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.
Author
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 May 13, 2025.
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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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