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 15, 2024.

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III.

O Relieve my spirit with thy graci∣ousness, take from me all tedious∣ness of spirit, and give me a laboriousness that will not be tired, a hope that shall never fail, a desire of holiness not to be satisfied till it possesses, a charity that will always increase; that I, making Re∣ligion the business of my whole life, may turn all things into Religion, doing all

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to thy glory, and by the measures of thy Word and of thy Spirit, that when thou shalt call me from this deliciousness of imployment, and the holy mysteries of Grace, I may pass into the imployment of Saints and Angels, whose work it is with eternal joy and thanksgiving to sing praises to the mercies of the great Redeemer of Men, and Saviour of Men and Angels, Jesus Christ our Lord: To whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and worship, all service and thanks, all Glory and Do∣minion, for ever and ever.

Amen.
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