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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00587.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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SECT. 28. DOMIN. 28. Of Prayer, and the parts thereof.

Q. How ought wee to worship God by Prayer?

A. By calling vpon the Name

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of God through Christ, out of a true sence, and féeling of our wants and infirmities; and a li∣uely faith in his promises feruent∣ly, and constantly, both publkely, and priuately, for such things as are agréeable to his holy will.

Q. What are the parts of Prayer?

A. First, an humble confession of our sinnes.

Secondly, a hearty thanks-gi∣uing to God for his benefits.

Thirdly, a feruent desire, and asking such things as we néede.

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