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

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The private devotions of the Right Reverend Father in God Lancelot Andrewes. Late Bishop of Winchester.
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Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.
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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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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 18, 2024.

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Confession of Hope.

O Thou which art the Hope of all the ends of the Earth, and of them which remaine afar off in the Seas, Psal. 65. 6.

Thou upon whom our Fore-fathers did depend, v. 22. 4.

And thou deliveredst them, upon whom they only relyed, and were not confounded, v. 5.

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Thou which art my hope from my youth, from the breasts of my Mother, and to whom I have beene intrusted from the very wombe, v. 9. 10.

Bee thou my hope still and still, ever and ever, and my portion in the land of the Living.

I hope on thy Nature, thy Name, thy Word, thy Practise.

O let mee not bee con∣founded by this hope of mine.

Tou Lord shalt save both Man and Beast, Psal. 36. 7.

How excellent is thy mercy ô God, therefore the children of men put their trust under the sha∣dow

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dow of thy wings. v. 39. 8

And now Lord what is my hope, truly my hope is even in thee.

My soule fainteth with longing for thy salvation. Psal. 119. 81. Yet have I good hope because of thy Word.

O think upon thy Ser∣vant as concerning thy Word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. v. 49.

Why art thou so full of heavinesse ô my soule, and why are thou so disquieted within me; O put thy trust in God, for I wil yet praise him which is the helpe of my countenance and my God. Psal. 42. 14, 15.

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Against hope I will be∣lieve in hope, Rom. 4. 18. And though hee slay mee, yet will I trust in him, Iob 13. 15.

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