A choice manual containing what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week. Also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church. Composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons, by Jeremy Taylor, D.D.

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A choice manual containing what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week. Also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church. Composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons, by Jeremy Taylor, D.D.
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Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
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London :: printed by J. Grover, for R. Royston, bookseller to his most Sacred Majesty,
1677.
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Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Prayer-books -- Early works to 1800.
Catechisms, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"A choice manual containing what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week. Also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church. Composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons, by Jeremy Taylor, D.D." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63668.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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On the Feast of Pentecost, or Whitsunday.
TOngues of fire from Heaven descend With a mighty rushing wind, To blow it up and make A living fire Of heavenly Charity and pure desire,

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Where they their residence should take. On the Apostles sacred heads they sit, Who now like Beacons do proclaim and tell Th' invasion of the host of Hell, And give men warning to defend Themselves from the inraged brunt of it. Lord, let the flames of holy Charity And all her gifts and graces slide Into our hearts, and there abide; That thus refined, we may soar above With it unto the element of Love, Even unto thee, dear Spirit, And there eternal peace and rest inherit.
Amen.
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