The crucified Jesus, or, A full account of the nature, end, design and benefits of the sacrament of the Lords Supper with necessary directions, prayers, praises and meditations to be used by persons who come to the Holy Communion / by Anthony Horneck ...

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The crucified Jesus, or, A full account of the nature, end, design and benefits of the sacrament of the Lords Supper with necessary directions, prayers, praises and meditations to be used by persons who come to the Holy Communion / by Anthony Horneck ...
Author
Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.
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In the Savoy [London] :: Printed for Samuel Lowndes ...,
1695.
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Lord's Supper.
Eucharistic prayers -- Church of England.
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"The crucified Jesus, or, A full account of the nature, end, design and benefits of the sacrament of the Lords Supper with necessary directions, prayers, praises and meditations to be used by persons who come to the Holy Communion / by Anthony Horneck ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A44513.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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46. And said unto them, Why sleep ye? Rise, and pray, that ye enter not into Temptation.

INdeed, Sleepiness and Idleness is the Devil's Oppor∣tunity to persuade us into Sin. Had the Disciples prayed, instead of sleeping, 'tis possible they would not have fled when they saw Danger nigh: And hath not the Devil prevailed with thee by Idleness, O my Soul? When thou hast, with David, taken thy Rest and Ease, hath not Satan brought a Bathsheba to thee, and thrown some ill Thought into thy Mind? When thou hast not known how to spend thy Time, hath not the Enemy made thee swallow the dangerous Bait? When thou hast stretched thy self upon thy Couch, and indulged thy self, hast not thou selt then thy Love to God decay,

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and thy Affections to the World to increase, and thy Faculties to dissolve into Vanity and Voluptuousness, and Contempt of better things?

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