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O Lord whose mer∣cie reacheth to the hea∣vens, and whose faith∣fulness to the clouds. Psal. 36.5. and 57.11.
Of whose mercies there is neither number nor end;
A manual of directions for the sick with many sweet meditations and devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late L. Bishop of Winchester : to which are added praiers for the morning, evening and H. communion / translated out of Greeke ms. of his private devotions by R. D. ...
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- A manual of directions for the sick with many sweet meditations and devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late L. Bishop of Winchester : to which are added praiers for the morning, evening and H. communion / translated out of Greeke ms. of his private devotions by R. D. ...
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- Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
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- 1648.
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"A manual of directions for the sick with many sweet meditations and devotions of the R. Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrews, late L. Bishop of Winchester : to which are added praiers for the morning, evening and H. communion / translated out of Greeke ms. of his private devotions by R. D. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A25388.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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The greatness of whose goodness is not shut up under any time;
Who callest into Thy Vineyard even at the eleventh hour. S. Matth. 20.6, 7.
Who rulest not with rigor, but with meek∣ness dost govern the things Thou hast made;
Thou that killest and revivest; that bringest to the gates of death, and bringest back again;
Thou that hatest nothing that Thou hast made;
That hast shut up all under sin, that Thou mightst have mercie up∣on
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all. Rom. 11.32.
Lord,
The Savior and the saving health of all Thy faithful;
The Fountain of Grace and Goodness;
The Father of mercies, and God of consolation. 2 Cor. 1.3
Thou That up holdest all such as are falling, and liftest up those that be down. Psal. 14.5.14.
Thou That healest the broken in heart; and givest medicine to heal their sickness. Psal 147.3.
The comfort of them that be in heaviness,
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The strength of then that be in weakness,
The health of them that be in sickness,
Hear, O LORD, and have mercie;
Look down from Heaven;
Behold and visit;
Visit with Thy salvation.