The private devotions of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrewes. Late Bishop of Winchester.

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Title
The private devotions of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrewes. Late Bishop of Winchester.
Author
Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
Publication
London :: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard,
An. Dom. 1647.
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Subject terms
Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
Prayers -- Early works to 1800.
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"The private devotions of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrewes. Late Bishop of Winchester." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A25409.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.

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10.

And all wicked desires and base Concupiscence.

Grant me O Lord thy grace.

To remember the latter end, Deut. 32. 29.

To bruise the Serpents head, Gen. 3. 15.

To cut off occasions of sinne.

To covenant with my sence, 2 Cor. 11. 13.

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To prevent scandals Iob. 31. 1.

To subdue my body. Ez. 14. 4.

Not to sit idle. 1 Cor. 9. 8.

To shun wicked compa∣ny. Mat. 24. 6.

To consort with the righteous. Psal. 26. 4.

To select times for prayer. 1 Cor. 7. 5.

Stopp up my pathes with thornes that I finde not the way to vanity. Hos. 2. 6.

Hold me in and rayne me with bitt and bridle, when I keep not neer thee. Psal. 32. 9.

And constraine mee to come to thee, If inviting

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will not serve. Luc. 14. 34. 39.

Vouchsafe (O Lord) to give me the knowledge and beliefe of thy justice, that it may breed in me.

  • Feare,
  • Humility,
  • Repentance,
  • Prayer, and
  • Fasting,
  • Hope,
  • Charity,
  • Thanksgiving,
  • Praise and
  • Almes.
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