For the LIGHT of Gods COUNTENANCE:
LOrd, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thy face from me, O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.
Thy loving kindnesse is better then life it self.
The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions...
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- The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions...
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- Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
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- London :: Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait ...,
- 1658.
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- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
- Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
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"The practice of Christian graces, or, The whole duty of man laid down in a plaine and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lords Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year : with Private devotions for several occasions..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23760.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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Lord lift thou up the light of thy counte∣nance upon me.
Comfort the Soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my Soul.