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ALmighty and most merciful Author and Father I bless thee, I glorifie the, with all holy angels
Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments
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- Title
- Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments
- Author
- Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696.
- Publication
- Oxon :: Printed at the Theater for Henry Clements ...,
- 1689
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- Subject terms
- Ten commandments -- Early works to 1800.
- Devotional exercises.
- Cite this Item
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"Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27480.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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and happy souls, for thy six days Creation, for the light shining out of Chaos and darkness, and the Cha∣os made out of nothing: for the heavens and waters, the earth and plants, the sun and moon, the fish and fowl: for the beasts of the earth; but especially for Adam, the ori∣gine of humanity, the archive of reason and piety, the admirable and admiring possessour of the recent and impolluted world.
I praise thee for thy holy Sabbath, the image and notice of solemn devotion on earth, and also of ever∣lasting rest in heaven to all the work∣ers of righteousness.
I bless thee for conserving the world for so many thousand years in the same estate and order: for de∣livering and defending thy faith∣ful people in all ages with or with∣out natural means: and for overrul∣ing the counsels and attempts of po∣tentates unto thy own greater glory▪
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I praise thee, I adore thee for recovering lapsed Adam and his tainted posterity, by the early pro∣mise and opportune advent of the al∣sufficient Saviour Jesus Christ.
I bless thee for the Holy Bible the richest treasure upon earth.
I thank thee for setting me down in the world in this age of great knowledge, both humane and divine.
I praise thee for all the wisdom and invention, prudence and vertue, magnificence, good works and piety of all that ever lived in the world.
I praise thee for the noble and numberless host of guardian angels, wise and powerful prophets, and apostles and evangelists, valiant mar∣tyrs and confessors, pious kings and priests and benefactors, and for the humble and holy men of all times, our ••imitation and comfort and glory.
O let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his Amen for Christs sake.