O blessed Jesus, thou hast used many arts to save mee, thou hast given thy life to redeem me, thy holy Spirit to sanctifie me, thy self for my example, thy Word for my Rule, thy grace for my guide, the fruit of thy body hanging on the tree of the crosse, for the sin of my soul: and after all this thou hast sent thy Apostles and
The rule and exercises of holy living. In which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every vertue, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations. Together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions, and furnish'd for all necessities.
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- The rule and exercises of holy living. In which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every vertue, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations. Together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions, and furnish'd for all necessities.
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- Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
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- London :: Printed [by R. Norton] for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane,
- MDCL. [1650]
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- Devotional exercises -- Early works to 1800.
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"The rule and exercises of holy living. In which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every vertue, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations. Together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions, and furnish'd for all necessities." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64109.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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Ministers of salvation to call me, to importune me, to constraine me to holinesse and peace and felicity. O now come Lord ••esus, come quickly: my heart is desirous of thy presence, and thirsty of thy grace, and would fain entertain thee, not as a guest, but as an inhabitant, as the Lord of all my faculties. Enter in and take possession, and dwell with me for ever, that I also may dwell in the heart of my dearest Lord which was opened for me with a spear and love.