Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity.
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Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity.
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Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.
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At London :: Printed for Nicholas Bourne,
[1626]
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Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
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The Admonition for the
Euening.
IF any man walke in the day
hee stumbleth not, because
hee seeth the light of this
world. Ioh 11. 9.
But if a man walke in the
night hee stumbleth, because there
is no light in him. verse 10.
Walke while yee haue the
light▪ least darknesse come vpon
you; for hee that walketh in
darknesse knoweth not whither
he goeth. Ioh. 12. 35.
While ye haue the light beleeue
in the light, that yee may be the
children of the light. verse 36.
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Worke while it is day; the
night commeth when no man
can worke. Ioh. 9. 4.
This is the condemnation, that
light, is come into the world, and
men loued darknesse rather then
light because their deeds were
euill Ioh. 3. 19.
For euery one that doeth euill
hateth the light; neither commeth to
the light least his deedes should
be reproued. verse 20.
He that hateth his brother is
in darknesse, and walketh in dark∣nesse,
and knoweth not whither
he goeth, because darknesse hath
blinded his eyes. 1 Ioh. 2. 11.
Let not the Sunne goe downe
vpon your wrath. Ephesians 4.
26.
And haue no fellowship with
the vnfruitfull workes of darknes
but reproue them rather. Eph. 5.
11.
For it is a shame euen to speake
of those things which are done of
them in secret. verse 12.
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Yee are all the children of
light, and the children of the
day; ye are not of the night, nor
of darknesse. 1 Thes. 5. 5.
Therefore sleepe not (in sinne,
and carnall security,) as doe o∣thers,
but watch. verse 6.
Watch yee, for yee know not
when the Master of the house
commeth, at euen, or at midnight,
or at the Cock-crowing, or in the
morning, least comming sud∣denly
he finde you sleeping. Mar.
13. 35.
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A Hymne for the Euening.
IT is a good thing to giue
thankes vnto the Lord, and
to sing praises vnto thy Name
O thou most high. Psal. 92. 1.
To shew forth thy louing kind∣nesse
in the morning, and thy
faithfulnes euery night. ver. 2.
For day vnto day vttereth
speech, and night vnto night
sheweth knowledge. Psal. 19. 2.
Let the Saints bee ioyfull in
glory, let them sing alowd vpon
their beds. Psal. 149. 5.
Behold he that keepeth Isra∣el
shall neither slumber, nor
sleepe. Psal. 121. 4.
The Lord is my keeper, the
Lord is my shade on my right
hand. verse 5.
The Sunne shall not smite
me by day, nor the Moone by
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night. verse 6.
The Lord shall preserue mee
from all euill; he shall preserue
my soule. verse 7.
I will lay me downe in peace,
and take my rest, for thou Lord
makest mee dwell in safety.
Psal. 4. 9.
Lighten mine eyes that I
sleepe not the sleepe of Death.
Psal. 13. 3.
With thee is the fountaine of
life; In thy light shall I see
light. Psal. 36. 9.
Thou wilt light my candle,
and wilt make my darknesse to
be light. Psal. 18. 28.
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A Prayer for the
Euening.
GLorious Creator, eternall, in∣finite,
and incomprehensi∣ble
God, whose face obscureth the
Sunne, and darkeneth the Moone,
and shadoweth the Starres, and
dazeleth the eyes of the Cheru∣bims,
to whom the light it selfe
(if it be compared) is but a darke
shadow, and the darkenesse is no
darkenesse, but the darkenesse and
light to thee are both alike, Enligh∣ten
the darkenesse of mine vnder∣standing
that I wander not in the
night of errour, and ignorance;
but continually walke, as becom∣meth
the childe of the day, in
the light of thy truth, and the
wayes of thy Commandements. And
though the Sunne hath with∣drawne
his comfortable light
from my bodily eyes, yet let the
light of thy countenance, and the
bright beames of thy fauour still
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shine vpon my soule in the mid∣dest
of thickest darkenesse, and the
shadow of death. Saue me ô Father
of lights from the powers of darke∣nesse.
Receiue me into thy graci∣ous
tuition, and giue thine holy
Angels charge to pitch their tents
about me, that being secured on
euery side from all dangers, and
feare, I may quietly rest in thee
in whom I liue, and moue. And
whilest my bodily sences are sur∣prized
with sleepe, keepe my
soule still awake, that I may be al∣wayes
readie to meete the Bride∣groome
with my lampe in my hand▪
Let the last trump sound shrill in
mine eares to driue away from
me the spirit of slumber, and car∣nall
securitie. O thou the keeper
of thine Israel, who doest neuer
slumber nor sleepe, watch ouer me
this night. Behold, into thy hands
I commend my soule and bodie,
and all things else wherewith
thou hast blessed me, being assu∣red
that the thing cannot perish
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thou vouchsafest to take into thy
custodie. Grant me I beseech
thee, safe, quiet, and comforta∣ble
rest, voyde of cares & feares,
free from distempers and disea∣ses,
as also all dangers, dreames,
fancies, pollutions, and tempta∣tions.
And make it I pray thee
as profitable to my soule, as it is
necessarie to my bodie, that it
may not onely refresh, & streng∣then
my bodie to the better per∣formance
of my daily labours
and trauels in my calling, but al∣so
settle and quiet my soule in
the remembrance, and continuall
expectation of that sweete re∣pose,
and blessed rest which they
enioy that die in thee. Let my
sleepe put mee in minde of my
death, my bed of my graue, my
lying downe of my buriall, my vn∣cloathing
of putting off this taber∣nacle
of flesh, my rising againe of
my resurrection, my apparelling of
putting on the Lord Iesu. Like as
the night couereth and hideth all
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things from the eyes of men; so
let thy mercy couer and hide my
sinnes, that they neuer come to
light, either to confound mee in
this life, or condemne me in the
life to come. Finally, as it is the
nature of sleepe to tye the out∣ward
senses, and make fast, and
shut vp the organs of my body:
so let thy grace restraine my in∣ward
senses, and barre vp all the
passages of my soule, that the di∣uell
may finde no place to enter
into me. Close vp the eyes of my
minde, that they behold not vani∣tie:
stop my eares that they heare
not follie, and my spirituall smell
that it let not in the sauour of
death. Set a watch before my
mouth, and seale vp the closet of
my heart, that nothing enter into
the one, or go out at the other, that
may defile me. Thus keepe me,
and guard me from my bodily
and ghostly enemies this night,
and as long as I abide in the
darke prison of my bodie; and
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when thou deliuerest me out of
it by death, make me partaker of
the glorious inheritance of thy
Saints in light in the heauenly Ie∣rusalem,
which needeth neither
Sunne, nor Moone, nor Starres to
shine in it, for the glorie of God en∣lighteneth
it, and the Lambe is the
light thereof. To whom with the
euerlasting Father, and most sa∣cred
& blessed Spirit be rendred
thankes, and praise now and for
euer. Amen.
The close out of Scripture.
Remember me ô Lord with the fa∣uour
thou bearest thy people ô visite
me with thy saluation, that I may
see the felicitie of thy chosen, and re∣ioyce
in the gladnesse of thy people,
and glorie with thine inheritance.
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