§. 2.
When the Peepl, the Pub∣licans,* 1.1 and the Soldiers, which [ 10, 12, 14] came forth to be baptized of [ 7] John, asked him, What shal we do: Instead of requiring them to forsake their several Callings,
The soul's communion with her savior. Or, The history of our Lord Jesus Christ, written by the four evangelists digested into devotional meditations. The first part.
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- The soul's communion with her savior. Or, The history of our Lord Jesus Christ, written by the four evangelists digested into devotional meditations. The first part.
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- Traherne, Philip, d. ca. 1725.
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- London :: printed for W. Crooke at the Green Dragon nigh Devereux-Court without Temple-Bar,
- 1685.
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- Jesus Christ -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
- Jesus Christ -- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Bible. -- N.T. -- Gospels -- Early works to 1800.
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"The soul's communion with her savior. Or, The history of our Lord Jesus Christ, written by the four evangelists digested into devotional meditations. The first part." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63045.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2025.
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as unlawful or irreligious, He recommends Charity, upright [ 11, 13, 14] Dealing, and honest Content∣ment to their Practice in the du Use of them.
I giv thee Thanks and Prais,
O Jesus, For making the Du∣ties of Religion consistent with those of our Worldly Vocations. Lord, bless my conscionabl Indu∣stry in that lawful Emploiment wherunto thy Providence hath called me, that, by my honest Diligence therin, I may do Thee Service in my Generation, and working with my hands the thing which is Good, may hav (and hav the Heart) to giv to him that needeth: And yet, let not my earnest Concernment for the things of this Life be pleaded in Excuse for my Neglect of a bet∣ter, but among all my most justi∣fiabl Cares, allow som Time and
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Thought so to attend on the Mi∣nistry of thy Word and the Ad∣ministration of thy Sacraments, as may best make a practical Ex∣pression of, and giv a proper Answer to, this Inquiry on the behalf of my Soul, What must I do to be saved?
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* 1.1
S. Luke 3.