THe first Step is laid hold on by the Memory, which begins this spiritual as∣cent, by putting the Soul in mind to look up to the Maje∣sty of him that stands above the Ladder, to remember, that though the place we chuse for our Devotion be never
Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration.
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- Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration.
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- Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662.
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- London :: printed for W. Hensman, at the King's-Head in Westminster-Hall,
- 1683.
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- Prayer -- Early works to 1800.
- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Theology, Practical -- Early works to 1800.
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"Holy rules and helps to devotion both in prayer and practice In two parts. The fourth edition. Written by the right reverend father in God, Bryan Duppa, late Lord Bishop of Winton, in the time of his sequestration." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36933.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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so solitary, yet we are not alone; that God hears what we say, sees what we do; that the whole Trinity is present, as visible to thy eyes of Faith, as grosser Objects are to the outward senses. For there is God the Fa∣ther, the Fountain of good Thoughts, ready to assist through his power and to keep us from distraction in our Prayers; there is God the Son, the eternal Truth, prepared to direct us by his Wisdom, and to deliver us from errour and delusion; there is God the Holy Ghost, the Source and Spring of di∣vine Love, able to enflame the Will with fervent Af∣fections, and keep us from