Scala sancta: or The exaltation of the soul. Being a train of pious thoughts, compleating the whole duty of man: or, Devotions compiled by R.A. Gent. in his solitudes.

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Title
Scala sancta: or The exaltation of the soul. Being a train of pious thoughts, compleating the whole duty of man: or, Devotions compiled by R.A. Gent. in his solitudes.
Author
Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
Publication
London :: printed by T. Snowden, for Gabr. Kunholt, and are to be sold at his shop at the post-office over against the Muse, at the sign of the King's-Head,
1678.
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
Prayers -- Early works to 1800.
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"Scala sancta: or The exaltation of the soul. Being a train of pious thoughts, compleating the whole duty of man: or, Devotions compiled by R.A. Gent. in his solitudes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A23765.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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Before a Journey.

O Lord, who didst lead thy servants A∣braham, and Jacob, thy people Is∣rael, thy servant Tobias, and wise men of the East, in their several Journies, by thy providence, by thy Ministry of Angels, by a Pillar of Fire, and by the guidance of a Star, vouchsafe to preserve us thy ser∣vants in the way that we are now to go, be, O Lord, a guide unto us in our prepa∣ration, a shadow in the day, and covering

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by night, a rest to our weariness, and a staff to our weakness, a portion in adver∣sity, a protection from danger, that by thy assistance we may perform our Journey safely to thy honour, to our own comfort, and last bring us to the everlasting Rest of our heavenly Country, through him who is the way, the truth and the life, our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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