fw-la etc._n etc._n confirmet_fw-la fidem_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la augeat_fw-la scientiam_fw-la vel_fw-la regimen_fw-la animi_fw-la corporis_fw-la operetur_fw-la salutem_fw-la tuum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la videmus_fw-la singulos_fw-la primae_fw-la creationis_fw-la dies_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la claudentem_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la operum_fw-la cujusque_fw-la diei_fw-la et_fw-la vidit_fw-la quod_fw-la bona_fw-la essent_fw-la gen._n 1._o cicero_n cato_n diurni_fw-la negotii_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la rationem_fw-la exigebat_fw-la &_o pythagoras_n etiam_fw-la ausonius_n ex_fw-la pythag._n nec_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o dulcem_fw-la declinent_fw-la lumina_fw-la somnum_fw-la omnia_fw-la quam_fw-la longi_fw-la repetiveris_fw-la acta_fw-la die_fw-la rex_fw-la david_n exacto_fw-la die_fw-la meditabatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hoc_fw-la areopagitico_n &_o nocturno_fw-la examine_v vide_fw-la ne_fw-la patronum_fw-la te_fw-la ostendas_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la judicem_fw-la et_fw-la in_o tribunali_fw-la mentis_fw-la tuus_fw-la dic_fw-la dic_fw-la cum_fw-la dolore_fw-la &_o indignatione_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la meum_fw-la agnosco_fw-la domine_fw-la psal._n 51._o o_o quis_fw-la dabit_fw-la menti_fw-la meae_fw-la flagella_fw-la quae_fw-la peccatis_fw-la meis_fw-la non_fw-la parcant_fw-la ecclus._n 23._o 2._o '_o el_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n 11_o 31_o oratio_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dormientium_fw-la custos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vigilantium_fw-la fidueia_n gr._n nys_n neque_fw-la eum_fw-la tutum_fw-la arbitramur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fueric_a orationis_fw-la armis_fw-la praesidioque_fw-la munitus_fw-la rectè_fw-la igitur_fw-la rab._n j._n de_fw-fr poenitentiâ_fw-la non_fw-la in_o crastinum_fw-la differendâ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n ecce_fw-la spes_fw-la fructus_fw-la &_o salutis_fw-la falsa_fw-la tibi_fw-la erit_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la nisi_fw-la animam_fw-la tuam_fw-la etiam_fw-la hac_fw-la nocte_fw-la eripueris_fw-la et_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la aliquot_fw-la dies_fw-la
of_o his_o self-exaltation_n so_o he_o that_o humble_v himself_o will_v be_v exalt_v according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o humiliation_n so_o far_o shall_v we_o be_v from_o doubt_v that_o when_o we_o be_v most_o out_o of_o conceit_n with_o our_o own_o value_n cod_n respect_v we_o most_o wh●…n_o we_o be_v place_v by_o o●…r_a self_n so_o low_a that_o we_o think_v we_o can_v go_v low_a then_o indeed_o as_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a we_o can_v fall_v so_o nothing_o be_v so_o sure_a as_o that_o we_o shall_v rise_v to_o learn_v this_o excellent_a lesson_n shall_v we_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d teach_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o hear_v how_o he_o express_v it_o in_o his_o holy_a word_n upon_o who_o shall_v i_o lo●…k_v but_o upon_o he_o that_o be_v of_o a_o contrite_a spirit_n and_o tremble_v at_o my_o word_n i_o sai_o 66._o 2._o a_o trouble_a spirit_n be_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n a_o break_a and_o contrite_a heart_n he_o will_v not_o despise_v psal._n 51._o 17._o nay_o it_o be_v in_o the_o plural_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacrifice_n that_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n equivalent_a to_o many_o other_o a_o sacrifice_n that_o go_v beyond_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o law_n the_o lord_n be_v nigh_o unto_o they_o that_o be_v of_o a_o ●…ontrite_a heart_n and_o will_v save_v such_o as_o be_v of_o a_o humble_a spirit_n psal._n 34._o 17._o king_n h●…zekiah_n find_v this_o true_a as_o well_o as_o david_n in_o that_o ready_a answer_n from_o god_n i_o have_v hear_v thy_o prayer_n i_o have_v see_v thy_o tear_n isai._n 38._o 5._o so_o do_v daniel_n in_o the_o angel_n report_n that_o srom_o the_o first_o day_n that_o he_o set_v his_o ●…eart_n to_o understand_v and_o chasten_v himself_o before_o god_n his_o word_n be_v hear_v and_o so_o will_v all_o other_o that_o make_v trial_n of_o god_n infinite_a mercy_n ix_o another_o sure_a way_n of_o preparation_n from_o our_o love_n of_o god_n and_o our_o delight_n in_o he_o beside_o that_o sad_a way_n of_o humiliation_n we_o have_v another_o more_o cheerful_a way_n of_o promote_a our_o prayer_n we_o may_v take_v it_o from_o holy_a david_n a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n that_o have_v make_v great_a use_n of_o it_o how_o dear_a and_o sweet_a the_o very_a m●…ntion_n of_o god_n or_o his_o holy_a word_n or_o any_o thing_n of_o he_o be_v to_o david_n tongue_n and_o heart_n he_o have_v sufficient_o express_v in_o many_o psalm_n especial_o in_o the_o 119_o and_o 145._o both_o of_o they_o alphabetical_a psalm_n that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o easy_a commit_v to_o memory_n and_o the_o latter_a so_o high_o esteem_v by_o the_o jew_n that_o r_o kimchi_n tell_v we_o the_o rabbin_n have_v a_o say_n that_o whosoever_o hearty_o recite_v the_o 145_o psal_n thrice_o a_o day_n need_v not_o doubt_v of_o his_o e●…ernal_a f●…licity_n as_o if_o they_o think_v it_o the_o best_a psalm_n to_o increase_v the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o we_o and_o so_o to_o fit_v we_o f●…r_v the_o beatifical_a vision_n and_o the_o heau●…nly_a choir_n above_o yet_o how_o easy_o or_o how_o much_o soever_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v take_v with_o emphatical_a expression_n of_o that_o divine_a love_n many_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n that_o shall_v be_v more_o affect_v with_o it_o do_v seem_v to_o dote_v so_o much_o upon_o somewhat_o here_o below_o that_o they_o can_v hear_v with_o that_o ear_n and_o wish_v to_o go_v along_o with_o the_o psalmist_n charm_v he_o never_o so_o wise_o therein_o they_o be_v rather_o like_o those_o idol_n that_o have_v ear_n and_o hear_v not_o but_o if_o i_o shall_v tell_v they_o how_o advantageous_a holy_a david_n say_v that_o our_o love_n of_o god_n may_v prove_v to_o our_o obtain_n of_o what_o we_o pray_v for_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v listen_v a_o little_a better_o to_o that_o therefore_o i_o will_v keep_v they_o no_o long_o from_o it_o they_o may_v see_v it_o psal._n 37._o 4._o in_o these_o word_n delight_n thyself_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o will_v give_v thou_o thy_o heart_n desire_n which_o be_v make_v good_a in_o another_o psalm_n that_o speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n because_o he_o have_v set_v his_o love_n upon_o i_o therefore_o will_v i_o deliver_v he_o he_o shall_v call_v upon_o i_o and_o i_o will_v hear_v he_o now_o though_o this_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o divine_a love_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n that_o we_o shall_v need_v much_o to_o be_v incite_v to_o it_o to_o love_v he_o who_o creature_n we_o be_v and_o on_o who_o mercy_n and_o goodness_n depend_v all_o our_o felicity_n x._o other_o mean_n to_o facilitate_v our_o access_n to_o god_n by_o prayer_n not_o only_o our_o love_n to_o god_n but_o our_o love_n and_o respect_n to_o other_o too_o may_v procure_v a_o good_a success_n of_o our_o prayer_n as_o 1._o mercy_n in_o forgive_a they_o hence_o be_v that_o evangelicall_n advise_v when_o thou_o pray_v lift_v up_o holy_a hand_n without_o wrath_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 8._o that_o be_v be_v in_o charity_n when_o thou_o pray_v if_o thou_o bring_v thy_o gift_n to_o the_o altar_n and_o there_o remembere_v that_o thy_o brother_n have_v aught_o against_o thou_o leave_v there_o thy_o gift_n go_v first_o be_v reconcile_v to_o thy_o brother_n mat._n 5._o 24._o forgive_v thy_o neighbour_n so_o shall_v thy_o sin_n also_o be_v forgive_v when_o thou_o pray_v ecclus._n 28._o 2._o 2._o mercy_n in_o relieve_v they_o old_a tobit_n make_v it_o his_o advice_n to_o his_o son_n turn_v not_o thy_o face_n away_o from_o the_o poor_a and_o the_o face_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v turn_v away_o from_o thou_o c._n 4._o 7._o solomon_n have_v say_v it_o before_o he_o in_o other_o term_n he_o that_o stop_v his_o ear_n at_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o poor_a he_o also_o shall_v cry_v himself_o but_o shall_v not_o be_v hear_v prov._n 21._o 19_o king_n nebuchadnezer_n be_v therefore_o put_v in_o a_o fair_a way_n of_o prevent_v a_o sad_a punishment_n by_o daniel_n good_a counsel_n to_o break_v off_o his_o sin_n by_o alms-deed_n and_o mercy_n to_o the_o poor_a dan._n 4._o 27._o and_o cornelius_n find_v the_o virtue_n of_o this_o when_o he_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o be_v tell_v by_o a_o angel_n that_o his_o prayer_n be_v hear_v and_o his_o almsdeed_n be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n act._n 10._o 31._o ecclus_n 3._o 30._o &_o 4._o 10._o 3._o due_a respect_n to_o parent_n who_o so_o honour_v his_o father_n make_v a_o atonement_n for_o his_o sin_n ecclus._n 3._o 3._o he_o shall_v be_v hear_v when_o he_o make_v his_o prayer_n v_o 5._o &_o v_o 15._o thus_o in_o all_o thing_n our_o christian_a and_o virtuous_a demeanour_n of_o ourselves_o have_v the_o force_n of_o letter_n of_o recommendation_n to_o promote_v our_o cause_n to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n and_o we_o have_v our_o saviour_n own_o word_n for_o it_o that_o if_o we_o abide_v in_o he_o and_o his_o word_n abide_v in_o we_o ask_v what_o we_o will_v it_o shall_v be_v do_v unto_o we_o joh._n 15._o 7._o out_o of_o these_o and_o the_o like_a institution_n which_o we_o take_v out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o wherein_o we_o perceive_v what_o preparation_n fit_v we_o best_o for_o the_o attain_n of_o our_o humble_a suit_n of_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n every_o man_n shall_v select_v some_o above_o the_o rest_n as_o most_o peculiar_a to_o himself_o and_o wherein_o his_o present_a care_n shall_v make_v some_o amends_o for_o his_o former_a neglect_n remember_v the_o advice_n of_o baruch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n as_o it_o be_v your_o mind_n to_o go_v astray_o from_o god_n so_o be_v return_v seek_v he_o ten_o time_n more_o baruch_n 4._o 28._o by_o humble_a and_o hearty_a obedience_n as_o well_o as_o by_o earnest_a supplication_n xi_o caveat_n for_o the_o matter_n and_o manner_n of_o prayer_n that_o our_o prayer_n may_v be_v succcessesull_n it_o will_v be_v further_a necessary_a to_o take_v order_n that_o they_o may_v be_v ever_o attend_v with_o those_o caution_n virtue_n and_o grace_n which_o be_v most_o conducible_a to_o 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